Strewn is defined as scattered about. An example of strewn is when clothes are scattered all over the room. … Unwashed dishes and dirty laundry were strewn about the room. What does #muted mean? 1a : being mute : silent. b : toned down : low-key, subdued. 2 : providedRead More →
The roots of the Portuguese language are based in Galicia, a region in the northwest of Spain. … In fact, speakers of Galician and European Portuguese can still understand each other perfectly! Is Galician similar to Portuguese? Galician is a Romance language (i.e., from Latin) spoken by about 3 millionRead More →
Answer: It is important to be prudent and frugal while using natural resources at home as well as in the community and in the surroundings. It should begin with small steps like not wasting food, water, and other consumables. Water, electricity, and cooking fuel should not be wasted unnecessarily. HowRead More →
Everything in Earth’s system can be placed into one of four major subsystems: land, water, living things, or air. These four subsystems are called “spheres.” Specifically, they are the “lithosphere” (land), “hydrosphere” (water), “biosphere” (living things), and “atmosphere” (air). What is the importance of studying the interactions among the fourRead More →
-The Eskimo system uses different terms for relatives on the father’s side and the mother’s side; the Iroquois system uses the same term. -The Eskimo system uses the same term for all female relatives beyond the nuclear household; the Iroquois system uses different terms for aunts, female cousins, etc. HowRead More →
Italian can’t be called “modern Latin” because the Latin we know is a classical learned Latin, whereas the Romance Languages, including Italian, descended from a completely different, let’s say ‘dialect’, a dialect which is lost. Is Italian Broken Latin? Italian is a Romance language, a descendant of Vulgar Latin (colloquialRead More →
The history of Spanish, and of Portuguese, starts with the Romans bringing Latin to the peninsula when they conquered it in the 3rd century BC. Latin was the dominant language there for around 600 years, but during this time the language itself evolved and changed. Is Portuguese mixed with Spanish?Read More →
Despite the Soviet Union’s collapse, ties with the west and the influx of English, Russian still remains a very useful language in the region. … After Russian intervention in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgia is pulling away from its former master with aspirations of joining the European Union. What raceRead More →
Politics. Politically, Foucault was a leftist throughout much of his life, though his particular stance within the left often changed. Is Chomsky multilingual? As he stated: “I’m about as monolingual as you come, but nevertheless I have a variety of different languages at my command, different styles, different ways ofRead More →
Desmoulins was tried and executed alongside Georges Danton when the Committee of Public Safety reacted against Dantonist opposition. He was a schoolmate of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Danton, who were influential figures in the French Revolution. What does Danton say to the executioner? “IRead More →