Weekly Vocab #1.1.2 (repost #1)

Last posted: April 5th, 2002

> From: Aidan Grey <grey@...>
>
>    This week's exercises brought to you by the indirect relative and the
> letters F (for forest) and M (for mushroom).
>
>    Vocab:
>
>    1. forest
>    2. mushroom (edible)
>    3. to look for something
>    4. To find something after searching for it
>    5. base, bottom
>    6. moss
>    7. basket, bag
>    8. pine needles, leaves of a conifer
>    9. each
>    10. always
>
>    Sentences (1 per word, for now):
>
>    1. The forest is in that direction. (or "over there", said while
> pointing to it)
>    2. I like mushrooms very much!
>    3. I often go searching for mushrooms in the forest.
>    4. She kept the mushroom that I tripped over.
>    5. At the base of which tree did you find that mushroom?
>    6. There is no moss on the base of that tree.
>    7. Put the mushroom in the basket.
>    8. These baskets, the handles of which are made of pine needles, are useful.
>    9.  That is the woman to whom I give each of the mushrooms.
>    10. I always go looking for mushrooms is the forest through which we
> walked today.
>
>    I understand that some of these sentences are complex, and could imply a
> bunch of new vocabulary on their own. Don't feel like you have to do each
> one - I feel that one sentence on it's own might be enough! And don't be
> afraid to twist the vocab or sentences around to fit your needs. The point
> is to give you a reliable exercise to help with vocab and grammar creation,
> not make you cry or pull your hair out.
>
>    But do try to get in something with an indirect relative in it!
> Suggesting new sentences for those might not be bad, since my efforts to
> create indirect relatives are 1) weird, and 2) dependent on English
> morphology. Some languages will have more frequent indirect relatives, and
> others none at all.
>
>    Aidan
Bonus Vocab (automatically from WordNet):

  - elucidation, n.
    an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast light on

  - snap at, v.
    bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a piece of cloth from the
    intruder's pants"

Fiant verba!

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