A: Why is it so hot in mid-October?甲:为什么十月中,天气还这么热?B: I guess it’s just an Indian summer!乙:我想这正是秋老虎发威吧!🤓 至于为何要把这种天气称为「印地安的夏天」,其一传闻要从印地安传统中的 an Indian giver 这种人说起。"an Indian giver" 意为「馈送物品,但日后前来索...
Why is Suleiman the Magnificent known as the lawgiver? Why is Napoleon III called Saint-Simon on Horseback? Why was Hadrian called the Greekling? Why is Wat Arun called the Temple of the Dawn? Why is it called Montezuma Castle? Why is the Taj Mahal called the Taj Mahal? Why was Hazrat...
An example of refreshment is having a cup of tea during a break at a conference. A refreshing or being refreshed. Something that refreshes, as food, drink, or rest.Why is it called a refreshment?The word refreshment derives from the Late Middle English 'refresshement', which refers to a...
Why is Suleiman the Magnificent known as the lawgiver? Why was the Suez Canal built? Why did Vasco da Gama travel to India? Why is the Indus River Valley civilization called Harappan? Why was the Sepoy Rebellion a turning point in India? Why is the Mughal Empire important? Why did Christ...
and then found a better-paying job to which he drove fellow workers. But the car broke down one morning on the way to work. He called at 7:15, but my husband and I, cozy in bed, suggested they take a taxi. We weren’t getting up to drive to Hamilton and rescue them. It turned...
Hindu Dharma is scientific as it is based on what can be known, intuited and experienced. There is no need for any blind belief to qualify for heaven. The
the Indian said, "Suppose we change the subject." The argument is really no better than that. There is no reason why the world could not have come into being without a cause; nor, on the other hand, is there any reason why it should not have always existed. There is no reason to ...
What is it, then, about that term “maker” that bugs me but also excites me? (Photo credit: http://www.houstonmakerfaire.com/) My theory is its ties to the whole nouveau “back-to-the-land movement,” the hordes of hipsters making everything out of reclaimed wood, and the back-...
You really have a law outside and anterior to the divine edicts, and God does not serve your purpose, because he is not the ultimate lawgiver. In short, this whole argument about natural law no longer has anything like the strength that it used to have. I am traveling on in time in...
After reading Paradise Lost, why does the creature think he is like Adam in the book in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? In The Metamorphosis, when Gregor's father pushes him back into his room at the end of section 1, why is it called 'a true...