English Vocabulary, Passive Voice, and British vs. American Terms
Essential English Vocabulary
Here are some common English words and their synonyms:
- Amazement, surprise: surprise
- Fool, idiot: stupid, idiot
- Figures, numbers: numbers
- Doubt, distrust: doubt, suspicion
- Range: variety
- Funny story, joke: funny joke
- Provide for, cater for: foresee
- Shown address, broadcast: shown, emission
- Cinema show, screen: show in a movie theater, screen, film, frame, plank, protect, cover
- Obstacles, barrier: obstacles, barriers
- A way of doing something, a means: a way to do something
- Range of
Key Concepts in Language, Literature, and Pre-Renaissance Spain
Conversations
Conversations: Oral texts are unresponsive to pre-planning or pre-arrangement.
- Structure: Based on the turns of speech that are not granted in advance and are being taken or ordered through different verbal and nonverbal resources.
- Verbal features: The appellate function that serves to draw attention to the other and the phatic that verify the operation of the canal.
There is a flexible use of language. Speakers adapt their speech to the communicative situation, using a colloquial register.
Read MoreAdministrative Acts and Procedures: Key Concepts and Legal Framework
Administrative Activity: Types and Criteria
Administrative activity can be broken down by criteria:
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Legal-formal, which includes:
- Administrative actions
- Conventions
- Administrative agreements
- Administrative coercion
Industrial Evolution in Spain: From 1855 to Present
Item 6: Industrial Location Factors
Industry thrives in locations most favorable for maximum benefit. These factors vary for each industry.
Between 1855 and 1875, the most influential factors in industrial location (Classic Factors) included:
- Proximity to raw materials and energy sources
- Amplitude of the consumer market
- Cheap and abundant labor
- Efficient transport system
- High capital and management capacity
- Support sectors (services, equipment)
- Industrial development plans
During these years, this created
Read MoreMaterial Classification and Fire Safety in Construction
Classification of Materials
Classification of materials: The most general classification of materials is as follows:
- Metal: Ferrous, Nonferrous
- Nonmetallic: Organic, Inorganic
Ferrous Metals
Ferrous metals, as its name suggests, its main component is iron. Its main features are its high tensile strength and hardness. The principal alloys are obtained with tin, silver, platinum, manganese, vanadium, and titanium.
The main products of representatives of metallic materials include gray iron castings, malleable
Read MoreFree Will vs. Determinism: A Philosophical Debate
Nature of Free Will
1) Free will is a property of voluntary acts. Free will is not a “thing”, not a separate faculty, but a property of the will, or more precisely, voluntary actions, namely that they do not originate outside the subject who performs them. It is there because of the subject, and nothing else. Thus, the subject is an author, and not just an actor of such acts.
2) Free will is said of the whole human being. While freedom is a property of voluntary acts, it is also of the will itself,
Read MoreUnderstanding the Core Elements of a State
Elements of a State
- Elements of the State
- People, Population, and Electorate
- Territory
- Sovereignty
Elements of a State
Traditionally, it is said that there are three elements in the state: the people, who appear as the human element; the territory, the physical element; and sovereignty, recognized as the political element of the state.
People, Population, and Electorate
We will distinguish the population, the people, and the electorate. The population is, of course, the human element, the mass of individuals,
Read MorePhilosophy and Human Evolution: From Myth to Modernity
The Stories
A myth is a tale of fantasy, decorated with symbols and metaphors, transmitted from generation to generation. The main characters are gods, heroes, or supernatural characters who act arbitrarily. It maintains forms of social cohesion, since society is reflected in the myth, the creative being, responding to certain questions and problems.
Rational Discourse
Rational discourse is contrary to myth. It uses rational arguments and relies on natural elements of nature. It is subject only to
Read MoreNietzsche’s Critique of Western Culture and the Rise of the Superman
Nietzsche’s Critique of Western Culture
Style of His Work and Influences
The subtitle of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, “A book for everyone and no one,” reflects the ambiguity of Nietzsche’s works and thoughts. His writing is not systematic; it routinely uses aphorisms and poems. While his style is attractive, the absence of a well-defined vocabulary creates major problems of understanding.
He uses no arguments and deductions, but quick intuitions. He does not avoid contradictions and is often violent. He
Read MoreKey Concepts in Thomas Aquinas’ Thought
Reason and Faith
We must use reason to study God. Aristotelian thought, being empiricist, is part of the experience to reach absolute truths of reason. There are two kinds of truths: revealed and rational, and they have something in common. The truths revealed are the dogmas of faith, communities are the preambles of faith, and the latter are not rational truths revealed.
God reveals the truths common for two reasons: 1) because many Christians do not have time to understand. 2) because philosophers
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