tailieunhanh - Phân biệt nghĩa của từ 10

Tham khảo tài liệu 'phân biệt nghĩa của từ 10', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | hoi polloi HOI POLLOI Hoi polloi is Greek for the common people but it is often misused to mean the upper class does hoi make speakers think of high or hoity-toity . Some urge that since hoi is the article the hoi polloi is redundant but the general rule is that articles such as the and a in foreign language phrases cease to function as such in place names brands and catch phrases except for some of the most familiar ones in French and Spanish where everyone recognizes la for instance as meaning the. The El Nino is redundant but the hoi polloi is standard English. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 38 19 hold your peace say your piece HOLD YOUR PEACE SAY YOUR PIECE Some folks imagine that since these expressions are opposites the last word in each should be the same but in fact they are unrelated expressions. The first means maintain your silence and the other means literally speak aloud a piece of writing but is used to express the idea of making a statement. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 38 19 holocaust HOLOCAUST Holocaust is a Greek-derived translation of the Hebrew term olah which denotes a sort of ritual sacrifice in which the food offered is completely burnt up rather than being merely dedicated to God and then eaten. It was applied with bitter irony by Jews to the destruction of millions of their number in the Nazi death camps. Although phrases like nuclear holocaust and Cambodian holocaust have become common you risk giving serious offense by using the word in less severe circumstances such as calling a precipitous decline in stock prices a sell-off holocaust. List of errors file C Temp livres commonerrors errors 09 2005 15 38 .