Forget biology, have a bite to eat and a break, and play this spelling quiz on words beginning with bi! "If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.” - Beverly Cleary,Ramona's World Author: Sheri Smith...
Bi- is used at the beginning of nouns and adjectives that have "two" as part of their meaning. a bilateral agreement/treaty 双边的协议/条约 lateral: relating to the sides of sth, or movement to the side 侧; 边 the Collins bilingual dictionary 柯林斯双语词典。linguistics 语言学 Someone who...
Root words often combine with prefixes (affixes at the beginning of a word) and suffixes (affixes at the end) to change both their meaning and word class. For example, adding prefixes like dis– and un- reverses the meaning of the root, as in disbelief or uncertain, which means the oppo...
albeit /ˌɔːlˈbiːɪt/ (aw’l-bee-it); this fairly formal word, meaning “although”, is not used much in speech, but is still quite common in literature. Once you remember that it is actually a composition of three words “all be it”, you will no longer have any ...
The river bifurcated into two smaller streams. The tour guide was bilingual and could speak both Spanish and English fluently. The item was billed as a high-quality product, but it turned out to be mediocre. Humans are bipedal, meaning they walk on two legs. The medicine had a bitter tast...
One of the most common mistakes in the English language. After watching this lesson, youll know how to differentiate once and for all between these two similar-sounding words with totally different meanings.
These are two sentences I have in my IELTS book: 1. They raised taxes on the assumption that it would help control spending. 2. It’s sheer presumption for the government to suggest things have improved since they came to power. Is it about the difference in meaning, combinability or ...
two preview stimuli was similar. The differences, starting at 300 ms and strongest in the 400- to 500-ms time window, are consistent with participants extracting the category difference (word versus number strings) from the parafovea. We found no interaction effects with the stimulus side, left...
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Foreign aid can be a two edged sword when it comes with pre-conditions. 如果外国援助附有前提条件,那便是把双刃剑。 allege[??led?]v.宣称,断言 It has been alleged that Peter should take responsibility for any problems that arise. 有人声称不管出任何问题都应该由彼得负责。 allocate[??l?ukeit...