Oracle Tutoring, Campbell River, BC
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Tutoring English, new, simple words are always interesting. The tutor mentions froward. froward:contrary: defiant When I saw froward I thought it was a misprint. Yet, “forward” wouldn’t have made sense, so I looked it up. It’s a great word I’ve …
Tutoring English, unfamiliar words are always interesting – especially short ones. The tutor mentions ague. ague: an illness or condition whose sufferer will undergo periodic bouts of fever, chills, and sweating, with possible recovery in between. Source: merriam-webster.com
Tutoring English, new words are always interesting – especially ones with everyday meanings. runnel: a brook. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
Tutoring English, new words are always interesting. The tutor mentions inveigh. inveigh: to strongly disapprove or condemn. Source: Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Glasgow: HarperCollins, 2006.
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions the word intractable. intractable: difficult to solve or navigate. My understanding is that intractable can refer to a problem, terrain, or a person. I don’t think I’ve ever used it, and …
Self-tutoring about English and home computer use: the tutor mentions an observation. Sometimes, an ancient person (your correspondent) remembers words that aren’t common, and that the spell checker (much younger than myself) may not have learned. I’ll take such as …
Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions a “new” word. granularity: how small the units of information are that a description considers. Granularity can be seen as how thorough a description is: a report with more granularity will include more details. …
Tutoring English, new words, especially short ones, are always interesting. The tutor mentions subsume. subsume: to include in a set of similar cases, perhaps for the purpose of classification or unification. Source: Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions something he noticed. The words acclimate and acclimatize mean the same – that is, to adjust to a new climate or reality. I’ve heard acclimatize often, but acclimate, seldom. Source: Mish, …
Tutoring English, you hear different pronunciations: sometimes a tutor feels the need to check. I’ve always said COMP-o-site. Yet, the other day I heard someone say comp-O-site. Their pronunciation surprised me, so I decided to check its validity. Merriam-Webster surprised …