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1 receptive
1. a восприимчивый2. a спец. рецептивныйСинонимический ряд:1. acceptant (adj.) acceptant; acceptive; influenceable; persuadable; persuasible; suasible; swayable2. impressionable (adj.) impressionable; sensible; sensitive; sensorial; susceptible3. perceptive (adj.) alert; amenable; astute; bright; flexible; intelligent; interested; observant; open; open-minded; perceptive; pliant; responsive4. sympathetic (adj.) friendly; sympathetic; well-disposedАнтонимический ряд: -
2 paronomasia
парономасия, игра словsimultaneous realisation of two meanings througha) misinterpretation of one speaker's utterance by the other, which results in his remark dealing with a different meaning of the misinterpreted word or its homonym"Have you been seeing any spirits?" "Or taking any?" - added Bob Allen. (Ch.Dickens) (The first "spirit" refers to supernatural forces the second one - to strong drinks)
b) speaker's intended violation of the listener's expectationThere comes a period in every man's life, but she is just a semicolon in his. (B.Evans) (a punctuation mark instead of an interval of time)
There are two things I look for in a man. A sympathetic character and full lips. (I.Shaw)
Source: V.A.K.The Importance of being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
"Bow to the board," said Bumble. Oliver brushed away tow or three tears that were lingering in his eyes; and seeing no board but the table. fortunately bowed to that" (Ch.Dickens)
••близость звучания контекстуально связанных слов. (I.V.A.)But still he strummed on, and his mind wandered in and out of poultry and politics,... (J.Galsworthy)
See: cluster SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > paronomasia
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3 pun
парономасия, игра словsimultaneous realisation of two meanings througha) misinterpretation of one speaker's utterance by the other, which results in his remark dealing with a different meaning of the misinterpreted word or its homonym"Have you been seeing any spirits?" "Or taking any?" - added Bob Allen. (Ch.Dickens) (The first "spirit" refers to supernatural forces the second one - to strong drinks)
b) speaker's intended violation of the listener's expectationThere comes a period in every man's life, but she is just a semicolon in his. (B.Evans) (a punctuation mark instead of an interval of time)
There are two things I look for in a man. A sympathetic character and full lips. (I.Shaw)
Source: V.A.K.The Importance of being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
"Bow to the board," said Bumble. Oliver brushed away tow or three tears that were lingering in his eyes; and seeing no board but the table. fortunately bowed to that" (Ch.Dickens)
••близость звучания контекстуально связанных слов. (I.V.A.)But still he strummed on, and his mind wandered in and out of poultry and politics,... (J.Galsworthy)
See: cluster SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > pun
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