One of the best ways to understand a language and the culture in which that language is spoken is to study similes. As it is the comparison of the literal with the metaphoric or figurative; similes demonstrate clearly how a culture defines colors, places, people, animals or common everyday objects figuratively or symbolically. (Because many of the cards in this series contain vulgarities, these cards should be downloaded by persons 18 years or older) (contains 3 sets of cards)
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Wylcomenetwor.com istudycards Comparing in English, help you to learn some of the most popular expressions in English; however, these istudycards were not created only to teach language, per say. They were also made to teach how a people has figuratively or metaphorically constructed their culture. Understanding comparisons is an excellent way to get inside of the language that a people speak. ‘To be as busy as a bee’ or ‘to be as chirpy as a cricket’ tells you how English-speakers see, figuratively speaking, ‘bees’ and ‘crickets’. With Englishbegin.com istudycards Comparing in English you get an insight into how English speakers use their language metaphorically. Each istudycard contains the simile accompanied by its meaning. If your native language is not English do you understand the following similes: to be dumb as dirt, as easy as 1-2-3, as easy as pie, as exciting as watching paint dry, as fast as a hare, as fierce as a lion, as fat as a pig, as free as a bird . Do you understand the difference of being as flat as a pancake to being as flat as a board. Is it the same thing to be as fresh as a daisy to being as fresh as fresh can be? What is the difference, if there is a difference, between as good as done and as good as dead? Note all the different ways to be happy: as happy as a pig in mud, as happy as a pea in a pod, as happy as a lark, as happy as a clam at high tide, as happy as a clam, as happy as a bug in the rug.
The istudycards Comparing in English were not created only for non-native English-speakers. Difficulty in understanding these types of expressions goes beyond language. If you speak American English, you probably do not understand the British expression as near as makes no odds, as nice as ninepence, like painting a dead man’s face red , like a red rag to someone, as mad as a hatter, as green as grass or as soon as say knife. Not many American English-speakers understand what it is to set one’s face like flint or as near as dammit. Because some of the expressions on Wylcomenetwork.com on comparisons contain expressions from all different English-speaking countries, these istudycards would be helpful to even native-English speakers.
Wylcomenetwork.com Comparing the literal with the metaphorical in English
is divided into two categories. There are the set of cards which can be downloaded by anyone. These are not those cards. These are the cards which contain strong and/ or inappropriate language. Because of the language, these cards, which have been marked as the adult version, should be downloaded ONLY by persons over the age of eighteen.
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