iv year - Our English Delight

10 avril 2014

Latin and Greek roots

As you have already noticed, English is ripe with words that have come from Latin and/or Greek. Most of these words are not random, but form something that we like to call root families, that is to say that they were derived from Latin or Greek roots....

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Tags: Greek, Latin, flashcards, morphology, word formation, IV year

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16 février 2014

IV YEAR: AN EXAMPLE OF THE TEST ON FRIDAY 21 February

What does the idiom to change one’s tune mean? Provide an example of its usage. What does the word to administer mean? Provide three words that collocate with it. What does the word brash mean? Provide three synonyms for it and an example of its usage....

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16 février 2014

WORD FORMATION TESTS FOR THE COMPETITION PRACTICE

A CENTURY ago, when Harrods decided to set up its first SEA emporium, it chose Buenos Aires. In 1914 Argentina stood out as the country of the future. Its economy had grown faster than America’s over the previous four decades. Its GDP per head was higher...

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Tags: word formation, IV year, Argentina

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25 janvier 2014

Andrea Jaeger

In the 1980s, Andrea Jaeger was a tennis phenomenon. She turned pro at an age when most kids don’t have their drivers permit and celebrated her sixteenth birthday with a win at the French Open. Yet despite her success on the court, she knew that tennis...

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Tags: Andrea Jaeger, ESPN, charity, feature, nun, sister, tennis, IV year

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18 janvier 2014

How has England changed?

In 1994 Will Self wrote a long essay about English culture: how has the nation changed since then? And do the old cherished ideas of Englishness bear any resemblance to reality? http://gu.com/p/3yq6n/fo

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Tags: Britain, England, Englishness, Will Self, culture, essay, IV year

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17 janvier 2014

Why do some Scots want to leave the United Kingdom?

On September 18th Scots will vote on whether they want to remain part of the United Kingdom. Polls tend to place support for the "Better Together" camp (putting the case for the union) at roughly 40%. So far, the pro-independence camp has struggled to...

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Tags: IV year, Scotland, independence, referendum

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12 janvier 2014

Happy Holidays

I would like to use this opportunity to wish you all the merriest and the jolliest of holidays and to also remind you about one of your resolutions for the following year: study English as much and as hard as possible. :P For that reason alone, I am posting...

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Tags: IV year, G.B. Shaw, Holidays, Oscar Wilde, Pygmalion, The picture of Dorian Gray, audiobook

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5 décembre 2013

The Translation Exam for the 4th Year

As you may already know, the 2nd Written Exam will be held on Monday, 9th during the first two classes. This one will be all about translation and given that we rarely, if ever practise this complex skill, you should be ready for what is in store. Our...

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Tags: IV year, exam, graduation, translation

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29 novembre 2013

World War I songs

This week we discussed songs which were inspired by the war that was supposed to end all wars. Here are my finds, you can add and discuss yours. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake "Let England Shake" The West's asleep. Let England shake, weighted down with...

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Tags: IV year, Dylan, PJ Harvey, war songs

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15 novembre 2013

In Flanders Fields by Jonh McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved...

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Tags: IV year, Flanders, Poppy, UK Remembrance day

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