extra spoonful of food. When exams are around the corner, your decision is not between quitting them and studying 24 hours a day, but whether to spend an extra hour reviewing your notes. Economists use the term “marginal changes” to describe minor adjustments to an existing plan of action...
describetoBenwonderfulthingsoutsidethewindow?A.Hewantedtopassthetime.B.Hewantedtostrengthenthefriendship.C.HewantedtoencourageBentoliveon.D.HewantedtosharethebeautywithBen.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?A.TheRoommatesinHospitalB.TheHospitalWindowC.TheLifeontheWardD.TheBlankWallCInOctober1937,anewly...
3. Why does the woman want to borrow the man’s car? A. To catch a train. B. To see a movie. C. To meet her parents. 4. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Buy some vegetables. B. Get a taxi. C. Take an umbrella. ...
tear-jerking conclusion, definitely one of my top fiction reads of 2023. I read this in October, but found it hard to describe the intense reading experience, but I’m sharing my thoughts now, before my end of year review
help to describe a new invention that prevents diseases from spreading 25. Michael and Simon’s door handle . A. is too expensive for ordinary families B. is powered by the movement of its users C. works better at night than in the daytime D. is made of a metal that can take in UV...
Full circle feels appropriate to describe a work that despite that linear structure of months and parts, is not that. Rather, it represents points on the spiral of life that goes through cycles; repeating cycles, short cycles, long cycles, interconnected and intergenerational cycles. ...
we are more equipped to connect with and relate to actual people who are different than us, whose lives are as richly complicated and full of beauty and sorrow as our own, who we can no longer discount vaguely as “other.” And that is when we find ourselves in “I/Thou” relationships...
The smell alone will draw you to these delectable delights. Buc-ee's is known for their handmade items, and watching these morsels roast and caramelize is truly a thing of beauty. Although these sweet and crunchy treats come in a wide variety of nuts, the pecan is a staple in the South...
Surely this justified continuing to talk about the weather. The heat is its own teacher. I can try to describe the horrors of slavery to my children all I want, or I can plop them down in South Carolina in July where they can barely tolerate the heat while taking a tractor tour of ...
Anyway, the reason I am writing all this is that I researched by that portuguese saying and found a similar one in english: "the lull before the storm". Although they use "before" the storm and not "after" as we do in Brazil and as you describe, what creates a certain distance t...