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Understand = under + stand.. stand under???  Huh???

Posted by Marina on April 11, 2008 · Filed under Lessons  

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  1. darlingj says:
    101
    May 18, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    Ahhh…now I have an understanding of understand! :smile:

    …and a relief to see Marina squelch that Pauly Shore rumor! :wink:

    Marina, make sure you stay away from any photo ops with Carrot Top…I don’t even want to imagine the fallout from that! :lol:

  2. thotcop2 says:
    100
    March 18, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    I was wondering what would be the opposite of understand…oversit? overlay? layover? :grin:

  3. leonard says:
    99
    January 24, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Interesting…peace outstanding, under the flight of the bumblebee. Spring victoria for a ride, under rail and grounded with Umbria’s unicorn. Danced all night, till the piece-worked out into the pie function. :lol: Good fingers makes communicational intellegence understandable. :wink: fun is funny[intercommunicate] forgot what i was to say……..THANK YOU

  5. prospero811 says:
    97
    August 18, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    “Underground” and “underfund” are the only words in the English language that begin and end with the letters “und.”

  6. tedt says:
    96
    July 14, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    ………….. :mrgreen:

  7. wordlover says:
    95
    April 29, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    Marina, while you help us to understand, we oversit.

    (But only for you! :smile: )

  8. Jared says:
    94
    April 17, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    You’re great Marina!

  9. matalexwolf says:
    93
    April 16, 2008 at 6:22 am

    Undertake…. to commit oneself to something or someone. To accept and take responsibilty. To go for it, balls to the wall stylie with promise to do ones best. Commited.

    All, Understood! :wink: :smile:

    Be well

  10. guest says:
    92
    April 15, 2008 at 8:19 am

    "comprehend" is a better word than "understand" because com+prehend is saying you gather and grasp the idea.

    whether you under+stand or inter+stand (in+ter means to bury) you are in a sense burying your standing or your stance on the idea. That doesn’t sound anything like "comprehend" or that you get the idea. It’s just as asinine as the word "bad" which somehow evolved to mean "good".

  11. swedehunter says:
    91
    April 13, 2008 at 10:00 pm

    If understand means “stand among” then undertake could mean “take action among” a group of people…

    I only wonder how it came to be an occupation….
    I guess an undertaker do take actions among a group even though they don´t do much to help….!?

    As allways a nice way to start the day!

    your dear student / Swedehunter

  12. drunkenskank says:
    90
    April 13, 2008 at 12:03 am

    Hey marina,

    i have a word for you.
    Jones or jonesing. As in: I’m jonesing for a cigarette. How did this term come about to mean a strong desire or need for something? I’ve always wondered about that one.
    Thank you. You rock!

  13. pumpkinO7 says:
    89
    April 12, 2008 at 11:44 pm

    Hey Marina! WORD REQUEST! :D Please tell us why the word “example” is abreviated as “e.g.” & what is the origin of both the word and the abreviation.
    Great lessons! Luv u & ur show!

  14. canadianeh24 says:
    88
    April 12, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    Hi Marina,
    i would like to know where the term “cold-turkey” came from. like when someone quits drinking they say “i went cold-turkey”

  15. gahhreg says:
    87
    April 12, 2008 at 10:29 pm

    i would like to know the meaning of the word chicken nugget

  16. hdc169 says:
    86
    April 12, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    i think its marijuana and could you plzzzzz do the word “Hot”?

  17. dfannin43 says:
    85
    April 12, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    Dearest Marina!!

    Its me your favorite student!! dfannin43! Whats up! ummm i think that you should say in one of your videos that you love me the most. Cause i love you!! anyways peace out.

  18. samjewboy says:
    84
    April 12, 2008 at 9:21 pm

    Fist of all I really like your show. What a great way to learn! :wink:

    Second I have few word requests:

    I was wondering how the word/name “John” came to be used to refer to a toilet and to a prostitute’s client.

    I had another one, it just slipped my mind.

  19. keyko says:
    83
    April 12, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    How about the phrase;
    “cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey”
    or
    “that’s the last straw”
    Thanks

  20. davidgarrett says:
    82
    April 12, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    Hi, I’d like to request ‘Bleeding Heart’

  21. opusrex says:
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    April 12, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    I’m fairly sure that to undertake is in referance to setting out to “take” on a task or job. Usually considered an unpleasent job which may explain some of the meaning behind the job title “Undertaker”, an older term for a mortician.

    But were and when did this word first come to use for this unpleasent job? I suspect during one of the medivial plagues, but that is just a guess.

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