- Bush telegraph, Give a straw WHAT IS the difference between "figure something out" and "figure something up"?
- What is the meaning and origin of "to draw first blood"?
- Why do we say "donkey's years"?
- After a bad cold, the nose looks red and the skin starts peeling. Is there a word for this?
- Which is correct? `enamoured of' or 'enamoured about'?
- WHAT IS the difference between "death" and "demise"?
- Why do westerners say, "to tie the knot"
- Which is correct? "... a half hour... " or "... an half hour... ."?
- How is the word "innuendo" pronounced?
- What is the meaning of "Rapunzel's tresses"?
- WHAT IS the difference between "hearty" and "heartfelt"?
- I don't find the word "bus stand" in the dictionary. Why is that?
- What is the meaning and origin of "lock stock and barrel"?
- How is the word "awry" pronounced?
- What is the meaning of "zero-sum game"?
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Know Your English - December 2002
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| Definition: | (adjective) Evident without proof or argument. |
| Synonyms: | self-evident, taken for granted |
| Usage: | It is axiomatic that as people grow older they become less agile. |
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  ImagismImagism was a movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that rejected the sentiment and artifice typical of Romantic and Victorian poetry and instead favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. The Imagists were influenced by classicism, by Chinese and Japanese poetry, and by the French Symbolists. Despite the movement's short life, it deeply influenced the course of modernist poetry in English. Who were some prominent Imagist poets? More... Discuss |
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 US Supreme Court Rules in Miranda v. Arizona (1966)Miranda v. Arizona was a landmark US Supreme Court decision that led to the institution of the Miranda warning, a set of rights that police officers must read to arrestees. One of the petitioners in the case, Ernesto Miranda, had been convicted of rape in 1963 based on a confession he made while in police custody—without knowing he had a right to see a lawyer. He appealed, and the Supreme Court ruled in his favor. What happened when he was retried using evidence other than his confession? More... Discuss |
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 Sir Basil Rathbone (1892)Rathbone was a British actor who made his film debut in the 1920s. With his distinctive voice and gaunt appearance, he was cast as a villain in several swashbuckling movies. He won praise for his roles in Romeo and Juliet and If I Were King, but he became best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes in a series of films beginning with 1939's The Hound of the Baskervilles. Why did his English family have to flee South Africa when he was just three years old? More... Discuss |
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 It was the last night before sorrow touched her life; and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it.Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) Discuss |
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