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Before we start with Intermediates:
Let’s start wth an important word.
Passion / Passions
Passion is a strong feeling such as love, joy, or hatred. Or an intense driving feeling.
— Basketball is her passion, while her brother has a passion for music.
— A greatness is driven by a immense passion to create.
— If anyone had asked me what my passions were, I would have said building fires, climbing cliffs, going on long hikes in the woods.
Word Choice: Have you noticed how we all have go-to words that mean little, such as “Incredible” or “Amazing” or one of your own?
Our visual thesaurus is a wonderful tool for fine-tuning our word choice. By doing so, we convey to others what we really mean and perhaps see something of ourselves we were unaware of.
Passion / Passions
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Wecome To Intermediate English,
The word ‘Intermediate’ describes something in the middle, between two distinct phases. Like middle school which is ‘intermediate’ between high school and elementary school. Here we study at a level that is between Foundational and Advanced English. We hope you can make it work for you. Whether you are young or old, becoming proficient in English has its benefits.
Be Active: Be Engaged: Be Curious
~ Read : Write : Comment ~
PERHAPS DEPRESSION & PASSITIVITY ARE MIND-KILLERS IN PURSUIT OF ANYTHING
Please Comment: What are two of the ways that you have a passion for, that you love to do? Use complete sentences, but they can be short. But If you can explain what you love about that way – Do It!
Remember to: Start you comments with an all Capitals avatar or stage name. Writing comments is an opportunity to express your voice outwardly sharing with others and to step back a bit and see and understand how you feel.
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.”I respect the many ways you discover and create yourself.” Mr.Gerry
Droop / verb
dropped, drooping, droops
verb
To bend or hang downward; sag:
— The flowers are beginning to ‘droop’.
To sag in exhaustion or dejection:
— The sightseers began to ‘droop’ toward the end of the day.
— The dog ears ‘drooped’ for he knew he done something wrong.
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Sound Like Words: Do some words just sound directly like their meaning? Consider: ‘oink’, ‘meow’, ‘roar’, and ‘chirp’. No comment is necessary the question was rhetorical.
Droop / verb
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Excessive adj / Excessively adv
Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit:
Usage:
– Excessive rains cause flooding.
– An excessive display of wealth
– High fever, nausea, and excessive sweating are some of the symptoms.
– The lawyer believes the defendant used excessive force against his client, causing him irreparable harm.
– The nurse excessively applied the ointment to the burn,
Excessive adj / Excessively adv
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Nebulous /adjective
Something that’s nebulous is clouded or hazy. Lacking a definite form.
— When you walk through the woods on a foggy morning, the trees may all have a mysterious, nebulous look to them.
— What Daniel could recall was too nebulous to call a true memory.
— When you fly in a plane on an overcast day, the land below you looks nebulous and indistinct.
— There is nebulous distinction between the meanings of pride and conceit.
Nebulous /adjective
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In my telescope it’s green/bluish, much less detailed and tiny~ Mr.Gerry
aConstellation
con·stel·la·tion / kän(t)-stə-ˈlā-shən
‘ə’ the upside down e is pronounced as a relaxed ‘uh’
An apparent grouping of stars in the sky, traditionally named for some object, animal, or mythological being that its outline is thought to suggest.
Usage:
– The Greeks personified the ‘constellation’ Andromeda as a woman with her arms extended in a gesture of blessing.
– The quest for divine immortality is a main thread of all the ancient myths associated with many ‘constellations’.
– The psychologist did some family ‘constellation’ work with the group, I got to play the role of the participant’s grandfather.
Photos Note: Central portion of Orion Constellation.
a Aside: “This constellation is my favorite and it is very noticeable even in the city because of its four bright stars. Hanging from Orion’s belt are three stars. The middle star of them is Orion’s nebula. It is a star nursery.” Mr.Gerry
Constellation n
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Intense n / Intensely adv
in·tense / in-ˈten(t)s
Definition: Existing in an extreme degree; very strong as in ‘an intense blue’ of ‘intense heat’. Having or showing strong feelings or great seriousness: an intense look; an intense music teacher.
Usage: Intense
– They all felt an ‘intense’ wave of emotion when their team scored a goal.
– The colors were more ‘intense’, and brighter, and the air filled with the perfume of flowers
Enounciation is the manner in which we say a the words, not just how we pronounce it. It is the way we give it a feeling.
— “I don’t like what you are doing!” Or. “No way” —
— His look was ‘intense’, much different than the warmth he’d displayed earlier that afternoon.
Actresses are really good at doing this.
Intense n / Intensely adv
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Avenge v / Avenger n
Verb meaning to inflict a punishment or penalty for being wronged or injured. Or taking vengeance on behalf of as for a wrong.
As a verb: — He vowed to ‘avenge’ their murdered father.
As a noun: — He who takes vengeance
– Her leader was Hannibal, grandson and the ‘aveng’er* of the those that died at Himera.
Active Learning: Do you see ‘the power of change’ that the suffix ‘er’ causes. An active reader connects the dots** ;)**
Query: Have you heard of the movie series, The Avengers ? Why might this be a good title for it?
A query is called a rhetorical (rhe·tor·i·cal) question, asked merely for effect with no answer or comment is expected.
Avenge v / Avenger n
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Prominent adj / Prominently adv
Definition:
Projecting outward; bulging or jutting out.
Highly noticeable; conspicuous; Well-known; eminent. Check out the synonyms in the photo from visual thesaus.
Examples::
– A prominent politician – a prominent nose
– The new art book occupies a prominent place on the coffee table.
Visual Thesaurus PROMINENT
Prominent adj / Prominently adv
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Penetrate v / Penetrating v
Definitions:
To enter or force a way into; pierce: or permeate
To grasp the significance of understanding: penetrating the workings of the immune system.
To pierce or enter something; make a way in or through
something.
Penetrate Examples
– The cold penetrated my bones.
– A dirt road penetrates the dense forest.
– This bullet can penetrate armor.
– Their keen eyes can penetrate the water to a depth of forty feet.
Please Comment Do you learn words best by remembering how they are used in sentences you have heard or read. Or is learning definition best for you. Of course, you learn by both but which one do you lean towards?
Penetrate v / Penetrating v
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Splendor n
Definitions:
Great light or luster; brilliance.
Magnificient appearance or display; grandeur
Distinction, fame glory
Examples:
– The palace had lost much of its original ‘splendor’.
– Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a splendid career on the Supreme Court.
The way we say a word adds to the meaning, it enhances the communication acheived.
— The diamond in its topaz setting is ‘splendid’.
— Similarily, ‘That out fit you have on is ‘magnificient’.
Splendor n
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Thriving / verb
Definitions with examples:
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To thrive and flourish:
— Some plants thrive in sandy soil.
— Rainbow trout thrive in the Wyoming streams and rivers and are superior game fish.
To make steady progress, prosper:
— The town developed into athrivingport during the 18th century when the main activity was the shipping of locally produced coal.
— With several television and film credits to her name and athrivingmusic career, Miranda’s future is bright, and it is a name we can expect to hear a lot of in the future.
Thriving / verb
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Wither / verbs
Witheredwithering,withers
To dry up from or as if from lack of moisture; shrivel:
— The flowers ‘withered’ in the vase.
To lose freshness, vitality, or force:
— The proposed tax on energy use ‘withered’ away and was never adopted.
— The ‘withered’ old witch needed a young woman from which she could steal her youth.
Query: Can you imagine a whole story seeded around this witch quote? Comment with a bit of a story line if you can. Perhaps you are a writer.
Wither / verbs
Witheredwithering,withers
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Abundant / adjective
It is in great supply; it is very plentiful: Rich, abounding
— Abundant rainfall swelled the rivers.
— The fall harvest gave us an abundant supply of corn.
— a forest abundant in oak trees.
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Abundantly adv.
— A fact he had made abundantly clear with his loud objection.
— The tree frons like crikets everywhere
— She was abundantly endowed and every one noticed her at the beach.
Abundant / adjective : Abundantly / adverb
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Descend verb
Descended, Descending, Descends
Verb
1. To move from a higher to a lower place, go or come down:
– The airplane descended for a landing.
2. To slope or incline downward:
– The path descended along the side of the cliff.
3. To come from an ancestor or ancestry:
– Our neighbor descends from New England settlers.
4. To pass by inheritance:
– The farm descended through several generations to its present owner.
5. To lower oneself; stoop:
– Both candidates chose not to descend to the level of personal accusations.
6. To arrive or attack suddenly or with overwhelming effect:
– Our relatives descended on us this weekend.
Query: Have you noticed how the simpliest of words often have the most definitions. They are used in so many different related ways. Descend is a good example of this. No comment needed the question was rhetorical.
Descend/Descending/Descended
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Ask your phone for the definition of rhetorical if you want.
Transparent / Translucent / Opaque
trans·par·ent / tran(t)s-ˈpar-ənt
Transparent Permitting the passage of light and allowing light to come through clearly. Something that is easily seen through.
– The glass was so transparent it didn’t even seem to be there.
— Many ranchers and feedlot operators are ‘transparent’ about their practices, providing consumers with the information needed to make informed choices.
Opaque: The opposite of transparent is opaque.
— Somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often ‘opaque’ lyrics.
— The blinds were completely ‘opaque’ making it quite dark in the media room.
Translucent is almost transparent but still fuzzy and a bit opaque.
– Even the air vents are ‘translucent’ so as not to block any of the sun’s rays.
— The shell was completely ‘translucent’, revealing the scallop inside, researchers said, and it was identified as a species new to science.
Transparent/Translucent/Opaque
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Thesaurus n.
a the·sau·rus / thi-ˈsȯr-əs
A ‘thesaurus’ is a synonym finder. It can be a reference book or a great website, like the Visual Thesaurus.
— Good writing tries not to repeatedly use the same word, so use a Thesaurus to add variety in the meaning you are conveying.
— Mr Gerry looked up the word ‘reference’ at Visual Thesaurus Website.
R E F E R E N C E
Note: ‘Synonyms’—the concept of distinct words signifying the same thing—was understood as far back as Ancient Greece, but in the 7th century the Archbishop of Seville authored the earliest thesaurus.
Thesaurus n.
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Rigor n. / Rigorous adj
— If you are ‘rigorous’ when you do something, you do it extremely carefully and precisely.
— The hiring process is ‘rigorous’ and can typically last over a year due to the depth of the background check.
Or severe or harsh:
— The ‘rigorous’ climate of the desert.
More: The Latin root for rigorous is rigor, meaning “stiffness.” This might remind you of ‘rigor mortis’, the stiffening of a body after death.
Rigor n. / Rigorous adj
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Collaborate / Collaborator
col·lab·o·rate — kə-ˈla-bə-ˌrāt
Collaborate is to work together, esp. in some literary, artistic, or scientific undertaking. When you work together on shared goal, you collaborate.
— Collaboration creates a better product than just working alone.
— She collaborated with grassroots leaders, everyday citizens, and elected officials, and almost miraculously it yielded results.
— Jeffrey and I collaborated on the research, while Anna and Danielle did the writing.
You Are A Collaborator: When you actively submit comments; When you help Mr.Gerry correct typos or confusing sentences; And especially, when you let us know what works for your way of learning so future cards can be made better for ‘what works you’.
Collaborate / Collaborators
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