How men first learned to invent words is unknown, in other words, the origin of language is a mystery.All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and th...
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You may think it's easy to communicate when you're visiting another English-speaking country, but think again! Certain words mean something entirely different on the other side of the world. Read on to see which eight words could cause you embarrassment across the pond or down under.也许你以...
the more certain words recall(想起)tous the glad and sad events of our past;and the more we read and learn,the more the number of words that mean something to us increases.1.One of the reasons why men invented certain sounds to express thoughts and actions was that[]A.they could agree...
Words became filled with meanings for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increase. Great writers are those who not ...
It is often said that "a picture is worth a thousand words." That is certainly true of the images of fleeting moments of nature submitted by international ecologists and students for the British Ecological Society's(BES) annual photography competition. Here are a few of 2019's winning entries...
The wordristocomes from the word aristocrat. Aristois someone who isstush,and perceives themselves as too good for certain people, activities, or things. This word is a hybrid because I could say the person isa risto (noun), or is being risto (adjective). Unlikestush,we use this to refer...
Latin arbitrarius in legal language was opposed to certus "fixed, established" which also meant "placed beyond doubt, sure" (see certain), and arbitrarius came to mean, popularly, "uncertain, unsure." The legal and classical sense of "at the discretion of an arbitrator or other legally reco...
Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words bring back to us the happy and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who...
Synonyms for CERTAIN: one, some, unnamed, unspecified, anonymous, specific, unidentified, given; Antonyms of CERTAIN: known, named, specified, uncertain, doubtful, unsure, dubious, hesitant