Last night, the news anchorman paused for a commercial and said, "We'll be right back." What a strange use for the word 'right,' I thought, missing the whole commercial as I considered some of the many meanings the word 'right' has.
1. "You're right." meaning correct.
2. "Take a right." (meaning 'turn to the right').
3. "He hit him with a right." (meaning a punch with a right hand).
4. "It's a right angle." (meaning an angle of 90 degrees).
5. "You have a right." (meaning legal or moral permission).
6. "He's right wing." (meaning on the conservative end of the political spectrum).
7. "That's not right to do." (meaning 'that's not proper or decent or nice or legal to do).
8. "It doesn't fit you right." (meaning 'it doesn't fit you correctly or properly).
9. "The canoe tipped over and he righted it." (meaning he returned the canoe to its correct operating position).
How would you teach anyone all those meanings???