Common Vocabulary | Word/Phrase | Paraphrase | 1. | Catastrophic consequences | Disastrous effects/results/impacts | 2. | Ameliorate | Reduce‚ modify‚ make less harmful | 3. | Enter the world of work | Join the workforce | 4. | Daunting | Intimidating‚ frightening | 5. | Titillating | Exciting‚ interesting‚ tantalizing | 6. | Imperceptibility | Not noticeable‚ indiscernible | 7. | Conditioned | Molded‚ trained to behave in a certain way | 8. | Mindset | Fixed idea/thinking |
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Equity has brought benefits to many litigants who would otherwise have been severely disadvantaged by the common law. Discuss‚ with reference to decided cases. William the Conqueror found England with no single system of law common to the whole country. The law was mainly sets of customary rules which differed from area to area. For example‚ in one area you could get away with stealing‚ in another it would be seen as crime. There was no such thing as ‘ The English Legal System” until William’s
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HOUSE WIRING Wiring is not a duck soup. Period. If you are among those freebies‚ who want to do wiring just because their neighbors are doing it‚ you are on a wrong trail. Wiring is a very serious subject and it’s better to get some information about basicelectrical wiring before you step into it. Any gaffe can burn down your beautiful house in a few minutes. It is a common fact that people get confused when they are cabling for the first time. Gathering some information about circuits‚ wires and
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My dream is to live in a big detached house surrounded by a big garden full of flowers and trees. I wouldn’t like to live in an apartment with blocks of flats and rude neighbors making noise in the middle of the night. My dream house should be located outside the city‚ on the outskirts of town where I can find true peace and happiness. Therefore‚ my dream house should have the characteristics that represent my spiritual world and personality with its location as well as its inner and outer design
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of types of dwellings‚ that’s why everyone can choose a house he or she likes. For instance some people prefer semi-detached houses or duplexes (as the Americans call them). I think that such houses attract them because they are less expensive than mansions or bungalows‚ for example. You also have neighbours you can always turn to if you need something‚ but at the same time your neighbours can disturb you while repairing their part of the house or when they listen to music too loudly. But in general
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This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor Author: Susan Wicklund Biology of Women: 1021.01 Book Review 26 September 2013 This Common Secret By: Susan Wicklund Susan‚ the main character‚ grew up in Trade Lake‚ Wisconsin. She has a daughter named Sonja who gave her great-grandma the nickname Flower Grandma. One day‚ Susan went to her Grandma’s house to tell her what kind of doctor she was. Susan was an abortion doctor. This was February of 1992. When Susan
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Common Characteristics of an Organization Kimie Carter COM/350 August 4‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Common Characteristics of an Organization The Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923 by Walt and Roy Disney‚ and has become globally known and worth billions. It began as motion picture company and eventually expanded to include television‚ tourism‚ hotels‚ sports‚ retail‚ and book publishing. The company’s Mickey Mouse logo is one of the most famous throughout the world and considered to
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House of Asterion‚ written by Jorge Luis Borges‚ is a short story that takes a first person point of view of a Minotaur named Asterion. The story is about Asterion’s life style and how he occupies his time. However the reader doesn’t find out that Asterion is a Minotaur until the very end of the story. Without this key piece of information the reader cannot view Asterion as a regular person. Another important part of the story that is left out is how his house is labyrinth. This again makes it easier
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My presentation is about 2 residential buildings: Eames House and Koshino House. The earlier building is called the Eames House which was created by husband and wife‚ Charles and Ray Eames. The other construction was designed by Tadao Ando and it is named the Koshino House. Charles Eames was born in 1907 in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ which if you don’t know is located in America. In 1941 Charles married Ray. As a couple‚ they both designed furniture‚ buildings‚ and other objects. In fact‚ during World
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The House of Wisdom The Bayt al-Hikma‚ or House of Wisdom was founded in Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mamun. The goal of the House of Wisdom was to become a wellspring of knowledge by gathering the best scholars and translators to translate the ancient texts from Greece and India‚ and then to further advance Arab sciences. Al-Mamun established the House of Wisdom in hopes that it would bring prosperity to the Muslim empire. In 833 Al-Mamun died and his son Abu Ishaq al-Mutasim ibn Harun became Caliph
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