Parts of the body
Follow the link to do the exercises: https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/body-parts/exercises?03.
Avatar
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the word Avatar comes from Sanskrit (Hindi) and has the following meanings:
The first meaning is related to Hinduism, where an Avatar is the manifestation of a deity in bodily form on Earth.
From this idea comes the different synonyms to the word 'avatar' as "incarnation", "embodiment", or "manifestation of a person or idea.
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| Matsya, fish avatar of Vishnu |
A second meaning of the word shares this basic idea and applies to the world of computers and virtual worlds. So, an 'avatar' is an icon or figure representing a particular person in a computer game, internet forum, etc.
Here we can watch a funny avatar of Sheldom, from The Big Bang Theory:
Click here to download an activity.
If you want to read the dialogue, click here.
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