Background: 背景 We use vague language when we do not want to be (or cannot be) exact, accurate and precise.
Talking about similarities:描述相似的事物 There are some phrases that are useful when we want to say that something is similar to something else, but it is not exactly the same. We often use these phrases because we can't find the exact word that we need.
kind of and sort of: We can use these phrases before nouns and adjectives:
A paramedic is a kind of doctor, or perhaps it is a sort of nurse. I'm not sure, but they help injured people. I'm kind of happy that school has finished, but I'll miss my friends.
We can also use kind of and sort of before 'like' or 'similar to':
Australian Rules Football is kind of like soccer and rugby combined. New w Zealand is sort of similar to Britain.
-ish: We can add 'ish' to adjectives and numbers to mean 'approximately'.
How old is he? I'm not sure, perhaps fortyish. And he's got blueish eyes, or are they greenish? I'm not so sure.
What's the word?记不得的东西 All of the following words can be used to represent a noun when we do not know the real word or when we can't remember it.
You need one of those... oh, you know, you need a whatsit to open that bottle. You mean a corkscrew? That't it!
Thingummy can be used to mean someone's name. Have you seen, emp3, thingummy, you know, the guy with glasses?
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