Sunday, September 20, 2020

WORD CHOICE


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 Synonyms of 

GOES - WALK



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mope




stomp, clomp,



crawls, slithers





paces (usually pacing back and forth)




scramble, scatter



roam, wander





toddles




stagger, stumble, bumble, tumble


limp, gimp




burst, barge, 


storm







Sneak, slink



shuffle





lurch




amble, mosey, stroll

mosey



Waddle


trot, canter, gallop


trudge, hike, trek, tread





strut




saunter, strut, swagger


Similar and opposite words
grab
verb
seize
grasp
snatch
seize hold of
grab hold of
take hold of
catch hold of
lay hold of
lay (one's) hands on
get one's hands on
take a grip of
fasten round
grapple
grip
clasp
clutch
catch at
take
pluck
collar
noun
lunge for

nab     -   attempt to grab

Similar words
say
verb
past tense: said; past participle: said
1.
utter words so as to convey information, an opinion, a feeling or intention, or an instruction.
Similar
speak
utter
voice
pronounce
give utterance to
give voice to
vocalize
declare
state
announce
remark
observe
mention
comment
note
add
reply
respond
answer
rejoin
whisper
mutter
mumble
mouth
come out with
claim
maintain
assert
hold
insist
contend
aver
affirm
avow
allege
profess
opine
asseverate
express
put into words
phrase
articulate
communicate
make known
get across
put across
convey
verbalize
render
tell
reveal
divulge
impart
disclose
imply
suggest
signify
denote
mean
adduce
propose
advance
bring forward
offer
plead
indicate
show
read
be reported
be thought
be believed
be alleged
be rumored
be reputed
be put about
be described
be asserted
apparently
seemingly
it seems that
it appears that
(so) they say
(so) the story goes
by all accounts
rumor has it
the rumor is
recite
repeat
utter
deliver
perform
declaim
orate
2.
assume something in order to work out what its consequences would be; make a hypothesis.
Similar
suppose
assume
imagine
presume
take as a hypothesis
hypothesize
postulate



Similar and opposite words
make
verb
1.
construct
build
assemble
put together
manufacture
produce
fabricate
create
form
fashion
model
mold
shape
forge
bring into existence
2.
force
compel
coerce
press
drive
pressure
pressurize
oblige
require
have someone do something
prevail on
dragoon
bludgeon


Similar and opposite words
good
adjective
1.
fine
of high quality
of a high standard
quality
superior
satisfactory
acceptable
adequate
in order
up to scratch
up to the mark
up to standard
up to par
competent
not bad
all right
excellent
superb
outstanding
magnificent
of the highest quality
of the highest standard
exceptional
marvelous
wonderful
first-rate
first-class
superlative
splendid
admirable
worthy
sterling
super
great
OK
hunky-dory
A1
ace
terrific
tremendous
fantastic
fab
top-notch
tip-top
class
awesome
magic
wicked
brilliant
brill
smashing
bosting
on fleek
beaut
bonzer
spiffing
ripping
cracking
topping
top-hole
wizard
capital
champion
swell
delicious
mouthwatering
appetizing
tasty
flavorsome
flavorful
delectable
toothsome
inviting
enjoyable
palatable
succulent
luscious
rich
sweet
savory
piquant
scrumptious
delish
scrummy
yummy
yum-yum
moreish
peng
finger-licking
nummy
ambrosial
ambrosian
nectareous
nectarean
flavorous
sapid
valid
genuine
authentic
legitimate
sound
bona fide
convincing
persuasive
forceful
striking
telling
potent
powerful
strong
cogent
compelling
trenchant
weighty
important
meaningful
influential


Quality

superior

satisfactory - acceptable




2.
virtuous
righteous
moral
morally correct
ethical
upright
upstanding
high-minded
right-minded
right-thinking
principled
exemplary
clean
law-abiding
lawful
irreproachable
blameless
guiltless
unimpeachable
just
honest
honorable
unbribable
incorruptible
anticorruption
scrupulous
reputable
decent
respectable
noble
lofty
elevated
worthy
trustworthy
meritorious
praiseworthy
commendable
admirable
laudable
pure
pure as the driven snow
whiter than white
sinless
saintly
saintlike
godly
angelic
squeaky clean
noun
1.
virtue
righteousness
virtuousness
goodness
morality
ethicalness
uprightness
upstandingness
integrity
principle
dignity
rectitude
rightness
honesty
truth
truthfulness
honor
incorruptibility
probity
propriety
worthiness
worth
merit
irreproachableness
blamelessness
purity
pureness
lack of corruption
justice
justness
fairness
2.
benefit
advantage
profit
gain
interest
welfare
well-being
enjoyment
satisfaction
comfort
ease
convenience
help
aid
Similar and opposite words
nice
adjective
1.
enjoyable
pleasant
pleasurable
agreeable
delightful
satisfying
gratifying
acceptable
to one's liking
entertaining
amusing
diverting
marvelous
good
bonny
couthy
irie
lovely
great
neat
lekker
mooi
2.
subtle
fine
delicate
minute
precise
exact
accurate
strict
close
careful
meticulous
rigorous
scrupulous
ultra-fine
Similar and opposite words
neat1
adjective
1.
tidy
neat and tidy
as neat as a new pin
orderly
well ordered
in (good) order
well kept
in apple-pie order
immaculate
spick and span
uncluttered
straight
trim
spruce
tricksy
2.
skillful
deft
dexterous
adroit
adept
expert
practiced
accurate
precise
nimble
agile
graceful
stylish
nifty
clever
ingenious
Similar and opposite words
bad
adjective
1.
of poor quality or a low standard.
Similar
substandard
poor
inferior
second-rate
second-class
unsatisfactory
inadequate
unacceptable
not up to scratch
not up to par
deficient
imperfect
defective
faulty
shoddy
amateurish
careless
negligent
dreadful
awful
terrible
abominable
frightful
atrocious
disgraceful
deplorable
hopeless
worthless
laughable
lamentable
miserable
sorry
third-rate
diabolical
execrable
incompetent
inept
inexpert
ineffectual
crummy
rotten
pathetic
useless
woeful
bum
lousy
ropy
appalling
abysmal
pitiful
godawful
dire
poxy
not up to snuff
the pits
duff
chronic
rubbish
pants
a load of pants
egregious
vulgar slang
crap
shit
chickenshit
Opposite
good
excellent
skilled
inauspicious
disadvantageous
adverse
difficult
inopportune
unpropitious
inappropriate
unsuitable
unfavorable
unfortunate
untoward
disastrous
2.
not such as to be hoped for or desired; unpleasant or unwelcome.
Similar
unpleasant
disagreeable
unwelcome
unfortunate
unfavorable
unlucky
adverse
nasty
terrible
dreadful
awful
grim
distressing
regrettable
parlous
Opposite
good
severe
serious
grave
critical
grievous
acute
dreadful
terrible
awful
ghastly
dire
grim
frightful
shocking
life-threatening
peracute
harmful
damaging
detrimental
undesirable
injurious
hurtful
inimical
dangerous
destructive
ruinous
deleterious
unhealthy
unwholesome
3.
wicked
sinful
immoral
evil
morally wrong
corrupt
base
black-hearted
reprobate
depraved
degenerate
dissolute
amoral
criminal
villainous
nefarious
iniquitous
dishonest
dishonorable
unscrupulous
unprincipled
crooked
bent
dirty
dastardly
4.
injured
wounded
diseased
gammy
knackered
crook
game
5.
rotten
off
decayed
decomposed
decomposing
putrid
putrefied
putrescent
moldy
moldering
sour
rancid
rank
unfit for human consumption
addled
maggoty
worm-eaten
wormy
flyblown
putrefactive
putrefacient
6.
guilty
conscience-stricken
remorseful
guilt-ridden
ashamed
chastened
contrite
sorry
full of regret
regretful
repentant
penitent
shamefaced
self-reproachful
apologetic
7.
invalid
worthless
counterfeit
fake
false
spurious
fraudulent
bogus
phoney
dud


cute
adjective
attractive in a pretty or endearing way.
Similar
endearing
adorable
lovable
sweet
lovely
appealing
engaging
delightful
dear
darling
winning
winsome
charming
enchanting
attractive
pretty
as pretty as a picture
chocolate-box
bonny
cutesy
dinky
twee
pretty-pretty
adorbs
Opposite
unattractive
unappealing

Exercise: explain body language from Looney Tunes


ADVANCED

Unless - if - if... not  - whether


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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Lesson 9/15

Review- some


Informal- used before any noun to show that it isn't important what the exact name is:

• Some kid threw a rock at me.

• We're watching some movie that my husband wants to watch.


Formal- used before plural numbers to show that they are not exact:

• Some 2,000 people were killed in the attack.

NOT

• Some terrorist attacked the State House.

 Review exercise 48.4 


No, none of, not any, nothing, etc.

No, none of, etc is used for emphasis in negative sentences:

• There isn't any food.

• There's no food!

• There isn't anyone to help me.

• There's no one to help me!


Used at the beginning of a clause instead of any, anything etc.

• No help could be found. (not "Not any help could be found")


Used right after and, but, or that instead of any, anything etc.

• We checked the office, and no one was there. (not "and not anyone was there")

• It seems to me that nothing can be done.

• I liked the dinner but nobody else did.


Not a

Used in the beginning of a sentence or after and, but, or that in more

formal writing

• Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. (no animals were moving)

• He slammed the breaks and not a moment too soon. (just in time)

Complete Exercise 49.1


All (of)

We sometimes use all after the noun it refers to:

• Americans all talk too loud.

• We all think your new boyfriend is rude.


We usually put all after the verb be or after the first helping verb if

there is one

• They are all going on vacation.

• We could all meet up after class.

For negatives use not all of

• Not all of the students handed in their homework. (some students did not

hand in their homework)

Complete Exercise 51.1



Program Director: Take 2, cue Howard.

Beale: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the street, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it.

We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat. And we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be!

We all know things are bad -- worse than bad -- they're crazy.

It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out any more. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, "Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials, and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone."

Well, I'm not going to leave you alone.

I want you to get mad!

I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot. I don't want you to write to your Congressman, because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street.

All I know is that first, you've got to get mad.

You've gotta say, "I'm a human being, goddammit! My life has value!"

So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell,

"I'm as mad as hell,

and I'm not going to take this anymore!!"

All and whole

Before singular nouns we usually use the whole, not all the

• He slept through the whole lesson.

• The whole city is out of Clorox wipes.

• HOWEVER we can say all day, all weekend, all month, all summer


Before plural nouns we can use all of or the whole, but the

meaning is different

• All of the states shut down because of the virus. (every state shut down)

• Whole states are still shut down because of the virus. (not every state is

shut down, but some states shut down completely)


Complete Exercise 51.2 


Proficient

public speaking and cadence





Some favs: Alan Watts, Terrence McKenna, Chris Hedges, Jordan Peterson

fast slow up down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5C2gihnEkE

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Great Orators

 














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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Lesson 9/9

 


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EXILE by Taylor Swift

I can ________ you standin', honey
With his arms around your body
Laughin' but the joke's not funny at all
And it took you five whole minutes
To pack us up and leave me with it
Holdin' all this _________ out here in the hall

I ________ I've seen this film before
And I didn't ________ the ending
You're not my homeland anymore
So what am I defendin' now?
You were my town
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
I think I've seen this film before

Hoo, hoo-ooh
Hoo, hoo-ooh
Hoo, hoo-ooh

I can _______ you starin', honey
Like he's just your understudy
_________ you'd get your knuckles bloody for me
Second, third, and hundredth chances
Balancin' on breaking branches
Those eyes add ________ to injury

I think I've seen this film before
And I didn't like the ending
I'm not your ____________ anymore
So who am I ____________ now?
You were my crown
Now I'm in exile seein' you out
I think I've seen this film before
So I'm leavin' out the side door

So step right out
There is no amount
Of cryin' I can do for you

All this time
We always ________ a very thin line
You didn't even hear me out (You didn't even hear me out)
You never gave a __________ sign (I gave so many signs)

All this time
I never __________ to read your mind (Never learned to read my mind)
I couldn't turn things around (You never _________ _______ ________)
'Cause you never gave a _________ sign (I gave so many signs)
So many signs
So many signs (You didn't even see the signs)

























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Friday, September 4, 2020

Pahrump Friends

 





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Friday, August 21, 2020

Embellishing Sentences



Ho ho.... no

A lot of people ask me, hey Eric, what's a noun clause?
Clause: combination of words that must contain a subject and verb.

Often it is a dependent clause.

Can be used with conjunctions:

(that) which who whom
whose that if whether
when where how why
who/m when what where which-ever

Only some of these can be both conjunction that starts the clause and the subject. 
Subject: which - who - what


In the interest of further your pop culture references, let's play a Celebrity Guessing Game!


noun clause has 4 uses 
(subject - verb - compliment/conjunction - object)
as the subject of sentence

What she wore to the party really turned some heads.

Whoever wants to know should ask me.

(you) please ask mom what we are having for dinner.

Do you know if she is coming?

Steve isn't what is general considered the most ethical.

using object + preposition

Sarah should not be held responsible for what her brother does.

It's more of a question of whom she said it to than why she said it.

That she might be right is what frightens me.




Noun Clauses are everywhere in Movies, TV shows, and Music!

Try to Find the Noun Clause in Kelly Clarkson's Stronger...


Lyrics:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger Stand a little taller Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone What doesn't kill you makes a fighter Footsteps even lighter Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone



A lot of people ask me, hey Eric, what about a noun phrase?
 A phrase is a collection of words that may have nouns or verbals, but it does not have a subject doing a verb.

We sometimes add information about a person or thing referred to in one noun phrase by talking about the same person or thing in a different way in a following noun phrase:


-  A hooded cobra, one of the world's most dangerous snakes, has escaped from Dudley Zoo.


-  Dr. Alex Parr, director of the State Museum, is to become the government's art advisor.


In writing, the items are usually separated by a comma. And I'm not talking about Culture Club...


In speech the items are usually separated by a pause or other intonation break. Afterall, we don't want to be sounding like John Moschitta...


However when a second action acts like a defining relative clause, when it is usually a name, there is usually no punctuation in writing or intonation break in speech.


-  My friend Mia has moved to Sweden. (rather than... My friend, Mia, has moved to Sweden)

-  The current champion is expected to survive her first-round match with the Italian Silvia Farina. (rather than... The current champion is expected to survive her first-round match with the Italian, Silvia Farina.)


We can add information to a noun phrase with a conjunction such as and or or:


-  Kurt Svensson, her teacher and well known concert pianist, thinks that she is a great talent.
( = her teacher is also a well-known pianist)

-  Phonetics or the study of speech sounds is a common component on courses in teaching English as a foreign language.


The adverb namely and the phrase that is are used to add details about a noun phrase:


-  This side effect of the treatment, namely weight gain, is counteracted with other drugs.

-  The main cause of global warming, that is the burning of fossil fuels, is to be the focus of negotiations at the international conference.


We can also add information to a noun phrase using a participle clause beginning with an -ing, -ed, or being + ing verb form. These are often similar to defining relative clauses.


SIDE NOTE: defining vs. non-defining:

The Canadian people who come from Alberta sure do say 'eh' and 'sorry' a lot.

The Canadian people, who come from Alberta, sure do say 'eh' and 'sorry' a lot. 




-  The people living next door come from Italy. (or the people who are living next door...)

-  The weapon used in the murder has now been found. (or the weapon that has been used...)

The prisoners being released being released are all women (or the prisoners who are being released...)

Note that -ing participle clauses correspond to defining relative clauses with an active verb, while -ed and being + -ed clauses correspond to defining relative clauses with a passive verb.


SIDE NOTE: active vs. passive:
subject does the verbing, object gets verbed.

ex. The dog chases the cat.



-  We also use a to-infinitive clause, as in:

-  Have you brought a book to read?

-  My decision to resign from the company was made after a great deal of thought.

- I thought that the management's offer, to increase staff holidays, was a good one.


In written English, often in newspapers, -ing and -ed clauses are also used instead of non-defining relative clauses. These are usually written between commas or dashes (-)


- The men, wearing anoraks and hats, made off with the Volvo.

So who stole the car?


Probably not these folks...

ASSIGNMENT: rewrite the sentences in this sentence combining exercise with some of what you've learned.


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