Tom o’Bedlam, which was initially written asTom of Bedlamwhen it first appeared in the 16th century, may seem to be a word which is unlikely to have a synonym. However, the English language is large enough to have room for at least two words meaning “beggar who pretends to be mad,”...
1Peace Lilies Peace lilies, which belong to the genusSpathiphyllum, are common household plants that are durable and easy to maintain. They are best known for their tear-shaped white or yellow leaves, which, according to plant folklore, came to symbolizepeace because of their resemblance to the...
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PM:Interesting. You use the term people operations a lot. Should I treat that as a synonym for HR or is there a mindset or behavioral difference between the two? IW:I think there's a bit of a mindset or behavioral difference. Many use the term synonymously and you will often see a r...
1.This paper, based on a corpus-based approach, investigates into the real performance of two synonym syntactic structures: that-clause and to-clause.笔者运用语料库方法对具有相同意义的两种语法结构that从句和to从句进行分析,发现其在语料库中的表现存在重大差异,如总体使用频率、其他词汇或者其他语法结构的...
The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of
The high number of local taxa that have been synonymized under these two subspecies (e.g., T. celsiana Red., T. biebersteiniana Schult. & Schult.f., T. griesebachiana Pant., T. pumila Moench and 102 more synonyms24;) reflect the high morphological diversity of T. sylvestris, ...
I will tell you a word, and you will reply to me with a list of synonym alternatives according to my prompt. Provide a max of 10 synonyms per prompt. If I want more synonyms of the word provided, I will reply with the sentence: "More of x" where x is the word that you looked ...
In California, a few state universities accept lower-division transfer students, while most private universities have less restrictive transfer policies. Many of these universities had very successful 2012 freshman retention and graduation rates, with hi
Many of the words considered for the title derive from news events that captivated us in 2023, such as "coronation." The word was used often this year asKing Charles III was officially crownedmonarch of the United Kingdom. "Coronation" is a synonym of crowning...