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ESL(cafe #274)
학습로그/영어
2011. 3. 2. 23:34
Famous Authors Emily Dickinson:
- poet is a person who writes poems, piece of writing that describe often emotion, feelings.
rhyme
- have same sounds at the end of each line or sentence
ex) roses are red / violets are blue / sugar is sweet and so are you
prolific
- she wrote a lot
ex) she was a prolific author :
recluse
- is a person who doesn't like to interact or communicate with other people.
someone wants to be by them self
ex) she was recluse
eccentric
- is a person who behaves in strange ways. other people don't understand them
ex) she became more and more eccentric
ahead of (one's) time
- you are doing things in ways that innovative.
ex) as a poet, Dickinson was definitely ahead of her time.
poem
look back with kindly eye
he doubtless did his best
how softly sinks his trembling sun in human nature west
the Lindbergh kidnapping:
to kidnap
- take someone(often child) and demand ransom or large amount of money
ransom
- money
sensational
- all of media, everyone became interesting in kidnapping
fingerprint
to be sentenced to death
- he was to be killed by government for his crime
to confess
- he never said "yes i did it".
difference of sure / of course / certainly : yes, without a doubt
sure: rather informal to mean yes. it is used when person talk is not excited about what he or she agree to
of course: it is often used when the person answering is answering the question that the questionary really knows the answer too. he expects certain answer.
certainly: a little more formal than sure or of course. it's more likely to be found in writing or formalbusiness situation
,
either : also not, one or the other(one between two things)
ex) there was no food in the kitchen. and there were no dishes either
ex) I would wear either of them.
Imma be : i am going to be (informal slang)
compressed speech. ex) is he busy? (is busy?)
be more found among african american speaker of english
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