Monday, June 11, 2007

Confusing Words


ADVERBIAL PAIRS AND ADJECTIVAL PAIRS



Here are some examples: here and there, now and again, first and foremost, short and sweet, safe and sound, sick and tired

- I could see a number of houses scattered here and there over the hillside.

- How often do you see her now? ~ Every now and again. Not as regularly as I used to.

- Why don't you get a job that pays more? ~ First and foremost because I really enjoy the job I'm doing.

- I'll try and keep this short and sweet. I know you don't want to stay here longer than you need to.

- Oh, I'm so glad to have you back home safe and sound. I was beginning to get worried about you.

- I'm sick and tired of hearing your excuses. It's about time you did an honest day's work.


- here and there: to or in several places

- now and again: occasionally

- first and foremost: most importantly

- short and sweet: not too complicated, as in a speech, often with keep/make it

- safe and sound: not harmed at all

- sick and tired: extremely annoyed with someone, often with of hearing/listening

10 comments:

QuocHuong.NguyenThuy said...

spam blog cua Thay nah! (y la doc rui i muh!)

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

The more you read, the reasonable you are.

Anonymous said...

Could you give me your opinion on this poem?

Connect sometimes
Kid for a while
Confuse in a night
And see the light

Call your name
Imagine your face
Listen to Duoi Trang
And who I am missing!

Carnation.
'Trăng có còn nhớ một người nhìn Trăng trong mắt một người'

Anonymous said...

May the moon remember the person who used to look at the moon on his partner's eyes?
Is this meaning " Trang co con nho mot nguoi nhin Trang trong mat mot nguoi"?

Carnation.

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

It does not mean that. It means his partner's eyes look like the moon which lightens him.

If you wanr to understand the moon more, read Han Mac Tu's poems more.

QuocHuong.NguyenThuy said...

Do you want to become a poet, Sir? I think you like to compose lyric poems very much! keke

nguyenhonganhtesol said...

No. I just do that according to my uplifting feeling.

QuocHuong.NguyenThuy said...

:D No ideas. I do not think so.

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