Every generation likes to think it invented slang anew, but often the latest words are actually very old. Here are 16 words that are much older than they seem. (The example quotes all come… Read More
I am at the beginning of my 50’s, that’s half a century, and I know that I am aging. I also notice that along the way, my habits have changed, for better or worse. I beli… Read More
The Pirahã people (pronounced [piɾaˈhã]) are an indigenous hunter-gatherer tribe of Amazon natives, who mainly live on the banks of the Maici River in Brazil’s… Read More
Good is an adjective. We use good when we want to give more information about a noun.
For example:
My dog Sam is very good. He’s a good dog.
She didn’t speak very good English… Read More
What schoolboy has not carved in his desk with his penknife the name of his first love? What teenager has not confided to the stone wall of his neighborhood the secret of an “I love y… Read More
Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly shortened to Valentine’s Day,is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine. It is tradit… Read More
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mex… Read More
1. American Express calls and says; “Definitely leave home without it.”
2. Your idea of a 7 course meal is taking a deep breath outside a restaurant.
3. You think of a lotte… Read More
ScienceDaily — An international research group, including of the Department of Artificial Intelligence of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid’s Facultad de Informatica, h… Read More
Shakespeare needs no introduction, he is simply regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist.
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People get very confused about these two prepositions, but there are a couple of simple tips you can use to help yourself remember how to use them.
In, as a preposition of place, is usually… Read More
When used as a verb they both have the same general meaning of “to move upwards”, the main difference is that rise is an intransitive verb (it does not take an object), while rai… Read More
I have always wondered about the origin of blonde jokes. All women I know, despite of their hair color, are pretty smart! So, with a little help from Wikipedia, here it is:
The blonde stereo… Read More
Hard is an adjective. It can mean solid, industrious, or difficult.
For example:-
Heating the clay makes it hard (solid) .
She is a hard (industrious) worker.
It was a hard (difficult) test… Read More
If someone is curious it means they are interested in learning about what is around them.
For example: “Lynne was curious to find out how many people used the website.”
If someth… Read More
Word
Explanation
Example
because
The reason is very important in the sentence, so because comes in the sencond clause of the sentence.
I read this book because I like it.
as
The… Read More
In the southern district of Kunming city in southwest China, is a 10,000 square meter, four-story building that could make Swedish furniture giant Ikea uneasy. The store, 11 Furniture… Read More
If you’ve ever been to Dublin, then you’ve probably heard some very interesting phrases. Well, it’s about time that we find out what they actually mean: … Read More
Having spent the past twenty minutes waiting for someone at Leith police station to pick up a telephone I have decided to abandon the idea and try e-mailing you instead. Perhaps you would be… Read More
The preposition onto meaning ‘to a position on the surface of’ has been widely written as one word (instead of on to) since the early 18th century, as in the following sentences:… Read More