The idiom “by twos and threes” cannot be turned into “by threes and twos”. It shows that unlike free phrases, the structure of an idiom is to a large extent ______.

Take “a laconic answer is a short answer” as an example to illustrate etymological motivation.

Comment on the following groups of words in terms of types of antonyms: contradictory terms, contrary terms, relative terms.“dead—alive”, “young—old”, “employer—employee”

In which aspects do compounds differ from free phrases?

What is the difference between superordinates and subordinates? Explain it with the given words “flower, elephant, tiger, rose, tulip, animal”.

Guess the meaning of the underlined word and tell what context clue is used.He was in a mood of complete euphoria, his happiness being the result of an announcement that he had won the sweepstakes.

Explain the logical relationships of the following terms:free morphemes, affix, morphemes, bound root, bound morphemes

linguistic context

phrasal verbs

creation (as one of the modes of vocabulary development)

hyponomy