to grasp the meaning of (a person):if we take him correctly. to accept the statements of:to take him at his word. to assume as a fact:I take it that you will be there. to regard or consider:They were taken to be wealthy. to capture or win (a piece, trick, etc.) in a game...
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Apartfromtheirdenotativemeanings,manywordshavestylisticfeatures,whichmakethemappropriatefordifferentstyles.Thesedistinctivefeaturesformthestylisticmeaningofwords.Insomedictionaries,thesestylistic featuresareclearlymarkedas"formal","informal","literary","archaic","slang"andsoon.Thestylisticdifferentiationisespeciallytrue...
1. a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning, is typically seen as the smallest such unit capable of independent use, is separated from other such units by spaces in writing, and is often dis...
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(i.e., prefixes, infixes, and suffixes) used in word formation to alter the basic meaning of a root word (Zerbian & Barnard,2009). For instance, adding the prefixdito the nounkanegelo‘story’,as indikanegelo,depicts the plural, while adding the suffix-ng,as indikanegelo,depicts the ...
I don’t know if I mentioned this specifically, perhaps not in a letter, though maybe when we met up before I left to come and live here here for good, but part of what pushed me to make this radical life change was the need to feel that my existence had meaning, that I was spen...
根据第二段“My parents are ethnically Chinese, s they asked frtune tellers t decide my name, aiming fr maximum luck. As a result, I ended up with a nnsense and embarrassing name: Chen Yiwen, meaning, rughly, “ld”, “barley (薏米)” and “warm”.( 我的父母是华裔,所以他们请算命...
A Stupid Plan, A Secret Plan and a Well Meaning Busybody The boys live with their mother Frankie Bell and her boyfriend Lyle. The boys get on with Lyle, although Eli has not forgiven him for getting his mother addicted to heroin. Lyle wants to save them all and has a fast track, risk...