Daily Content Archive
(as of Monday, June 20, 2022)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Relative ClausesLike relative pronouns, relative adverbs can introduce a restrictive relative clause, or a non-restrictive relative clause. Non-restrictive clauses simply give us additional information that is not essential to the sentence. What do restrictive relative clauses do? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Rockefeller CenterRockefeller Center is a complex of 19 buildings located in Midtown Manhattan. Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who sponsored the project, intended to build an opera house at the site, but that plan did not materialize. Instead, his buildings house offices, shops, restaurants, broadcasting studios, and the opulently Art-Deco Radio City Music Hall, New York City's largest theater. Who designed the Prometheus of the central fountain, which overlooks an outdoor skating rink and mall? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 The Tennis Court Oath (1789)In the first days of the French Revolution, the deputies of the Third Estate were locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles. Believing that their newly formed National Assembly was to be disbanded, they met at a nearby tennis court and took an oath not separate until a constitution was established for France. The oath was an assertion that power came from the people not the monarch, and their solidarity forced King Louis XVI to concede. Who was the only deputy not to sign the oath? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Lillian Hellman (1905)After working as a book reviewer, press agent, and play reader, Hellman began writing plays in the 1930s. Her first major success, The Children's Hour, concerned two schoolteachers falsely accused of lesbianism. She examined family infighting in her hit The Little Foxes and political injustice in Watch on the Rhine. All were made into successful films. Hellman was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. What happened when she refused to testify? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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(it's/there's) no use crying over spilt milk— It does no good to get upset over a bad decision or unfortunate event that has already come to pass and cannot be changed. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Eritrean Martyrs' Day (2024)Following its defeat of Ethiopian government forces in 1991 to establish national independence, Eritrea instituted an official holiday to pay tribute to those who died for the country's liberation. The struggle, which lasted from 1961 to 1991, claimed the lives of an estimated 65,000 freedom fighters and tens of thousands of civilians. Many Eritreans observe Martyrs' Day by filing into mass mourning processions that conclude at the "Martyrs' Graveyards" located throughout the country. In 1997, the government opened the National Martyrs' Park outside the capital city, Asmara. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: rowstubular bells - The orchestral instrument consisting of a row of vertically suspended metal tubes struck with a mallet. More... bib necklace - One consisting of three or more rows. More... mackerel sky - One with rows of white fluffy clouds resembling the pattern on a mackerel's back. More... ordinance - First meant arrangement in ranks or rows. More... | |