atelier [ AT-l-yey, at-l-YEY; Fr. Atuh*-LYEY ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | a workshop, workroom or studio esp. one that is used by a designer or artist | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | An atelier should be well lit with natural light.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | In 1955, with brothers Piero and Milan, Crommelynck founded his own atelier in the 14th arrondissement. Telegraph, Aldo Crommelynck, 31 Jan 2009 | | begrudge [ bi-GRUHJ ] | | [ transitive verb ] | | MEANING : | | 1. to feel envy, resentment or displeasure at another's possessions or good fortune 2. to concede allow or grant reluctantly | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | He begrudged the Patels their wealth.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Wallace, a generous-spirited man, comfortable with his own strengths and limits, didn't begrudge that. National Geographic, Alfred Russel Wallace, by David Quammen, December 2008 | | bogus [ BOH-guh' s ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | 1. (adj.) spurious, counterfeit, fake or forged | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | Bogus products are often sold at half the price of their original counterparts in these bazaars.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | Wasteful public spending subsidises an army of bogus welfare claimants. Economist, Looking nice but doing nothing, Jun 19th 2008 | | aggregate [ adj., n. AG-ri-git, -geyt; v. AG-ri-geyt ] | | [ adjective ] | | MEANING : | | collection of units or particles into a whole; total | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | The aggregate number has to be taken into account for the calculation to be correct.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | For a start, as far as aggregate demand is concerned, it will run into a headwind from the public sector. Telegraph, We must prepare for the recovery - whenever it comes, By Roger Bootle, 02 Feb 2009 | | amplitude [ AM-pli-tood, -tyood ] | | [ noun ] | | MEANING : | | the state or quality of being ample, especially to breadth and width; largeness, greatness of extent or abundant | | USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : | | It was the very amplitude of the furnace which ensured heating for the entire village.
| | USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : | | If you run that back in time to the 17th century using sunspot records, you'll find that this amplitude variance is negligible for climate. National Geographic, Don't Blame Sun for Global Warming, Study Says, Brian Handwerk, September 13, 2006 | |
Spelled Pronunciation Key Stress marks: [ CAPS ] indicates the primary stressed syllable, as in newspaper [NOOZ-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-MEY-shuh' n ] CONSONANTS | [b] | boy, baby, rob | [d] | do, ladder, bed | [f] | food, offer, safe | [g] | get, bigger, dog | [h] | happy, ahead | [j] | jump, budget, age | [k] | can, speaker, stick | [l] | let, follow, still | [m] | make, summer, time | [n] | no, dinner, thin | [ng] | singer, think, long | [p] | put, apple, cup | [r] | run, marry, far, store | [s] | sit, city, passing, face | [sh] | she, station, push | [t] | top, better, cat | [ch] | church, watching, nature, witch | [th] | thirsty, nothing, math | [th'] | this, mother, breathe | [v] | very, seven, love | [w] | wear, away | [hw] | where, somewhat | [y] | yes, onion | [z] | zoo, easy, buzz | [zh] | measure, television, beige | | | VOWELS | [a] | apple, can, hat | [ey] | aid, hate, day | [ah] | arm, father, aha | [air] | air, careful, wear | [aw] | all, or, talk, lost, saw | [e] | ever, head, get | [ee] | eat, see, need | [eer] | ear, hero, beer | [er] | teacher, afterward, murderer | [i] | it, big, finishes | [ahy] | I, ice, hide, deny | [o] | odd, hot, woffle | [oh] | owe, road, below | [oo] | ooze, food, soup, sue | [oo'] | good, book, put | [oi] | oil, choice, toy | [ou] | out, loud, how | [uh] | up, mother, mud | [uh'] | about, animal, problem, circus | [ur] | early, bird, stirring | | | FOREIGN SOUNDS | [a*] | Fr. ami | [kh*] | Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich | [œ] | Fr. feu, Ger. schön | [r*] | Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe | [uh*] | Fr. oeuvre | [y*] | Fr. tu, Ger. über | | | SAMPLE NASALIZED VOWELS | [an*] | Fr. bien | [ahn*] | Fr. croissant | [awn*] | Fr. bon | [œn*] | Fr. parfum | [in*] | Port. Principe | | |
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