phoenix

«phoenix» in Mova's school dictionary: a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a phoenix, phoenixes); proper noun (Phoenix, a city)

meaning for a pupil

1) A phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes. tree →

2) Phoenix (capital P) is the capital city of the US state of Arizona, in a hot desert. tree →

3) Phoenix is also a boy's name, used for a character in some old stories. tree →

sense in the lessons

In myths and stories, the phoenix is a symbol of starting again after something terrible, and in Harry Potter Fawkes is a phoenix. In everyday speech, «rise like a phoenix from the ashes» means to come back stronger after failing or losing everything. In geography: Phoenix is one of the hottest big cities in the USA.

examples

• The phoenix rose from the ashes. tree →
• In the story, the phoenix's tears could heal wounds. tree →
• Phoenix is a very hot city in Arizona. tree →
• The team rose like a phoenix after losing every game last year. tree →
• A phoenix is not a real bird. tree →
• The phoenix had red and gold feathers. tree →
• Dumbledore had a phoenix called Fawkes. tree →
• Our school drama club is called the Phoenix Players. tree →
• "I can go no farther," said Phoenix. tree →

note

Spelled with ph (sounds like f) and -oe-: FEE-niks. The phoenix is a myth, not a real animal. Plural: phoenixes.

In the corpora

• Example: a rumour spreads in a school in Phoenix that a scary character is coming to school.
• Example: a girl in Phoenix gets a book from her grandpa by post.
• Isla in Phoenix kept playing on the tablet after Mum said «screens off».
• Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «phoenix» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.