Friday, September 19, 2008

Useful Synonyms

When I do my assignment at CELC today, I find out these useful synonyms on chapter 14 of the book " Focus on Vocabulary" (Schmitt, 2005). I would like to share them with you.

  • unavoidable= inescapable= inevitable
  • end=conclude=terminate
  • next= side by side with= adjacent
  • yearly= twelve-month=annual
  • result= conclusion= outcome=consequence
  • gain=advantage=benefit
  • almost=nearly= virtually
  • yet= even so= nevertheless= nonetheless
  • happen= take place= occur
  • length=period=duration
  • specialist=professional=expert

Hope that you can add more to this list. We all learn from each other.

Reference:
Schmitt D. and Schmitt N. (2005). Focus on Vocabulary: Mastering the Academic Word List. Pearson Education. NY 10606.

1 comment:

FYS said...

Dear Mai

I really enjoy your colourful portfolio. You also show a lot of effort, thought and feeling in your learning and your postings. I am sorry that you are missing your family so much. If you need someone to talk to sometime, you can speak or write to me. Take care.