Thursday, July 10, 2008

VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

VERB + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

This list contains some common verb + prepositions. Check an ESL or learner’s dictionary under the verb for any verb + preposition combinations that you cannot find on the list.

EX:

1. Every year I pay $150 to subscribe to “Outback” magazine.

2. Some people use soy milk to substitute for daily milk.

3. Olympic athletes excel at at least one sport.

4. In a democracy, we all have the right to vote for our representatives.

5. On buses, we prohibited from eating and drinking.

6. Drug traffickers profit from people’s misery.

7. You should take advantage of every opportunity in life.

8. Overseas students have to adapt to a new culture in Australia.

9. They are encouraged to adopt some of the customs of their new country.

10. It doesn’t matter to me.

11. Teachers object to students sleeping in class.

12. People sometimes gossip about what their neighbors are doing.

13. Wind will sometimes interfere with TV reception.

14. Pedophiles interfere with children.

15. Shopaholic are obsessed with shopping.

LIST:

Accuse (someone) of

Adapt to

Admit to

Advise against

Agree with

Apologize for

Apply for (something)

Apply to (someplace)

Approve of

Argue about (something)

Argue with (someone)

Arrive at

Believe in

Belong to

Blame (someone for/something on)

Care about/for

Choose between

Combine (something) with

Come from

Compare (someone/something) to/with

Complain about (something)

Complain to (someone)

Concentrate on

Consist of

Contribute to

Cooperate with

Count on

Deal with

Decide on

Depend on

Die of/from

Disapprove of

Dream about/of

Escape from

Excel at

Excuse (someone) for

Feel like

Fight for/about

Forget about

Forgive (someone) for

Glance at

Gossip about

Graduate from

Happen to

Hear about/of (something)

Hear from (someone)

Hide from

Hope for

Insist on

Interfere with

Introduce (someone) to

Intend to

Invite (someone) to

Know about

Learn from

Listen to

Live on

Look at

Look forward to

Matter to

Object to

Participate in

Pay for

Plan on

Prepare for

Prevent from

Profit from

Prohibit (someone) form

Protect (someone/something) from

Read about

Recover from

Rely on

Rescue from

Respond to

Search for

Speak about (something)

Speak to/with (someone)

Stare at

Stop from

Subscribe to

Substitute for

Succeed in

Take advantage of

Take care of

Talk about (something)

Talk to/with (someone)

Thank (someone) for

Think about/of

Vote for

Wait for

Worry about

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

This list contains some common adjective + prepositions. Check an ESL or learner’s dictionary under the adjective for any adjective + preposition combinations that are not on the list.

EX:

1. I am accustomed to coming to work early.

2. I am used to coming to work early.

3. The company director was envious of the profit of a rival company.

4. The company director was jealous of the profit of a rival company.

5. The quality of their product is inferior to ours.

LIST:

Accustomed to

Afraid of

Amazed at/by

Angry at

Anxious about

Ashamed of

Aware of

Awful

Bad at

Bored with/by

Capable of

Concerned about

Content with

Curious about

Dependent on

Different from

Eager for

Envious of

Excited about

Familiar with

Famous for

Fond of

Friendly to

Full of

Glad about

Good at

Guilty of

Happy about

Homesick for

Inferior to

Interested in

Jealous of

Known for

Nervous about

Opposed to

Pleased about

Proud of

Ready for

Responsible for

Sad about

Safe from

Satisfied with

Sick of

Similar to

Slow at

Sorry for/about

Suitable for

Superior to

Surprised about/at/by

Terrible at

Tired of

Upset with

Worried about

Prepositions

Prepositions
A preposition connects a noun or a pronoun to the rest of a sentence. It indicates a relationship such as time, place, or position.


Types of Prepositions
Here are some common prepositions, listed by the type of relationship they indicate:

1. Prepositions of time

Month/year

In

Aidan arrived in Yorktown in June. He arrived in 1999.

Day/date

On

He began classes on Monday. He began class on June 5.

Specific time

At

The classes started at 9:00 A.M.

General time

In

Before

After

The classes ended in the evening/afternoon/morning

She left before lunch.

I am leaving after the exam.

Approximate time

About

Around

Between

I’ll be home about 2:00 P.M.

Let’s meet around 5:00 P.M.

He said he’ll call between nice and ten o’clock.

Duration

For

Through

During

My family lived in Guam for six years.

I have thought of you often through the years.

We ate a lot of popcorn during the movie.

2. Prepositions of place

City/country

In

Fred lived in Toronto for three years. He lived in Canada for five years.

Street

On

He worked on Battery Street.

Address

At

He lives at 16 Queen Lane.

Motion

To

He goes to the park for lunch. (walk to, run to , drive to, ride to , race to, fly to)

Motion in a direction

Toward

They walked toward me.

3. Prepositions of position

The book is on the desk.

The lecture notes are in my notebook.

Let’s meet at the library.

The dog is sitting beside its owner.

My house is between the library and the bridge.

Some other prepositions that commonly show position are: above, across, against, along, among, behind, beneath, by, down, inside, into, near, outside, over, past, under, up.

4. Prepositions of manner

She is good at speaking foreign languages.

They finished the test with ease.

He can understand their accent by listening carefully.

5. Prepositions of comparison

We are so close that he is like my brother.

The storm made the sky as dark as night.

6. Prepositions of possession

Dino is a good friend of mine.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Country

Country

Ridge
Mountain
Island
Hill
Beach
Field
River
Forest
Woodland
Reservoir
Dam
Village
Valley
Stream
Bush
Path
Meadow
Farmhouse
Barn
Fence
Waterfall
Lake
Track

Skeleton

Skeleton

Skull
Collarbone
Breastbone
Rib
Spine/Backbone
Pelvis/hip
Kneecap

Chairs

Chairs

Chair
Director's chair
Office chair
Deckchair
Swivel chair
Barber's chair
Stool
Rocking chair
Sun lounger
Wheelchair
Highchair
Folding chair

Aerial sports

Aerial sports

Hang-gliding
Microlighting
Paragliding
Parachuting

Stationery

Stationery

Pencil case
Notebook
Pencils
Fountain pen
Ballpoint pen
Pencil sharpener
Rubber/Eraser
Felt-tip pens

Solar system

Solar system

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth the Moon
Mars
Jupiter
Satum
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

Homes (animals)

Homes (animals)
Stable
Hutch
Kennel
Bam
Pigsty
Hive


Volcano

Volcano

Ash
Crater
Lava
Magma

Sewing basket

Sewing basket

Knitting needle
Ball of wool
Pin
Pincushion
Thimble
Reel of cotton
Scissors
Tape measure
Button
Safety pin


Vegetables

Vegetables

Tomatoes
Pumpkin
Garlic
Cabbage
Broccoli
Pepper/bell pepper
Onion
Corn on the cob
Asparagus
Peas
Mushroom
Potatoes
Leeks
Cucumber
Cauliflower
Green beans
Carrots
Aubergine/eggplant


Surfaces

Surfaces

Prickly
Sharp
Jagged
Fluffy
Shiny
Smooth
Bumpy
Glossy
Greasy
Slippery
Sticky
Scaly


Sports centre

Sports centre

Swimming pool
Diving board
Life guard
Water flume/chute
Sauna
Squash court
Health club
Jacuzzi
Cubicle
Toilet
Locker
Shower
Drinks machine
Snacks machine
Changing rooms/locker rooms
Personal trainer
Aerobics
Treadmill
Rowing machine
Exercise bike
Table tennis
Five-a-side goalposts
Badminton
Balance beam
Mat


Occupations

Occupations

Gardener
Optician/optometrist
Nurse
Dentist
Teacher
Photographer
Doctor
Lumberjack
Welder
Decorator
Waiter
Policeman/policewoman
Masseuse
Florist
Mechanic
Couner
Chef

Hair styles

Hair styles
Bob
Braid
Flattop
Crew
Dreadlocks
Ponytail
Bun
Pigtails
Mohican
Mullet
Quiff
Perm


Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The hair-salon usage buzzword (advanced)

The hair-salon usage buzzword (advanced)

English term

explained

Acute Angle

Below 90 degrees of angles

Align

Datum line that will be guided up

Alter

Alter the detail, but essence does not change

Angle

Two hands in it in some forms sharply

Angle of elevation

Oppose in the position of bunch of hair

Axis

One is on points of lines that hairdo part is average and symmetrical

Back-center

Central part behind

Bang

The hair before the forehead accuses of staying

Bias shape

Guide or guide backward forward hair or this part Askew left or right

Blend

Mixing can produce the hairdo expected

Blunt cut

All hair prune the same length

Breeze cut

Elegant hairdo

Bridge line

Join the line of two o'clock from different wire

Blow dry

Blow the method of hair of the universe with the hairdryer with hands

Centrifugal

Develop towards outside from the centre and design

Centripetal

The sending amount of periphery concentrates on designing the centre

Check cut

Check to the hairdo finished whether to connect the improper one Some

Circumference

Divide line into by shape radian in accordance with head, hair shape take the form of arc

Concave

Such as the internal curve of half a clean shot, also call the concave round line

Concentrated shape

Collect the hair in a little pruning

Convex

Like the curve on the surface of spheroid

Corner point

Crossing place of terminal perpendicular line and horizontal line

Cowlick

Fluffy model that holds up of hair

Cross check

Check by horizontal method after the hair is pruned vertically Vice versa

Crown

Top of the head

Cutting by rotating

This method is to used for reaching the short long nape of top Whether law of cutting of hair or abundant sense

Cutting by twisting

After the wire determines, connect the hair song one to wire length

Cutting line

Cut Weir

Diagonal

Oblique movement or spreading, especially with angle of 45 degrees

Ear to ear parting

From ears rowing preceded department another side ears Divide the line

Elevate

Promote the hair bunch

Finger dry

Utilize finger draw hair come, get hair the universe Method

Finger grips

Ring set of the scissors

Finger round cut

Utilize finger to be crooked the hair integrated type

Forty five degree angle

Opposite angle, the other side of 90 degrees

Fragment

Send the tip and form a kind of sense in disorder

Gathering

Gather together the hair in a little pruning

Graduation cut

Level gradually

Guideline

One is used as guiding the length while pruning other parts Pruning line

Hairline

Edge of the hair and skin

Hair movement

Direction in which the hair grows naturally

Hair quality

State of the hair

Horizontal section

Some of dividing area of the level

Intuition

Ability to perceive things

Lamp dry

Get the method of hair of the universe with the infrared ray

Layer cut

Promote the law of cutting of more than 90 degrees of every hair

Meeting point

Some of two wire intersections, it determines the angle that should be pruned partly that the intersection is clicked

Mohican section

The centre part from precededding department to nape, usually do the wire in order to prune the hair

Moving blade

Movement when the cutting edge of scissors is pruned

Nape

In the back of the shank

Obtuse angle

Greater than 90 degrees and below 180 in the back of the shank Degree

Occipital bone

The hindbrain was lighted to the position

Off base

Initiate any angle besides 90 degrees

One length cut

Cut the law in shape of a level one

On base

Become and promote the hair bunch with the scalp vertically

Outline

Appearance of a hairdo

Panel

Hair a part or district part that fetch

Paper round cut

The hair is shut like one and one scissors of the paper-cut

Parallel section

Fetch a part parallel to Line some before

Part

Comb the hair in the differentiation line in different directions

Perpendicular

Become 90 degrees with his line or other one

Perimeter

Have directly or leave directly

Polygon

A close geometric figure, especially exceed here and there or four corners

Radial section

The preceded ding department fetches around radically

Regent cut

Reagan's hairdo

Repertoire

Your collection of hairdo and technology

Right angle

Angle of 90 degrees, the intersection horn of the perpendicular line each other of two

Roots

The hair is most close to the part of the scalp

Scalloped line

Curve of a line like the shell

Scrunch dry

One kind uses and holds in hand and rubs the hair and pinches and gets hair of the universe Method

Sculpting

Make the hair form look like the form of carving

Shaggy round

Line of round tooth

Side- back

Lie between the part by and behind the side

Side- front

Part of the recent face by the side

Salmonella

Appearance of the hairdo

Slice

From relatively thinner part that the majority is taken out

Slide cut

Pruning method of bunch of slippery hair of cutting edge of the scissors

Spherical

The picture is spherical

Squeeze cut

Cut hairdos concave and round

Step bob- cut

Bob's short hairdo

Still blade

The cutting edge is not moved while pruning

Sub- section

Small part of any part

Taper

Thin out the thickness in the hair tip direction gradually

Tension

Hold the strength drawn while initiating and pruning the hair

Thinning

Making use of and paring inside having the hair cut the sending amount has not changed outside Length

Three dimensional

There is thick depth except that there is high width

Vertical section

One fetches vertical part

Volume

Quantity and weight of the hair

Whorls

The hair forms the result of a swirl, just the picture preceded ding department

The hair-salon usage buzzword (Conversation)

The hair-salon usage buzzword -
Conversation:
  • Good morning/Good afternoon

  • Good evening Sit down, please (Take a seat, Please)

  • Welcome! Hello, May I help you?

  • Tea or coffee

  • Yes, Tea please. Thanks you very much.

  • Would you like a magazine, newspaper or hairstyle books ?

  • Yes newspaper please.

  • Would you like a shampoo?

  • Would you like a hair set?

  • Would you like a conditioner?

  • Would you like a haircut?

  • Would you like a blow-dry?

  • Would you like a perm?

  • Would you like a manicure?

  • Would you like a pedicure?

  • Would you like a hair colored?

  • I'd need a shampoo.(conditioner, blow-dry, haircut, perm, pedicure )

  • I'd need my hair colored.

  • What hairstyle would you prefer?

  • I prefer a short(medium, long )hairstyle.

  • May l recommend this new hairstyle for you?

  • That's a good idea.

  • What brand of shampoo do you use?

  • We recommend frames Shampoo

  • I'm going to massage your shoulder now.

  • Please try to relax, Thank you very much

  • Let's go to rinse your hair now

  • Please follow me.

  • Yes it's all right.

  • Is the water O.K

  • No, it's too hot(cold)

  • Do you have your own stylist? No.

  • May l recommend one of our best stylists?

  • Wait for a moment please

  • We will be with you in a moment

  • Hello! Madame (Sir). Sorry, to keep you waiting

  • My name is Jack (Nina)

  • I am No 3 designer

  • I'm glad to be at your service

  • How much do you charge for a shampoo? (conditioner, haircut, perm)

  • It's two hundred dollars ($200) for a shampoo

  • It's four hundred dollars ($400) for a haircut

  • It's two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for a perm

  • I would recommend this hairstyle for you

  • It seems to fit your face very well

  • What do you think if your new hairstyle?

  • Would you like to use a mirror?

  • You look very nice today

  • That will be six hundred dollars ($600), please

  • Keep the change, this is a tip

  • Thank you for coming to our salon

  • We hope to see you again. Please come again

  • Goodbye!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

The hair-salon usage buzzword (basic)

The hair-salon usage buzzword (basic)

Business:

shampoo /:hair shampoo

cut/hair cutting

blow/ blow-drying

manicure

permanent

color/hair coloring

treatment/hair treatment

pedicure

take a bath

nail care

pin curl

hair design

make up

massage

quick service

full service

free service

hair setting

product and instrument:

hair

shampoo

gel

hair color

hair care/conditioner

hair spray

lotion

hair condition:

normal

damage

dry

rinse

curl

wet

comb

round brush

air dryer

thinning scissors

clipper

electric clipper

cold wave/ perm

perm paper

instruction:

scissors(shears)

mirror

towel

hair pick

razor

hair pin

brush

hair clip

blow dryer

tail comb

curling iron

setting cart

steamer

sterilizer

hair dryer

model

perm rod

rubber band

shampoo sink

wig

manikin

gloves

cap

technical terms

normal hair

damaged hair

resistant hair

cuticle

cortex

medulla

dandruff

melanin

keratin

solid(one length)

low graduation

high graduation

symmetry

balance

unbalance

uniform(square)

light layering

heavy layering

concave cut

convex cut

line

guide line

holding angle

long hairstyle

:medium hairstyle

short hairstyle

body

wave

curly

side parting

central parting

cross check

hair line

sectioning

parting(blocking)

golden point

thinning

notching

weaving

crown

side

front

back

nape

finger dry

scissor over comb

back combing