Daily Content Archive
(as of Tuesday, April 12, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Defining ConjugationConjugation refers to the way we inflect (change the form of) verbs to create particular meanings. We usually change a verb in order to reflect grammatical tense, but we can conjugate verbs to reflect what else ? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Ice HotelsIce hotels are temporary buildings made entirely out of snow and sculptured ice. They are built each year in the coldest regions of the world as a way to attract vacationers to resort areas. In the Swedish ice hotel at Kiruna, one of the most famous ice hotels, even the bar glasses are made of ice. A one-night stay at the hotel costs close to four hundred dollars. Guests should probably mind the check-out time, however, because the hotel begins to melt away after May. More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 Euro Disney Resort, Now Disneyland Paris, Opens (1992)Disneyland Paris is a resort complex located in the suburbs of Paris, France. Opened in 1992 as Euro Disney Resort, it features two theme parks, an entertainment district, and seven hotels. Initially, park attendance, hotel occupancy, and revenues fell below projections, but things began to turn around in 1995, with Euro Disney S.C.A. reporting its first quarterly profit. Today, the resort is one of Europe's leading tourist destinations. What were some of the objections to building this resort? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748)A member of the French de Jussieu family of distinguished botanists, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification. He elaborated on the system of classification of his uncle, Bernard de Jussieu, in Genera plantarum, a work which influenced later systems of classification. He was professor at the Museum of Natural History, Paris, and organized its botanical collection. What other members of the de Jussieu family were botanists? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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in (someone's) wheelhouse— In, related to, or matching someone's general interests, abilities, or area of familiarity; in someone's comfort zone. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Cosmonauts Day (2024)On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in outer space. April 12 was declared Cosmonauts Day in Gagarin's honor. Official ceremonies on this day begin in the Moscow suburb of Korolyov, well known as the center of Russian rocket production, where officials and former cosmonauts lay flowers at a statue of Gagarin. The general public celebrates the day in a less formal manner: some place flowers at statues of Gagarin in various cities, while others attend space-themed art and film exhibitions. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: retreatretreatant - A person taking part in a retreat. More... anabasis, catabasis - An anabasis is a military expedition and a catabasis is the retreat of an army. More... ivory tower - Suggests elegant detachment in a cool, white aerie, where a poet or philosopher might retreat to think and write. More... resile, arsle - To resile or arsle is to recoil, retreat, or draw back. More... | |