★ re- again + spect- to look
⇨ retrospect
★ blame : to say or think that someone or something is responsible for an accident,
problem, or bad situation
scold : to criticize someone, especially a child, severely and usually angrily for
something they have done wrong
★ sub- : under
subject
subway
submarine ⇓
★ ubi- every
ubiquitous : present everywhere
★ relinquish : to give up your power, position, or an advantage, especially when you do not want to do this
estrange : to cause someone to no longer have a friendly relationship with another person or other people
★ In road transport, a yield or give way traffic sign indicates that each driver must prepare to stop if necessary to let a driver on another approach proceed. A driver who stops or slows down to let another vehicle through has yielded the right of way to that vehicle.
In contrast, a stop sign requires each driver to stop completely before proceeding, even if no other traffic is present. Particular regulations regarding appearance, installation, and compliance with the signs vary by jurisdiction.
★ eu- ; euph- : good
eulogy : words of praise, especially for the dead
euphonious : having a pleasant sound
★ cap- : haed
capital
capitalism
♦Capitalism is an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods and services for profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labour and competitive markets. In a capitalist market economy, investments are determined by private decision and the parties to a transaction typically determine the prices at which they exchange assets, goods, and services.
✦Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.
✦Capital accumulation is a dynamic that motivates the pursuit of profit, involving the investment of money or a financial asset for the purpose of making more money
✦Wage labour (also wage labor in American English) is the socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer, where the worker sells their labour under a formal or informal employment contract.
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capitalist
captain
★ gen- ; gene- : birth, beginning
generation
generator : a machine that produces something, especially electricity
photogenic : having a face that looks attractive in photographs
★ The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel is an etiological myth in the Book of Genesis of the Tanakh (also referred to as the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament) meant to explain the origin of different languages. According to the story, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar. There they agreed to build a city and tower; seeing this, God confounded their speech so that they could no longer understand each other and scattered them around the world.
♦Book of Genesis is the first book of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh) and the Christian Old Testament.
After Babel
After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation is a 1975 linguistics book written by literary critic George Steiner. After Babel is a comprehensive study of the subject of language and translation. It is both a controversial and seminal work that covers a great deal of new ground and has remained the most thorough book on this topic since its publication.
How to learn any language in six months
✦Attention, meaning, relevance and memory are interconnected in important ways
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