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Topic 2: Linguistic and Cultural Comparison between English and Chinese 1. Lexical Comparison between Chinese and English 1.1 Semantic scope: The meaning of a word is its use in the language, not only its definitions in the dictionary. We must understand the meaning of a word from the words that come before or after it, as well as the relevant cultural background. He killed the man. He killed the dog. He killed the tree by spraying too much water. He killed time every day. He wants to kill such a rumor. He killed the chance of success. They killed the motion when it came to the commi