Daily Content Archive
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Expressing Equality and InequalityWe can express similarities and differences between two nouns using adjectives that aren't comparative. To describe two things as equal, what construction can we use? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Paul KleePaul Klee was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, art theorist, and violinist. His early introduction to music played a large role in the way he approached his art and its imagery. Klee often varied the media and style in which he worked and produced over 10,000 works before his death. He also taught at the Bauhaus school of art and architecture with his friend and fellow artist Wassily Kandinsky. During WWI, Klee served in the German army; what was his job? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit Is Published (1937)The Hobbit is a fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien, a professor of Anglo-Saxon and of English language and literature at Oxford University. Adapted from stories Tolkien told his kids, The Hobbit is recognized as a classic in children's literature but also attracts adult readers. Its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, is one of the 20th century's most popular and influential works of fantasy literature. What is the The Hobbit's full title? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 H. G. Wells (1866)Wells was an English author whose early books exemplify the political and social beliefs of his time. Full of fantasy and fascinating pseudoscientific speculations, they include The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. Although he is probably best remembered for his works of science fiction, he was also an imaginative social thinker who worked for many progressive causes. What novels did he write after he abandoned science fiction? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.Homer (900 BC-800 BC) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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like attracts like— People tend to seek out or be attracted to those that are similar or like-minded. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 International Day of Peace (2024)This is a day proclaimed by the U.N. each year to promote the ideals of peace. The first official observance of the International Day of Peace was in September 1982. At the United Nations, the day is marked with a special message by the secretary-general, who then rings the Japanese Peace Bell and invites people throughout the world to reflect on the meaning of peace. Special events are organized in various countries, and in the United States the mayors of a number of cities issue proclamations for the day. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: proofevidence, proof - Evidence—from Latin e-, "out," and videre, "to see"— is information that helps form a conclusion; proof is factual information that verifies a conclusion. More... proof in the pudding - A shortening of the saying "the proof of the pudding is in the eating," i.e. a thing is tested by putting it to its intended use. More... proof - The strength of alcohol. More... adduce - To cite as an instance or as proof or evidence. More... | |