Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, February 3, 2024)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Adverbial PhrasesAn adverbial phrase (also known as an adverb phrase) is group of words that functions as an adverb in a sentence. What is a mitigator? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 The Legend of Fionn mac CumhaillAccording to legend, Ireland's mythical hunter-warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill was imbued with universal wisdom after inadvertently eating the Salmon of Knowledge. This boundless knowledge ultimately led Fionn to become leader of the Fianna, the famed heroes of Irish myth. Many geographical features in Ireland are attributed to the legendary giant, including the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway. What land mass was supposedly formed in the Irish Sea when Fionn flung a chunk of earth at a rival? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 The Day the Music Died (1959)During an extensive tour of the midwestern US, American rock-and-roll musician Buddy Holly chartered a small plane to transport him to his next gig. Fellow performers Richie Valens and J.P. Richardson, who was known as "The Big Bopper," filled the remaining seats. Tragically, the plane crashed, killing everyone on board. The event was later called "the day the music died" by Don McLean in his song "American Pie." Which of the passengers was said to have won his seat on the plane by a coin flip? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Gertrude Stein (1874)Stein was an American avant-garde writer and notable patron of the arts. While she was living in Paris, her home became a salon for leading artists and writers, including Picasso and Hemingway. An early supporter of Cubism, she tried to parallel its theories in her work, employing a unique prose style characterized by the use of repetition, fragmentation, and the continuous present. Her only book to reach a wide audience, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was actually about whom? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 God's creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.Henry James (1843-1916) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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hell week— A week in which new recruits or pledges of an organization, especially a college fraternity or sorority, are subjected to a series of hazing rituals prior to initiation. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Setsubun (Bean-Throwing Festival) (2024)Setsubun is a ceremony observed in all major temples throughout Japan to mark the last day of winter according to the lunar calendar. People throng temple grounds where the priests or stars such as actors and sumo wrestlers throw dried beans to the crowd who shout, "Fortune in, goblins out!" Some people also decorate their doorways with sardine heads, because the evil spirits don't like their smell. Beans caught at the temple are brought home to drive out evil there. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: introductioninlay card - A pamphlet accompanying a CD, film, etc., giving an introduction. More... isagoge - An introduction to a field of study. More... front matter - Things in the beginning of a book like an introduction and table of contents. More... propaedeutic - A subject or course of study that is an introduction to more advanced study or to an art or science. More... | |