◎◎◎ take measures ⪢⪢
China says it will take measures against unnamed
US officials following new
US visa restrictions for Chinese officials whose policies are linked to human rights ab
uses.┆a step planned or taken as a means to an end
"took strong measures against the rebels"
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=12137
◎◎◎ aubergine ⪢⪢
Aubergine is more common in the UK. In America we
usually say eggplants, EGGPLANT. Now the color of the eggplant is like purple so the
word aubergine is
used to describe a color as well as a vegetable. Have you ever eaten aubergine? Is it good?
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=14787
○○○ 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
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=4042
○○○ 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.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=3709
○○○ ARPANET ⪢⪢
Funded by the
US department of defence and developed by universities, this host-to-host network connection called ARPANET, a direct ancestor of the Internet, was the first of its kind. #it
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=14820
○○○ 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".
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=9415
○○○ 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
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=9352
○○○ 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.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=9416
○○○ 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 ▲￫▲
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=11795
○○○ serenade ⪢⪢
How gentle is the rain that falls softly on the meadow!
Birds high up in the trees _____ the flowers with the melody.
See there beyond the hill the bright colors of the rainbow.
Some magic from above made this day for
us j
ust to fall in love.
#lyrics
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=7185
○○○ Sunday ⪢⪢
In ancient Latin Sunday was Dies Solis for the Sun God but in the Christian era it was renamed Domonicas for lord's day.
Most of the Romance languages
use a desendant of that but in English and Germanic languages it is still named for the sun. #Greece
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=10327
○○○ microscopic ⪢⪢
You will often see snakes flicking their tongue in and out. Again this snake is not being rude. It is actually tasting the air - collecting microscopic particles which it can analyze
using a special organ in the roof of its mouth.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=14809
○○○ Cambodia ⪢⪢
In Cambodia, Chinese and Cambodian officials mark the start of a project to expand a naval base that U.S. officials fear could be
used by China's military.
2022-06-08
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20792
○○○ FDA ⪢⪢
News media report that the U.S. food and drug administration is expected to approve for emergency
use Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 by next week.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15325
○○○ legislation ⪢⪢
As progress continued on the ISS, China stated their desire to join the ISS as a new member. However _____ introduced by
US Congress in 2011 eliminated the possibility of China joining the ISS.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15348
○○○ gulp ⪢⪢
But if that doesn't work, like if there is not enough oxygen in the water, the axolotl has a backup, fully functional lungs. It can
use to gulp air from the surface. These organs are evolutionary leftovers from when its ancestors lived on land.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=16131
○○○ casualty ⪢⪢
The explosion at the Abbey Gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of
US & civilian casualties. We can also confirm at least one other explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, a short distance from the Abbey Gate.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=16547
○○○ jargon ⪢⪢
Again I'm sure you heard a teacher or a grammar book point out that with the third conditional you
use if pl
us the past perfect, pl
us would or wouldn't have and the past participle. That's a lot of jargon.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=10013
○○○ DARPA ⪢⪢
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, abbreviated DARPA or the Office of Advanced Research Projects of the United States Department of Defence was established in 1958, almost immediately after the launch of the
USSR's Sputnik-1.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=1057
○○○ #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.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15296
○○○ USSR ⪢⪢
Ukraine shares borders with R
ussia, Belar
us, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova, all countries that
used to have close ties to the former
USSR.
￫ Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20169
○○○ 1962.08 ⪢⪢
The Cubans and Soviets began secretly establishing sites to launch nuclear missiles from Cuba. With the
use of these missile bases, the Soviet Union could have first strike capability against the United States.
￫ site
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20287
○○○ 1962.10.25 ⪢⪢
On that same day, the
US embassadar to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, confronted the Soviets in the UN assembly revealing photographic evidence that forced the Soviet Union to admit the missile bases existed.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20293
○○○ close ⪢⪢
Voting ends in South Korea's close presidential election. Officials say counting may take longer than
usual beca
use of COVID-19 measures.
2022-03-09
￫ take measures
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20244
○○○ lender ⪢⪢
Lenders
usually want to make their money into more money and borrowers
usually want to buy something they can't afford like a ho
use or a car or they want to invest in some thing like starting a b
usiness.
#economy
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19897
○○○ debt ⪢⪢
Debt is beca
use it allows
us to consume more than we produce when we require it and it forces
us to consume less than we produce when we have to pay it back. #economy
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19906
◎◎◎ digit ⪢⪢
○○○ Huawei ⪢⪢
○○○ Palestine ⪢⪢
○○○ call for ⪢⪢
○○○ Oleksandr Usyk ⪢⪢
○○○ marquee ⪢⪢
○○○ nominal number ⪢⪢
○○○ Birds high up on the trees ⪢⪢
○○○ call for ⪢⪢
○○○ Samuel Langhorne Clemens ⪢⪢
○○○ vertebrate ⪢⪢
○○○ 2021.08.28 backlash ⪢⪢
○○○ reactor ⪢⪢
○○○ everyday ⪢⪢
○○○ measuring cup ⪢⪢
