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1.Everyday stuff
The following everyday adjectives describe an adion,event or person that/who deserves praise:amazing, brilliant, excellent, fantastic,great, incredible, magnificent, tremendous,wonderful
Remember that outstanding can mean "not paidyet"("outstanding debts'), but also "extremely good":
Roger federer is the outstanding tennisplay of his generstion.
The word awesome is often used to talk aboutachievements:
Awesome Federer takes title.
The word praiseworthy is used to talk aboutsomething that may not be lotally worthy of praise:The programme made a praiseworthy effor to expose corruption.
2.lt combines
The noun "praise" combines with a small number ofadjedives:
His first novel received high praise.
Our department was singled out for special praise.
Nobody likes empty praise. (= insincere)Apples new phone has been damned by faint
praise from Microsoft. (= to praise something a li111ebit, but showing that you don1 really mean it)
3.What comes next?
Notice the strudures that follow the verb "praise".
Praise+dired object:It's not often my wife praises my cooking.
Praise + somebody/something+for + noun:
He praised parents for giving up so much of their time for the school.
Praise+somebody/something+as+something:
The president praised the initiative as a newdirection in energy policy,
4.Ways and means
You can refer to praise without using the word "praise":say good things about somebody
People have been saying good things about her work.
speak highly of somebodynay tribute to
Most people speak highly of the doctors and nurses.
pay tribute to
Thousands of people paid tribute at Wembley to the life of Princess Diana.
5.Too much
Sometimes people can praise others so much that it doesn't seem genuine:
heap(or shower) praise
The prime minister heaped praise on the president.
rave about somebody/something
Why are you always raving about Ricky Gervais?
gush
6.What do you really want?
People often praise others slrictly for their own benefit:flatter (noun: flattery)
butter somebody UP
My sister was always buttering up my dad so that she could atay out late.
suck to somebody (informal)
Exercises
1.put in"awessome,"outstanding"and "praiseworthy".
a)The opposition mentioned the council's________attempts to beat crime.
b)Bulls destroy Redbacks in a(n)________display at theAdelaide Oval.
C)Lisa Milne was applauded for a(n)________performance ofMahler's 4th Symphony.
2.What's missing?The first letters are given.
a)Why are critics________about his pefformence of Hamlet?
b)Your previous employer spoke very________of you.
c)The new chairman paid________to his predecessor's achievements.
d)some papers no longer________so much praise on the royalfamily. http://www.ryedu.net/syy/yywh/200805/7071.html
