English cafe a place to eat s.th in English

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hack around

to waste time


I wanted ti hack around for a year after college , but my finances disagreed







half-sprung

tipsy, alcohol intoxicated

Ted was half-sprung and couls hardly stand up



hat trick

three success in a row

Walter pulled a hat trick, and the fans roared

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یعنی سنگ از آسمون بباره میرم
هر چی بشه من میرم

this is meaning of rain or shine or
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sorry .... but I dont understand

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Oxymoron - a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined to produce a rhetorical effect by means of a concise paradox.

The term comes from the Greek oxumoros, meaning pointedly foolish which was formed by combining oxus, meaning sharp, and moros, meaning foolish.

An example is the word sophomore which is a combination of two Greek words: sophos, which means “wise,” and moros, which means “foolish.” In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 142, the speaker declares:

“Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate.”

Paradox - a statement that is apparently self-contradictory or absurd but really contains a possible truth. Sometimes the term is applied to a self-contradictory false proposition. It is also used to describe an opinion or statement which is contrary to generally accepted ideas. Often, a paradox is used to make a reader consider the point in a new way. The term is from the Greek paradoxos, meaning “contrary to received opinion” or “expectation.” An example of paradox is contained in Caesar’s speech from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar:

Cowards die many times before their deaths

I have a question please , xplain about " Rap music " ....... this is Oxymoron????????



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..and oxymoron is like paradox ????

[نارون1]

full of empty

what is this ? paradox or oxymoon?

[raha78]

Golf With Bob
Joe: Why don't you play golf with Bob any more?

Mike: Would you play with someone who curses after each shot, cheats in the bunkers and enters false scores on his card?

Joe: No!

Mike: Neither will Bob

Aerial Photos

A photographer for a national magazine was assigned to take pictures of a great forest fire. He was advised that a small plane would be waiting to fly him over the fire.

The photographer arrived at the airstrip just an hour before sundown. Sure enough, a small Cessna airplane was waiting. He jumped in with his equipment and shouted, “Let’s go!” The tense man sitting in the pilot’s seat swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air, though flying erratically.

“Fly over the north side of the fire,” said the photographer,“and make several low-level passes.” “Why?” asked the nervous pilot. “Because I’m going to take pictures!” yelled the photographer. “I’m a photographer, and photographers take pictures.”

The pilot replied, “You mean you’re not the flight instructor?”

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History of Rap Music
More than a century before rap exploded o­nto the American music scene, West African musicians were telling stories rhythmically, with just the beat of a drum for accompaniment. Meanwhile, folk artists from the Caribbean Islands were also telling stories in rhyme. Indeed, these singing poets from Africa and the Caribbean lay the foundation for modern-day American rap music.

Rapping essentially involves the speaking or chanting of rhyming lyrics, often set to a beat. The rhyming created by rappers is considered by many to be o­ne of the most sophisticated styles of poetry. What’s more, these rhymes often address provocative subjects such as ***, violence and socio-political issues.

Rapping first gained popularity in the U.S. in the 1970s as a kind of street art, especially among African American teenagers. But it wasn’t until 1979, when the Sugarhill Gang released their breakaway hit, ‘Rapper’s Delight, that record producers took notice of this emerging musical genre. o­nce they did, numerous rap acts, including Run-DMC and N.W.A., surfaced, and rap’s audience began to swell. It wasn’t just African American male rappers getting in o­n the act, either: By the 1980s, white rap bands such as the Beastie Boys and female rap bands such as Salt-n-Pepa were reaching the top of the charts.

By the 1990s, rap matured from an old-school-style – which was based o­n relatively simple lyrics – to a new-school-style, which was louder and included more complex lyrics. Artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Snoop Dogg and Tupac ruled the charts during this time, as did Eminem – o­ne of the most popular white rappers of all time.

[raha78]

paradox

full of empty

what is this ? paradox or oxymoon?

[raha78]

[نارون1]

rap music

it is a kind of music ... it's words (rap &music ) .. they are meaninigful
but
what it is a oxymoon in it.....please explain about it .


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sorry

[raha78]

Males or Females
which one is the boss

below you read a short text written by a femenist woman. plz let me know your ideas

The further into the future we go, the more control women will have over the world. Women are on the rise in business and education, and will soon be calling the shots whether men like it or not