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miércoles, 11 de noviembre de 2015

Plot

Pronunciation:/plɒt/

Kind of word: Noun

Formal definition:
The plan or main story of a book film,play,etc,

Informal definition:
Plot is the orgaized pattern  or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.

Examples:
  • The novel has a complicated plot that is sometimes difficult to follow.
  • The plot has lots of surprises 

Related word:
  • Outline
  • Design
  • Progress
  • Unfolding
  • Story line
  • Denouement
  • Events
  • Incidents
  • Structure
  • Scenario
  • Action

Song/video:

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Pick out


Kind of word: Phrasal verb


Formal Definition: 
"To choose or select."


Example: 
  • She would pick out a disc and play it over and over again.

Related words: 
  • choose
  • select
  • take

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viernes, 6 de noviembre de 2015

Prudent  

Pronunciation: [prood-nt]

Kind of word: Adjective

Formal definition: 
"Acting with or showing care and thought for the future"

Informal definition: 
Avoiding unnecesary risks, It's someone that don't sayor do anything out of side, cautios person.

Example: 

  • Some cautious people don’t think it is prudent to use a credit card to shop online.
  • My friend Susan it’s really prudent in her way to dress.

Related words:
  • Wise
  • Well-judged
  • Sensible
  • Politic
  • Judicious
  • Sagacious
  • Sage
  • Shrewd
  • Advisable

Video/song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbDl5YRHf3E

Link to another dictionary:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prudent?s=t


Problematic   

Pronunciation: [prob-luh-mat-ik]

Kind of word: Adjective

Formal definition:
Hard situation that need a solution

Informal definition: 
full of difficulties that are hard to solve, something that confronts you face to face and you don’t know how to react.

Example:

  • I have a lot of activities to do in this week, but i don’t have idea what to do first, it’s a big problematic.



Related words
  • Difficult
  • Hard
Song/Video 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll2DXQrVMp4

Link to another dictionary:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/problematic?s=t