(in the same way as particular utterances) can be viewed as 'S tructural’ outcomes (see alsoSYNTAGMATIC AND PARADIGMATIC,DECENTRED SELF). To its critics, however,structuralismloses touch with the creative power of the subject, evident not least in relation to language use, which involves a ...
A: The word incontrovertiblenesses is 22 letters long. Q: What is the shortest word that starts with I? A: The letter “i” is also often used as a word in sentences, and at only one character long, it is a very short word. Q: What countries start with the letter I? A: Icel...
some adjective quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity somehow adverb in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means sometimes adverb on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always somewhere noun an indefi...
Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor muscles of the legs spread the legs away from the midline and away from one another. used in: Some Words With a Mummy Abernethy John Abernethy was a British surgeon known for being very bl...
Acronymy首字母缩写:by joining the initial letters of names of social and political organizations or special noun phrases and technical terms.分2种,initialisms(字母一个个发音出来),如,GHQ(General Headquarters),BBC; Acronyms(作为一个词的整体发音发来),如,NATO(the North Atlantic Treaty Organization),BA...
It was quick of him to spot the mistake. She was ready to help him with organizing the office. You are my reliable friend. He was smart enough to get out of the situation easily. A special person always makes an effort on Christmas. He possesses more talent than any other player. His...
shooting pains run through my body like an internal lightening storm. Can’t now and may never have full sensation in my right hip and foot. Will never be able to have full use of my left hand and will likely have neuropathy for the rest of my life. I deal with it. Some days are...
sheer, stance, telegraph, textile, tornado, typhoon, wail, 182 wardrobe Index 188 - About the Vocabulary The 600 words in each book of this series, along with the additional target words in the appendices found in the first three books of the series, include the most useful words in Englis...
play fast and loose with the facts, blow hot and cold, prove that black is white and white black, travel out of the record, parler a tort et a travers [Fr.], put oneself out of court, not have a leg to stand on. judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions (misjudgmen...
A poetic device in which words that begin with the same sound are strung together. altschmerz An emotion; Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and arieties that you've been gnawing on for years. amanuensis A scribe; someone employed to take...