Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, August 29, 2024)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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intemperance
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Expressing Inequality Using "As … As"One way of expressing similarities, differences, or changes with comparative adverbs is by using the structure "as … as." We can use that construction to say that two actions are unequal, as long as we add an auxiliary verb and what word to the sentence? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Carnivorous PlantsUsually found in places with thin or nutrient-poor soil, carnivorous plants derive some or most of their sustenance by attracting, trapping, and digesting insects, small animals, and protozoans. Though there are hundreds of species of carnivorous plants, they all attract and trap prey using any of 5 basic mechanisms: pitfall traps, flypaper traps, snap traps, bladder traps, and lobster-pot traps. Just two species are classified as “active” snap traps; one is the Venus flytrap, what is the other? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 US Air Force Nuclear Weapons Incident (2007)In 2007, six cruise missiles with nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a US Air Force bomber and transported from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana without the knowledge the flight crew. A military investigation of the incident found that a number of procedures for handling nuclear weapons had been carried out improperly by numerous service members. Disciplinary actions were taken against many officers, including what high-ranking officials? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Ingrid Bergman (1915)Bergman was a Swedish actress who specialized in portrayals of strong, sophisticated women. Her radiance and unaffected charm made her a star in films such as Casablanca, Gaslight, and Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious. A scandal caused by her affair with director Roberto Rossellini kept her off the US screen for seven years and forced her to return to Europe until 1956, when she made her successful Hollywood comeback in Anastasia. How many Academy Awards did she win? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 There are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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be left (out) in the cold— To be ignored, forgotten, or excluded, as from a group, activity, benefit, etc. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Mobile-Phone Throwing World Championship (2024)The Mobile-Phone Throwing World Championship takes place in August in Savonlinna, Finland. The light-hearted event offers several categories for men, women, and teams: original, which is based on distance; freestyle, based on distance, style, aesthetics, and creativity; and juniors, which is limited to children 12 years old and under. First-place winners get a new mobile phone. Since the inaugural competition in 2000, several European countries—including Norway, Switzerland, and Germany—have introduced their own national championships. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: ridingdavering - Riding or walking in a dazed condition. More... dressage - The art of riding and training horses, from French dresser, "to train." More... road - First meant "riding" or "hostile incursion on horseback"—a sense preserved in "inroads." More... jounce - To move roughly or violently up and down, as when one is riding a horse. More... | |