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Benjamin Stephenson House's courtyard formed by an ell. In architecture, an ell is a wing of a building perpendicular (at a right angle) to the length of the main portion (main range). [1] It takes its name from the shape of the letter L. Ells are often additions to a building.
A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g.,
A simile (/ ˈ s ɪ m əl i /) is a type of figure of speech that directly compares two things. [1] [2] Similes are often contrasted with metaphors, where similes necessarily compare two things using words such as "like", "as", while metaphors often create an implicit comparison (i.e. saying something "is" something else).
If every internal angle of a simple polygon is less than a straight angle (π radians or 180°), then the polygon is called convex. In contrast, an external angle (also called a turning angle or exterior angle) is an angle formed by one side of a simple polygon and a line extended from an adjacent side. [1]: pp. 261–264
New carpet came later (whole house, definitely not under 2k) and now it's a perfect playroom (read: contained area to throw all the toys at the end of the night) for the 3 year old. #36
A Dictionary of Similes is a dictionary of similes written by the American writer and newspaperman Frank J. Wilstach. In 1916, Little, Brown and Company in Boston published Wilstach's A Dictionary of Similes, a compilation he had been working on for more than 20 years. It included more than 15,000 examples from more than 800 authors, indexing ...
The House Republican majority is becoming so inept at moving legislation through the normal process that it's starting to look like a more rowdy Senate. Republicans are weaponizing a boring House ...
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