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azer drunk elevated lie distort the fact Synonymy ? D) Coincidence with idiomatic expressions pick up choose give up abandon go on with continue put off postpone win gain the upper hand hesitate be in two minds Antonymy ? Antonymy is concerned with semantic opposition. Antonyms can be defined as words which are opposite in meaning. They are a variety of “oppositeness”. They can be classified into three major groups. Antonymy ? A word can have more than one antonyms ? Fresh breadstale bread ? Fresh airstuffy air ? Fresh flowersfaded flowers ? Fresh looktired look Antonymy ? Stylistic purpose of the use of antonyms ? To achieve emphasis by putting contrasting ideas together, to express economically the opposite of a particular thought. Antonymy ? Stylistic purpose of the use of antonyms ? United we stand, divided we fall. ? Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. ? a victorious defeat, ? a clever fool, ? an open secret, ? painful pleasure, ? cruel kindness. Antonymy ? Stylistic purpose of the use of antonyms ? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times。 it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness。 it was the epoch of belief, it was the era of incredulity。 it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness。 it was the Spring of Hope, it was the Winter of Despair。 we had everything before us, we had nothing before us。 we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way. (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities) mon collocations Profound love Deep breath ? Girl boy ? boy man ? woman car ? flower vessel ? pretty garden handsome overcoat ? color airliner ? village typewriter ? etc. etc.