C2
Vocabulary & Wit
ការប្រើប្រាស់ពាក្យដោយភាពប៉ិនប្រសប់
🎯 Objective / គោលបំណង:
Move beyond "correct" definitions. Use words to paint pictures, invoke culture, and show wit.
💬 Using "Nuance"
Option A
"We have to bite the bullet and pay the extra cost."
Nuance: Stoic bravery. We are accepting pain with courage.
Option B
"He lied, so now he has to face the music."
Nuance: Accepting consequences/punishment.
🎭 "Playing" with Idioms (Subversion)
Speaker
"My boss told me to 'think outside the box'... so I suggested we get rid of the box."
Wit: Twisting a cliché to show radical thinking.
Speaker
"I know you don't want to go, but... when in Rome..."
Clipping: Only saying half the idiom implies shared cultural knowledge.
Cultural Allusions
Catch-22 ស្ថានភាពទាល់ច្រក
A paradoxical situation with no escape.
"I need experience to get a job, but I need a job to get experience. It's a Catch-22."
"I need experience to get a job, but I need a job to get experience. It's a Catch-22."
Flying too close to the sun
Being overly ambitious/reckless leading to failure.
"He took 3 loans to start his company. He's flying too close to the sun."
"He took 3 loans to start his company. He's flying too close to the sun."
Waterloo បរាជ័យចុងក្រោយ
A final, decisive defeat.
"That failed merger was his Waterloo."
"That failed merger was his Waterloo."
Match the Implication
"I have to face the music."
What is the nuance?
A. Accepting punishment for a mistake.
B. Being brave in a hard situation.
"That risky proposal? It was his Waterloo."
What does this mean?
A. It was his greatest success.
B. It was his final, career-ending failure.