Collocations

Tell me who you go with and I'll tell you who you are.

What is a collocation?

A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just sound "wrong". Look at these examples:

Why learn collocations?

• Your language will be more natural and more easily understood.
• You will have alternative and richer ways of expressing yourself.
• It is easier for our brains to remember and use language in chunks or blocks rather than as single words.

How to learn collocations

• Be aware of collocations, and try to recognize them when you see or hear them.
• Treat collocations as single blocks of language. Think of them as individual blocks or chunks, and learn strongly support, not strongly + support.
• When you learn a new word, write down other words that collocate with it (remember rightly, remember distinctly, remember vaguely, remember vividly).
• Read as much as possible. Reading is an excellent way to learn vocabulary and collocations in context and naturally.
• Revise what you learn regularly. Practise using new collocations in context as soon as possible after learning them.
• Learn collocations in groups that work for you. You could learn them by topic (time, number, weather, money, family) or by a particular word (take action, take a chance, take an exam).
• You can find information on collocations in any good learner's dictionary. And you can also find specialized dictionaries of collocations.

Types of Collocation

There are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. Some of the most common types are:

• Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied (NOT downright satisfied)
• Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain (NOT excruciating joy)
• Noun + Noun: a surge of anger (NOT a rush of anger)
• Noun + Verb: lions roar (NOT lions shout)
• Verb + Noun: commit suicide (NOT undertake suicide)
• Verb + Expression With Preposition: burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears)
• Verb + Adverb: wave frantically (NOT wave feverishly

وبلاگ 10 ساله شد

 باورم نمیشه   10 سال پیش وقتی 15 ساله بودم اینجا شروع به کار کردم. 10 سال ...مدت کمی نیس....

وقتی بچه بودم هر وقت ازم می پرسیدن میخوای وقتی بزرگ شدی چیکاره بشی هیچوقت اون زمان دلم نمیخواست معلم بشم...همیشه میگفتم میخوام خلبان بشم...الانم دوست دارم خلبان بشم...اما ...

میخوام خلبان بشم...مهندس کامپیوتر....باستان شناس....موسیقیدان...

ولی خب هیچکدوم از اینا نشد...

بعضی وقتا برا رسیدن به آرزوها فقط تلاش و پشتکار لازم نیس...

عنصر سومی به نام پول هم هست...

و الان من:

25ساله

لیسانس مترجمی

آموزشگاه زبان فرانسه هم خوندم

انگلیسی تدریس میکنم

حقوقم خیلی کمی... اما از تدریس واقعا خوشم میاد...

و آرزو بر جوانان عیب نیس...

آرزوم اینه برم استرالیا ...

ادامه تحصیل...

و دوست دارم موسیقی و ادبیات هم بخونم...

...

خدا به بعضی ها اونقدر پول داده که نمیدونن چطور خرجش کنن..

بعضی ها هم تا آخر ماه هر روز حساب کتاب میکنن که کم نیارن...

....

I'm Glad I'm Me
No one looks
The way I do.
No one walks the way I walk.
No one talks the way I talk.
No one plays the way I play.
No one says the things I say.
I am special.
I am me.

People...

She Walks In BeautyShe walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade more, one ray less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.

And on that cheek, and o'er that brow
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

Lord Byron  1788-1824

این شعر رو ترجمه کنید.بهترین ترجمه به نام خود مترجم در وبلاگ منتشر خواهد شد.

Slang...

Wisdom Quotes

سلام

ـخوبین؟ 

ـمنم خوبم مرسی خیلی سرم شلوغه ....سال ۹۰ که خیلی سال بدی بود.بابام مریض شده بود بدجور... بعد واسه همینه که به وبلاگ سر نزدم و آپ نکردم.

اون دوستای عزیزی که ایمیل دادن برا همکاری در وبلاگ...

دعوتنامه میفرستم اما عضو نشدن.

بازم میگم هر کسی دوست داره و انگلیسی خوب بلده ایمیل بزاره عضو بشه...به خدا تنهایی نمیتونم.

راستی دارم میرم کلاس نقاشی هنوز اول راهم

دوست دارم به عنوان مترجم شفاهی کار کنم.الان تو یه آموزشگاه کار میکنم اما پولش خیلی خیلی کمه. یه کار برام پیدا کنین به عنوان مترجم شفاهی ....بابا زندگی خرج داره چیکار کنم

اههههههه

Descriptive Writing Essays - Example:

A thunderstorm is a grand sight. In our country, thunderstorms are very common at the beginning and at the end of the monsoon. We had a grand thunderstorm yesterday.

We had had hot blasts of wind for many days. Everyday, the blazing sun used to rise in the sky, and the earth burned like a furnace. At last we saw some dark clouds that were forming in the sky. The air was very not moving. Everything was so calm. But, it was a calm before the storm. It was a signal that the storm was going to burst.

The storm came at last. The dark clouds overcast the sky. The thunder rolled and the flashes of lightning appeared in the heavens. Then a cool wind started blowing. It smelt of rain. Slowly, the thunder roll became louder and the flashes of lightning became brighter. The clouds started racing swiftly across the sky; the sharp raindrops began to fall; the storm had come. Now the storm was furious. The lightning flashed continuously in the sky. There thunder crashed tremendously. The rain poured down heavily. The trees were violently rocked to and fro by the strong wind. The storm roared for an hour. Nothing could be heard except the loud rain pour and the louder boom of the wind. The thunder crashed and rolled, the lightning was flashing, the heavy rain poured down, and the furious storm blew.

After an hour, the wind slowed down to a gentle breeze; the lightning flashes became less frequent; the thunder disappeared; the heavy rain changed to a drizzle. The storm had ended. But it left its marks behind. The electric poles were twisted; the trees were uprooted; the windowpanes were broken; the roofs of the mud-houses were blown away; the cottages were swept away and puddles and pools were filled with rushing water.

But it did a lot of good. The air became clean and cool; the earth became soft and wet; and the atmosphere became pure.

Abraham Lincoln's letter to his son's teacher