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Vocabulary Reading

03/25/19

Are there acknowledged studies about the relationship of vocabulary and comprehension of English language?
Though I’m not sure whether this question is suitable to EL&U site or not, I’m glad if I can get any input on the relationship of the vocabulary and comprehension of English language, or if you... more
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03/24/19

Word for "studying a research article to get the most out of it"?
From the Word web dictionary:> Study: Consider indetail and subject to an analysis inorderto> discover essential features or meaningParticularly, I am looking for a word (synonym of 'study')... more
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Vocabulary

03/23/19

What slow moving vehicle pulls a plow?
What slow moving vehicle pulls a plow?
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Vocabulary Korean

03/19/19

What's the 'feel' of 그대, meaning 'you'?
I've read that 그대 is a 'poetic' way of meaning 'you' - i.e. referring to the person you're speaking to. I saw an example sentence: > 앉으나 서나 그대 생각을 해요 Where it seems to be 'loving' in tone.... more
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Vocabulary Korean

03/19/19

What wishes are said during the Korean New Year holiday/설날?
What greetings or wishes are typically or traditionally said on during the Korean New Year holiday, 설날 (Jan. 28, 2017)?
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Vocabulary Grammar Korean Resources

03/19/19

Easy Korean Poems for Beginners?
I just wonder if anyone could help me find few poems in Korean that are not too hard for a beginner like me. I believe it could help me improving my vocabulary and grammar usage. (I've been... more
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Vocabulary Korean Meaning

03/19/19

What does 착 mean when prefixed to a word?
What does 착 mean when prefixed to a word? - 발신정지 mean stop outgoing calls (on a mobile phone) - 착발신정지 means stop both outgoing and incoming calls Exactly how does 착 function in this case? Are there... more
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03/19/19

Basic steps to take when learning Korean?
Can anyone list basic steps needed to start efficiently learning Korean **independently**? I do live in a *hole* geographically, and I highly doubt that I could find a Korean person in a 100 miles... more
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Vocabulary Korean

03/19/19

진실 vs 진리: What is "the truth"?
Can someone help me reconcile the difference between 진리 and 진실? I'm looking for a good translation of *the truth*. Not *truth*, but *the truth* (i.e. the absolute concept). Consider the following... more
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Vocabulary Korean Phrase Request

03/19/19

How to say "Do you know me"?
Hello everyone I new here in the language korean I would like know if this way is correct say "Do you know me " in korean I alway say this way "**no na ara**" `너, 나 알아?` someone that speak korean... more
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03/18/19

What's the difference between '탕' and '국'?
It seems there are two kinds of Korean soups. Some of them are '국', such as 미역국, 콩나물국, 배추국. But then there are also '탕', such as 갈비탕, 삼계탕. Some even seem to have two names, e.g., '우거지국' &... more
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Vocabulary Korean Meaning

03/18/19

What kind of cheese is 눈꽃치즈 (snow cheese)?
눈꽃치즈 is typically translated into English as "snow cheese" on Korean menus (and sometimes "Hangulized" as 스노치즈). In most food pictures it just appears to be a very finely shredded, light-colored... more
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03/18/19

What is the natural way to refer to in-laws of an unexpected gender?
If my father's sister has a husband, I call him 고모부. If my father's younger brother has a wife, I call her 숙모. If my father's sister has a wife, what do I call her? If my father's younger brother... more
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Vocabulary Grammar Italian

03/18/19

When do we elide “dove è” into “dov'è”?
I have gone through various web pages about elision in Italian. All of them mentioned that we usually elide words like *di, la, le, nella, questo*, et cetera. But none of them mentioned the elision... more
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Vocabulary Korean Difference

03/18/19

What are the differences between 힘들다 and 어렵다?
Both seems to mean 'to be difficult' or 'to be hard'. Is there a difference between them, in meaning or in usage (spoken/written, formal/informal)?
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03/18/19

Native English Translations that capture the intended emotion of "그래야 비로소"?
Please provide some translations (not literal) that capture the true spirit of > 그래야 비로소 [Google](https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%98%EC%95%BC%20%EB%B9%84%EB%A1%9C%EC%86%8C)... more
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Vocabulary Korean

03/18/19

How do we use "면에서"?
Can '면에서' be used as a direct translation and be used in all contexts? 'In terms of..' is quite flexible and can be used in a lot of different contexts. But is it the same for '면에서'? When and how... more
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Vocabulary Korean

03/18/19

What's the difference between 마지막으로 and 드디어?
As the title says, what's the difference between 드디어 and 마지막으로? They're both "finally" but are they any different?
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Vocabulary Korean

03/18/19

도록 vs. 기(를) 위해 ...how different?
Lately, this has been coming up quite a bit in my Korean studies. In the case of meaning something like "in order to" are these fundamentally the same? I have been getting mixed (seemingly... more
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03/16/19

Solo vs soltanto vs solamente?
I was trying to find out how to translate the word "only" and found three separate words. Could someone help me understand when each of these is used and what the differences are between them?... more
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Vocabulary Reading And Writing

03/16/19

What does consecrating ones life mean?
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03/16/19

Meaning of "as soon a revolution as to"?
I’m reading *The Greedy Queen* by Annie Gray. The author quotes a court lady’s diary entry about the unfailing daily routine at Queen Victoria’s court, such as breakfast at a quarter to ten, tea at... more
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03/16/19

Is “the girls are want to gossip” correct?
Is this the correct use and placement of *want*? > The girls in the office are want to gossip. Does anyone have a reference citing this use?
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Vocabulary Reading Writing

03/15/19

Thus was the final act of ferocious farce?
I'm having a hard time understanding this sentence. I don't get the function of the verb LEFT in it."**Thus was the final act of ferocious farce left unti**l that bloody week in May 1871 when some... more
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03/15/19

What is the word for words that oppose all the things they describe?
I am looking for a word but I'm not sure if it's a real word or if I just don't know it. I am discussing George Orwell's novel, *1984*, and how the titles oppose all the things they describe. For... more
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