When I was twelve‚ my maternal grandfather died of prostate cancer. My parents had hid his sickness from me for months‚ thinking I was too young to handle the news. I found out only weeks before he died‚ and I recall being furious with my parents at his funeral. So‚ I asked my grandmother if I could stay with her for a while‚ thinking I could keep her company and also get a break from my parents who I felt had somehow betrayed me. Within weeks of moving in with my grandmother‚ she told me she had
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Vocabulary * Latitude: distance north or south of the equator. * Longitude: distance east or west of the prime meridian. * Mercantilism: the way England made money off of the colonists. * Religious Toleration: The basic idea that a society should be tolerant (accepting) of all religious beliefs. * Quarter: to provide with lodging or shelter. * Loyalists: American colonists who remained loyal to Britain. * Boycott: to refuse to buy items from a particular country
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Does love really have an effect on how people act? Many works of literature deal with the topic of love and reveals that love has a neutral effect‚ it foreshadows situations‚ and The argument “Love’s Vocabulary” by Diane Ackerman is about love and reveals that love’s effect can be neutral. In the argument‚ Ackerman states “We use the word love in such a sloppy way it can mean almost nothing or absolutely everything.” just because the word love is being used doesn’t mean it’s always genuine. When
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German wine industry vocabulary 1. Briefly discuss the AP number. (5) All Qualitätsweine bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Qualitätsweine mit Prädikat (QmP)‚ including Sekt have to carry an AP number. AP stands for Amtliche Prüfnumber and means quality control number. It proves that a wine has undergone and passed various tasting and analytical tests and its origin has been established to the board’s satisfaction. When a producer pertains for an AP number‚ samples of the wine are kept by the
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DO NOT USE THIS. I JUST DID THIS SO THAT I WOULD HAVE AN ACCOUNT Chapter One Vocabulary for World History AP 1. Mesopotamia in the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys- a region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: site of several ancient civilizations 2. Egypt in the Nile River- an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt) and the area from Cairo S to the Sudan (Upper Egypt). 3. Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in the
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Name: Alex Bernardino Date: December 15‚ 2014 Section: 934 The Narrative Life of Frederick DouglassChapter 2 Vocabulary and Questions I. Vocabulary Vocabulary Word 1. Evince 2. Ineffable 3.Obdurate Predicted Meaning Something that might have to do with envy Something you cannot believe. Something you have to obtain Intended Meaning reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling). too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words. stubbornly refusing to
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CHAPTER 4: THE ORGANIZATION OF LIFE VOCABULARY LIST DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS FROM THE GLOSSARY: ECOSYSTEM: a community of organisms and their abiotic environment. BIOTIC FACTOR: an environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms (100) ABIOTIC FACTOR: describes the non-living part of the environment‚ including water‚ rocks‚ light‚ and temperature. ORGANISM: a living; anything that can carry out life processes
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1. Effective communication and engagement Good communication is fundamental at my setting as it helps with establishing and building trust‚ it also encourages the children and the parents to come to the setting and seek advice for any problems or concern they may have for their child. * My setting believes it is important to establish and maintain relationships; this is done through the key worker system and includes dynamic practice that involves listening‚ questioning‚ understanding and
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Word | Meaning | Sentence using one example word | The Crucible: Intro + Act I Vocabulary Savor | appetizing | The food critics keeps the food in their mouth for a period amount of time to savor all the flavor from it. | Dogmatically | Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | He dogmatically responded to his classmate‚ which caused him to be sent to the principal’s office. | Indigenous | Native to a certain area | Lewis and Clark needed Sacagawea’s help because she was indigenous
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LANGUAGE FOCUS: THE VOCABULARY SHIFT A distinctive feature of academic writing style is choosing the more formal alternative when selecting a verb‚ noun‚ or other part of speech. Verbs English often has two (or more) choices to express an action or occurrence. The choice is often between a phrasal or prepositional verb (verb + preposition) and a single verb‚ the latter with Latinate origins. Often in lectures and other instances of everyday spoken English‚ the verb
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