Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions the definition of recondite. recondite (adj): hard to follow or comprehend. The book’s eplanation he found recondite. Source: Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary & Thesaurus. Glasgow: HarperCollins, 2006.
Tutoring English, discoveries are continuous. The tutor brings up the term tank town. tank town (noun): a small town, not distinguished. Apparently, the phrase comes from the steam locomotive era, when a train would stop at a town to refill …
Tutoring English, subtleties are always interesting. The tutor mentions the distinction between “make-do” and “make do.” make-do (adj): improvised. make do (verb): get by with less resources than might be typical for the context. Source: Mish, Frederick C (editor). The …
Tutoring English, homonyms are a favourite topic of mine. The tutor mentions the pair filter and philter. A filter is a porous barrier to separate solids from liquid; a philtre is a magic potion – often, specifically, a love potion. …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions the word apposite. apposite adj: cleverly chosen for the situation. The meal of cold-cut sandwiches was apposite, given the hot weather. Source: Barber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current …
Tutoring English, homonyms always interest. The tutor mentions the pair mead and meed. mead: alcoholic drink made from fermented honey. meed: deserved compensation. Source: Barber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2005. …
Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions maven, a word he’s long wondered about. Here and there, I’ve seen the word maven over the years, but never knew what it meant. Finally I got the notion to look it up: maven: …
Tutoring English, a word’s true meaning might hold surprise. The tutor mentions pavement. pavement: (noun) the material that a car travels on in an urban setting. a hard-surfaced way similar to 1., but alongside the road, for pedestrians only: the …
Tutoring English, so many word discoveries happen. The tutor mentions dragoon. dragoon (1. noun:military): soldier on horseback; cavalry soldier. dragoon (2. verb): to cause someone to do something they would rather not, by manipulation or intimidation. I’ve been known to …
Reading always means self-tutoring: the tutor shares a word he encountered. kludge (noun): an improvised solution, possibly unpromising, yet effective. Kludge is often used in the context of computer science. Source: www.collinsdictionary.com Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane, …