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  2. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Standard: Please cite the sources you used in your essay. Standard: You must travel to the site of the dig to see the dinosaur bones. Standard: It is necessary to have line-of-sight if you want to use semaphore. Non-standard: One must be careful on a construction sight. Non-standard: I will site the book in which I saw the statistics.

  3. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The word nikoli, when stressed on the second syllable, means "never", when stressed on the first it is the locative case of Nikola, i.e. Nicholas; Spanish – cuando las vacas vuelen ("when cows fly") or cuando los chanchos vuelen ("when pigs fly"). Its most common use is in response to an affirmative statement, for example "I saw Mrs. Smith ...

  4. List of bad luck signs - Wikipedia

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    Breaking a mirror is said to bring seven years of bad luck [1]; A bird or flock of birds going from left to right () [citation needed]Certain numbers: The number 4.Fear of the number 4 is known as tetraphobia; in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, the number sounds like the word for "death".

  5. Schadenfreude - Wikipedia

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    Schadenfreude (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː d ən f r ɔɪ d ə /; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] ⓘ; lit. Tooltip literal translation "harm-joy") is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, pain, suffering, or humiliation of another.

  6. Here's what Violet, Klaus, and Sunny from 'A Series of ...

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    And if that wasn't enough, in 2004, the movie version of the books, "Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events" was released with the amazing Jim Carrey playing the villainous Count Olaf.

  7. Netflix adapting 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' into TV show

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    Netflix is adapting the popular young adult book series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" into an original series. The video streaming service has acquired the rights to the.

  8. Tragedy - Wikipedia

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    A tragedy is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character or cast of characters. [1] Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a "pain [that] awakens pleasure,” for the audience.

  9. Why Marilyn Monroe's sudden death still evokes mystery ... - AOL

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    The death of the Hollywood star generated decades of speculation as to whether Marilyn Monroe's overdose was a suicide, an accident or something more sinister.