History of everyday life - key to exercises
Key to exercises:
1.
Utility-usefulness
Succinct-concise/brief/to the point
To Profess-to declare/state
Awkwardness-nervousness/uneasiness/anxiety
Tedious-boring/dull/dreary/monotonous/tiresome
To Encapsulate-to summarize/to capture
Mundane-everyday
Quotidian-ordinary,dull,routine,humdrum
Thick Skin-able to withstand criticism
Purview-extent/range of(function,power,competence)
To Foreground-to accent/emphasize/stress
Trials and Tribulations-test of one s patience or endurance.
2
1.She went throughallthe trials and tribulations of being admitted to law school only to find she couldn’t afford togo.
2. His book foregrounds three major events in their relations with themedia
3. You need a thick skin to become aheadmaster.
4. Sometimesstatingthe bleeding obviousis the most difficult thing todo.
5. While most of the jobs they perform are routineand mundane,ourworkersareincreasinglyparticipating in out-of-the-ordinary projects in thearea.
6. Television has become partofour quotidian existence.
7. It was difficult to encapsulate the story of the revolution in a single one-hourdocumentary.
8. His lectures were verydryand tedious.
9. He displayedallthe awkwardness ofadolescence.
10. She professed ignorance of the whole affair, though I am not sure I believeher.
11. Keepyourletter succinct and to thepoint.
12. The utility of this substance has been proved in a series oftests.
13. This case isoutside the purview of this particularcourt.
3.
1. The two events were moreorless contemporaneous with only months betweenthem.
2. Althoughitwaswrittentwohundredyearsagoitstillhasa contemporary/ modern feel toit.
3. Old buildings in the city have been demolished and replaced with modern towerblocks.
4. They left theirofficesin pristine condition.
5. It is important to keep up-to-date with the literature in yourfield.
6. That wordisnot in vogue anylonger.
7. Theyspendmostoftheirsummersjet-settingaroundthe fashionable European resorts.
8. Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting wasinvented.
9. Thatradiois out-of-date.
10. Callme old- fashioned, but I like handwrittenletters.
11. History ancient and modern, has taught these people an intense distrust of theirneighbours.
12. Archaic practices such as these are often put forward by people of limitedoutlook.
4
To be subject to (criticism).
In/FOR want of something.
To a certain extent.
To be struck by something
To do something out of social habit
To collide with something
5.
To stir-attention
To Spark-interest
Spirited-debate
Sketch-contour
Benevolent-bemusement
Civic/Dereliction Of-duty
Buried-meaning
Pristine-condition
Cast Iron- excuse