Used to draw attention that what follows is a metaphor, not to be taken literally Metaphorically, he was crushed. Literally Actually; in effect; practically. Used as an intensive to emphasize a figurative statement in an exaggerated way “There are people in the world who literally do not know...
entity. The most common example is determining the person or object to which a certain pronoun refers (such as “she” = “Mary”). But it can also identify a metaphor or an idiom in the text (such as an instance in which “bear” isn’t an animal, but a large and hairy person)...
A firm's reputation and its employees are both tangible resources. Indicate whether the statement is true or false. Which of the following statement about the resource-based view of organizations is false? A. It suggests that resources...
whose work in this arc is genuinely staggering. (We spend more time than usual talking about a particular sequence, and what Flint and colorist Chris Blythe achieve here, but it’s entirely deserved.) At some point, one of us describes this arc as a masterclass in comics, and I’m stan...
This wasn’t written to any sane person’s taste, being an overdrawn thinly veiled metaphor about political correctness that beat its point into the ground in some of the most painful prose I’ve read in decades. If I *wanted* a story to prove my own virtuous commitment to giving a ...
Arguably, some verbal terms, likecertainty, can be conceived both as internal or external depending on its appearance in a personal or an impersonal clause. While “I am X% certain” describes the epistemic certainty of the speaker, “it is X% certain” presumably reflect external facts (Teige...
sea: swans path, whales road, the waves,the sea-streams, or the ocean-way a ship: a sea-goer, a sea-boat, a sea-wood , or a wave-floater Understatement and Metaphor a sailor: a sea-traveler, a seaman, a sea-soldier Often several of these words are used at the same time. The...
In standard publications on technical analysis, this is often exemplified by the metaphor of an apple which is thrown up in the air. The speed of the apple decreases until it reaches the apex of its trajectory then increases again. The theory postulates that share prices should behave in a ...
Another metaphor for cohesion is glue. There are many kinds of glue, some of which emanate a stronger smell than others, which may give you a headache in certain cases. One of my favorite glues was the kind of paste we used in kindergarten. The lid had a brush attached to it, and ...
you might have been a weak atheist. After considering the options, you can pick the word, or no word that you feel best describes you. As for me, until the Something Else becomes known, I prefer to leave it to the side. I have to be atheistic to the Something Else due to lack of...