During the week beginning 13th February 2023 I decided to do a survey among my students and ask them the question, “Could you explain the carnival to me?” You see, as a foreigner to Brazil and being British I really have no idea about the meaning and tradition of the carnival period. It’s simply not …
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Student FREE Bookstore (CLICK HERE) What is Specificity? Introduction SPECIFICITY PRINCIPLE. The principle of specificity of training states that the way the body responds to physical activity is very specific to the activity itself. For example, someone who jogs can expect that their jogging performance would approve as well as their aerobic conditioning. The principle of …
Student FREE Bookstore (CLICK HERE) 10 ADVANCED ADJECTIVES USED TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE File Download: OXFORD INSTITUTE LIST OF ADJECTIVES INTRODUCTION: It might seem like a silly question to ask, but what is an adjective? An adjective is a word that describes a noun or noun phrase. Its semantic role is to change information given …
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Student FREE Bookstore (CLICK HERE) The Genius of SPACE X Introduction MAKING HUMANITY MULTIPLANETARY Building on the achievements of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, SpaceX is working on a next generation of fully reusable launch vehicles that will be the most powerful ever built, capable of carrying humans to Mars and other destinations in the …
Student FREE Bookstore (CLICK HERE) Is History Repeating Itself? (Are we heading for a third world war?) Isn’t this how World War II started. A slow build-up to a point of no return. Introduction Vladimir Putin has compared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the fight against Nazi Germany, in a speech to mark the …
Student FREE Bookstore (CLICK HERE) WE ARE SENDING IN THE LEOPARDS Are we heading towards World War III? Isn’t this how World War II started. A slow build-up to a point of no return. Introduction Vladimir Putin has compared Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the fight against Nazi Germany, in a speech to mark …
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Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former comedian and actor who has served as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019. Born to a Ukrainian Jewish family, Zelenskyy grew up as a native Russian speaker in Kryvyi Rih, a major city of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in central Ukraine Student FREE Bookstore (CLICK …