How to deal with complicated words to grow up your vocabulary?
While reading, I stumble on a lot of bizarre words what is hard to deal with. For example, the word 'bob' and 'flick'. Perhaps, I shouldn't look it up at all...?!
"I could see his head bobbing about" that's an easy one
'Mrs Foster bobbed about, gathering up her things.'
My logic supposes that Mrs Foster did it as a bouncing ball does, but the dictionary says that it means 'to move quickly in a particular direction', which is quite out of the general meaning.
And finally this one, which doesn't make any sense:
Peeves was bobbing halfway up, loosening the carpet so that people would trip.
I didn't manage to figure out what exactly Peeves did.
There are a lot of more complicated conceptions in English which is easy to grasp mentally, for example
I devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death
but when it comes to words like 'bob' - it's so hard to understand whether you're moving or bobbing or falling or whatever. My brain requires a very clear image when it comes to words of motion.
How to deal with it properly?
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While reading, I stumble on a lot of bizarre words what is hard to deal with. For example, the word 'bob' and 'flick'. Perhaps, I shouldn't look it up at all...?!
"I could see his head bobbing about" that's an easy one
'Mrs Foster bobbed about, gathering up her things.'
My logic supposes that Mrs Foster did it as a bouncing ball does, but the dictionary says that it means 'to move quickly in a particular direction', which is quite out of the general meaning.
And finally this one, which doesn't make any sense:
Peeves was bobbing halfway up, loosening the carpet so that people would trip.
I didn't manage to figure out what exactly Peeves did.
There are a lot of more complicated conceptions in English which is easy to grasp mentally, for example
I devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death
but when it comes to words like 'bob' - it's so hard to understand whether you're moving or bobbing or falling or whatever. My brain requires a very clear image when it comes to words of motion.
How to deal with it properly?
vocabulary
asked 5 hours ago
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grab a dictionary and read English books!
– lbf
5 hours ago
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While reading, I stumble on a lot of bizarre words what is hard to deal with. For example, the word 'bob' and 'flick'. Perhaps, I shouldn't look it up at all...?!
"I could see his head bobbing about" that's an easy one
'Mrs Foster bobbed about, gathering up her things.'
My logic supposes that Mrs Foster did it as a bouncing ball does, but the dictionary says that it means 'to move quickly in a particular direction', which is quite out of the general meaning.
And finally this one, which doesn't make any sense:
Peeves was bobbing halfway up, loosening the carpet so that people would trip.
I didn't manage to figure out what exactly Peeves did.
There are a lot of more complicated conceptions in English which is easy to grasp mentally, for example
I devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death
but when it comes to words like 'bob' - it's so hard to understand whether you're moving or bobbing or falling or whatever. My brain requires a very clear image when it comes to words of motion.
How to deal with it properly?
vocabulary
asked 5 hours ago
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While reading, I stumble on a lot of bizarre words what is hard to deal with. For example, the word 'bob' and 'flick'. Perhaps, I shouldn't look it up at all...?!
"I could see his head bobbing about" that's an easy one
'Mrs Foster bobbed about, gathering up her things.'
My logic supposes that Mrs Foster did it as a bouncing ball does, but the dictionary says that it means 'to move quickly in a particular direction', which is quite out of the general meaning.
And finally this one, which doesn't make any sense:
Peeves was bobbing halfway up, loosening the carpet so that people would trip.
I didn't manage to figure out what exactly Peeves did.
There are a lot of more complicated conceptions in English which is easy to grasp mentally, for example
I devoted quite a bit of my abundant free time to thinking about death
but when it comes to words like 'bob' - it's so hard to understand whether you're moving or bobbing or falling or whatever. My brain requires a very clear image when it comes to words of motion.
How to deal with it properly?
vocabulary
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grab a dictionary and read English books!
– lbf
5 hours ago
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grab a dictionary and read English books!
– lbf
5 hours ago
grab a dictionary and read English books!
– lbf
5 hours ago
grab a dictionary and read English books!
– lbf
5 hours ago
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grab a dictionary and read English books!
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