Drover One
who deals in cattle
Draper One
who deals in cloths and other fabrics
Dentist One
who attends to the teeth
Farrier One
who shoes horses
Furrier A
dealer or worker in furs
Florist One
who sells or cultivates flowers
Fishmonger One
who deals in fish
Fruiterer One
who deals in fruits
Glazier One
who sets glass in windows, doors, etc.
Grocer A
dealer in spices, dried fruits and other miscellaneous domestic stores
Geologist One
who studies rocks and soils
Green Grocer A
retail dealer in fruits and vegetables
Haberdasher One
who sells small articles such as ribbons, laces, threads, etc.
Hawker One
who goes from place to place selling goods
Herbalist One
who deals in medicinal herbs
dic,
dict, dit: say, speak Latin, dicere:
to say indicate (verb): to
show, to point out
doc,
doct: teach, prove Latin, docere:
to teach docile (adjective):
obedient, easily taught
dog,
dox: thought, idea Greek, dokein:
seem, think dogma (noun): an established opinion
dec,
dign: suitable Latin,
decere: to be suitable
decent
(adjective): conforming to standards, suitable, good
duc,
duct**: lead Latin,
ducere: to draw or lead conduct
(verb): to lead or guide
(noun)
- a person's behavior **
ducere is one of the most prolific sources of English words
There is one mistake in each of the sentences below.
1)
Anitha sings a song yesterday. Anitha
sang a song yesterday.
2)Kurt
is going to Italian lessons once a week. Kurt
goes to Italian lessons once a week.
3)Anita already saw the
film. Anita
has already seen the film.
4)I
look forward to meet you. I
look forward to meeting you.
5)I
was living in England for 29 years. I
lived in England for 29 years.
6))We went to
the cinema yesterday and did see a film.
We went to the cinema yesterday and saw a film.(Yesterday is
finished time, so we must use the past tense of the verb: we 'went' to the
cinema and 'saw' a film.)
7)I'm
very interested with politics. I'm
very interested in politics.(to be interested 'in' something)
8)I'm
not very good in English. I'm
not very good at English.(to be good 'at' something)
9)Had
you a nice evening yesterday? Did
you have a nice evening yesterday?
(Past
simple questions use the structure: did + subject + infinitive)
10)On Saturday I was shopping. On Saturday I went shopping
(For one finished action in the past we use the past simple.)
10)On Saturday I was shopping. On Saturday I went shopping
(For one finished action in the past we use the past simple.)
1)We
..... to the cinema yesterday. went
had gone did go have been
2)We ..... to the cinema twice this month. have been have gone went did go
3)I ..... in my garden when I cut my arm. did work was working worked have worked
4) The meeting ..... an hour ago. has started has been starting started did start
5) In 2001 I ..... a lot of money on a holiday. spent have spent had spent were spending
2)We ..... to the cinema twice this month. have been have gone went did go
3)I ..... in my garden when I cut my arm. did work was working worked have worked
4) The meeting ..... an hour ago. has started has been starting started did start
5) In 2001 I ..... a lot of money on a holiday. spent have spent had spent were spending
Sweet Quarrels
One
day Mulla Nasruddin quarrelled with his wife. He shouted at her till she could
not bear it and fled to her neighbour's house.The Mulla followed her there. The
neighbours managed to placate the angry husband and served the couple tea and
sweetmeats.When they returned to their house some time later, they began
quarrelling again. When Nasruddin began shouting at her, his wife again opened
the door to run out.
"This
time, go to the baker's house," he advised. "He makes delicious
cakes."
Aldrich Loops – Circular reasoning
This poetical
loop was developed by Clark Aldrich:
Training is not important, learning is
Learning is not important, performance is
Performance is not important, achievement
is
Achievement is not important, happiness is
Happiness is not important, self-awareness
is
Self-awareness is not important, continued
learning is
Continued learning is not important,
effective training is.
1)They do
look ___ . alike like
2)She looks
____ her sister. alike like
3)Everyone
agreed that they had never seen the ___ of it before. alike like likes
4)___-minded
people tend to agree. alike like
5)I don't
needs the ____ of you to tell me my job! alike like likes
6)If it's not
him, it's ____ alike an alike a
like like a lookalike
A cup of
proper coffee in a copper coffee cup.
A cupcake
cook in a cupcake cook's cap cooks cupcakes.
A gentle
judge judges justly.
A loyal
warrior will rarely worry why we rule.
A lump of red
leather, a red leather lump
A lusty lady
loved a lawyer and longed to lure him from his laboratory.
A missing
mixture measure.
A mother to
her son did utter "Go, my son, and shut the shutter" "The
shutter's shut" the son did utter "I cannot shut it any
shutter!"
A nurse
anesthetist unearthed a nest.
A pack of
pesky pixies.
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