The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.

In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a sou’Wester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “sou’wester” can be inferred from the clue of ______.

The idiom “toss and turn” is a(n) ______ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?

The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.

Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.

As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one

Collins COBUILD English Usage (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.

Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes.
A
31.She burst into passionate sobbing.
32．He drop

As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new words?

What are the semantic features of compounds? Give an example to illustrate your point.

Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the characteristics of antonyms. State your reason with one example.
Contrary terms are non-gradable and allow intermediate members in between.

How do you account for the context function as indication of referents?

Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.
—“You’re not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”
—“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.

Analyze the three causes of meaning change within the scope of the linguistic factors, based on the given words below.
（1）gold, bulb;
（2）deer, beast, animals;
（3）fortuitous, fruition.

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The sentence “I lost Betty’s picture.” is ambiguous due to ______.

In the sentence “An east or north-east wind brings cold dry weather to England, but a sou’Wester usually brings rain.”, the meaning of “sou’wester” can be inferred from the clue of ______.

The idiom “toss and turn” is a(n) ______ as far as rhetorical features of idioms are concerned.

Which of the following is NOT one of the types of idioms?

The following are all variations of idioms, EXCEPT ______.

Generally speaking, a dictionary will cover the following content EXCEPT ______.

As a general Chinese-English dictionary, ______ is the most complete and up-to-date, most elaborately treated one

Collins COBUILD English Usage (1992), is a(n) ______ dictionary.

Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes.
A
31.She burst into passionate sobbing.
32．He drop

As far as growth of present-day English vocabulary is concerned, what are the three main sources of new words?

What are the semantic features of compounds? Give an example to illustrate your point.

Decide whether the following statement is true or false, based on your understanding of the characteristics of antonyms. State your reason with one example.
Contrary terms are non-gradable and allow intermediate members in between.

How do you account for the context function as indication of referents?

Analyze the following dialogue and comment on the rhetoric use of homonym in italicized font.
—“You’re not eating your fish,” a waitress said to a customer. “Anything wrong with it?”
—“Long time no sea.” the customer replied.

Analyze the three causes of meaning change within the scope of the linguistic factors, based on the given words below.
（1）gold, bulb;
（2）deer, beast, animals;
（3）fortuitous, fruition.