Desert
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Desert
pronounced
as [dez-ert]*
*dictionary.com
It means a place
that does not have much plants growing.
A place with not
much water.
A hot, sandy place.
For example
: The Sahara Desert.
It also refers to
any place that does not have much people staying (habitation) – an
uninhabited place.
Desert
pronounced
as [dih-zurt]*
*dictionary.com
1) It can also mean to leave a place or someone
without wanting to return/come back. (abandon / quit)
For example :
He
deserted
his family.
2) For military personnel, to leave their
service or duty.
For example :
The
sergeant deserted
his
post on the eve of battle.
battle - fight/war
3) To fail someone / let someone down.
For example :
When
his friends found out about his illness, they deserted
him.
Idioms :
To
get one's just
deserts
To
receive one's just
deserts
pronounced
as [dih-zurt]*
*dictionary.com
To be punished or awarded based on one's action
or behavior.
To get something appropriate to one's action.
Reward or punishment that is deserved.
For example :
1) She
never does her work properly, now that she has been fired, I feel
that she has gotten her just
deserts.
3) He
got his just
deserts
when his wife divorced him.
pronounced
as [dih-zurt]*
*dictionary.com
Anything sweet such
as ice-cream, cake, pie, fruits, pastry or pudding served as a final
or last course of a meal.
For example :
1) I
should skip dessert
but it looks so
delicious, I could not resist.
2) You can serve
those delicious cakes for dessert.
2 comments:
I see you've got a little bit of an obsessive-compulsive side there. I notice the same mistakes that people often commit as well. I know it's kind of lame to confuse the two. It's not really difficult to distinguish if you think about it.
Obsessive-compulsive side?? Like wanting proper grammar??
Yeah. I guess it's a weakness of mine.. :)
Anyway, this sharing wasn't meant to cause any offense. I just meant to share the little knowledge I had about this with my colleagues and friends.. Hope I achieved that.. :)
Thanks for the comment.
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