25. Lesson 8b - STRESS PATTERNS - English Pronunciation
26. Lesson 8c - STRESS PATTERNS - English Pronunciation
27. Lesson 9a - ADVANCED STRESS PATTERNS - English Pronunciation
Very useful to all the students from primary to post-graduate level,home-makers,enthusiasts to learn and improve their skills in English grammar and usage
espouse discuss | |
Definition: | (verb) Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans. |
Synonyms: | adopt, follow |
Usage: | The candidate espouses Republican ideals. |
![]() ![]() The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814The Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 was perpetrated by several men who conspired to artificially boost the prices of British government securities by spreading false information about the Napoleonic Wars. They began a rumor that Napoleon I of France had been killed, sending stocks soaring. Before the government was able to refute the news—a move that would cause prices to plummet—a sale of more than £1.1 million of two government-based stocks was processed. Were the conspirators ever caught? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() First Issue of the New-York Daily Times, now The New York Times, Is Printed (1851)Originally sold for a penny a copy, the New-York Daily Times was founded by journalist and politician Henry Jarvis Raymond in 1851 and has been controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family since 1896. The paper shortened its name to The New York Times in 1857. Perhaps the most respected newspaper in the world, it has been awarded more Pulitzer Prizes than any other. In 2006, the newspaper announced that it would save how much money by narrowing its page width by 1.5 inches (4 cm)? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Edwin Mattison McMillan (1907)As a physicist working at the University of California's Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in the 1940s, McMillan helped discover plutonium and neptunium. The latter was the first transuranic—having a heavier nucleus than uranium—element to be discovered. For his work in that field, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with chemist Glenn Seaborg. He was also involved in research on radar, sonar, and nuclear weapons during WWII and is credited with building the first synchrotron—which is what? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) Discuss |
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