Have you ever heard of "diaphanous"? It means light and delicate, like a piece of fabric that's almost see-through. It's a word that paints a picture in your mind, making you imagine something beautiful and ethereal. Then there's "de facto." This one might sound a bit...
So make your task less intimidating by dividing it into steps and focusing only on the next step. Action creates traction, so each step you take will facilitate the next. docent A museum guide; the person who walks you through the antiquities room in a museum and explains how Egyptians ...
Aside from the difficulty of the individual sounds, long German words can often be intimidating. How do you string all those syllables together? As we saw above, the best way to tackle these words is tobreak them into smaller ones. German’s great like that. If you can, write down the ...
An r-controlled vowel is a vowel that has an /r/ right next to it, and no longer makes a short or long vowel sound. In fact, you really don’t hear the vowel at all. The /r/ is bossy and takes away the vowel sound. This week we have been working on the /or/ sound, found...
the porcu-slug is very intimidating My main complaint was the controls. In the old DKC, run/roll was Y and jump was B. If you hit the button, it did what you wanted. With the Wii-mote, you have to hold a direction and shake it to roll. The problem is you can’t predict when...
I promise you, if you reply すごい (sugoi) to most everything that has a positive tone and body language, you'll sound like a native. This is hands down the most overused word in Japanese, and it’s a reply to everything. In fact, you’ll probably hear “すごい!” in reply to...
Syllabification: Breaking down words into syllables, the natural units of pronunciation, makes them less intimidating. Each syllable typically consists of a vowel sound with or without surrounding consonants. Stress: English words often have one syllable that is emphasized more strongl...