Crossword: Young Ones
Test your knowledge of the names of the young ones of animals with this crossword. Young Ones and Diminutives
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Crossword: Comparisons in English
Test your knowledge of striking comparisons in English with this crossword. Learn More About Comparisons
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Poetry Review: The Patriot by Robert Browning
Robert Browning’s ‘The Patriot’ is a brilliant piece of dramatic verse. It deals with the fickleness of public opinion and hero-worship. The same people who lift you up to the skies will also pull you down into the ditch. The speaker of the poem is a patriot. He thinks of his glorious past. A year
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Common Similes and Striking Comparisons
Common Similes and Striking Comparisons can make your speech and writing poetic. If you have the ability to find similarity in quite dissimilar things, you may easily become a great poet. Poetry always depends on similes and metaphors to give wings to imagination. Even if you are not a poet, the use of similes and
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ESL Stories: Who is an alien?
Who is an alien?, an ESL story for the teaching of vocabulary: The word ‘alien’ is derived from the Latin alienus, which means stranger, foreign, etc. It is often used in social and political contexts. It refers to a person in a country who is not a citizen of that country. We also speak about alien creatures, i.e. extraterrestrial
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Baby Animals: Young Ones & Diminutives in English
Here is an ultimate list of the names of baby animals. The young ones of most creatures have special words to designate them. English language has been so fond of the young ones of the cat, dog, cow, tiger, zebra, pig, rabbit, lion, wolf and those of the birds that it has given them cute
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