As for brats, or Prince Harry (says one US judge), a child is spoilt (or spoiled) as their character has been deprived an essential quality. Avocados obey similar lines. Respect and/or ripeness has ...

The word "concur" is a verb that means to agree with someone or something. It can also mean to happen at the same time. People "concur" when they share the same opinion or decision. In discussions, if ...

Birds circled around the empty tarmac behind St. Mary of the Hills School in Milton on the sunny morning of March 11. Three stories above them, a small classroom of students thumbed through ...

We are nearing the culmination of my course in medieval literature at Thales College, reading Dante’s La Vita Nuova, to be ...

Babbel has presented a glossary of international terms related to the concept of napping, an overview of the latest trends ...

I have come to see the lessons like an improv class: you have to be ready to look foolish and have fun, and you have to be ...

Accents in written French aren't just weird squiggles that can be ignored - they give you vital clues on the word's ...

It may come as an afterthought when dining at our favorite restaurants, but their designs play an integral part in what first ...

Most words have a rather abstract connection to the things they describe. The word yellow is not actually yellow. The word square is not a square. Nor do we expect them to be. That’s the way of the ...

The carob seed which became the modern carats shows how ancient Greeks devised ingenious ways to ensure fairness in trade.

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...