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August 2016 Current Events: World News Slideshow
U.S. News | Disasters & Science News Here's a slideshow depicting the major world news events of August 2016. 1.…Sentence Agreement: Collective Nouns
Collective NounsSentence AgreementIntroductionCollective NounsIndefinite PronounsWalk This WayAgree to Disagree Collective nouns are singular in form but plural in sense. Here are some examples of…Brewer's: Horus
The Egyptian day-god, represented in hieroglyphics by a sparrow-hawk, which bird was sacred to him. He was son of Osiris and Isis, but his birth being premature he was weak in the lower…Brewer's: Airs
To give oneself mighty airs: to assume, in manner, appearance, and tone, a superiority to which you have no claim. The same as Air, manner (q.v.). The plural is essential in this case to…Brewer's: Peacock's Feather Unlucky
(A). The peacock's tail is emblem of an Evil Eye, or an ever-vigilant traitor. The tale is this: Argus was the chief Minister of Osiris, King of Egypt. When the king started on his Indian…Brewer's: Queen of Heaven
with the ancient Phoenicians, was Astarte; Greeks, Hera; Romans, Juno; Trivia, Hecate, Diana, the Egyptian Isis, etc., were all so called; but with the Roman Catholics it is the Virgin…Brewer's: Egyptian Festivals
(The). The six great festivals of the ancient Egyptians were— 1. That of Bubastis (= Diana, or the moon); 2. That of Busiris, in honour of Isis; 3. That of Saïs (= Minerva, Hermes, or…Brewer's: Morther
Well, Mor, where have you been this long while? (Norfolk). I'sy, Mor, come hither! (Norfolk). Mor or Morther means a lass, a wench. It is the Dutch moer (a woman). In Norfolk they call a…1 Corinthians: 5
1 Corinthians Chapter 5 1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his…1 Peter: 5
1 Peter Chapter 5 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed…Trending
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