Jubjoter·To wake up from a dream without knowing the end of it and trying to go back to it to know the end. French Eṣṭaneya·An interrogative word which is used to ask “Which ordinal number in a series?”, where the answer would be an ordinal number like “First” / “Se...
“Mom,” I said when I realized where her mind and heart were heading, “knowing what you just said, what do you want?” “I want to go home. I know it’s not going to be much longer. I want to go home. I don’t want to spend my days in here.” I reminded her that she...
the importance of knowing our EL students cultural and linguistic background. It is important first and foremost to know this all of our ELs come to us with rich experiences and language assets. Taking stock of these assets and u...
Of course, it all felt so real in the dream (especially since I did meet him by accident – in the dream), that I woke up wanting to go back to sleep. Well, as they say in Tagalog, libre lang naman mangarap, which just means that dreaming doesn’t cost you a thing (so keep ...
Hadith: A person who attributes his fatherhood to anyone other than his real father, knowing that he is not his father, commits an act of disbelief. And he who makes a claim of anything which in fact does not belong to him, is none of us, and he should make his abode in Hell. ...
“Again, these stars are assumed to have positions so far from the earth that the distance is almost inexpressible; figures, indeed, may be arranged on paper, but in reading them no practical idea is conveyed to the mind. Many are said to be so distant that should they fall with the ve...
Tagalog- Nakakakain ako ng salamin; hindi naman ako masasaktan. (Pronuciation: nah-kah-kah-KAH-in ah-KO nang sah-lah-MIN; hin-DEE na-MAN ah-KO mah-SAH-sak-tan.) Taiwanese- Waah eh-dung jaah buh-lay; bei gahwah deiah-shong. ...