means another portion of tea (liquid) that is in a cup (container)​

​"Will you have another cup?"

​What is the difference between metonymy and metaphor?

Metaphor compares two unrelated concepts

Metonymy replaces the thing named and the thing meant (both are connected to each other)

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Compare:

​'the Sun' and 'the pancake'

'the plate' and 'the soup'​

​from the cradel to the grave​

from the birth to the death​

​​a concrete thing instead of an abstract notion it denotes

the hall applauded​

the people in the hall applauded​

​​a container instead of the thing contained

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the table in front of us was laughing

the people that were around the table were laughing​

a relation of proximity​

the marble spoke

the statue made of marble spoke​

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​​a material instead of a thing made of it

to earn money with a pen

to earn money by writing something (articles, books, poems) using a pen.​

an instrument instead of an action or the doer of an action​

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​I was surrounded by little feet

I was surrounded by children that have little feet​

ну и студент пошел...​

Synecdoche: the relations between a part and the whole (singular instead of plural​)

There are two special types of antonomasia​

Antonomasia and synecdoche

Antonomasia: the name of a person and some substitute words (a kind of a nickname)

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Miss Sharp

Mister Know-all

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Antonomasia: a proper name instead of a common name​

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I have one Van Gogh and two ​Dalis

I have one picture made by Van Gogh and two pictures by Dali​​

да ты Шумахер! (Михаэль Шумахер - известный немецкий гонщик)​

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Now, it is time for practice

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