... administered and its financial soundness whereas the art of retailing depends upon the efficacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the store staff in handling customers and making shopping a memorable ... away their shopping bags out of the store and this is what brings them back as a customer and ultimately turns them into a loyal customer depending upon the way they were treated and understood ... word-of –mouth advertisement and hence improve the image of the store, which on one hand decreases the expenditure on marketing and advertising (thereby reducing cost) and also generate more customers...
... [11], Backelin, West and Xin [3], and Jel´ ınek and Mansour [9] 1.1 k-ary words Let [k] = {1, 2, , k} be a totally ordered alphabet of k letters, and let [k]n denote the set of words of length ... -avoiding words in [k]n , i.e., fτ (n, k) = |[k]n (τ )| We say that two patterns τ and τ ′ are word-equivalent (or, more briefly, w-equivalent), w and we write τ ∼ τ ′ , if for all values of k and n, ... w-equivalent, c-equivalent and p-equivalent Each pattern is strongly equivalent to its reversal, and if two patterns τ and τ ′ are strongly equivalent, then their complements c(τ ) and c(τ ′ ) are strongly...
... case, for provinces and districts and presents new district- and provincial-level poverty maps based on the 2009 Population and Housing Census and 2010 VHLSS B Rethinking Poverty and Poverty Measurement ... voice and context to the story that emerges from more conventional statistical analyses—poor men and women in Vietnam highlight concerns about lack of skills and education, access to land and job ... health shocks, aging, and disability; job loss and uncertain wages; and weather shocks that destroy crops and affect rural incomes Many of the poor are highly indebted, and risk can undermine...
... grammatical morphemes include forms that we can consider to be words like the, a, and, and of and others that make up parts of words like –s and -ed English morpheme system E.g pencils Luong Thuan & ... mắng" II.3 Some nuisances and suggestions 2.3.1 The deep understanding of morpheme can help you become a good editor or translator because you can analyze words to understand it even without dictionary ... acknowledgement about English and find out the good ways to spell and build words We also give you some exercise to help you test your knowledge about morpheme Let’s it by your-self and check with the keys...
... understand cultural meaning of speech, words to communicate well Lexical and semantic field of words Many linguists have given out their own definition about lexical and semantic field of words, and ... They often have cereal or porridge, egg and bacon followed by toast and marmalade and coffee and tea or they may just have a toast and marmalade and coffee and tea *Elevenses - brunch Elevenses ... field of words or lexical and semantic field of words is the whole words can be classified into sets according to their meaning The following set of words is a lexical field, because all the words...
... meets the land, the water area between high tide and low tide reef sand kite net You can fly a kite on windy days A net is used to catch things sandcastle A popsicles is a Reefs are warm, Sand is ... Body-Related Words ankle bandage biped The ankle is the A bandage is a clean pad anatomy that is used to cover and A biped is an animal joint between your body Anatomy is a protect cuts and other ... material sandals A sandcastle is a small sweet, frozen clear, shallow ocean composed of fine S andals are open castle made of damp treat on a stick habitats that are rich debris of rock and shoes...
... television, aside from news and current affairs at one's expense I treated my friend at my expense at random The librarian took a book from the shelf at random at stake Thousands of lives will be at ... Many students specialize in engineering stand by (= support) I delivered a speech to stand by the government policy stand for (= represent) The blue bird stands for happiness stop by Mr Smith stopped ... reading so that he would understand the story contrary to My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own contribute to Honesty and hard work contribute to success and happiness count on I'm sure...
... one’s words stick in one’s throat → put in a good word (for someone ) → put words into someone’s mouth → take the words (right) out of one’s mouth → true to one’s word → twist someone’s words ... the word n an order; a command (No plural Treated as singular.) n news; information (No plural Treated as singular.) wordy ["w#d i] adj having too many words; using more words than necessary to ... international network of data storage, transfer, and its visual and audio display, designed to be accessed through a computer connection (Abbreviated WWW and the Web.) worldwide ["w#ld "waId] adj found...
... figurative way,Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of frightened and hopeful Humanity Many everyday English words such as bagel, klutz, and kibitz are borrowed from Yiddish ... CHAPTER Words Borrowed from Yiddish language is the soul of its people This is nowhere more profoundly illustrated than in Yiddish, the language of eastern and central European Jews and their ... a land, without frontiers, not supported by any government, a language which possesses no words for weapons, ammunition, military exercises, war tactics There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and...
... their way into everyday use in the English language, and the more important it is to learn these wordsand their meanings Many of the foreign wordsand phrases in this chapter have been adopted into ... appear on standardized tests and occur regularly in newspaper articles, textbooks, and other day-to-day communications Here are some specific tips and strategies to use as you add these words to ... answered 1–3 questions correctly, it’s time to expand the number of foreign wordsand phrases in your vocabulary Study the lesson that follows carefully, and the practice quiz on a separate sheet of...
... rule, penalty, standard procedure, etc.); dispense with wave (wayv) v to move up and down or back and forth; undulate to signal with an up and down or back and forth movement of the hand; n a ridge ... on the differences in the words, and when it comes to frequently confused words, mnemonic devices come in especially handy Take the commonly confused pair ingenious and ingenuous, for example: ... water a back -and- forth or up -and- down movement, especially of the hand a surge, rush, or sudden great rise O EXTRA HELP Need more practice with homophones and other commonly confused words? Try...
... i ^HV • asm Look up big and large in a good learner's dictionary of English and see what other collocations it suggests for them English Collocations in Use 25 Synonyms and confusable w o r d ... new job and started gaining a lot more money I realised I could afford to use more money on my holiday than I usually and decided to pass a month in Australia I knew it would be hot there and so ... written than spoken English and often have the effect of sounding quite poetic Light and dark Light in English is associated with happiness So a face shines with pleasure and eyes shine with excitement...
... Target Words advocate authority bitterly candidate coalition 10 contest election inaugurate policy poll Definitions and Samples advocate v To speak out in favor of something Some environmentalists ... looked like they had been made from above and had no way in or out b The observers in 1979 reported seeing a UFO land and make a crop circle c The plants and soil inside a crop circle contained ... scandal n A case of wrongdoing that hurts someone’s reputation In the Watergate scandal, some of the president’s top advisors were revealed to be criminals Parts of speech scandalize v, scandalous...
... articles on Church history and working in the peacemaking in both the ecclesiastical and secular press, position of church leader.” broadening the Church’s image both in Russia and abroad Which sentence ... Surgery Target Words anesthesia augment certifiably complication cure 10 implant inject obese procedure scar Definitions and Samples anesthesia n Techniques for reducing sensation and feeling, ... meaning of life and death on the high seas Mind and Body 64 How would the author explain phantom ships? a b c d Their appearance is tied to the stars Sailors at sea have little to Fog and high waves...
... responsibility and deliberately aims to distort and deceive With doublespeak, wordsand facts don't agree At the heart of any doublespeak is an incongruity between what is said and what is meant ... Go There: Wordsand Expressions to Avoid 3 Gorgeous George George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, one of the most brilliant English stylists ever In his landmark essay "Politics and the ... write and speak: Avoid using he to refer to both men and women Sexist: He is a good writer so he knows how to select suitable words Nonsexist: Good writers know how to select suitable words Avoid...
... Wasteful Wordsand Infelicities an ironic expression, it can humorously flag an idea that you and your audience know is not true: Needless to say, Grandma’s been arrested five times for rioting and ... Here’s Why: The Latin phrase “et cetera” means and other things.” So putting an and in front of the phrase is unnecessary Just say “et cetera” and be done with it 144 Like Don’t Say: Do you ... she’s the nut—but never she’s the party Test: Wasteful Words Please revise the following sentences, replacing or eliminating the clutter wordsand phrases in italics When Melvyn sued Sarah for custody...
... context EVERYDAY LIVING WORDS HISTORY MEDIA ANDAND MUSIC, ART, SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY WORDS MARKETPLACE WORDSANDAND WORKPLACE LITERATURE WORDS TECHNOLOGY WORDSAND CAREER WORDS Three Watson Irvine, ... high-frequency and challenging words There are six thematic books in the series—Everyday Living Words, Workplace and Career Words, Science and Technology Words, Media and Marketplace Words, History and ... the words conquer and surrender are a To something is to rewrite it in your p own words Words—such as piece and peace—that sound the same but have different meanings and...