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MIA6  +  245601 Fri, 14 Jul 06 05:41 PM

1. Do you know i hope you won't be ___by my questions.
A.troubled B.disturbed c.bothered D.annoyed
  <I feel like these four words are pretty much the same, please explain to me the difference>
2. What's the difference between "article" and  "essay"?

3. What's the difference between "mood" and "emotion"?

4. What's the difference between "behind" and "beyond"?

Thanks so much for answering my questions!

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Maple  +  245725 Sat, 15 Jul 06 03:20 AM
 

I'm tring to say sth about this thread:

1、D appeals to my eyes. But it seems that all these options are ok.   bewilderedSad [:(]

2、To indicate different types of literary composition, article denotes "nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication"; While essay denotes "an analytic or interpretive literary composition"

3、To indicate feelings, mood means "a characteristic state of feeling" and mood is a very inclusive term, while emotion means "any strong/intensive feeling"

E.g. a cheerful mood.

I was in no mood to laugh and talk with strangers.

His voice shook with emotion.

4、I don't think "behind" and "beyond" are synonymsIndifferent [:|]

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Clive  +  245729 Sat, 15 Jul 06 03:38 AM

Hi,

Here are a few comments.

1. Do you know i hope you won't be ___by my questions.
A.troubled B.disturbed c.bothered D.annoyed
  <I feel like these four words are pretty much the same, please explain to me the difference>
A.troubled Something that troubles me can be quite serious.

B.disturbed This is less serious than 'troubled'. It also suggests that my peace and calm are interrupted. eg a sound disturbed me while I was asleep.

c.bothered Something causes me small difficulty. Fairly minor.

eg That bright light is bothering me.

D.annoyed Something makes me a little angry.

4. What's the difference between "behind" and "beyond"?

Behind suggests that you are thinking about the front and the rear of something.

eg Tom is standing behind the tree.

Beyond suggests that you are thinking of distance. Something is farther away than something.

eg Tom is beyond the tree.

Best wishes, Clive

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CalifJim  +  245770 Sat, 15 Jul 06 07:15 AM
My two cents.

1. A. troubled
If I were troubled by your question(s), it would be the content of the question that troubled me.
If a teenager asks his father for information about how to build a bomb, the father might be troubled by that question.  It is something that makes the father wonder why the question was asked.  It is a worrisome matter.

B. disturbed.
1.  If I were disturbed by your question(s), it could also be the content of the question that was disturbing.
If you ask me if I've seen the bloody accident that just occurred nearby, I might be disturbed by that.
2.  If I were very busy and you interrupted me by asking your question(s), I would feel that you disturbed me -- that you disturbed my train of thought in what I was working on.

C.  bothered
If I were bothered by your question, again it might be the content, or it might be the fact of asking the question that bothered me.  This is very much like disturbed, but the degree of feeling is less intense, in my opinion.  Being disturbed usually affects a person more deeply one time; being bothered may be caused by repetitive minor disturbances.

D.  annoyed
If I were annoyed by your question, it may be because I feel that you should know the answer to the question yourself or it may be because it was a question of a personal nature that I did not think it was proper of you to ask me.  In any case my annoyance borders on anger.

behind is a position at the back part of something else, often quite near it.

The park is located behind the church.  (If you go to the back part of the church, you will see the park there.)

beyond is a position at a greater distance than something else, sometimes a much greater distance.

The museum you are looking for is beyond the river.  (You have to travel as far as the river, and then you have to travel farther to reach the museum.)

CJ

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