Therefore when you say that you are headed towards the lab, you mean you are moving in the direction of the lab - in other words, you are going to the lab. When used a verb, it is frequently used to mean ‘to move in a specified direction’. The word ‘head’ can be used as a noun as well as a verb.
What is the meaning of ‘head’ in ‘head towards the lab’? *Sheba is in a bad mood because she had a spat with her husband. It does not, as in the case of an altercation, necessarily result in a breakup. The couple usually has a fight over something rather silly and they make up very quickly. One usually talks about a ‘lover’s spat’. ‘Spat’ is mostly used in informal contexts to refer to an argument about something very trivial it doesn’t usually last for any length of time and is not necessarily loud. *According to the coach, the altercation started in the gym. It may be about something important or trivial, but it usually results in the two people not speaking to each other for some time. What is the difference between ‘altercation’ and ‘spat’?Īn altercation is when two people disagree about something, and have a loud argument about it in public. The actor playing the role of God was usually suspended from a contraption (machina) to give the impression that he was floating down from heaven. The expression comes from the world of Greek drama in these plays, gods (deus) usually made an appearance in the final act and magically sorted out the problems of the main characters. *The main characters survive thanks to deus ex machina. When used in literature, it suggests the sudden and unexpected appearance of someone and his miraculous ability to solve all problems. The expression literally means ‘god from the machine’, and its use generally indicates disapproval. One way of pronouncing the word is ‘day-es ex MAK-i-ne’ with the main stress on the first syllable of ‘machina’. The final ‘a’ is like the ‘a’ in ‘china’. The ‘mach’ in ‘machina’ rhymes with ‘pack’, ‘back’ and ‘sack’, and the ‘i’ is like the ‘i’ in ‘bit’, ‘kit’ and ‘pit’. The ‘ex’ that follows is pronounced like the letter ‘x’. The ‘de’ in ‘deus’ is pronounced like the word ‘day’, and the ‘u’ in the second syllable is like the ‘a’ in ‘china’. What is the meaning and origin of ‘deus ex machina’?įirst, let us deal with the pronunciation of this Latin expression.
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