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 cant wait to do it, Im willing to do it, Ive just got to do it, Im not in the mood to do it, Im not in any rush to do it, Id rather not do it, I wouldnt do it if you paid me, Im 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 peoples 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 librarys Reference collection, i.e., you can use it there for as long as you want to but cant 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 librarys 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 ones 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 speakers 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 ving? Do yourself a favor: V. How about ving? 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; Thats the way the ball bounces; Thats life; Thats 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 intros 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 youre 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 arent supposed to. Feel free. You may not. Thats 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, Youre not getting that out of me, Stop, Why, What makes you ask, Thats personal, You dont want to know, Its 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. Youve got it backwards. Thats how I see it. You dont know which way is up. Exactly. Are you aware of what youre saying? Aint it the truth? Did I hear you right? Amen. Where are your values? Good point. Etc.