- What is the meaning of "misogynist"? How do you pronounce the word?
- Is it OK to say, "Which class are you studying?"
- What is the difference between "martyr" and "victim"?
- What do the initials FAQ stand?
- WHAT IS the meaning and origin of the expression "to give someone an even break"?
- Can we say 7 into 20 is 140?
- What is the difference between "despise" and "hate"?
- Which is correct? "Co-brother" or "co son-in-law?"
- How is the word "exposi" pronounced?
- What is the meaning and origin of the expression "Can't hold a candle to someone"?
- What is the difference between "partially cooked" and "partly cooked"?
- How do you pronounce `schizophrenia'?
- Should I say, "I enclose" or "I enclose herewith"
- What is the opposite of "postpone"?
- Is it OK to say, "Myself Subh Karan"?
- HI I see that the house next door has now become an office. It has a nice name too. Silent World.
Know Your English - August 2001
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| Definition: | (adjective) Open to argument or debate. |
| Synonyms: | arguable, debatable, moot |
| Usage: | He certainly looked at her friend a great deal, but the expression of that look was disputable. |
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  The ChekaEstablished by Vladimir Lenin in 1917, the All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution, Speculation, and Sabotage, also known as the Cheka, was the first in a succession of Soviet state security organizations. Its troops policed labor camps, ran the Gulag system, put down worker riots, and orchestrated the campaign of repression that came to be known as the "Red Terror." Early Chekists made wearing what apparel fashionable among Western Communists? More... Discuss |
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 Copyright Act of 1790 Signed into US Law (1790)After the US Constitution was ratified in 1788, one of the first issues that the fledgling government faced was the lack of a copyright law. Without it, Congress would be swamped with individual petitions for protection from piracy. Modeled on Britain's Statute of Anne, the Copyright Act of 1790 was soon signed into law by President Washington. Instituted to encourage learning by securing US authors the sole rights to their work for 14-year periods, it drew what complaint from Charles Dickens? More... Discuss |
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 Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443)Beaufort was an English noblewoman, wife of Edmund Tudor, and the mother of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor Dynasty. She gave birth to Henry at 13, shortly after being widowed, and developed a close bond with her only child. Renowned for her philanthropy, she endowed professorships of divinity at Oxford and Cambridge and with the help of her confessor, John Fisher, founded Christ's College and St. John's College, Cambridge. She later acted as regent for Henry VIII. How many times did she marry? More... Discuss |
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 A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others; for men's minds will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one will prey upon the other.Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Discuss |
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