"Local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones". Matter-Of-Fact, Prosaic : حقیقی : not fanciful or imaginative. "The Christmas tree was fancifully decorated". Ostrich : حقیقت سے انکار کرنے والا : a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand).įancifully, Whimsically : انوکھے طریقے سے : in a fanciful manner. "Her accusations were below the belt".Ĭonceptional, Ideational, Notional : خیالی : being of the nature of a notion or concept. Superstition, Superstitious Notion : توہم پرستی : an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear.īelow The Belt : نامناسب : disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing). "He did not even try to confirm his preconceptions".
Parti Pris, Preconceived Idea, Preconceived Notion, Preconceived Opinion, Preconception, Prepossession : ظن : an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence. Suspicion : an impression that something might be the case. Related : Thought : the content of cognition the main thing you are thinking about. I'm sorry to problematize things, but I'm afraid articles can be tricky this way.2 of 2) Notion, Belief, Feeling, Impression, Opinion : خیال, گمان : (noun) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed. Perhaps the writer would agree that there is a singular Chinese culture, but it might be that she doesn't - it's just not clear from the one sentence. In the second case, 'the' could be added, though that might add the idea that there is a singular Chinese culture today. Please note, however, that this sentence doesn't really work in isolation - the first word 'This' already refers back to an idea in the previous sentence or somewhere earlier in the text. The definite article before 'Chinese culture' in the first one could be omitted and there wouldn't be a big difference in meaning. The writing that comes before these sentences has most likely influenced the writers' use (or not) of 'the' in both cases.īut if these sentences were isolated, then it might be possible to do what you say, though it also depends on the ideas you have.
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We make choices about articles depending on the full context.
GapFillTyping_MTU3MDg= The definite article with names 3 Grouping_MTU3MDc= The definite article with names 2
geographical features, such as mountain ranges, groups of islands, rivers, seas, oceans and canals:īut note that we do not use the definite article if the name of the hotel or restaurant is the name of the owner: Brown's.countries which have plural nouns as their names:.countries whose names include words like kingdom, states or republic:.We do not normally use the definite article with names: Level: beginner The definite article with names She works for a group to help the elderly. We can also use the definite article with adjectives like rich, poor, elderly and unemployed to talk about groups of people: GapFillDragAndDrop_MTU3MDU The definite article the 3 Matching_MTU3MDQ The definite article the 2 We use the definite article in this way to talk about musical instruments: The kangaroo is found only in Australia. (= Kangaroos are found only in Australia.) (= Wolves are not really dangerous animals.) The wolf is not really a dangerous animal. to say something about all the things referred to by a noun:.
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The man used a heavy hammer to smash the windows in the shop. Look at the boy over there. (= the boy I am pointing at)Ī young man got a nasty shock when he tried to rob a jewellery shop in Richmond. When we stayed at my grandmother’s house, we went to the beach every day. (= the beach near my grandmother’s house) We live in a small house next to the church. (= the church in our village)ĭad, can I borrow the car? (= the car that belongs to our family) because there is only one in that context:.This is why we use the definite article with a superlative adjective: We use the definite article in front of a noun when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we are referring to: The definite article the is the most frequent word in English.
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