◎◎◎ troops ⪢⪢
For comparison, this is nearly the same size as the entire Ukrainian military and
about the same number of troops sent by United States when invading Iraq in 2003.
┆soldiers or armed forces "UN peacekeeping troops"
￫ forces
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◎◎◎ perigee ⪢⪢
Now
about half a month later, the moon has orbited halfway around its path and it gets to its closest point to the earth. We refer to this as perigee.
￫ apogee, perihelion
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○○○ was to ⪢⪢
Ashamed he decreed that the prince was use a special hat that would cover his ears and that he was never to take it off. The prince was not to know
about his donkey ears.
￫ decree
#be
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○○○ myth ⪢⪢
Before science and psychology provided answers
about our world, people used _____ to explain strange things in nature; the creation of the world and human actions and emotions.
Different cultures had different stories to try to explain things.
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○○○ Ben Zimmer ⪢⪢
Ben Zimmer writes
about language for the Wall Street Journal. He says, "There has been a lot of debate recently
about something that has been in our language for centuries."
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○○○ nebula ⪢⪢
The solar system came into being
about 4.5 billion years ago when a cloud of interstellar gas and dust collapsed resulting in a solar nebula, a swirling disk of material that collided to form the solar system.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=11710
○○○ homage ⪢⪢
Trenet's French version paid _____ to the changing moods of the sea while Lawrence, by adding the word 'beyond' to the title, created lyrics
about a lover finding for a lost love.
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○○○ impressionist ⪢⪢
One of the most famous modern French painters, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was one of the earliest members of the impressionist movement which was all
about capturing modern life by depicting everyday events.
#art
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○○○ #bookmark ⪢⪢
So I thought it'd be a great time to share some idioms and expressions that you might be hearing from your friends and coworkers and then you might want to use yourself in order to express what's going on in your world and how you're feeling
about.
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○○○ concern ⪢⪢
In eastern Ukraine, government troops facing Russian-supported separatists in Luhansk voice concern
about whether peace can hold as diplomats continue talks.
2022-01-25
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19605
○○○ swing ⪢⪢
Debt swings occur in two big cycles. One takes
about 5 to 8 years and the other takes
about 75 to 100 years. While most people feel the swings, they typically don't see them as cycles because they see them too up close - day by day, week by week.
#economy
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◌◌◌ Bitcoin
The online magazine wired.com reported that the bitcoin was worth
about 434 dollars as of January 6. The company Juniper Research says there were 1.3 million users in 2015. It estimates there will be 4.3 million users by the end of the next year.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=3326
◌◌◌ plague
Named after the emperor at the time, the Plague of Juastinian is estimated to have wiped out
about half of Europe's population.
￫ Yersinia Pestis, impetus, Justinian, moniker, sanitation, catapult, Byzantine, vulnerable
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