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2022-03-27 11:53:28 Etymology of tariffs

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the noun Tariff appeared in the English language in Britain in the 1590s, with the meaning “arithmetical table” and “official list of customs duties on imports or exports; law regulating import duties”, which came from the Italian word Tariffa meaning “assessment, tariff, price.”
The Medieval Latin word Tarifa meant “book of rates, list of prices” – it came from the Arabic Ta’rif”, meaning “notification, information, a making known; inventory of fees to be paid.”
Some people credit the small Spanish town of Tarifa in Andalusia as being the origin of the term ‘Tariff’ in English. It was the first port in Europe to charge merchants for the use of its docks.

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2022-03-02 21:44:28 instinct
/ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ noun 

Definition: a natural tendency to behave in a particular way or a natural ability to know something, which is not learned → intuition

Examples:

Animals have a natural instinct for survival.

instinct to do something

1.the human instinct to form relationships by instinct.

2.Birds build nests by instinct.

sexual/maternal/survival instinct

3.Her instinct told her that something was wrong.


somebody’s first instinct(=what someone feels like doing first when something happens)

4.His first instinct was to rush back to Isobel.

instinctive [-tiv]
 adjective
arising from instinct or from a natural ability: 

Blinking our eyes is an instinctive reaction when something suddenly comes close to them; 

I couldn't help putting my foot on the brake when I saw the other car coming towards me – it was instinctive.

Instictively /in'stiŋktivli /
Adverb
A matter of instinct.

At the moment she saw a tall man with a gun standing in the doorway, she instinctively backened away.

Instinctively I knew what to do.It was clearly a time to be there for my wife and newborn child.


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2022-02-27 21:35:12 #idiom
cog in the wheel
cog in the life/society
cog in the machine

Meaning:

One who holds a minor but necessary post in a large organization, as in Frank knew he was just a cog in the wheel of this giant corporation. This term alludes to the role of the mechanical cog, one of the teeth on a wheel or gear that, by engaging other teeth, transmits or receives motion. Used figuratively since about 1930, it sometimes is put as small cog in a large wheel, emphasizing a person's lack of importance.

Examples:
Her goal in life was to be a cog in the society.

I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a cog in a machine.

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2022-02-27 20:55:55 blunt/blʌnt/ 
adjective

1) not sharp or pointed OPP sharp
Sharpen all your blunt knives.
A blunt pencil.

2) speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people → bluntly

To be blunt, many of the candidates cannot read or write.
Julian’s blunt words hurt her.

3) Blunt instrument

a) A heavy object that is used to hit someone.
The victim suffered a blow to the head from a blunt instrument.

b) A method of doing something that does not work very well because it has a lot of other effects that you do not want .
The exams are a blunt instrument that will reveal little about children’s abilities.

  bluntness noun
 ['blunt·ness || 'blʌntnɪs]

The quality of being direct and outspoken.

SYN
forthright [ˈfoːθrait]
 adjective
honest and straightforward: He is a very forthright young man.

outspoken [autˈspoukən]
 adjective
saying exactly what one thinks: She's a very outspoken person.

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2022-02-26 22:02:58 #idiom

The Lion's Share

Meaning: the major share of something ;the largest part or most of something.

examples:

1.In this chapter , we are collaborators in some of these studies (empirical studies) , but not the lion's share.

2.She didn’t do much, but she got the lion’s share of the attention from the teachers.

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2022-02-26 21:50:41 anecdote [ˈӕnikdout]

noun
a short amusing story, especially a true one: He told us anecdotes about politicians that he knew.

an‧ec‧dote
A story based on your personal experience :The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his life in Japan.

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2022-02-25 19:59:24 capricious / kǝ prish´ǝs /

adjective
 1.given to sudden and unaccountable  changes of mood or behaviour: 
a capricious and often brutal administration.
2.changing according to no discernible rules ; unpredictable: 
a capricious climate.

3.determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or  reason;
a capricious refusal. authoritarian rulers are frequently
 capricious.

Derivatives
Adverb: capriciously 
Noun: capriciousness 

Examples:

the people's support for him was very 
capricious.

she capriciously decided to sell the house and buy jewellery.

in March the weather became capricious again.

a capricious market.

SYN

inconstant, changeable, variable, unstable, mercurial, volatile, erratic, vacillating, irregular, inconsistent, fitful, arbitrary; impulsive, temperamental, wild, ungovernable; whimsical, fanciful, flighty, wayward, quirky, faddish, freakish; unpredictable, random, chance

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2022-02-25 09:30:11 #idiom

Burn the Midnight Oil


Meaning: Working late into the night

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I’ll be burning the midnight oil tonight, but I guarantee I’ll finish the paper before class tomorrow at 9.


The assignment was very lengthy so she was forced to burn the midnight oil to get it done on time.


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