... four elements: object, image, sense, and metaphor. Here, metaphor refers to the lexis adopted in idioms, which closely relates to the literal meaning. Anyone who has a little knowledge of the vocabulary and the grammar can easily understand the literal meaning, despite the fact that he may have little idea of the metaphorical meaning. Object is the real meaning the author wants ... ." thought in the same way as Feng, the Chinese reader would not have been able to understand the image, neither could the expression be able to get into the Chinese vocabulary. Xu proposed translating it lite...

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... hand or arm gestures, referring to any little movement of any part of the body. According to some scholars in the field, the body language vocabulary totals over 700,000 items. It is bigger than the vocabulary that the largest English dictionary has ever recorded. Observe carefully and you will be able to appreciate the most interesting behavior codes in everyday life ... ...

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... because what woman wore was very significant and important to the Bedouinian culture. As time went on in her fieldwork study she starts to pick up the basics of Bedouin vocabulary by closely observing the adults speaking to the children. Abu-Lughod had a proactive fieldwork study. She was very involved in this new environment and grew accustomed to it because she ... ...

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... safe to publish their stories. In the film, the maids find it easy to simply tell Eugenia their stories as opposed to writing them. This is because they have limited vocabulary and some might not know how to write. Therefore, they need Eugenia in order to pass on their message. The maids did not write the book. However, they are the ... ...

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... the strategies that helped my comprehension was summarizing because it helped me think of what I was reading, it also made me make sure that I actually understood what I was reading. The vocabulary that gave me problems were some of the words that are not really used every day. And I was able to overcome it by breaking the word apart, and by looking ... ...

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... bad music have a bad soul (qtd. in Harrison). If people listen to music that has a lot of cursing then they are more prone to have cruse words in their daily vocabulary. Nirvana's music, the same music the shooters at Columbine High School listen to affected peoples mind. I believe that music was one of the factors that affect those boys to go ... ...

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... me to be more patriotic, respectful of other people, and proud of my country. Most of what I know is saturated with the military life I have experienced: my family structure, my vocabulary, my ability to communicate, and the responsibilities of each family member, and my view of the world. Living aboard includes being personally responsible to behave in a way that reflects positively ... ...

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... you to have the children identify the plot and rhyming words. They also give phonics strategies and reading strategies to try if there is a specific scenario. They then go over vocabulary, making lists, and handwriting, these are also the specific objectives for the section. I feel that this section was pretty good for the skills that they wanted to highlight and fulfill ... ...

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... to the development and social customs of the United States. For example, while English is our official language, many words of other countries and cultures have been added to our vocabulary. Yam (African), cookie (Dutch), pretzel (German), tobacco (Native American), and ranch (Spanish) are words describing things we think of as being "American". What is American? What is an American? These ... ...

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... school. But don't get me wrong, we have made many new friends, just none we consider part of the group. Also, some African-Americans have many different words in their vocabulary that they string together to make coherent sentences when they talk within themselves, but if an outsider heard what they were saying they may have a clue what they are talking ... ...

• Word Count: 636
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• Grade Level: High School