Say-Yes

SayYesDetailedStudy1•Todothedishesmeanstowashthedishes.Payattentiontotheseverb+nouncollocations.•Moreexamplesfromthetext:•callsb'sname;mopthefloor;drythedishes;wipethetable;demonstratethedifference;takeabreath;wintheargument;spraythesilverware;pinchone'sbrows;biteone'slowerlip•theuseofadjectivesasverbs:•emptyone'spocket;wetone'slips;narrowthegap;dirtyone'shands;clearthestreet;cleantheroom;longforthevacation;busyoneselfwithsth;thinoutthecorn;calmdown;cooldown;warmone'shandsoverthefire;smooththingsover;dryone'stears;etc2unlikeanddislike.Theformeristheoppositeoftheprepsitionlikewhilethelatteristheoppositeoftheverbornounoflike.•eg.Unlikemanyyoungpeopleofhisbackground,hehatestheattentionheisgivenbecauseofhisfather.•eg.UnliketheUS,Japanlargelyreliesonbankloansforitscapitalneeds.•eg.Unlikemanyothergovernmentofficials,heisneithercorruptnorcorruptible.•pitchin(withsth):toofferhelpandsupport•eg.Everybodypitchedinwiththework.•eg.Nobadycandothisalone.Wemustpitchin.•pitchsthin:giveaparticularamountofmoneyinordertodosth•eg.Weallpitchedin$10tobuyheragift.•pitchagainstsbforsth;pitchatent;pitch-black•housework:domesticdutiessuchascleaningandcooking3•verb+(pro)noun+doingsth•eg.Ioverheardtheyoungcouplequarrelinglastnight.•eg.Sheoverheardthemendiscussingtheirplantorobabank.•eg.Ioverheardyousayingtheotherdaythatyouwereplanningtostudyoverseas.Areyouserious?•afriendofhiswife's:oneofhiswife'sfriends•eg.afriendofmine;acolleagueofhers/ours/theirs•congratulatesbonsth:•eg.Theyallcongratulatedmeonwinningthefirstprize.•eg.Whenhegrewolder,herealizedthathereallyshouldhavecongratulatedhimselfonhavingsuchapoorbutlovingfather.•considerate:thoughtful;kind;carefulnottohurtorcauseinconveniencetoothers[opp]inconsiderate•eg.Itwasconsiderateofhimtowait.4somehow:insomewayorbysomemeanswhichisnotknownornotstatedeg.ThatdaysomehowIdidn'tfeellikeeating.eg.WewenttoWangfujingtogethertheotherdayandsomehowIcouldn'tfindhimanywhere.eg.WeplannedtotakeatriptoBeijingtogether,butsomehowhechangedhismind.geton(to):begintodiscusswhetherwhitepeopleshouldmarryblackpeople:whetheritisadvisableoragoodideaforwhitepeopletomarryblackpeople.5•allthingsconsidered:whenoneconsiderseveryaspectoftheproblemorsituation•eg.Allthingsconsidered,heisdoingprettywellatschool.•eg.Allthingsconsidered,thereformisasuccess.6•wherehereisusedasarelativeadverbintroducinganattributiveclausewhichmodifiesthewordlook.•compare:•eg.Hewenttoschool______helearnedmanyinterestingthings.•eg.Hewenttoaschool,______wasveryfarfromwherehelived.•eg.Isawamovielastnight______therewasalotofviolence.•eg.Isawamovielastnight______wasrealjunk.•eg.Hestayedinahotel,______wasthebestinthecity.•eg.Hestayedinahotel______hecouldhavethebestviewofthecity.•eg.Ivisitedthehouse,______wasbuiltthreehundredyearsago.•eg.Ivisitedthehouse______thegreatwriterwasborn.•pinchherbrowstogether:contractorsqueezehereyebrows;frown•Question:Whatkindoflookdidhiswifehave?Whatdidthatmean?•Hiswifefrowned.Itmeantthatshedisagreedwithherhusband,thoughshedidnotsayit.7•Noticehowthemantriedtoshowthathewasnotaracist.Themanofcoursewasbynomeanstheworstkindofracist.Infact,hewouldbeconsideredquiteliberal.Butitispreciselythefactthatevendecentpeoplearedeeplyinfluencedthatshowstheseriousnessofthematter.•fine:ad.inawaythatissatisfactory•Question:Whatdoesthemanmeanbysayingthis?•Hetriedtoshowthathewasconsideredtobequiteliberalandwasnotaracist.8•Here,youcomingalong...isthecomplexobjectoftheverbneed.•need:•[VN]eg.Theybadlyneededachange.•eg.Foodaidisurgentlyneeded.•[Vtoinf]eg.Heneedstowinthisgametostayinthematch.•eg.Allyouneedtodoistocompletethisform.•eg.Ididn'tneedtogotothebankafterall--shelentmesomemoney.•[V-ing,Vtoinf]Thisshirtneedswashing./Thisshirtneedstobewashed.•[modalverb]eg.Youneedn'thavehurried.•eg.Needyouhavepaidsomuch?•[sing.,U,C]eg.Thereisanurgentneedforqualifiedteachers.•eg.Thereisnoneedforyoutogetupearlytomorrow.•eg.I'minneedofsomefreshair.•eg.meetchildren'sspecialeducationalneeds9•Here'sanotherexampleofacomplexobject(awhitepersonmarrying...)toapreposition(with).•eg.What'swrongwithpeasantscomingtobigcitiestolookforjobs?•eg.What'swrongwithpeopledemandingtoknowhowtheirtaxesarebeingspent?•eg.Themasterenteredtheroom,withhisdogfollowingbehind.•eg.Thelittlegirlswereplayingwithsnow,withtheirhandsfrozenred.10•Asracialdiscriminationbasedoncolordifferencesisnowtotallydiscredited,todaymanypeopletrytojustifytheirprejudicesbyculturaldifferences.11•That'sokaywithme:Ihavenoobjectiontothat.12•IninformalEnglish,likeisoftenusedasaconjunction.(=as/asif)•eg.LikeIsaid,Ican'tgetthereby5p.m.•eg.Doyouspeaktochildrenlikeyouspeaktoadult?13•OhboyisusedofteninAmericanEnglishwhensomeoneisslightlyannoyed.•Question:WhydidhesayOhboy?Whatwasgoingonhismind?•Themanwasannoyedbecausehiswifewasdeterminedtopursuetheargument.14.•Youdon'thavetoacceptwhatIsayastrue.Lookatthestatistics.•takeone'swordforit:(spoken)•eg.Takemywordforit.Thisboyisgoingtohaveabrightfuture.•eg.Youcantakemywordforit.Iwillneverletyoudown.•word:[sing.]promise•eg.Igiveyoumywordofhonor(mysincerepromise)that...•eg.Weonlyhavehi