Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, November 18, 2023)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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retinue
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Ditransitive Verbs"Ditransitive verbs" take two objects: a direct object and an indirect object. The direct object relates to the person or thing that directly receives the action of the verb, while the indirect object relates to the person or thing that indirectly receives or benefits from the action as a result. Where does an indirect object appear in a sentence? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Rocket-Propelled GrenadeThe term rocket-propelled grenade is actually a misnomer stemming from the Russian acronym for a handheld anti-tank grenade-launcher. The RPG, developed by the Soviets during WWII, is a low-cost, low-tech, direct fire, portable weapon used primarily against unarmored or medium-armored vehicles and personnel. Though it is largely ineffective against heavily armored vehicles and has a low level of accuracy, the RPG has become a favored weapon in what modern conflicts? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 William Tell Shoots an Apple Off His Son's Head (1307)Tell is a famous Swiss folk hero who is remembered in a 15th-century chronicle as an expert marksman who assassinated a tyrannical Austrian governor. According to the legend, the governor of Tell's Swiss canton hung his hat on a stake and ordered all the townsfolk to bow to it whenever they passed. When Tell refused, he was ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head with a crossbow as punishment. He succeeded and later escaped imprisonment to kill the governor—an event that led to what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832)Nordenskiöld was a Finnish-born Swedish geologist, mineralogist, geographer, and explorer who wrote several valuable books on geography, cartography, and travel. In 1858, he settled in Stockholm and became professor and curator of mineralogy at the Swedish State Museum. He led several expeditions to the Arctic island of Spitsbergen between 1864 and 1873 and later became the first to sail from Norway to Alaska through the Northeast Passage. He was also the first to break through what ice barrier? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Morals are an acquirement, like music, like a foreign language, like piety, poker, paralysis, no man is born with them.Mark Twain (1835-1910) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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lazy-bones— A particularly lazy or indolent person. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Latvia Independence Day (2024)Independence Day marks Latvia's declaration of independence from German and Russian occupation on November 18, 1918. The country remained independent until World War II, when it was absorbed by the Soviet Union. Like the other Baltic republics, Latvia proclaimed its independence from Soviet Russia in 1991, on August 21. More... | |
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