The sentence “He is a hard businessman.” is ambiguous due to____.

The extra-linguistic context may extend to embrace the entire____.

Which of the following is NOT one respect of the rhetorical features of idioms?

In nothing flat as an idiom is ____in nature.

The idiom “failure is the mother of success” is a ____ as far as figures of speech are concerned.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three good general dictionaries mentioned in the textbook?

Webster's Third New International Dictionary is the best-known ______dictionary.

British dictionaries generally use____to mark the pronunciation.

Match the words in Column A with the words in Column B according to 1) types of transfer; 2) rhetorical features of idioms; 3) types of vocabulary by notion; and 4) the function of affixes. A31. appreciative meanings32.parent/child33.pejorative prefixes34.man/woman35.hyperactive/superfreeze36.collocative meaning37.decompose/unwrap38.pejorative meaning39.radios/desks40.locative prefixesBA. maltreatB. Jap/niggerC. tremble (not quiver) with fearD. famous/determinedE. extraordinary/telecommunicationF.prefixes of degreeG. inflectional affixesH. reversative prefixesI. contradictory termsJ. relative terms

What are derivational affixes?