Those contradictory two word phrases like 'jumbo shrimp' are the most common oxymorons, but some single words also present conflicting ideas. Check out this list of one word oxymorons.
Griefis keen suffering, esp. for a particular reason. Distressimplies anxiety, anguish, or acute suffering caused by the pressure of trouble or adversity. Miserysuggests such great and unremitting pain or wretchedness of body or mind as crushes the spirit. ...
which, above all, made me completely devoted to the myth of the Great Love and thus unintentionally led to the painful situation I find myself in today. I could reproach her, perhaps, if she hadn’t already paid for her ambitions. And now that I am forced to write about her and look...
关 However, learning in English was a great challenge for me. There were a lot of difficult English words, especially in Geography and Biology. Class discussion is very important in the UK, but I could not make much of a contribution because sometimes I wasn’t able to express m...
and I rarely feel safe enough to hold it up for other people to look at. So, in my grief tending circles I will usually say something vague about the grief of being childless not by choice. I will speak my children’s names out loud because this brings me great healing. And while I...
Someone recently said to me that a great opening line of a book can foreshadow the entire story. When I go back and read the first line of Maureen’s memoir, I find so many of the reasons for what happened to her, there in that line. ...
3.He published (出版) his first novel when he was eighteen years old. 4.Use a small cushion to help give support (支撑) to the lower back. 5.He let out a long sigh, mainly of relief, partly (部分地) of sadness. 6.We've always placed quality bef...
“When I came to China, I felt a lot of sadness, pain, and sorrow. I was always lonely, but my friend introduced me to this [discipleship group of North Korean sex-trafficked women] and I learned to sing hymns and received God’s grace. I learned many hymn songs, and I was able ...
with/ in great surprise/ amazement / sorrow / sadness/joy/delight (介词短语修饰为外功) without saying /uttering a word(介词短语修饰) excitedly/carefully/happily/sadly(副词修饰动词为外功) 2.see sb/sth doing see a wolf standing here 3.stare at sb/sth (with his eyes wide open ) wide adv完...
Before I came to Canada, I had made full preparations for this camp 。 However, I still experienced some unexpected challenges, such as the difficulty in making myself understood and dealing with culture shock。 With great patience and kindness, the organizers helped me out. Not o...