Mar 1, 2010

PM class notes

Editorial, editorship  edit edition  

Haziness; haze

Fun- funny

Misty – mist  

Glimmer gleam ; gleaming

 

Immigrate – move, change place; relocate; transfer; transmigrate

=/ stay in same place; remain

 

Flash – quick bright light

Spark – elemental – produce quick light from something material with high energy.

Sparkle- she has sparkles in her shoes and in her eyes.

Splendor – 9 am; dew

Brilliance – shine a lot; the brilliance of the stars or the sun   

Dawn – 6am

Beam – directed light ; ray

Gloss

Luster

Follow

 

 

 

The animals migrate when the seasons change.

 There are many empty vessels in the shipyard in CA.

He persists with his questioning.

The mountains look hazy.

His teeth look like summer clouds gleaming white.

For ten years / he was / the deputy chief editor / of major South Asia Weekly / in Mumbal.

Bolt

 

Gerund structure

Verb+ing

I like eating ceviche.

I like to eat ceviche.  

 

I want to do

I need to

 

I look forward to see you  

I look forward to seeing you.

I am looking forward to seeing you.

I was looking …

 

Persist in doing something

 

Verb

Verb+ particle

Look

Look for – search

Look up – search in dictionary , catalog

Look after – take care

 

 Insist on doing smth

 

Un/ruly not rule ;  

Rival – enemy , contender, opponent  [rival] [raiv∂l] val a – a vale – ei ;

violent  [ai] – aggressive; force

brutal – brute, barbarian

opponent – competitor [∂poun∂nt]  

brawl [o] – awful awesome

equinox

stress of the word

Nikolay

 

Homework

Stress affects the pronunciation of the words.

Please review the effect of the stress in the new vocabulary.

Bring 5 words for next time and explain pronunciation in your groups. – use dictionary - m-w.com for example, and listen to pronunciation 10 times repeating the words.

Use the new words in sentences.

 

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