LISTS OF RELATED VERBS
KnowThinkBelieveAssume,etc.doc
baseball terms as metaphors.doc
causativeVerbs.obj=next sbj.doc
communicative functions.doc
untruthful_acts_list.doc
vocab_about_lying.doc
wantg or not wantg to do it.doc
LISTS OF RELATED WORDS
29 sighs-Are they language?.doc
<as ADJ as a NOUN> similes.doc
GOOD or BAD in collocations.doc
LTP Dictionary.words w adv.jpg
LTP Dictionary.words w noun.jpg
Longman Language Activator.jpg
idioms using spatial words.doc
pictures of facial expressions and their word
faces & names of emotions 1.doc
faces & names of emotions 2.jpg
faces & names of emotions 3.jpg
reduced forms-Amer.pronunci.doc
sentence_framers.from_LTP.doc
sportsmanship vocab &quotes.doc
the_sacrifice_game.doc
what_bad_music_is.vocab.doc
LISTS OF STOCK RESPONSES
4600_stock_expressions.doc
advice sentence forms.doc
interjectionsRespondgToNews.doc
interrupting to correct sb.doc
permission-refusing&givg it.doc
personal questions & replies to them.doc
respondToRankgCausesEffects.doc
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LISTS OF RELATED VERBS
KnowThinkBelieveAssume,etc.doc 68 verbs for believing that something is true, each
with a different degree or source of certainty
baseball terms as metaphors.doc 33 verb-phrases that come from baseball that have
become American English idioms for situations outside of baseball, e.g., “stepping up to the
plate,” “throwing someone a curve,” and “calling ’em as one sees ’em” and a citation of a
dictionary of baseball that defines 7,000 terms
causativeVerbs.obj=next sbj.doc ask, beg, advise, enable, encourage, get, provoke,
inspire, expect, hire and the other 80 verbs of the subject in “Sbj. v. obj. to VP”
communicative functions.doc 135 purposes of communicating: agreeing, announcing,
apologizing, asking, attracting attention,blaming, blessing, boasting, etc.
untruthful_acts_list.doc 52 verbs and verb-phrases, e.g., misquoting sb, misleading
sb, exaggerating sth, being evasive, lying
vocab_about_lying.doc a hundred terms, almost half of them verbs, for a discussion
or essay about lying, in particular about why people lie and whether it is sometimes justifiable
wantg or not wantg to do it.doc 200 VPs that say exactly how much someone wants
to do something: I feel like doing it, I would consider doing it, I can’t wait to do it, I’m willing to do
it, I’ve just got to do it, I’m not in the mood to do it, I’m not in any rush to do it, I’d rather not do it, I
wouldn’t do it if you paid me, I’m not going to do it, etc.
LISTS OF RELATED WORDS
29 sighs-Are they language?.doc emotions (impatience, satisfaction, ecstasy, disgust,
regret, relief, etc.) that make wordless sounds come out of people’s mouths; an exercise/game for
musicians; two essays
<as ADJ as a NOUN> similes.doc 163 common similes of ideal degree: as cool as a
cucumber, as alike as two peas in a pod, as American as apple pie, as black as the ace of
spades, as drunk as a skunk, etc.
GOOD or BAD in collocations.doc 288 nouns that form a collocation when modified
by the word "good" or "bad," e.g., good looks, good intentions, a good move, a bad move, bad
breath, a bad check
LTP Dictionary.words w noun.jpg two pages from the first of the three sections of LTP
Dictionary of Selected Collocations. The book's list of adjectives that form a collocation with the
noun "marriage" is: arranged, contented, disastrous, early, foolish, (un)happy, hasty, lasting, late,
loveless, mixed, perfect, shotgun. Its list of verbs that form a collocation with the object noun
"luck" is: be out of, be down on one's, bring, have, push/try one's. The book is in the Berklee
library’s Reference collection, i.e., you can use it there for as long as you want to but can’t borrow
it. It is near the photo-copy machines.
LTP Dictionary.words w adv.jpg two pages from the second of the three sections of
LTP Dictionary of Selected Collocations. The book's list of adverbs that form a collocation before
the verb "predict" is: confidently, consistently, correctly, safely, wrongly. Its list of adverbs that
form a collocation after "predict" is: accurately, gloomily, precisely. Its list of adverbs that form
collocations with the adjective "profitable" is: amazingly, barely, enormously, highly, immensely,
moderately, potentially.
Longman Language Activator.jpg one of the 1,700 pages of this book, which is a
combination of dictionary, thesaurus, usage guide and classification tree for the 23,000 words
and phrases that an ESL student needs to learn after learning basic English; in the Berklee
library’s Reference collection, near the photo-copy machines
idioms using spatial words.doc 70 of them, e.g., behind the times, to read between
the lines, Bottoms up, inching one’s way, a middleman, narrow-minded, a tall tale, walking tall,
thin-skinned, an underdog, upright, wide-eyed
PICTURES OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS & THEIR WORD 150 cartoon faces, each
labeled with the word for its emotion or attitude: aggressive, aloof, amazed, amused, etc.
faces & names of emotions 1.doc
faces & names of emotions 2.jpg
faces & names of emotions 3.jpg
reduced forms-Amer.pronunci.doc
informal American pronunciation of 50 common
words and phrases: DIJa, WOTCHa, JAV, PRAHLY, TSKOH, TSOP, SOaM, etc.
sentence_framers.from_LTP.doc the third of the three sections of LTP Dictionary of
Selected Collocations: 134 terms that help a listener catch the point of the sentence they
introduce: Anyway, Apparently, As a rule, Fortunately, Hopefully, In theory, Naturally,
Nevertheless, On the other hand, Presumably, To put it bluntly, Ultimately, etc. (a.k.a. sentence
modifiers, sentence adverbs, disjuncts/conjuncts)
sportsmanship vocab &quotes.doc famous quotations about sportsmanship; a
questionnaire for interviewing an American about the meaning of sportsmanship; an assignment
for writing an essay on why it is hard to be a good sport; 170 terms that can contribute to a
definition of sportsmanship: effort, ego, sweat, will power, glory, teamwork, the upper hand,
courtesy, ambition, motivation, cheerful, gracious, resilient, tough, brave, proud, arrogant,
resentful, petty, gloat, whine, cheat, taunt, jive talk, dare, go for it, go all out, outdo, overcome,
bully, baby, loser, quitter, opponent, shake hands, lucky, etc.
the_sacrifice_game.doc a vocab list and instructions for playing a conversation game
in which two people negotiate about desires and fears
what_bad_music_is.vocab.doc
73 words that can contribute to a discussion of
what bad music is: entertain, bore, transform, elevate, waste, skill, proficient, passion, authentic,
commercial, mechanical, sentimental, subjective, esthetic, etc.
LISTS OF STOCK RESPONSES generic responses (to what was said by someone else) that
are familiar to all native speakers and that immediately indicate the speaker’s basic point
4600_stock_expressions.doc three chapters (Conversational Phrases, Business
Phrases, Public Speaking Phrases) from the 1917 book Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases by
Greenville Kleiser, copied from Project Gutenberg's digital copy of the entire book. About ten
percent of the expressions in the Conversational and Business chapters are responses to
something that someone else said or wrote.
advice sentence forms.doc 22 introductions (to a sentence that advises a listener) that
show what degree of pressure (light, medium or heavy) is being put on the listener by the advisor,
e.g.: Have you tried v–ing? Do yourself a favor: V. How about v–ing? What you want to do is v.
If you want to be smart, v.
interjectionsRespondgToNews.doc Wow; Too much; My, my; Who cares? So
what? Big deal; What a shame; Sorry to hear that; Tsk tsk; Oh, shoot; What nerve; Gimme a
break; That makes my day; Thank God; Congratulations; Baloney; Get outta here; Yeah,
sure; That’s the way the ball bounces; That’s life; That’s show biz; etc.: 300 interjections and
other stock expressions that respond to a report of news that is considered important by the
responder or by the reporter, classified into groups of the responses that are surprised,
unsurprised, pleased, displeased, doubting or resigned
interrupting to correct sb.doc 25 introductions that interrupt someone in order to
correct him/her, with each intro’s tone labeled in the list as being one of twelve tones (polite,
blunt, teasing, nasty, etc.): There seems to be a discrepancy here. I may have heard you
wrong, but I think…. Hold it. Hold it right there. Do you know what you’re talking about? Etc.
permission-refusing&givg it.doc 40 positive or negative responses to a request for
permission to do something: That's against the rules. You aren’t supposed to. Feel free. You
may not. That’s out of the question. Go right ahead. No way. Any time. Etc.
personal questions & replies to them.doc 1,100 replies that show how the speaker
feels about being asked the question, e.g., Who do you think you are, Mind your own business,
You’re not getting that out of me, Stop, Why, What makes you ask, That’s personal, You don’t
want to know, It’s a long story, I don't remember, Kind of, Let me see, Can you keep a secret,
Thanks for asking; and 700 questions, e.g., How much do you weigh? What color is your hair
really? How much income tax did you pay last year? Have you ever been in therapy? When do
you get off work? Have you ever responded to a personal ad? Do you believe in God? Who were
you on the phone with when I called? What makes you really happy? Do you look at the keyboard
when you type? What really happened?
respondToRankgCausesEffects.doc 50 introductions that are sorted into four lists:
intros to a response that agrees with the listener's opinion (of what is important), intros to a
response that disagrees with the listener's such opinion, intros to a response that agrees with the
listener's interpretation (of why something happened) and intros to a response that disagrees with
the listener's such interpretation. Examples: You got it. You’ve got it backwards. That’s how I
see it. You don’t know which way is up. Exactly. Are you aware of what you’re saying? Ain’t it
the truth? Did I hear you right? Amen. Where are your values? Good point. Etc.