Daily Content Archive
(as of Thursday, June 28, 2018)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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AppositivesAn appositive is a noun that serves to describe or rename another noun (or pronoun) that appears directly before it in a sentence. When an appositive is made up of a noun phrase, what is it called? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Richard DaddDadd was an English painter of the Victorian era noted for his depictions of mythological and fairytale scenes rendered with obsessively minuscule detail. Most of his best-known works were created while he was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. In 1842, during an expedition to Egypt, Dadd underwent a dramatic personality change, becoming delusional and increasingly violent, and murdered his father upon his return. His actions are now thought to have been a result of what disorder? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Ned Kelly Is Captured (1880)Ned Kelly is Australia's most famous bushranger and, to many, a folk hero who defied colonial authorities. Ned's trouble with the law began when he was just a teen, and what started as minor scrapes with authorities escalated into more serious crimes, including the bank robberies and murders that eventually led to his execution. Despite Kelly's misdeeds, many believe that he and his family were unfairly targeted by police. In its last stand, the Kelly gang utilized "body armor" made out of what? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Henry VIII of England (1491)Henry VIII, the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Notable events during his reign include the break with Rome and establishment of the independent Church of England, the dissolution of the monasteries, and the union of England and Wales. However, he is best remembered for his turbulent love life—he was married six times—and for the callous way he ended two of his marriages—having his wives beheaded. What were the fates of the other four? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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tickle (someone's) funny bone— To make someone laugh; to be humorous or amusing to someone. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Ukraine Constitution Day (2022)Having gained independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine began working on drafting a new constitution. The final document was written and approved by the country's parliament on June 28, 1996. The constitution created a democratic form of government that guarantees human rights and freedoms for its citizens under the rule of law. Since it is a fairly new holiday, traditions have not yet been established to celebrate the day. In Kiev, popular Ukrainian musicians and singers give concerts in Maidan Nezalezhnosty Square. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: securityhostage - First referred to the state of someone handed over as a pledge or security (for the fulfillment of an undertaking). More... policy - Meaning "insurance document," it is from a French word meaning "certificate, contract," from an earlier Latin word meaning "a receipt or security for money paid." More... impignorate, pignorate - To impignorate or pignorate means to put up as security or to pawn. More... wage, wager - Wage once meant "pledge, security" and wager was defined as "solemn pledge" or "undertaking," from French wagier, "to pledge." More... | |