Nothing is known about St. Sebastian's youth other than the fact he may have come from southern France and he was educated in Milan. He joined the Roman Army in 283 AD, ostensibly to be of service to other Christians who were being persecuted by the Romans. St. Sebastian distinguished hi...
"Saint Mary's," replies the second man. "I graduated in '62." "This is unbelievable!" the first man says. "I went to Saint Mary's and I graduated in '62, too!" About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. "What's been going on?" he asks the ...
6 make fun of somebody/somethingMAKE FUN OFto make unkind insulting remarks about someone or something嘲弄某人/某物;拿某人/某物开玩笑 I’m not making fun of you. I admire what you did. 我不是拿你开心,我很欣赏你的作为。 Examples from the Corpus ...
Nightstream was initially launched in 2020 when film festivals were shuttered at the height of the pandemic. These major horror festivals joined forces to satiate their audiences’ appetites for new, exciting titles even while they were stuck at home. Despite the fact that the world is back in ...
A day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus. Yes, you read that right. But before your brain does a somersault trying to wrap itself around this fact, let’s break it down into bite-sized chunks. A Long Day on Venus First off, let’s talk about planetary rotation. A rotation is...
Velociraptors were about the same size as turkeys. While they were probably still pretty terrifying, they were nothing like the nightmare-inducing raptors from Jurassic Park. In fact, more recently discoveredvelociraptorfossils have proved that they had long, feathered tails and wing feathers on thei...
But did you know that this plant has plenty of other cool nicknames? Most likely, not. It is also called Ganja, Grass, Dope, Hash, Reefer, Dagga, Mary Jane, Aunt Mary, Blunt, and Stinkweed. One of the reasons why the plant has so many nicknames is its illegal status in some parts...
3. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 For a book that's all about science and inventions, Frankenstein is surprisingly old. In fact, the author wrote it all the way back in 1818, over 200 hundred years ago, when she was just 19! The idea came to her in a dream during a storm...
11. Mary can play some musical___, such as the guitar and guqin. 12. —What’s that beautiful___? —My little sister is playing the erhu. 13. —Could you give me some advice on how to learn English well? —Sure.___makes perfect. 14. I have ...
We already discussed the fact that tabby cats will eat a lot, and they will eat it until it’s gone. Well, they’re not particular. They will eat just about anything. In fact, a tabby will actually sit down at a table and eat all the food that humans leave on it if they are le...