🔰 A top ( noun )
a commonly cylindrical or conoidal device that has a tapering point on which it is made to spin and that is used especially as a toy
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a commonly cylindrical or conoidal device that has a tapering point on which it is made to spin and that is used especially as a toy
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💬 Hash something out :
= to talk about something with someone else in order to reach agreement about it
🔻Let’s hash the details out at the next meeting .
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= to talk about something with someone else in order to reach agreement about it
🔻Let’s hash the details out at the next meeting .
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✨ 7 Tips on Writing an Effective Essay ✨
https://www.fastweb.com/student-life/articles/essay-tips-7-tips-on-writing-an-effective-essay
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✨ 7 Tips on Writing an Effective Essay ✨
https://www.fastweb.com/student-life/articles/essay-tips-7-tips-on-writing-an-effective-essay
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🔰 Meaning:
one shouldn't act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers.
✨ The family was asked to look before they leap into buying this house.
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one shouldn't act without first considering the possible consequences or dangers.
✨ The family was asked to look before they leap into buying this house.
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💠 CHILIAD 💠
noun ; chil·i·ad \ˈki-lē-ˌad, -əd\
✨ Definition :
1 : a group of 1000
2 : millennium
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noun ; chil·i·ad \ˈki-lē-ˌad, -əd\
✨ Definition :
1 : a group of 1000
2 : millennium
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💠 Chiliad 🆚 millennium
What's the difference between a chiliad and a millennium?
Not much: both words refer to a period of 1000 years. While millennium is more widely used, chiliad is actually older, first appearing in the late 1500s (millennium didn’t make its way into written English until the following century).
Not surprisingly, both words trace back to roots that mean thousand. Millennium comes from the Latin mille, and chiliad is a descendent of the Greek chilioi.
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What's the difference between a chiliad and a millennium?
Not much: both words refer to a period of 1000 years. While millennium is more widely used, chiliad is actually older, first appearing in the late 1500s (millennium didn’t make its way into written English until the following century).
Not surprisingly, both words trace back to roots that mean thousand. Millennium comes from the Latin mille, and chiliad is a descendent of the Greek chilioi.
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💎 Rat on someone
⭕️ To tell someone in authority that someone else is doing something bad
✨ He ratted on his friends and didn't have to go to jail.
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⭕️ To tell someone in authority that someone else is doing something bad
✨ He ratted on his friends and didn't have to go to jail.
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🔰 Useful sentence structures 🔰
1️⃣ When Subject + Verb + Object, Subject 1 + Verb 1 + Object 1
💢 When a language dies out, a whole way of life disappears with it.
2️⃣ While Subject + Verb + Object, Subject 1 + Verb 1 + Object 1
💢 While some students drop out after a few years studying, others finish academic courses with poor degrees.
3️⃣ Subject + Verb + Object, resulting in an increase/a decrease in + the number of smth/the demand for smth
💢 Many people in the countryside migrate into big cities, resulting in an increase in the demands for accommodation, food and services in urban areas.
4️⃣ Subject + Verb + Object, giving rise to smth
💢 Advertisements give people more choices on what they want to buy, giving rise to the consumer society.
5️⃣ Compared to those who + Subject + Verb + Object, Subject + Verb + Object
💢 Compared to those who hold high school qualifications, university graduates often have more employment opportunities.
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1️⃣ When Subject + Verb + Object, Subject 1 + Verb 1 + Object 1
💢 When a language dies out, a whole way of life disappears with it.
2️⃣ While Subject + Verb + Object, Subject 1 + Verb 1 + Object 1
💢 While some students drop out after a few years studying, others finish academic courses with poor degrees.
3️⃣ Subject + Verb + Object, resulting in an increase/a decrease in + the number of smth/the demand for smth
💢 Many people in the countryside migrate into big cities, resulting in an increase in the demands for accommodation, food and services in urban areas.
4️⃣ Subject + Verb + Object, giving rise to smth
💢 Advertisements give people more choices on what they want to buy, giving rise to the consumer society.
5️⃣ Compared to those who + Subject + Verb + Object, Subject + Verb + Object
💢 Compared to those who hold high school qualifications, university graduates often have more employment opportunities.
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🔰 Ineffable : adj
in·ef·fa·ble ▶️\(ˌ)i-ˈne-fə-bəl\
• ineffability ( n )
• ineffableness ( n )
• ineffably ( adv. )
⏺ Example : ineffable joy
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in·ef·fa·ble ▶️\(ˌ)i-ˈne-fə-bəl\
• ineffability ( n )
• ineffableness ( n )
• ineffably ( adv. )
⏺ Example : ineffable joy
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💠( 5 ) Meronym & Holonym
A meronym is a word that denotes a constituent part or a member of something.
Adj.: meronymous
Antonym: Holonym
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A meronym is a word that denotes a constituent part or a member of something.
Adj.: meronymous
Antonym: Holonym
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💠( 5 ) Meronym & Holonym
For example, apple is a meronym of apple tree (sometimes written as apple<apple tree).
This part-to-whole relationship is called meronymy.
Meronymy is not just a single relation but a bundle of different part-to-whole relationships.
The opposite of a meronym is a holonym—the name of the whole of which the meronym is a part.
Apple tree is a holonym of apple (apple tree>apple).
The whole-to-part relationship is called holonymy.
✨ Etymology
From the Greek,"part"+"name"
✨ Examples and Observations
"[I]n one context finger is an appropriate meronym of hand, and in other cases flesh is an appropriate meronym of hand.
Finger and flesh, however, are not co-meronyms of hand, since different relational criteria (functional part versus material) are applied in each case."
✨ Types of Meronym Relationships
At one level, meronyms can be divided into two types: 'necessary' and 'optional' , otherwise called 'canonical' and 'facilitative'.
An example of necessary meronymy is eye<face.
Having an eye is a necessary condition of a well-formed face, and even if it is removed, an eye is still a face part.
Optional meronymy includes examples like cushion<chair—there are chairs without cushions and cushions that exist independently of chairs.
Meronymy is a term used to describe a part-whole relationship between lexical items. Thus cover and page are meronyms of book.
Meronyms vary . . . in how necessary the part is to the whole. Some are necessary for normal examples, for example nose as a meronym of face; others are usual but not obligatory, like collar as a meronym of shirt; still others are optional like cellar for house.
In many ways, meronymy is significantly more complicated than hyponymy.
The Wordnet databases specify three types of meronym relationships:
1️⃣ Part meronym: a 'tire' is part of a 'car'
2️⃣ Member meronym: a 'car' is a member of a 'traffic jam'
3️⃣ Substance (stuff) meronym: a 'wheel' is made from 'rubber'
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For example, apple is a meronym of apple tree (sometimes written as apple<apple tree).
This part-to-whole relationship is called meronymy.
Meronymy is not just a single relation but a bundle of different part-to-whole relationships.
The opposite of a meronym is a holonym—the name of the whole of which the meronym is a part.
Apple tree is a holonym of apple (apple tree>apple).
The whole-to-part relationship is called holonymy.
✨ Etymology
From the Greek,"part"+"name"
✨ Examples and Observations
"[I]n one context finger is an appropriate meronym of hand, and in other cases flesh is an appropriate meronym of hand.
Finger and flesh, however, are not co-meronyms of hand, since different relational criteria (functional part versus material) are applied in each case."
✨ Types of Meronym Relationships
At one level, meronyms can be divided into two types: 'necessary' and 'optional' , otherwise called 'canonical' and 'facilitative'.
An example of necessary meronymy is eye<face.
Having an eye is a necessary condition of a well-formed face, and even if it is removed, an eye is still a face part.
Optional meronymy includes examples like cushion<chair—there are chairs without cushions and cushions that exist independently of chairs.
Meronymy is a term used to describe a part-whole relationship between lexical items. Thus cover and page are meronyms of book.
Meronyms vary . . . in how necessary the part is to the whole. Some are necessary for normal examples, for example nose as a meronym of face; others are usual but not obligatory, like collar as a meronym of shirt; still others are optional like cellar for house.
In many ways, meronymy is significantly more complicated than hyponymy.
The Wordnet databases specify three types of meronym relationships:
1️⃣ Part meronym: a 'tire' is part of a 'car'
2️⃣ Member meronym: a 'car' is a member of a 'traffic jam'
3️⃣ Substance (stuff) meronym: a 'wheel' is made from 'rubber'
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