mercoledì 6 novembre 2013

Una parola inglese al giorno, per la lettera: R.






Sommario:
Letterario numerico: 1. recall. - 2.  rectitudinous. - 3. rock. - 4.
Fonetico Alfabetico: R = to rake -

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recall

recall /rɪˈkɔ:l, USA ˈri:kɔ:l/ 
n.1 [U] (anche pubbl.) capacità di ricordare: to have total recall of st., ricordare qc.perfettamente; My recall of the events isn't too good, non mi ricordo molto bene degli avvenimenti2 (di solito al sing.) (ind., comm.) ritiro (dal commercio) (di prodotti deteriorati o difettosi)3 (di solito al sing.) richiamo (spec. d'un funzionario, di un diplomatico)4 (telef.) richiamo; segnalatore5 (mil., naut.) ritirata: to sound the recall, suonare la ritirata6 [U] (leg.) revoca, annullamento (di una sentenza: per ragioni di fatto; cfr. reversal,def. 3)
● (polit. USA) recall election, votazione per la rimozione e sostituzione di un pubblico ufficiale □ the recall of Parliament, la riconvocazione del parlamento □ beyond (opast) recall, (avv.) irrevocabilmente; (agg.) irrevocabile; che non si può ricordare, dimenticato.
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Word of the Day
November 11
 
rectitudinousAudio Pronunciation\rek-tuh-TOO-duh-nus\
DEFINITION
adjective
1 :
characterized by the quality of being honest and morally correct
2 :
piously self-righteous
EXAMPLES
 
The senatorial candidate's supporters insist that he is possessed of a rectitudinous character and a spotless record.
"Hallie Foote is there, of course, excellent and rectitudinous as ever, playing a recent widow suddenly reconnected with her childhood flame." — From a theater review by Jesse Oxfeld in the New York Observer, September 17, 2013

DID YOU KNOW?
 
"Rectitudinous" comes to us straight from Late Latin "rectitudin-" (English added the "-ous" ending), which itself ultimately derived from the Latin word "rectus," meaning both "straight" and "right." (There are other "rectus" descendants in English, including "rectitude," of course, and "rectilinear," "rectangle," and "rectify.") When "rectitudinous" first appeared in print in 1897, it was in the phrase "notoriously and unctuously rectitudinous." Although "rectitude" often expresses an admirable moral integrity, "rectitudinous" has always had a less flattering side. It can suggest not only moral uprightness but also a displeasing holier-than-thou attitude.
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rock
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- The tiger is lying on the rocks.
- The man in the robe is throwing a rock.
- The two crabs are walking on a rock.
- The lobster is on the rock.
- throw a rock
Definition:

English (US) Word of the Day

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 rock
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 The tiger is lying on the rocks.
 The man in the robe
 is throwing a rock.
 The two crabs
are walking on a rock.
 The lobster is on the rock.
 throw a rock
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roger


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roger \ROJ-er\, interjection:
1. Informal. all right; O.K.
2. message received and understood (a response to radio communications).
3. (often initial capital letter) Jolly Roger.
4. (formerly used in communications to represent the letter R.)
I gave him a roger and climbed into the hatch, pushing Teddy up and out.
-- Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, 2010
"Roger, standing by, Sandy." Not another minute passed before he heard the sound of a siren.
-- Tom Clancy, The Teeth of the Tiger, 2004
This sense of the word roger comes from the military alphabet in which the name Roger meant "received." The male given name came from the Germanic words meaning “fame” and “spear.”

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- The woman is reading a magazine.
- The boy is reading a book in the park.
- Turn off the television, and read a book.

English (US) Word of the Day

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 read
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 The woman is reading a magazine.
 The boy is reading a book in the park.
 Turn off the televison, and read a book.
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- A porter carried our bags to our room.
- dormitory room
- hotel room

English (US) Word of the Day

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 room
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 A porter carried our bags to our room.
 dormitory room
 hotel room
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radio
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- The radio is playing in the background while I work.
- news radio

English (US) Word of the Day

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 radio
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 The radio is playing in the background while I work.
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research
The man and the woman are working in the research lab
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- Study the research for an answer to the question.
- The man and the woman are working in the research lab.
- do the research
- research lab
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English (US) Word of the Day

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 research
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 Study the research
 for an answer to the question.
 The man and woman
are working in the research lab.
 do the research
 research lab
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