Τετάρτη 26 Φεβρουαρίου 2014

GREEK WORKS OR ENGLISH WORDS?

If you think learning English is difficult for Greek students, then think again! There are over 6,000 Greek words that are used in the English Language. So, go ahead and speak English! Here are some common English words.

academy, air, aiplane, anatomy, angel, architect, aroma, astronaut, athlete, atmosphere, atom, base, bible, biology, box, centre, chair, chaos, character, chorus, church, cinema, climate, clinic, comedy, cosmos, cube, cycle, decade, democracy, devil, diagram, dialogue, diet, diplomat, disc, drama, dynasty, echo, ecology, economy, ecstasy, electric, electronic, energy, enthusiasm, episode, erotic, ethics, euro, Europe, fantasy, galaxy, genetic, geography, geometry, giant, guitar, harmony, helicopter, hero, history, horizon, hormone, horoscope, hour, hymn, idea, idol, irony, jealous, kilogram, kilometer, kinetic, lion, logic, lyrics, machine, magic, magnet, mania, marathon, mathematics, melody, metaphor, meter, method, microphone, microscope,museum, music, mystery, myth, neon, Nike, ocean, Olympic, orchestra, organism, orgasm, oxygen, panic, panther, paper, paradise, patriot, pause, pepper, period, phase, philosophy, photography, physic, planet, poem, pole, police, program, psychology, rhapsody, rhythm, sarcasm, scene, school, sphere, stereo, strategy, syllable, symbol, symmetry, sympathy, symphony, system, tactic, talent, technology, telephone, telescope, theatre, theme, theory, therapy, thermometer, tone, trgedy, triumph, type, utopia, zone, zoology… 

VERY

Very + ……

The word “very” gives emphasis to an adjective in our sentence. But many times it is used repeatedly and makes the sentence look boring, to say the least. So, instead of using “very + adjective” use a more powerful adjective. Here are some solutions.


Don’t say very + … :Say :
afraidterrified
angryfurious
badatrocious
beautifulexquisite
bigimmense
brightdazzling
capableaccomplished
cleanspotless
cleverbrilliant
coldfreezing
conventionalconservative
dirtysqualid
dryparched
eagerkeen
fastquick
fierceferocious
goodsuperb
happyjubilant
hotscalding
hungryravenous
largecolossal
livelyvivacious
lovedadored
neatimmaculate
oldancient
poordestitute
prettybeautiful
quietsilent
riskyperilous
roomyspacious
rudevulgar
serioussolemn
smalltiny
strongunyielding
stupididiotic
tastydelicious
thingaunt
tiredexhausted
uglyhideous
valuableprecious
weakfeeble
wetsoaked
wickedvillainous
wisesagacious
worriedanxious