Sabtu, 31 Juli 2010

vocabulary building

HOMONYMS
Homonym is a word that is the same in form or sound as another but different in meaning. E.g. pale and pail, here are the homonyms listed alphabetically that you have to learn carefully.
1. Air =(atmosphere) heir =(inheritor)
2. Aisle =(passage) isle =(island)
3. Alley =(Passage) ally =(a friend)
4. Anker =(a measure) anchor =(of a vessel)
5. Ant =(insect) aunt =(relative)
6. Bacon =(pork) baken =(baked)
7. Bare =(naked) bear =(animal, to carry)
8. Beat =(to strike) beet =(vegetable)
9. Brake =(to a wheel) break =(opening; to part)
10. Cannon =(large gun) canon =(a law, a rule)
11. Cast =(to throw) caste =(rank)
12. Ceiling =(for a room) sealing =(fastening)
13. Collar =(neck wear) color =(hue)
14. Dam =(wall for stream) damn =(to doom of curse)
15. Decease =(death) disease =(sickness)
16. Die =(to expire) dye =(to color)
17. Elude =(to escape from) illude =(to deceive)
18. Eruption =(bursting) irruption =(sudden invasion)
19. Fair =(beautiful, just) fare =(food, price)
20. Find =(to discover) fined =(punished)
21. Foul =(unclean) fowl =(pearl of fool)
22. Guilt =(crime) gilt =(gold on surface)
23. Heal =(to cure) heel =(part of fool)
24. Holy =(pure sacred) wholly =(completely)
BSI silabus

Minggu, 25 Juli 2010

phrases

ADJECTIVE + NOUN PHRASES

Here are number of the phrases, each of which is composed of an objective and a noun, listed alphabetically as follows:
Bad time = Bad ( adjective), Time (noun)

Bad time = unpleasant experience
Black market = illegal market
Broad daylight = full daylight
Broken English = incorrect English
Cold war = unfriendly relation between countries
Fair play = a play in which there is no cheating
Free lance = one who is not paid by anyone, agency, office, et cetera
Good deal = a great deal, a lot of
Raked eye = eye unaided by any kind of instrument
Narrow escape = an escape made with difficulty
Practical joke = humor
Ready money = money which a person has in hand ready for use
Running water = water which flows
Short cut = a shorter or quicker way than the usual or ordinary one
Sick leave = take a day-off for being sick
Small arms = the opposite of heavy arms, such as pistols, etc
Soft drink = unalcoholic drink
Starting point = the point or place at which a start is made
Strong drink = alcoholic drink such as brandy, whesky, etc
Walking stick = a stick a person carries when walking

bsi-silabus

Sabtu, 24 Juli 2010

Adverbial Phrases

ADVERBIAL PHRASES

Phrases function as adverbs may express some relation of cause, purpose, condition, or concession.
1. Expressing a relation of time; as: He has been absent since last week.
2. Expressing a relation of place; as; I live near the campus.
3. Expressing a relation of manner; as: He loves her very much.
4. Expressing a relation of cause; as: I was late because of the rain.
5. Expressing a relation of purpose; as: I have came to tell you the news.
6. Expressing a relation of condition ; as: We will go out of necessary.
7. Expressing a relation of concession; as: In spite of the rain, he went out.

The following are some more phrases of that kind, most of them use words which you already familiar with.
1. a head of time = sooner than expected
2. as a matter of fact = to tell the truth
3. as a rule = usually
4. at any rate = whatever happens
5. by accident = without being planned
6. by all means = at all costs, certainly
7. by and large = on the whole
8. by no means = not at all
9. for good = forever
10. for the time of being = temporary
11. From time to time again = occasionally, now and again
12. In the long run = in the end
13. In and on = without stopping
14. Sooner or later = in the end
15. To some extend = partly

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