- WHAT'S THE difference between "incidence" and "incident?
- What is the meaning of "knock your socks off "?
- Is it "eighty foot road" or "eighty feet road"?
- What is the difference in pronunciation between "beer" and "bear"?
- What is the meaning and pronunciation of "lingua franca"?
- On being antsy, miffed & so on
- WHICH IS correct? "None of us is impressed" or "None of us are impressed"?
- What is the meaning of "danseuse"?
- What is the meaning of "between the devil and the deep blue sea"?
- How is the word "franchise" pronounced?
- What is the meaning of "shot in the arm"?
- WHAT IS the meaning of the idiom "To set the Thames on fire"?
- What is the meaning of "chokers"?
- Is it ok to say "the shoe has a fascination for me"?
- Which is correct? "Relieved of" or "relieved off"?
- What's the difference between "endemic" and "epidemic"?
- WHAT IS the difference between "up-and-coming" and "upcoming"?
- What is the meaning and origin of "get on the soapbox"?
- What is the meaning of "second cousin"?
- What is the meaning and origin of "Faustian deal"?
- How is the word "repertoire" pronounced?
- Which of the following is correct? "One of the cars have run out of gas" or "one of the cars has run out of gas"?
Know Your English - March 2004
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| Definition: | (verb) Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. |
| Synonyms: | spin, reel, whirl |
| Usage: | The airplane gyrated about in the sky in a most alarming fashion. |
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  Self-Replicating SpacecraftA self-replicating spacecraft is an entity that would, in theory, be able to travel to a neighboring star-system and extract raw materials from celestial bodies to create replicas of itself. Such replicas could then be sent to other star systems, repeating the process in an exponentially increasing pattern. Using relatively conventional theoretical methods of interstellar travel, how long would it take for self-replicating spacecrafts to spread throughout the Milky Way Galaxy? More... Discuss |
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 The Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)Early in the American Revolution and soon after the battles of Lexington and Concord, colonial troops laid siege to Boston. When they began occupying hills overlooking the city, newly reinforced British troops attacked. After two failed assaults, a third charge dislodged the Americans, who had run out of gunpowder. Though the British technically won, their unexpectedly heavy casualties were a psychological blow, and American morale soared. On what hill was the battle actually fought—and why? More... Discuss |
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 Charles François Gounod (1818)Gounod was French composer who also studied for the priesthood and worked as an organist. Throughout his life, he remained torn between the theatre and the church. His reputation largely rests on his hugely popular 1859 opera, Faust, but he also wrote 15 lesser-known operas, 17 masses, more than 150 songs, and two symphonies. One of his short pieces, "Funeral March of a Marionette," became well-known—albeit not by name—as the theme to what popular TV show beginning in the 1950s? More... Discuss |
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 Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Discuss |
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