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Vocabulary for Food and Drink Staff 2008-03-09 00:49:46 (Source: )Note: Many English words and expressions about food come directly from French. This is why some words about food are written with an accent (for example: à la carte). However, you may also see such words written without accent. Vocabulary
part of speech Meaning Example sentence à la carteadjective without a side dish Is it possible to get the steak à la carte? I don't eat potatoes. à la modeadjective with ice cream Would you like your apple pie à la mode? alcohol, liquornoun a distilled liquid such as rum or whiskey This beer has 5% alcohol. all you can eatadjective customers pay one fee and can eat as much as they wish These are all you can eat fries, so let me know if you want more. appetizernoun small snack before a meal Would you like some garlic bread o Read more:Drink
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Definitions in Grammar (part 1) 2008-03-30 03:13:21 Sources from: Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectival Noun An Adjective can sometimes function as a Noun; the young, the rich, etc. These are Adjectival Nouns, meaning the people who are young, the people who are rich, etc. Adjective An adjective modifies a noun. It describes the quality, state or action that a noun refers to. ADJECTIVE RULES: i) Adjectives can come before nouns: a new car ii) Adjectives can come after verbs such as be, become, seem, look, etc.: that car looks fast iii) They can be modified by adverbs: a very expensive car iv) They can be used as complements to a noun: the extras make the car expensive Adjuncts An adjunct is part of a Sentence and modifies the Verb to show time, manner, place, frequency and degree. Eg: It is nearly done. ('Nearly Read more:Definitions
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Definitions in Grammar (part 3) 2008-03-30 09:52:37 Conditionals Apodosis Apodosis is a term for the main clause in a conditional sentence: If you tried it, you'd probably love it. The apodosis is you'd probably love it and if you tried it is the protasis (if clause). Protasis Protasis is a term for the if clause in a conditional sentence: If you go there, you'll enjoy it. If you go there is the protasis and you'll enjoy it is the apodosis. Conditionals The conditionals are used to talk about possible or imaginary situations. Follow the links below for further information: 1/ 1st Conditional 2/ 2nd Conditional 3/ 3rd Conditional 4/ Zero Conditional 5/ Mixed Conditionals 6/ Other Conditionals First Conditional The first conditional (or 1st Conditional) is for future actions dependent on the re Read more:Definitions
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Definitions in Grammar (part 2) 2008-03-30 08:36:04 Articles Articles A, AN, and THE are called articles. THE is the Definite Article A and AN are both used for the Indefinite Article "The boy" refers to a definite, particular boy, but "A boy" refers to no particular boy; it could be any boy. When no article is used, it is sometimes referred to as the Zero Article. Articles belong to a group of words which are known as Determiners; they restrict or specify a noun in some way. Definite Article 'The' is the definite article is English. It is used to restrict the meaning of a noun to make it refer to something that is known by both the speaker or writer and the listener or reader: He's gone to the shops. (Here the listener knows which shops I mean) It can also be used to refer back to something that has already been Read more:Definitions
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Definitions in Grammar (part 4) 2008-04-05 22:13:05 Conjunctions A conjunction is a word like AND, BUT, OR, SO, WHEN, etc., which connects words, phrases or clauses. Conjuncts A conjunct relates what is said in a sentence to another sentence. As such, it is not part of the structure of the sentence in which it is used. EG: However, things turned out much worse than expected. ('However' relates what is said to contrast it with previous information about the speaker's expectations.) All told, we did very well. ('All told' connects information that has already been given to produce a final conclusion that connects everything. In both examples it is possible to remove the conjunct without making the sentence ungrammatical.) Coordinating Conjunctions Coordinating conjunctions join two items of equal importance. For, and, nor, but, or, Read more:Definitions
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English - Vietnamses Idioms 2008-04-07 10:43:13 1. Live not to eat, but eat to live>>> Sống không phải để ăn nhưng ăn để sống2. The longest day must have an end>>> Ngày dài nhất cũng phải qua đi3. Make the best of a bad job>>> Phải biết chấp nhận hoàn cảnh4. A man can only die once>>> Ai cũng phải chết một lần5. Marriage are made in Heaven>>> Hôn nhân là do trời định6. Men are blind in their own cause>>> Con người mù quáng vì niềm tin của mình7. Men make houses, Women make home>>> Đàn ông xây nhà, Đàn bà xây tổ ấm8. Might is right>>> Lẽ phải thuộc về kẻ mạnh9. Money talks>>> Đồng tiền biết nói10. Necessity is the mother of invention>>> Cái khó ló cái khôn11. Barking dogs seldom bite>>> Sủa ít khi cắn12. The beaten road is safest>>> Read more:English
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Football Vocabulary (English - English) 2008-04-09 09:05:46 BASICS a matchtwo teams playing against each other in a 90-minute game of football a pitchthe area where footballers play a match a refereethe person who makes sure that the players follow the rules. Normally wears a black shirt and shorts, and has a whistle a linesman (referee's assistant)the person whose main duty it is to indicate with a flag when the ball has gone out of play or when a player is offside a goalkeeperthe player in goal who has to stop the ball from crossing the goal-line. The only player who is allowed to handle the ball during open play a defendera player who plays in the part of the football team which tries to prevent the other team from scoring goals, e.g. 'Kolo Touré is a defender and plays in defence for Arsenal and Ivory Coast'. Read more:Football
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Football Vocabulary (English - Vietnamese) 2008-04-09 08:07:10 a match: trận đấua pitch : sân thi đấua referee: trọng tàia linesman (referee's assistant): trọng tài biên, trợ lý trọng tàia goalkeeper : thủ môna defender : hậu vệa midfielder: trung vệan attacker : tiền đạoa skipper (captain): đội trưởnga substitute: dự bịa foul: lỗi full-time: hết giờ injury time: giờ cộng thêm do bóng chết extra time: hiệp phụoffside: việt vịan own goal : bàn đốt lưới nhàan equaliser: bàn thắng san bằng tỉ sốa draw: một trận hoàa penalty shoot-out: đá luân lưua goal difference: bàn thắng cách biệt (VD: Đội A thắng đội B 3 bàn cách biệt)a head-to-head: xếp hạng theo trận đối đầu (đội nào thắng sẽ xếp trên)a play-off: trận đấu giàn Read more:Football
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Definitions in Grammar (part 6) 2008-06-22 07:45:34 Discourse Discourse Analysis Discourse Analysis is the area of linguistics that is concerned with how we build up meaning in the larger communicative rather than grammatical units; meaning in a text, paragraph, conversation, etc, rather than in a single sentence. Discourse Marker A discourse marker is a word or phrase used in a conversation to signal the speaker's intention to mark a boundary: Read more:Definitions
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Definitions in Grammar (part 5) 2008-06-22 00:42:49 Direct & Indirect Speech Direct Speech Direct speech is used to give the exact words used by another speaker. The words are given between quotation marks (" ") in writing: EG: "I'm coming now," he said. Indirect Speech Indirect Speech (also called Reported Speech) is used to communicate what someone else said, but without using the exact words. The tenses of the verbs are often changed. Read more:Definitions
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Definitions in Grammar (Part 7) 2008-07-07 03:11:15 Figure of Speech A Figure of Speech is where a word or words are used to create an effect, often where they do not have their original or literal meaning. If someone says that they are 'starving', they do not mean that they are in fact dying of hunger, but that they are very hungry. This is a simple example of a figure of speech, where the word is used to heighten or increase the state that the Read more:Definitions
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Morpheme 2008-09-08 23:18:37 Morphology: 1. The study of morphemes and their different forms (allomorphs) and the way they combine in word formation. 2. A morpheme system. 5-Rank HIERARCHY: are widely used model the study of grammar. Morphemes: Morphemes are the smallest meaningful units in a language. A morpheme can not be divided without altering or destroy its meaning.
OTHER WAYS OF FORMING NEW WORDS: 2008-09-24 05:37:41 OTHER WAYS OF FORMING NEW WORDS: 1. Compounding: Compound words are words which contain at least two roots. Eg: football, handbook, toothpick… A list of English compounds: a/ Compound Nouns: 1. N + N: boyfriend, girlfriend, roommate, classroom. 2. V + N: pickpocket, breakfast, logbook, washing machine. 3. N + V: sunshine, rainfall, haircut. 4. Adj + N: greenhouse
E-Book: Verbs and Tenses 2008-09-24 05:25:19 E-Book Download from Softarchive.netGo to download siteNew e-books site: Read more:Verbs
SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS 2008-09-23 09:24:42 SYNTACTIC FUNCTIONS I. SUBJECT and PREDICATE: Every statement can be divided into two parts: - The person or thing that is being spoken about is called SUBJECT – the topic of the sentence. - The things that are said about are called PREDICATE (him, her, them, it, etc.). Eg: John loves Mary --> Subject: ‘John’, Predicate: ‘loves Mary’ James plays piano
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