◎◎◎ coronavirus ⪢⪢
Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses.
They consist of a core of genetic material surrounded by an envelope with protein spikes. This gives it the appearance of a crown. 'Crown' in Latin is called 'corona' and that's how these viruses get their name.
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○○○ palimpsest ⪢⪢
So we're looking at a very complex dynamic in which human populations emerged,
they mixed,
they separated to some degree.
Further populations emerged and mixed and colonized new areas.
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○○○ flank ⪢⪢
Flanked by officers, Kim strolls slow-mo out of a military installation like
they are Peaky Blinders and Reservoir Dogs.
￫ peaky, blinders, plank, frank
#bookmark
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○○○ miller ⪢⪢
And although my eyes were open.
They might have just as well been closed.
And so it was that later. As the _____ told his tale.
That her face, at first just ghostly. Turned a whiter shade of pale. #song #lyrics
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○○○ Mona Lisa ⪢⪢
This is perhaps the best known painting in the world. The Mona Lisa shows the head and shoulders of a dark-haired woman. When people look at this painting,
they are often captivated by her smile and by her eyes which have a look of mystery.
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○○○ third person ⪢⪢
He explains that English does not have a third person singular pronoun that does not identify as male or female.
Zimmer says that more and more "
they" is being used to replace the traditional phrase, "he or she".
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○○○ A.D.S. ⪢⪢
From VOA Learning English, this is the education report. American language experts have chosen "
they" as the 2015 word of the year. The American Dialect Society, or A.D.S., voted on the issue at a conference in Washington.
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○○○ pronoun ⪢⪢
"
They" is a plural pronoun. For years, people speaking English have used it as a singular pronoun. For example, "I am meeting a friend for coffee and I hope
they are not late."
#singular_plural
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○○○ transgender ⪢⪢
For example, "
they" is used for people who identify as transgender. When former Olympic athelete Bruce Jenner took a female identity last year, he changed his name to Caitlyn Jenner.
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○○○ would ⪢⪢
The new use of "
they" would replace "he" and the word "their" would replace "his". For example, "
They changed their name to Caitlyn Jenner."
#conditional ▲￫▲
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○○○ get-rich-quick ⪢⪢
The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.
Be careful of those offering you a _____ scheme or a system or a miracle cure because it's most definitely a trap.
You are the mouse and
they are holding up the free cheese.
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○○○ traitor ⪢⪢
A typical day in wild Tanzania, lioness stalks baboon. But nothing is quite as it seems. These baboons are not the prey.
They become traitors, ready to sacrifice the lives of others to survive.
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○○○ hypersonic ⪢⪢
U.S. officials now believe the objects are mostly likely not secret U.S. technology but
they worry
they could be advanced systems by another country, potentially Russia or China, both known to test hypersonic systems.
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○○○ take measures ⪢⪢
Tired of the constant danger that the cat presented, one of the mice decided to summon a general counsel so that all the mice could debate what measures
they could take to outwit their common enemy the cat.
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○○○ plateau ⪢⪢
Like a mountain a plateau tends to have high elevation different though in that it has very little relief it tends to be fairly flat. Most importantly plateaus do not have deformed bedrock rather
they have horizontal or flat bedrock layers.
￫ prairie
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○○○ Yunnan ⪢⪢
The herd of 14 has been roaming around China's Yunnan province.
They are a different group from that famous herd of elephants who've been traveling across China for the past several months.
2021-07-17
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○○○ vertebrate ⪢⪢
Snakes are also vertebrates which means that
they have a backbone. Actually snakes are almost ALL backbone! A snake's skeleton is most made of its skull, the vertebrate (or bones of the spine) and ribs.
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◎◎◎ bulimia ⪢⪢
○○○ black box ⪢⪢
○○○ feed ⪢⪢
○○○ bark ⪢⪢
○○○ incisor ⪢⪢
○○○ 0850± Dnieper ⪢⪢
○○○ New Delhi ⪢⪢
○○○ keystone species ⪢⪢
○○○ Demeter ⪢⪢
