Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, December 25, 2018)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Comparative Adverbs from Adverbs Ending in "-ly"Many adverbs are formed by adding "-ly" to the end of an adjective. If an adverb has been created according to this pattern, what do we do to form the comparative? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Triumph of DeathFlemish artist Pieter Bruegel earned the nickname "Peasant"—a reference to the subjects of his artwork—painting cheerful scenes of daily life. However, in 1562, he displayed a taste for the macabre with The Triumph of Death, a panoramic landscape of death and destruction wrought by hordes of skeletons that has been interpreted as an allegorical depiction of the horrors of war. What board game is depicted in the painting? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Charlemagne Crowned Emperor (800 CE)Charlemagne was king of the Franks (768–814) and emperor of the West (800–814). With the exception of the British Isles and parts of Italy and Spain, he united in one vast state almost all the Christian lands of Western Europe. After restoring Leo III to the papacy, he was crowned emperor in Rome on Christmas Day, 800 CE, finalizing the split between the Byzantine and Roman empires and marking the revival of the empire that was the forerunner of the Holy Roman Empire. What language did he speak? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Louis Chevrolet (1878)Born in Switzerland, Chevrolet was an auto mechanic who emigrated to the US in 1900 to race cars. In 1905, he drove a mile in a record 52.8 seconds. In 1911, he founded the Chevrolet Motor Company with support from General Motors founder William C. Durant and designed its first car. He sold his interest in 1915 but continued making racecars. His cars won the Indy 500 in 1920 and 1921. He later formed an aircraft company with his brother, but the venture failed. Who drove his winning car in 1920? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 A new machine invented in England deprives millions of Chinese workers of their livelihood within a year's time. In this way, big industry has brought all the people of the earth into contact with each other, has merged all local markets into one world market, has spread civilization and progress everywhere.Karl Marx & Frederick Engels (1818-1883) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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God's green earth— The entire planet; anywhere and everywhere. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Christmas (Puerto Rico) (2019)Christmas celebrations in Puerto Rico combine island traditions with more contemporary customs, such as Santa Claus and imported Christmas trees. Singers, often dressed as the Three Kings (or Magi), go from door to door singing ancient carols known as aguinaldos to the accompaniment of guitars. It is customary to offer gifts to the singer, and over the years the term "aguinaldos" has also come to stand for the gift itself. Sometimes the strolling carolers are asked inside to sample special Christmas dishes, such as roast pig and rice pudding. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: statesnation, country - A nation is made up of states—and a country is a nation defined geographically. More... political map - Shows the boundaries of cities, states, and countries. More... statistic - Comes from a German noun describing knowledge dealing with the constitutions and resources of the states of the world. More... booster name - A nickname for a state (as on a license plate). More... | |