Lecture : VOCABULARY WORDS AND IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS YOU NEED TO KNOW_ WITH SAMPLE SENTENces
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Vocabulary words and idiomatic expressions you need to. Sample sentence: the worlds of science-fiction abound with wonders. Technology- branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science etc. Sample sentence: modern technology progresses so rapidly nowadays. Prognosticate- to predict or foretell a future event. Sample sentence: a british scientist has prognosticated that within ten years there will be a robot servant. Sample sentence: one task is given to a domesticated automaton. Sample sentence: in the coming years a matron will have her own housemaid. Idiom- a pig in the poke- an item you purchase without having seen; a disappointment. Example: the mail order bicycle that my nephew bought turned out to be a pig in a poke, and he is now trying to get his money back. Paradox- a statement which at first seems to be absurd or self- contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true.