referring to a relationship between two people who are not officially married, but have the same rights as husband and wife. a common-law marriage; a common-law wife/husband.de hechoˈcommonplace adjective very ordinary and uninteresting. commonplace remarks.común, corrienteˈcommon-room noun ...
Used disparagingly of women and criminals since c. 1300. Meaning "pertaining equally to or proceeding equally from two or more" is from c. 1400. Meaning "usual, not exceptional, of frequent occurrence" is from late 14c. Sense of "not distinguished, belonging to the general mass" is from ...
These motivating wishes vary according to the sex, character and circumstances of the person who is having the phantasy; but they fall naturally into two main groups. They are either ambitious wishes, which serve to elevate the subject's personality; or they are erotic ones. It was shocking w...
into shattering the political norms that have allowed for the peaceful transfer of power in this country for more than two centuries. No matter where you stand politically, liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat, no matter how you feel about President ...
philosophical problem-turned joke calledXeno's Paradox. Once upon a time two people were arguing about whether Achilles really could outrun a turtle if the turtle had a head start. One of them replied that ifXeno's Paradoxwere true, then Achilles could never catch up. What is the paradox?
When the two girls were in the drawing-room alone, Celia said— “How very ugly Mr Casaubon is!” “Celia! He is one of the most distinguished-looking men I ever saw. He is remarkably like the portrait of Locke. He has the same deep eye-sockets.” ...
The first winter at the new colony was tough. About half of the colonists had died by spring. By what must have seemed incredible luck or divine providence, the colonists were able to make contact with two Natives who could speak English. One of these was named Samoset, and he had learn...
I started hunting on Amazon and discovered that many (if not most) cardinal loving pairs have two boys, not a boy and a girl. Like theCardinals and Christmas Holly Snow Water Globe And also “Cardinals on Branch Decorative Night Light“ ...
Generative AI has faced two problems since ChatGPT was unveiled in 2022. Many havewondered what it's really foror whether it's truly useful, given hallucinations and other issues that arerooted in training data. Others have doubted theethics of using AI, seeing it as a form of cheating or...
Generative AI has faced two problems since ChatGPT was unveiled in 2022. Many havewondered what it’s really foror whether it’s truly useful, givenhallucinationsand other issues that arerooted in training data. Others have doubted theethics of using AI, seeing it as a form of cheating or ...