Phraseology

Схожі твори:

1. Polysemy in Modern English Most English words are polysemantic. It should be noted that the wealth of expressive resources of a language largely depends on the degree to which polysemy has developed in the language. The system of meanings of any polysemantic word develops gradually, mostly over the centuries, as more and more new meanings are either added to […]...
2. Classification of Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices The expressive means of the language are studied respectively in manuals of phonetics, grammar, lexicology and stylistics. Stylistics, however, observes not only the nature of an expressive means, but also its potential capacity of becoming a stylistic device. Stylistic device is a conscious and intentional literary use of some of the facts of the language […]...
3. Neologisms A neologism is a word, term, or phrase which has been recently created (“coined”) – often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena, or old ideas which have taken on a new cultural context. The term […]...
4. Native and borrowed words Native Etymologically the vocabulary of the English language is far from being homogenous. It consists of two layers – the native stock of words and the borrowed stock of words In fact native words comprise only 30% of the total number of words in the English vocabulary. The native words have a wider range of […]...
5. About Rap Rap is a style of music that has been popular in Britain and the United States for over ten years. The noun “rap” comes from the verb “to rap”. This is an informal word meaning to talk quickly and a lot. Rap music has developed along with movements in fashion, dance and art. They all […]...
6. Nobody Had Believed It Was Possible In 1912, the Titanic hit the iceberg on its first trip across the Atlantic, and it sank four hours later. At that time, The Titanic was the largest ship that had ever travelled on the sea. It was carrying 2207 people, but it had taken on enough lifeboats for only 1178 people. When the passengers […]...
7. Structural classification of Sentences The meaning of an English sentence depends on the word order. We put the subject before the verb and the object after the predicate. The cook burnt the dinner. From the point of view of their structure sentences can be divided into: two-membered; one-membered; complete; incomplete; simple; composite (compound, complex). A simple sentence contains a […]...
8. Білет № 8 Відповіді на білети. Англійська мова Ви на канікулах і хочете купити тлумачний словник поцікавтеся, чи є в наявності такі словники, скільки вони коштують, яких видавництв ці словники, який їхній лексичний мінімум. When I arrived in London I understood that it’s necessary to buy a small dictionary because I heard lots of new words and expressions. I needed somebody’s advice. When […]...
9. Она держит руку на пульсе планеты – She Feels the Global Life I would like to tell you about my great-grandmother. She is an unusual woman. Her name is Vera Andreevna. She was born in far 1916. She is 93 now. My great – grandma is short and slim with thick long plaint. She was a peasant and worked in the collective farm. During the Second World […]...
10. Экзамен, который изменил мою жизнь – City & Guilds: Exam that has changed my life Being quite good at languages, I was constantly thinking of sitting for some British exam to get some certificate to indicate my level of English. But while thinking about it, I faced some serious problems: our town is quite tiny to have any inretnational exames hold in, so I had to go to Moscow, but […]...
11. Peter the Great Peter 1, or Peter the Great was one of the most outstanding rulers and reformers in Russian history. He was Tsar of Russia and became Emperor in 1721. First he ruled together with his brother, Ivan, and his sister, Sofya. In 1696 he became a sole ruler. He was a healthy, lively and clever child. […]...
12. Phonetic Expressive Means and Stylistic Devices The theory of sense – independence of separate sounds is based on a subjective interpretation of sound associations and has nothing to do with objective scientific data. However, the sound of a word, or more exactly the way words sound in combination, cannot fail to contribute something to the general effect of the message, particularly […]...
13. Білет № 7 Відповіді на білети. Англійська мова Ви щойно повернулися з першого заняття на мовних курсах у країні, мова якої вивчається. Розкажіть своїм батькам, якою була тема першого заняття, опишіть своє перше враження від класу та учнів, опишіть свою вчительку і види діяльності на уроці. You know that nowadays it’s very important to speak one or two foreign languages. That’s why I […]...
14. My trip to the President`s New year`s tree – 2011 New year`s tree was given to me. I was very happy because I have never been to the President`s New year`s tree before. I went to the camp on the 10th of September and on the 19th of December I was going to Moscow. Our train was late in the evening and when we came […]...
15. “A Stolen” Theme The famous Italian composer Leoncovallo loved to listen to what people said about his operas. One evening, when his “Pagliacci” was on, he was sitting next to a girl who clapped with enthusiasm. Between claps she looked angrily at the gentleman sitting next to her who didn’t applaud at all. When the curtain went down […]...
16. Periods of the English history According to English scientists Henry Sweet classified this periods are connected with the development of English endings. Henry Sweet classified them as 1. The Period of Full Endings, 2. The Period of Levelled Endings in reality contains the levelled vowel in the ending, but at the same time lots of endings were already lost; 3. […]...
17. My work at the foreign trade company Hello, my name is Maxim Sviridov. I work as a manager at the “Star tour” company. It is Russian company which works on the business travel market. Two weeks ago I was sent by the administration of our company to London where I studied the English travel companies, their traditions, their marketing and management. Now […]...
18. Мое отношение к субкультурам – My relation to subcultures My relation to subculture is different. Subculture is a good thing on the one hand, because the young people can go to some groups and they can communicate with the friends. These young people are similar in interests and hobbies. All of them have common topics for dialogues. As a rule, they are the musical […]...
19. Edwin S. Porter While Alice Guy was blazing new cinematic advances in France and later in the United States, Edison was moving ahead with the development of the motion picture with the aid of Edwin S. Porter, whose films The Life of an American Fireman and particularly The Great Train Robbery revolutionized the cinema. The Life of an […]...
20. Стилистический анализ текста: Agatha Christie “The Case of the Discontented Husband” The text under stylistic analysis is taken from the book “The case of the discontented husband” by Agatha Christie is written in the style of fiction. This story is about Mr Wade, he was in trouble over his wife, who decided to solve his problem with the help of Mr Parker. In the beginning of […]...
21. The Most Beautiful Place on earth Ми знаємо англійські прислів’я, от одне з них: “Немає кращого місця, ніж дім” (“У гостях добре, а вдома краще” – українське прислів’я відповідає англійському). Дійсно, найкращі місця – це наше місто чи село. Ми ніколи не забуваємо його, коли їдемо. Є багато чудових місць, де живуть люди. Вони можуть жити біля лісів, річок чи морів, […]...
22. The Cinema In Britain In England the cinema is usually called “the pictures”. The American name “the movies” is sometimes used. The first performance or “showing” as it is called, begins about two o’clock in the afternoon and the show goes on from then until about half past ten. You can go in at any time and leave at […]...
23. The Famous Boxer Cassius Clay was born in Louisville. Kentucky in 1941. He first became famous in 1960 when won a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Rome. He became a professional boxer in the same year. In 1964, the world was astonished when Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston and became the World Heavy Weight Champion. He […]...
24. RUSSIA – THE POLITICAL SYSTEM The official name of our country is the Russian Federation. The capital of the Russian Federation is Moscow. It is the third largest city in the world where about 10 million people live. It is situated in the middle of the European part of our country. Russia is a presidential republic; it means that the […]...
25. American Corporate Culture This corporate culture is also called Anglo-American. It appeared at the beginning of the 20th century before the Great Depression of 1920-1930. Now this kind of culture is spread widely in Americas, UK, in African countries and the Middle East. Anglo-American Corporate Culture is characterized with one lever of governance council. This very council also […]...
26. Центр моей жизни – The focus of my life Today the focus of my life is learning languages. Since early childhood when I didn`t understand many things, I was dreaming about learning at least five of them. I always named English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and sometimes even Japanese. Of course these words meant very little for me then. I just heard them very […]...
27. Ты хочешь быть счастливым? – Do you want to be happy? Reading articles “How to be happy” in the Internet I realize that a happy person should write about it. When you ask yourself: “What is really happiness?” I think that happiness has different meanings for each person and first of all, you should define what happiness means to you. For instance, a relationship, a job, […]...
28. A String of Pearl One evening at dinner the conversation by chance drifted to the subject of pearls. There had been in the papers a good deal of talk about the culture pearls which the cunning Japanese were making, and the doctor remarked that they must inevitably diminish the value of real ones. Mr. Kelada, as was in his […]...
29. Restaurants (part 1) A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. The term covers a multiplicity of venues and a diversity of styles of cuisine. Restaurants are sometimes a feature of a larger complex, typically a hotel, where the dining amenities are provided for the convenience of the residents […]...
30. Влияние классической музыки на человека – The influence of classical music on a man If I start a conversation about music, then in my heart immediately becomes warmer. This music, which touches my heart, is classical music. But most of all I like music, performing on the piano. This I learned when I first time climbed the stairs of the music school; I heard the greatest Beethoven`s Ninth Symphony. […]...
31. Christmas and Happy New Year The word “Christmas” is derived from the words “Christ’s Mass” – the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. But although Christmas is undoubtedly a Christian celebration, it is also true to say that it is an unusual combination of pagan and Christian festivities. A Christmas tree stands in everybody’s living room at Christmas, shining […]...
32. The History of Rock and Pop The ’70s Two groups show the different sides of ’70s pop – Abba and The Sex Pistols. Sweden’s Abba worked with the latest Technology. Their songs were popular with people from 8 to 80. They were rich. They made videos. They were in fact, superstar entertainers. And they weren’t alone. There were a lot of other ’70s […]...
33. История Самарской области – The History of the Samara region More than two million seven hundred twenty thousand one hundred seventy one persons Russian – the basic population of the Russian Federation live in the Samara Region. The formation of the Russian population of the Samara area occurred in the sixteenth – nineteen the centuries for the account of a resettlement from the other places. […]...
34. Хорошие качества человека – What traits of character I appreciate most of all? The burning issues of modern world are various, but the most burning ones are the moral and spiritual. The relationship of people and the relations of the countries depend on the solution of these problems. It is necessary to solve the problems on the international scene, economic, ecological and educational as well. The answers to […]...
35. COMPOSITION CULTURE AND SCIENCE IN UKRAINE Much credit in the development of Ukrainian science is due to M. Ostrohradsky (mathematics), O. Bodyansky (linguistics), V. Antonovich (history), V. Obraztsov, M. Strazhenko, V. Filatov (various branches of medicine). The creation of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1918 – was an event of historical importance. Among its founding members were Volodymyr Vernadsky, a […]...
36. St. Paul’s Cathedral The City’s greatest monument and on of the finest Renaissance cathedrals in Europe is St. Paul’s Cathedral. The old cathedral was completely destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. People put their belongings in the church, thinking it was safe, but the fire soon reached it. It was so hot it turned the […]...
37. Diana Ross There are lots of superstars these days, but one person who really deserves the name is Diana Ross. Her career began in the 1960s with “The Supremes”. Then she became a solo performer. Diana Ross started singing with school groups in a poor area of Detroit. Together with two friends she approached the MotQwnjconHabel/lTM Supxem […]...
38. Британская кухня – British cuisine Traditional British cuisine includes fish and chips, roast beef, steak, mash, and probably famous pudding. Certainly we may find different kinds of food in any restaurant in England, but these are the popular I guess because many Englishmen, answering the question about their gastronomy stereotype, will name these things. A real British cuisine distinguishes itself […]...
39. Большие и малые города Канады – Canadian Cities and Towns Канада – это страна с быстрым ростом населения. Оно в основном сосредоточено в больших городах. Самым важным среди них является столица страны – Оттава. Она расположена на живописном берегу реки Оттавы. Одна треть ее населения – потомки английских и французских эмигрантов. До колонизации Оттава была индейским торговым центром. Название города происходит от индейского слова, обозначающего […]...
40. Art gallereys of London Speaking about art gallereys of London we should first of all mention The national gallery, The national portret galerey and The tate gallery. I would like to tell you about National portret gallery and about Tate gallery. The national gallery houses one of the richest and most extensive collections of painting in the world. It […]...