... teachers and students alike’
Stefan Sperl, Senior Lecturer in Arabic, SOAS, UK
Arabic: An Essential Grammar is an up-to-date and practical reference
guide to the most important aspects of the language. ... handwritten texts. Arabs consider good handwriting a
sign of erudition.
Printed and handwritten Arabic texts do not differ from each other as
much as they do in European languages...
... (stop), and a suffix ABLE (can do). Therefore, by
word analysis, INTERMINABLE means “not able to stop.” This
is not the literal meaning of INTERMINABLE (endless), but it is
close enough. For another ... same meaning as the sum of the meanings of
their parts. In fact, on occasion words can have the opposite
meaning of their parts. For example, by word analysis the word
AWFUL should mean “full...
... unless an antidote
is administered within two hours.
(A) its victims unless an antidote is administered
(B) its victims unless an antidote can be administered
(C) its victims unless an antidote ... repairing an old car than to junk it.
(A) to try repairing an old car than to junk it.
(B) to repair an old car than to have it junked.
(C) to try repairing an old car than to junki...
... 132 Vocabulary 4000
Drill V
Answers and solutions begin on page 155.
1. In the past few years and to this day, many teachers of math and science had
chosen to return ... was fast approaching, we
had to abandon the search.
Beside/Besides:
Adding an s to beside completely changes its meaning: Beside
means “next to.” Besides means “in addition.”
We sat beside (next ... to means “naturally s...
... unless an antidote can be administered
(C) its victims unless an antidote was administered
(D) its victims unless an antidote is administered to the victims
(E) its victims unless they receive an antidote
Choice ... the vast expanse of the
Southwest, in 1945 Ansel Adams began his photographic career.
(D) Ansel Adams, in 1945 began his photographic career, traveling across
and shooting...