Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, October 15, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
piecemeal
| |||||||
| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
|---|---|
Modal Verbs that Indicate the FutureBecause modal auxiliary verbs can be quite similar in how they are used, it is sometimes unclear when it's more appropriate to use one instead of another. For instance, "will" and "shall" can both be used to indicate the future. But "shall" can only be used to form the future tense when the subject is in what person? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
|---|---|
 The Moulin RougeThe Moulin Rouge, which means "red mill" in French and features a distinctive red windmill on its roof, is a traditional cabaret located in the area of Pigalle in Paris. After opening in 1889, the Moulin Rouge became known for its scandalous can-can dancers and appeared in many works by post-impressionist painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. It later saw performances by Maurice Chevalier, Edith Piaf, and Frank Sinatra. The revues performed at Moulin Rouge must all adhere to what superstition? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
|---|---|
 Graf Zeppelin Completes Its First Transatlantic Flight (1928)The Graf Zeppelin was a German, hydrogen-filled, passenger airship—the largest built up to that time. It inaugurated transatlantic flight service in 1928, making its first crossing in 111 hours. During its years of service, it completed 590 flights, including 64 to South America, two to the Middle East, and one around-the-world tour. It was retired from service in 1937, when the Hindenburg disaster brought an end to commercial zeppelin travel. Why was the airship destroyed during WWII? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
|---|---|
 Evangelista Torricelli (1608)An Italian physicist and mathematician, Torricelli served as secretary to Galileo during the last three months of Galileo's life. Two years later, pursuing a suggestion by Galileo, he filled a glass tube with mercury and inverted the tube into a dish. He noted that some of the mercury did not flow out and that the space above the mercury was a vacuum. He concluded that the variation of the height of the mercury from day to day was caused by changes in atmospheric pressure. What had he invented? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
|---|---|
 It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.E. M. Forster (1879-1970) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
|---|---|
a little leery— Cautious, wary, or uncertain of a given person, place, or thing. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
|---|---|
 Kenka Matsuri (2024)The Kenka Matsuri (Roughhouse Festival) takes place October 14-15 in Shirahama, Japan, and thousands flock to the shrine where the festival is held. The roughhousing starts as teams of mikoshi-bearers jostle each other for position in the procession to the Matsubara Hachiman Shrine. Once they reach the shrine, they spin their heavy burden, raise it up high in the air and let it crash to the ground—difficult maneuvers designed to thrill the crowd. The mikoshi engage in a final battle in an open field, where thousands of cheering spectators take sides and and egg them on. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
|---|---|
Today's topic: potterycraze - First a crack or flaw; to craze is to produce minute cracks on the surface of pottery. More... fictile - An adjective meaning "pertaining to pottery" or "suitable for making pottery." More... ceramic, earthenware - Pottery made from clay is called ceramic or earthenware. More... slip - As in pottery, it derives from Norwegian slip/slipa, "slime on fish." More... | |