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Vocabulary improvement : words made easy /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Los Altos, Calif. :
Crisp Publications,
©1992.
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| Colección: | Fifty-Minute series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "Title"; "Copyright"; "Dedication"; "Preface"; "Introduction"; "Contents"; "Your vocabulary goals"; "Section 1 A word to the wise"; "Controlling your destiny"; "Don't be a word wimp"; "Our three vocabularies"; "Rewards make learning worthwhile"; "Tips for learning new words"; "Section 2 Where did all those words come from?"; "It's all in the family"; "Old English: AD 450-150"; "Middle English: AD 1150-1500"; "Modern English: AD 1500 to the present"; "English today"; "Section 3 Digging the Dictionary"; "What's in a dictionary?"
- "What dictionary should you use?"; "Facts about the dictionary"; "Using the dictionary less and enjoying it more"; "Finding gold in the dictionary"; "Definitions"; "Spelling"; "Syllables"; "Pronunciation"; "Parts of speech"; "History (Etymology)"; "Synonyms and anonyms"; "A thesaurus by any other name"; "How to use a thesaurus"; "Answers to section 3 exercises"; "Section 4 uprooting root words"; "Making vocabulary study easy"; "Root words"; "Prefixes"; "Suffixes"; "Common latin roots"; "Common prefixes"; "Suffixes"; "Noun Suffixes."
- "Adjective suffixes"; "Verb suffixes"; "Answers to section 4 exercises"; "Section 5 building a strong vocabulary"; "50 words made easy"; "Word list pre-quiz"; "First group: 1. Abject
- 10. benign"; "Second group: 11. Boycott
- 20. discourse"; "Third group: 21. Docile
- 30. inherent"; "Fourth group: 31. Irony
- 40. rescind"; "Fifth group: 41. Ruse -50. zenith"; "Answers to section 5 exercises"; "Section 6 Idioms, slang and other mutants"; "A different kind of grammar"; "Standard english"; "Wounded words"; "Lazy lips"; "Banishing friction from your diction."
- "Syllables and endings"; "Tongue twisters"; "A word about accents"; "Idioms"; "Practicing idioms"; "Jargon"; "Slang"; "Heads up"; "Answers to section 6 exercises"; "Section 7 odd words, puzzles and games"; "Let's have fun!"; "Odd words"; "Don't give in to take"; "Precision pays"; "Vary very"; "Getting rid of get"; "Portmanteau words"; "Neowords"; "Abbreviations"; "Answers to section 7 exercises"; "Developing a personal action plan"; "Personal action plan."