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    folklore‚ prose and poetry‚ myths‚ fairy tales‚ fables‚ songs‚ slang and other sources. Quite a few proverbs with proper names are familiar to people of different nationalities‚ and it’s natural that a student of English wants to know how to say those colorful expressions in English. It should be pointed out‚ though‚ that proverbs with proper names are not often used in speech or writing. Here is a list of proverbs which contain proper names people’s names‚ e.g.: 1) Bacchus has drowned

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    Meghna Patel Professor Ricketts ENG-111-10 7th Feb 2013 Compare and Contrast of “A good man is hard to find” and “Everything that rises must converge” The small conflicts are usually resolved without awful result‚ but sometimes they are not. A good example of that would be the two stories written by Flannery O ’Connor: "A good man is hard to find" and "Everything that rises must converge". The two short stories have different plots at first glance; however they do have many similar traits. With

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    INTRODUCTION Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and‚ occasionally in the past‚ a standard of deferred payment. Any kind of object or secure verifiable record that fulfils these functions can serve as money. Money originated as commodity money‚ but nearly all contemporary

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    MyVirtualChild Assignment Type Your Name (Make sure that you remove highlighting upon completion of assignment) Community College of Aurora Demographics Information 1. Name of Child Type response here (Make sure that you remove highlighting upon completion of assignment) 2. Origin of Child’s Name Type response here (Make sure that you remove highlighting upon completion of assignment) 3. Why You Chose Child’s Name Type response here (Make sure that you remove highlighting

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    Smoking Should Be Ban in Public Spaces ESSAY In today’s society smoking is a major issue with many people in Australia smoking. The issue of smoking has had an effect on passive smokers and the environment. It should be banned in public places to prevent the community from being harmed and the environment being impacted. According to World Health Organisation (2014) there are over 40% of kids in the world’s population who are passive smokers to their parents from breathing in the toxic fumes in

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    INTRODUCTION McDonald’s is the largest and best known global food services retailer with more than 30‚000 restaurants in 121 countries. McDonald’s first restaurant opened its door to the people of Pakistan in September 1998 in Lahore. This launch was met with extraordinary enthusiasm from the citizens of Lahore and now‚ there are 27 restaurants in 8 major cities of Pakistan. Savour Foods started in 1988 on Gordon College Road‚ Rawalpindi. On 7th August 2001‚ they inaugurated a new branch in the

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    Still I Rise by Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter‚ twisted lies‚ You may trod me in the very dirt But still‚ like dust‚ I’ll rise.Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns‚ With the certainty of tides‚ Just like hopes springing high‚ Still I’ll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling

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    Education is essential for everyone. It is the level of education that helps people earn respect and recognition. In my opinion‚ it is indispensable part of life both personally and socially. However‚ the unequal standard of education is still a major problem that needs to be solved. The importance of education is undeniable for every single person. It goes without saying that education has a positve effect on human life. All people need to study. Only with the advent of education can people gain

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    Without your sanity what are you really left with? In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Macbeth‚ the tragic hero Macbeth starts out has a brave and heroic solider and then ends up as a heartless murderer. However‚ by the end of the play‚ Macbeth’s sanity has completely left him. In the beginning of the play Macbeth slowing starts drifting away from reality. Macbeth is saying this before he is about to kill the king. “Is this a dagger which I see before me‚/the handle toward my hand? Come let me

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    In “For Mataji”‚ there are 2 different settings. One of the settings is the school she went to‚ and the apartment she lived in as a child. These two places were told in the story as memories. The other setting was more –so the present day. She talks about how her grandmother was currently in the hospital dying‚ while she recounts old memories of her grandmother waiting for her at school when she was little. There is a feeling of nostalgia recounting the old memories of her grandmother‚ she remembers

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