... Meguro Language Center BP 3-0 6 1/7 Intransitive and transitive verbs (1) 自 じ 動 どう 詞 し (vi) Intransitive verbs z A verb that does not require a direct object is an ... Intransitive verbs take subjects only, and in this case the subject is the things or person experiencing or undergoing the action of the verb. z In Japanese there is a strong tendency to view and descri...
... GRAMMAR OF SPANISH Estoy lav´andome / Me estoy lavando Iamwashing (myself) Est´arasur´andose / Se est´arasurando He’s shaving (himself) Est´an pase´andose / Se est´an paseando They are out for a walk ... abre; see “Reflexive verbs below: 1.4). But, before passing on to reflexive verbs, we would do well to consider how the two Spanish verbs bajar and subir may be used transitively and in...
... differs from mutual infor-
mation and the so-called t-value measures that
have been widely used for similar tasks, e.g.,
Church et al. (1994) and Breidt (1993) for Ger-
man. The tasks where ... subject-verb and object-verb re-
lations, are
semantically asymmetric
in a sys-
tematic way (Keenan, 1979) is well-known. Mc-
Glashan (1993, p. 213) discusses Keenan's prin-
ciples...
... will not attend.
all-out-effort
- a very good and thorough effort
We are making an all-out-effort to finish our work.
all over but the shouting
- to be decided and finished
It was all ...
come away empty-handed
- to return without anything
Nobody came away empty-handed at the end of the birthday party.
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all night long
- thro...
... the
McGraw-Hill publications, NTC’s Dictionary of
Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphe-
misms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional,
and Rural Sayings, as well as other McGraw-Hill
special-purpose ... her since she was out of town.
act full of
oneself
Go to full of
oneself.
act high -and- mighty Go to high -and- mighty.
act in earnest Go to in earnest.
act like a cold f...
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... and verbs, without rules or logic. Students simply have to learn that interested is followed by in, and good is followed by at. and go home has no preposition. Multi-word verbs, or phrasal verbs ... recognition and production. Phrasal Verbs and Idioms will find its place in self-access centres, for learners to study on their own: and teachers will welcome the texts, listenin...