He had needed something that would explain Freud’s technical terminology, that would clarify the various shades of meaning the German words had—and he had found this dictionary of psychological terms.
The Chosen
In a fifth-grade “reading for comprehension” lesson, students read a short passage and then were prompted to mine facts and define vocabulary words.
Drama High
I told her that I was taught never to use the word you are defining in its definition and that she ought to think of a substitute word for letter if she is defining it.
The View From Saturday
show the validity of something, as by example or explanation
In an early unpublished text from the 1590s he sought to demonstrate that Archimedes’ principle, that a body floats when it displaces its own weight in water, is necessarily true.
The Invention of Science
We loved our country as much as they; we went courageously into every action; but also we distinguished the false from true, we had suddenly learned to see.
All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel
Here is a famous story called The Monty Hall Problem which I have included in this book because it illustrates what I mean.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Point out passages in this essay that indicate that Carlyle was a man of deep emotion, of sympathy, of sincerity, of strong moral force. Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English
He takes his research seriously, preparing for an interview by making an outline organized into what will be the introduction, the body and the conclusion of his article.
Seven dove deep into her memories, trying to recall something, anything, she’d read in one of her many botánica books that might help them now.
Witchlings