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Know Your English - November 2004

  • What is the meaning of "cost an arm and a leg"?
  • What is the difference between "capsize" and "overturn"?
  • What is the meaning of "leitmotif"? How is the word pronounced?
  • How is the word "finance" pronounced?
  • What is the difference between "I have been living in this city for twenty years" and "I am living in this city for twenty years"?
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  • What is the difference between "must" and "have to"?
  • What is the meaning of "comeuppance"?
  • What is the meaning of the expression "milk and water"?
  • How is the word "weird" pronounced?
  • Is the following sentence correct? "They spent 45 minutes with Chief Minister."
  • What is the difference between "apposite" and "opposite"?
  • What is the meaning and origin of "be at sixes and sevens"?
  • How is the word "boondoggle" pronounced?
  • What is the difference between "hoodwink into" and "hoodwink out of"?
  • What is the meaning and origin of "laughing up your sleeve"?
  • How is the word "quagmire" pronounced?
  • What is the meaning of "kick-start"?
  • What is the difference between "elder" and "older"?

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Definition:(verb) Use up (resources or materials).
Synonyms:wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume
Usage:We must limit our use of substances that deplete the ozone layer or we will do irreparable harm to our planet.
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The Blombos Cave

Located in a limestone cliff on the coast of South Africa, Blombos Cave is an archaeological site made famous in the 1990s, when excavators uncovered 75,000-year-old beads, 80,000-year-old bone tools, and some of the earliest evidence of fishing, dating back approximately 140,000 years. The finds suggest the existence of cognitive behaviors not previously associated with Middle Stone Age people. What other items have been found at the site? More... Discuss

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Christopher Reeve Is Paralyzed (1995)

Having starred in four Superman movies beginning in 1978, Reeve was an immensely popular actor by the 1990s. He was also an avid athlete and equestrian. During an event in 1995, his horse spooked before a jump, throwing Reeve. He landed on his head and was paralyzed from the neck down. He briefly considered suicide, but instead spent the rest of his life campaigning for spinal injury research. His friend Robin Williams was the first person to make Reeve laugh after the accident. How? More... Discuss
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Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794)

Cornelius was the patriarch of the famous Vanderbilt family. As a youth, he ferried freight and passengers in New York Harbor. As an adult, he gained control of most of the ferry lines around New York City and quickly expanded up and down the coast. He had similar success in the railroad business and died with an estate worth more than $100 million, the largest personal fortune accumulated in the US to that date. Why did Vanderbilt, who had 13 children, leave nearly everything to just one son? More... Discuss

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As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900)
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