Medical and Everyday Vocabulary in English and French

Medical Vocabulary

Common Ailments

I don’t feel very well. I’ve felt sick for a few days. I have a sore throat. I’ll have a look. Open your mouth wide, please. He’s recovering from a serious illness. When people are ill, the government pays them an illness allowance. This medicine can be used to cure headaches, toothaches, and stomachaches. Take two pills. What is the number of her surgery? Antibiotics can be given with a prescription only. You should feel better within two or three days. He died

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Types of Premodification in English Grammar

Types of Premodification

Major Structural Types

  • General Adjective: big house
  • -ed Participial Modifier: painted house
  • -ing Participial Modifier: boarding house
  • Noun: coffee house

Premodifiers use fewer words than postmodifiers to communicate similar information. Most adjectival and participial premodifiers can be rephrased as longer, postmodifying relative clauses. For example: a big house / a house which is big.

Nouns are very common as premodifiers. To rephrase a noun+noun series as postmodifiers, we

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Social and Economic Transformations in Spain (1965-2000)

The Social Transformations in Spain (1965-2000)

A New Society

. 1965-2000 profound transformation in society has participated in ls española.España grands political changes, economics, and tecnologics culturals Ultims ls to get it in decades, q have transformed to the vid man dl sociedd posmoderna.En ests 35 years, there was industrialization and development 1proceso d dl turismo.Esto transformacions excepcionals.Surge uns produced a growing urban population, there is the crisis of rural life and

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Tertiary and Quaternary Sectors of the Economy: An Overview

Tertiary and Quaternary Sectors

Introduction

The tertiary sector encompasses activities related to providing services (transport, trade, tourism, health, education, administration, cultural services, etc.). The quaternary sector includes financial services, information technology, communications, and research. In developed countries, the tertiary sector is constantly growing, while in underdeveloped countries, services are limited and of lower quality.

Classification of Services

1. Public Services:

Managed

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The Economic Crisis of the 1930s

Indicators of Crisis

A crisis is a short-duration disturbance of long-term and short-term economic activities, impacting productive human and social aspects. Symptoms include a fall in production, an increase in unemployment, a slowdown in international exchanges of goods and capital. Crises can be sectoral (affecting specific sectors) or global (affecting the whole economy).

The Kondratiev Wave

Economist Nikolai Kondratiev proposed the existence of long-term economic movements, placing crisis points

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The Rise of Catalan Nationalism and the Renaixença

The Spanish monarchy adopted a constitutional text that established a bicameral system with a clear division of powers: legislative power resided in the courts; executive power in the king, but with ministers appointed by the judiciary. The constitution recognized the rights of citizens.

Shared sovereignty and legislative power: the king and the crown court appointed the executive. A bicameral system was established, with the senate chosen by the king. The state was Catholic and confessional, with

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