Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, June 18, 2015)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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deleterious
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Future Continuous TenseThe future continuous tense (also known as the future progressive) is used to describe an unfinished action occurring in the future. How is the future continuous tense formed? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Hound of the BaskersvillesEight years after he killed off Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought the character back in The Hound of the Baskervilles. The novel is possibly the most popular of all of the Holmes stories and has been filmed at least 24 times since 1914. It was inspired by the regional mythology of the British Isles concerning hell-hounds and set largely on an area of moorland close to where Doyle worked as a general practitioner while writing the novel. Who helped Doyle craft its plot? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Mona Mahmudnizhad and Nine Other Baha'i Women Are Hanged in Iran (1983)Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, the approximately 1 million Iranian Baha'is had generally prospered, despite widespread societal discrimination. Under the Iranian Islamic republic, which regards the religion as heresy, Baha'i was banned, Baha'i property was confiscated, thousands were imprisoned, and several hundred were executed. Among the youngest victims was 17-year-old Mona Mahmudnizhad, who was arrested in 1982 and hanged after several months in prison. What were the official charges? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901)The youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Anastasia was allegedly murdered at age 17 along with her parents and siblings during the Russian Revolution. After the family's execution, rumors swirled that Anastasia had managed to survive. The appearance of several imposters further fueled these rumors, as did the discovery of her family's burial site in 1991 with two bodies missing. Has anyone been able to conclusively prove that Anastasia was indeed killed with the rest of her family? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?George Eliot (1819-1880) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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live paycheck to paycheck— To spend all of the money one earns by or before the next time one is paid, thus saving none or very little in the process. Primarily heard in US. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Cambodia Queen Sihanouk's Birthday (2021)Her Majesty Norodom Monineath Sihanouk is the mother of King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia. The birthday of the Queen Mother is a national holiday in Cambodia, with government offices, schools, and many businesses closed. The holiday is a relatively quiet one, with no lavish festivities normally planned. This is in contrast to the three-day celebration of King Sihanouk's Birthday, the former king and late husband of Queen Sihanouk. 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... | |