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ELC English Language Center is a privately operated group of boutique [clarification needed] language schools that provide English language training in the United States. It operates through various language centers, in Los Angeles, Boston and Santa Barbara. ELC opened its first center in 1978.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. [ 1 ]
ELC English Language Center, an American language school; elc International School, in Selangor, Malaysia; eLearning Credits, an initiative of the Government of the United Kingdom; Elizabeth Learning Center, a public school in Cudahy, California, United States; Eligibility in the Local Context, in the University of California admissions process
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
A Portuguese airline was forced to ground one of its passenger planes last week after discovering that 132 hamsters had escaped from cages in the cargo hold and roamed free throughout the aircraft ...
The NBC comedy series “Happy’s Place” has received an order for additional episodes at NBC. The freshman multi-cam comedy has been picked up for five more episodes, bringing the total ...
Northern bat hibernating in Norway Bats hibernating in a silver mine. Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. . Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metaboli