Re: Weekly Vocab #1.2.1 (repost #1)

Den 10. nov. 2006 kl. 05.01 skrev Henrik Theiling:

> Last posted: October 18th, 2002
>
>> From: Aidan Grey <grey@...>
>>
>>    Hey all,
>>
>>    Since people want it to continue, here we go. I'll still provide
>> sentences for context.
>>
>>    The goal here is to get through Longman's dictionary of 2197+
>> words,
>> which should be a good base for anyone. I'll do 10 words, 10
>> sentences, and
>> provide a theme grammatical structure each time. I will try to
>> account for
>> obvious multiple meanings, and also make an effort to provide
>> sentences
>> that reflect normal or newspaper speech, and not weird exercise
>> language
>> (if you understand what I'm getting at).
>>
>>    So, here we go:
>>
>> Theme: topicalization (make the vocab word the topic or focus of the
>> utterance).
>>
>> 1. crowd
>> There was a huge crowd in front of the building.
>> 2. lead
>> She led her dog into the field.
>> Her dog was on a lead.
>> The pipes are made of lead.
>>
>> 3. ready
>> He's ready to go now.
>>
>> 4. slow
>> Snails are slow.
>> He runs slowly, and I bet he won't win the race.
>>
>> 5. rent
>> I have to pay rent on the 5th of every month.
>>
>> 6. popularity
>> This was just a popularity contest.
>>
>>
>> 7. -ion
>> two parts here: first, how are verbal nouns formed?
>>    act > action, move > motion, see > vision.
>> second, the sentence:
>>    His action was hasty.
>>
>> 8. addition
>> Even the addition of an extra student increased class sizes beyond
>> tolerable limits.
>>
>> 9. hat
>> Today is a say-something hat day!
>>
>> 10. pack
>> I need to pack for my trip.
>> The pack she wore on the trip was way too heavy.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>    Aidan
>
> Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
> This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you
> or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up
> different words and/or phrases:
>
>   - coffee mill, n.
>     a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans
>
>   - interconnect, v.
>     cause to be interconnected or interwoven
>
> Fiant verba!
>
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