Thursday 22 March 2018
Wednesday 21 March 2018
WHAT ARE TAUTOLOGIES
TAUTOLOGY
Some phrases say the same time twice. These are called tautologies and should be avoided because they are unnecessary .
Tautology
tiny little baby - tiny and little mean the same thing
a round circle - circles are always round
an old antique - an antique has to be old.
an unexpected surprise - all surprises are
Unexpected .
yellow in colour - something can't be yellow in anything other than colour
month of May - May is always a month
new innovation - an innovation has to be new
*have you come across any tautologies..please comment in the comment section.
Friday 16 March 2018
FOREIGN WORDS IN COMMON USE
F -
fabricati diem - make my day(L)
fait accompli - thing already done(Fr)
fatwa - a legal decision (Arab)
floreat - let it flourish (L)
fuhrer - leader (Ger)
G. . ....
glasnost - openness
Gotterdammerung - in German mythology the final destruction of the world. (Ger)
gout - taste ,artistic discernment (Fr)
gulag - labour camp (Rus)
h... .....
habeas corpus - Writ to produce a prisoner before a court ( L)
haiku - amusement verse (Jap)
hajj - pilgrimage ((Arab)
Hakenkruez - swastika ( hooked cross) (Ger )
haute cuisine - high class cooking ( Fr)
hoi polloi - common people (Gr)
J
homme d' affaires - businessman
homme d'esprit - man of wit or genius (Fr )
hos d' oeuvre - savoury appetiser (Fr )
I.. .....
ibidem - in the same place (L)
ich dien - I serve (Ger)
id est - that is (L)
Incunabulam - book printed before 1501,original Latin meaning was 'swaddling clothes
in extremis - at the point of death (L)
Infra dig - beneath one's dignity (L)
inshallah - if Allah wills, 'touch wood'(Arab)
in vitro - In a test tube (L)
ispo facto - by the
Friday 9 March 2018
Thursday 8 March 2018
Common foreign words
e.......
Ecce Homo - artistic representation of Christ crowned with thorns(L)
echt - real, authentic (Ger)
effendi - mister or master(Turk)
emeritus -honourably retired(L)
ersatz - replacement ,substitute (Ger)
esprit de corps - pride in belonging to a group
eureka - I have found it ((Gr)
ex -officio - by virtue of his office (L)
f........
fabricati diem
- make my day (L)
fac ut gaudeam - make my day(L)
fait accompli - thing already done (Fr)
flagrante delicto - in the act of crime (L)
floreat - let it flourish ( L)
Fuhrer - leader((Ger)
G .. ..... .
Gesundheit - your health (Ger)
glasnost - openness(Rus)
Gotterdammerung - in German mythology the final destruction of the world. (Ger)
gout - taste( Fr)
gulag - labour camp (Rus)
Monday 5 March 2018
Some more foreign words and phrases
C....
carpe diem - seize the day(Fr)
carte blanche - freedom of action (Dr)
caveat emptor - let the buyer beware (L)
cave canem - beware of the dog (L)
c'est la vie - that's life (Fr)
coup de fodder - love at first sight(Fr)
coup de grace - action that puts an end to something (Fr)
Coup d'etat - sudden and violent change of government (Fr)
Cru - French vineyard (Fr)
cui bono - to whose benefit (L)
cuz grano salis - with a grain of salt(L)
curriculum vitae - course of life (L)
d.. ..
dacha - Russian country villa (Rus )
de fecto - in fact (L)
deja vu - already seen(Fr)
Dei - Gratia by God's grace (L)
de - trop - superfluous (Fr)
dos -a - dos - a seat in which the users sit back to back (Fr)
duce - leader( It)
duende - goblin, ghost (Sp)
Dummkopf - dumb-head(Ger)
Sunday 4 March 2018
SOME FOREIGN WORDS AND PHRASES
a.....
an initio - from the beginning (L)
a bon marche - a good bargain, cheap(Fr)
a cheval - on horseback (Fr)
as astra - to the stars (L)
ad hoc - for the special purpose (L)
al dente - firm when bitten ( relating to the teeth)
a la mode - according to custom or fashion
al fresco - in the open air
alma mater - applied to former school ,university or college
alter ego - other self ( L)
au revoir - till we meet again(Fr)
a priori - from cause to effect (L)
auto -da-fe - act of faith (port)
avant - garde - progressive or radical artists and thinkers
b. . .
brain -marie a double saucepan
Banzai - a Japanese battle cry (Jap)
barrio- district , suburb(sp)
batik - method of cloth dyeing(malay)
bete noire - a bugbear, pet aversion (Fr)
billet - doux - a love letter,a sweet Note(Fr)
Blitzkrieg - intense military attack (Ger)
bona - fide - with good faith(L)
bonhomie - good nature, a good man(Fr)
bonsai - miniature tree in a pot (Jap)
bourgeois - middle class person(Fr)
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