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2022-11-27 10:30:35 Open / Comment

2022-11-27 10:29:25 AlexanDer Graham Bell
Did you answer the phone today? You have Alexander Bell to thank for that. Bell was the son of a speech teacher. He had helped his father through the years and learned many things. He was taught how people learned to speak and hear. He used this knowledge to help deaf people learn to speak.
Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. The Bell family eventually moved to Canada. Bell moved on to Boston, where he continued his work with deaf people. He was trying to invent a machine that would help deaf people speak. His first success was when he sent a musical note over an electrical wire.
Bell kept working and experimenting. He invented a machine that was able to send and receive human speech. One day he spilled acid on his clothes. He decided to use his machine to send a “help” message to his friend. His friend got the message through the machine! The telephone had been invented. Some people thought that others had invented the telephone. The Supreme Court finally ruled in Bell’s favor. Bell eventually got a patent for his invention. Challenge yourself with the test below.

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2022-11-27 01:01:29 Hit the Road

Meaning
to leave (especially to go home); to depart on a journey (especially to travel to a place by car).

For example

I'm sorry but I have to go home—we're hitting the road to Chicago early in the morning.

What time are we hitting the road tomorrow?

We’d better pack the car and hit the road before it gets dark.

I’d love to stay and have dinner, but I’d better hit the road.

Come on, let’s hit the road before rush hour kicks in.

Jim was being loud and obnoxious so, the bartender told him to hit the road.

The hunter hit the trail as the first rays of the sun broke through the trees.

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2022-11-26 01:01:12 Every cloud has a silver lining

Meaning
There’s a good aspect to every bad situation. Every difficult or sad situation has a comforting or more hopeful aspect, even though this may not be immediately apparent.

For example

Don’t worry about losing your job. It’ll be okay. Every cloud has a silver lining!

As they say, every cloud has a silver lining. We have drawn lessons from the decisions taken.

“I found a new job after all and I like this one much better than the last!” Answer: “You see, every cloud has a silver lining.”

He told us about his resignation—an absolute disaster at the time, but every cloud has a silver lining because it led to my appointment.

As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.

In any case, though, every cloud has a silver lining.

It is said that every cloud has a silver lining.

I assure her that every cloud has a silver lining.


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2022-11-25 07:25:56 I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows
For my mind to run around with my ear up to the ground
I'm searching to behold the stories that are told
When my back is to the world that was smiling when I turned
Tell you you're the greatest
But once you turn, they hate us
Oh, the misery
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy
Everybody wants to be my enemy
(Look out for yourself)
My enemy (look, look, look, look)
(Look out for yourself)
But I'm ready
Your words up on the wall as you're praying for my fall
And the laughter in the halls and the names that I've been called
I stack it in my mind and I'm waiting for the time
When I show you what it's like to be words spit in a mic
Tell you you're the greatest
But once you turn, they hate us (huh)
Oh, the misery
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy
Everybody wants to be
My enemy (look, look, look, look)
(Look out for yourself)
My enemy (look, look, look, look)
(Look out for yourself)
Uh, look
Okay, I'm hoping that somebody pray for me
I'm praying that somebody hope for me
I'm staying where nobody 'posed to be
P-P-Posted, being a wreck of emotions
Ready to go whenever, just let me know
The road is long, so put the pedal into the floor
The enemy on my trail, my energy unavailable
I'ma tell 'em hasta luego
They wanna plot on my trot to the top
I've been outta shape, thinkin' out the box, I'm an astronaut
I blasted off the planet rock to cause catastrophe
And it matters more because I had it not
Had I thought about wreaking havoc on an opposition
Kinda shocking they wanted static with precision, I'm automatic
Quarterback, I ain't talkin' sacking
Pack it, pack it up, I don't panic
Batter, batter up, who the baddest?
It don't matter 'cause we at your throat
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy
Everybody wants to be
My enemy
Oh, the misery
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Pray it away, I swear
I'll never be a saint, no way
My enemy
Pray it away, I swear
I'll never be a saint

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2022-11-25 07:25:56 Enemy

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2022-11-25 01:00:36 one after another


Meaning
Consecutively and in quick succession, with one person or thing rapidly following another in order.

For example

The children walked silently, one after another, into the schoolhouse to begin their lesson.

When I was cooped up in the house after my surgery, I started reading one book after another.

The buses kept arriving, one after another.

One person after another walked out of the concert

One after another of her friends got married and moved away

Caroline was trying on one outfit after another

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2022-11-24 10:30:33 #random
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2022-11-24 01:01:28 Down to earth

Meaning
To be practical, realistic and sensible.

For example

It’s a stereotype, but Dutch people are known for being down to earth.

He was a very down-to-earth person

He is such a down-to-earth bloke

He gets very emotional, although his troupe has a more down-to-earth approach

You're a down-to-earth kind of person.

There are hints that she is mentally unbalanced and these are in stark contrast to the down-to-earth approach to death of Anna.

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