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If you think ‘road rage’ is the end of anger in our uber cool age, think again`85here are some more ‘rages’ doing the rounds. Trolley rage: when a shopper with an over-loaded trolley blocks the exact shelf you want, spam rage: the anger caused by dozens of mails that jam up your inbox, offering to enhance body parts you are perfectly happy with, air rage: aggressive behaviour towards cabin crew and fellow passengers, especially after some complimentary drinks and, to cap it all, there is pavement rage: anger at people who walk too slow when you are in a hurry.

The vocabulary of any language displays a unique feature when the total number of words is counted. At any given time, the most commonly used words are ‘form words’ like as, not, so and also. These are also called empty words because they act as the glue that holds the main meaning — carrying ‘content words’ such as compare, people, meaning and function. The language user, who has a vast vocabulary, will be the one who knows more content words and more polysyllabic words. It has been seen that the first 1500 words would be accessible to most users but as the number increases, the complexity of words also increases.

‘Rapport’ is a noun that refers to ‘a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other and communicate well’. This word has been borrowed from French where it exists as ‘rapporter’ meaning ‘to bring back’. The food fad word of today, ‘tofu’ is also a borrowing from the Chinese word ‘doufu’, made up of ‘dou’ meaning ‘beans’ and ‘fu’ meaning ‘rot’. Since tofu is curdled soy milk, this does make sense.

A company is an organisation that makes or sells goods or that sells services. A factory is a place where any kinds of goods are manufactured. Industry refers to all human resource, factories and companies involved in a big area of production. Industry can also refer to the industries of a society or country collectively considered.