and develop into a relatable character and undergoes many trials that wear away at the initial godly image and bring him metaphorically back to earth. Gilgamesh was praised as the epitome of masculinity and a savior of humanity‚ but within the first two stanzas‚ he is a rather flat character. His personality is composed in essence of arrogance backed up with the perfection given to him by the gods. Of course‚ his arrogance and tyranny also spoils the otherwise
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ENGLISH SLANG/IDIOMS SLANG: Nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture. In other words‚ slang is typically a nonstandard word‚ not a phrase as is an idiom. Slang would include words like pooped‚ to down a drink‚ boob-tube‚ threads‚ bonkers‚ basket case‚ to name a few. Slang words may or may not have alternative literal meanings. They may be "made up" words. IDIOM: A phrase that is commonly understood in a given culture or subculture to have a meaning different
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Colonies got away from England because they had come for many reasons. Their goal is the freedom of religion or whether economic opportunity was the need to target a certain amount of independence from the king. They had all intents and purposes related to some 3‚000 miles away. They had not only willing to owe commitment to the king‚ but also they wanted to pay their fair share of taxes. The result was the spirit of democracy does not exist in the England (Democracy in the colonies‚ n.d). The American
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as translators were able to communicate with other natives. Many of these translators who aided the Spanish conquerors would petition the crown for certain privileges in recognition for their role in the Spanish conquest. For example Malinalli‚ or Malinche was sold by her mother to Hernán Cortés‚ a Conquistador‚ could speak Nahuatl which was spoken within the Aztec tribes‚ Mayan and later Spanish. Through her Cortes met Montezuma in Tenochtitlan (Lepore‚ J.‚ 2002). A strategy that both Cortes and
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the 17th century. The Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English were the major European powers that explored and colonized America. Each of these countries had different reasons for exploring and colonizing America. The Spanish were primarily interested in finding gold and silver. They believed that America was rich in these precious metals and that they could make a fortune by mining them. The Spanish also wanted to spread Christianity to the native people of America. The French were interested in exploring
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injured. Used for both transport and for spotting submarines‚ it wouldn’t be until the Hindenburg catastrophe of 1937‚ where 35 of 97 people on board would die. The blimps would entirely be destroyed in 1940‚ but would influence global media‚ including English rock band ‘Led Zeppelin‚’ and Japanese animator Miyazaki. 1901: The Vacuum Cleaner The motorized vacuum cleaner was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth of England in 1901. While it was not originally meant to be sold‚ the bulky contraption would receive
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North and South America between the French‚ Spanish and English and Subsequent Civil Rights. The Major Differences in the Colonization of North and South America between the French‚ Spanish and English and Subsequent Civil Rights. Even in the twenty first century North America‚ the United States and Canada in particular‚ is viewed as a bountiful land with rich resources and numerous civil liberties that have inspired different ethnic groups from across the globe to flock to this
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through improvising. Also called bop‚ bop was a genre that survived in the interstices of the jazz world. The coming and going was not announced in the newspapers nor was it a household name‚ it wasn’t collected by record companies the music came from mostly tapes or discs made by amateur engineers‚ bebop was an underground movement it rebelled against the swing era. With the form of a small combo consisting the trumpet saxophone piano drums and bass the musicians took off with improvised lines
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defeat of the Spanish Armada by Queen Elizabeth the first marked the major shifting period of expansion and trade for Great Britain. With this defeat‚ Elizabeth promoted the Navigation Acts designed to expand British trade and limit trade with Great Britain’s rivals‚ primarily the Dutch. This new era changed history in the way things‚ ideas‚ and people got around and thus mercantilism emerged from the development of the navy in order to defeat the Spanish Armada. Although mercantilism did provide new
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Spanish and English have a similar alphabet‚ but the phonologies of the two languages have several differences. For this reason‚ some Spanish learners get in trouble in English pronunciation. For example‚ as Gorman and Kester (n.d.) stated‚ Spanish and English share several consonantal phonemes including the stop sounds /p/‚ /t/‚ /k/‚ /b/‚ /d/‚ /g/‚ the nasals /m/‚ /n/‚ the fricatives /s/‚ /f/‚ the liquid /l/‚ the glide /w/‚ /j/‚ and the glottal /h/. Despite these common phonetic symbols‚ it is
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