Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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The Seven Demonstrative PronounsDemonstrative pronouns are pronouns used to replace nouns or noun phrases in a sentence, representing that which is nearby or far away in space or time. There are seven demonstrative pronouns. What are they? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 BushidoBushido, which means "way of the warrior," is a code of conduct of the Japanese samurai class. Along with self-discipline, honor, and austerity, the code emphasized the samurai's obligation to his lord, which superseded even familial ties. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 effectively ended feudalism and returned power to the emperor, the samurai's obligation of loyalty and sacrifice shifted, becoming the basis for the cult of emperor worship. What is hara-kiri? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Kyoto Protocol Is Adopted (1997)The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to fight global warming that calls on industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. It was adopted during a UN Conference on Climate Change held in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. Later that year, international representatives settled the details necessary to convert the agreement into a binding international treaty, and it came into force in 2005 after ratification by more than 125 nations. What nations declined to adopt the treaty? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Hector Berlioz (1803)Berlioz was a French Romantic composer. He studied music in Paris against his parents' wishes, and his first great score, Symphonie fantastique, became a landmark of the Romantic era. An impassioned and contentious critic, he was constantly at war with the musical establishment. Although he was the most compelling French musical figure of his time, his distinctive compositional style kept almost all his music out of the repertory until the mid-20th century. What are his most famous works? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Egotist, n.: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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live on a shoestring— To live within a very tight or limited financial budget. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Christkindlesmarkt (2024)Christkindlesmarkt is the biggest and best known of the Christmas markets of Germany. The market in Bavaria, Germany, has been held since 1697 in the city's Hauptmarkt ("main market"); more than 100 booths are set up to offer only goods directly related to Christmas, and food booths sell Nuremberg's specialties—Lebkuchen, or gingerbread, and Zwetschgenmannlein, which are little people-shaped confections. The three-week festival is inaugurated with choral singing, the pealing of church bells, and illumination of a creche. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: ladybuck party, stag party - A buck party, like a stag party, is one without ladies. More... chatelaine - The lady or mistress of a household. More... lady - From Old English hlaf, "loaf," and a Germanic base meaning "knead," it first literally meant "one who kneads bread." More... | |