about to (do something) - to be on the point of doing something I was about to leave when the phone rang. according to (someone or something) - as said or told by someone‚ in agreement with something‚ in the order of something‚ in proportion to something According to our teacher‚ there will be no class next week. We did everything according to the terms of our agreement. We will dress for the hike‚ according to the weather. account for (something) - to provide an explanation or an answer
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The language used in “A & P” has a very laid back conversational tone to it that helps give insight into Sammy’s character. Updike rids of the verbosity many writers rely on and in result presents a more cohesive piece of work that holds readers’ attention for a longer duration of time. It is realistic and is an accurate representation of how someone thinks and communicates a story. Sammy’s language reflects that of a typical young man—a teenager. What I picked up on is that he may be sort of a floater
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TCS bags banking software order from SBI India’s largest software services company‚ unlisted Tata Consultancy Services‚ said on Friday it had been chosen by State Bank of India‚ the country’s largest bank‚ to install new trade finance software. TCS will customise and implement the Eximbills software‚ sourced from China Systems‚ a Chinese company that supplies the software to 300 customers in 75 countries. Banks typically use trade finance systems to audit and automate the entire trade finance
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Shakespeare’s plays have many different kinds of imagery. Most of these run through his entire plays at different times. In the story Macbeth‚ there are themes such as nature‚ paradoxes‚ manhood‚ masks‚ and light versus darkness. His meaning is that before a man seeks into his own desires‚ he should know the consequences of doing so. "Thunder and lightning" (Act I‚ Line 1). The quote" thunder and lightning" represents the disruptions in nature. Most people usually don’t dream of day being shown
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Antibiotics in Animals Antibiotics in feed animals are administered at nontherapeutic levels in feed and water to promote growth and improve feed efficiency. This practice has been shown to select for antibiotic resistance in the animals themselves‚ subsequent animal-based food products‚ and in water‚ soil‚ air samples collected around animal feeding operations. It is estimated that 60-80% of antibiotics produced in the U.S. are administered in feed to healthy livestock at nontherapeutic levels
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The tools which were used by hunter-gatherers to survive are more primitive than those of the farmers. The hunter-gatherers lived in a period when technology and industrialization were not yet present. They managed to make their tools from the materials they found and gathered nearby. These tools undeniably helped them to adapt to their harsh environment and survive. The hunter-gatherers had to rely on a very basic toolkit. It was often made of wooden trunks‚ sticks and bones which they were
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just dangerous‚ Sandra Cisneros draws attention to racial segregation and social discrimination in the vignette “Those Who Don’t” through rhetorical devices such as tone and sentence structure. In her writing‚ Sandra Cisneros gives off a tone of annoyance through Esperanza’s character due to the ignorance of others in their conclusions drawn based on the looks of her neighborhood. In the vignette‚ Esperanza says‚ “Those who don’t know any better come into our neighborhood scared.” Esperanza emphasizes
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Introduction: For hundreds of years the Zulu‚ Basuto‚ Xhosa and Mfengi cultures have used Pelargonium sidoides as a curative for coughs‚ upper respiratory tract irritations and gastrointestinal concerns. Today‚ with the advantages of modern science and clinical research‚ we are able to better understand what makes this traditional remedy work so effectively. Pelargonium sidoides has been successfully used for the treatment of: |Respiratory infections like bronchitis‚ sinusitis‚ and pneumonia
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Abstract The researchers are trying to figure out the effects of sedimentation‚ activated carbon‚ and decantation and boiling on purifying used coconut‚ palm and vegetable oil. The researcher’s experiment resulted to the change of appearance‚ odour and viscosity of each type of oil. The now purified cooking oil is faster to heat which makes cooking easier‚ faster and more efficient. The purified oil is quite beneficial however it does not take in as much taste as the unpurified ones. Overall the
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Video File Formats 3GPP Multimedia File (3gp) Is a multimedia container format defined by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for 3G UMTS multimedia services. It is used on 3G mobile phones but can also be played on some 2G and 4Gphones. Advanced Systems Format File (asf) File format that wraps various content bit streams; data types can include audio‚ video‚ script command‚ JPEG-compressed still images‚ binary‚ and other streams defined by developers. This description is focused
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