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  2. 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 ...

  3. May you live in interesting times - Wikipedia

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    I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times. (Hear, hear.) I never remember myself a time in which our history was so full, in which day by day brought us new objects of interest, and, let me say also, new objects for anxiety. (Hear, hear.) [emphasis added] [1]

  4. List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English - Wikipedia

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    This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form. The correspondence is semantic—in most cases these words are not cognates, but in some cases they are doublets, i.e., ultimately derived from the same root, generally Proto-Indo-European, as in cow and beef, both ultimately from PIE *gʷōus.

  5. Kate Middleton Reflects on ‘Difficult Times’ in Heartfelt ...

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    Kate Middleton is sharing a heartfelt letter reflecting on her year ahead of the Christmas season. Her letter was announced via Instagram on Saturday, November 30, alongside black and white photos ...

  6. Angelina Jolie Recalls a Difficult Period in Her Life When ...

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    As for what playing Callas has taught her, Jolie related to the opera diva’s complicated relationship to fame. “There’s often too much focus today on celebrity, so you almost hide from the ...

  7. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch - Wikipedia

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    Some words, by their structure, can suggest extended forms that may turn out to be contentious (e.g. lesbian and transgender imply the longer words lesbianism and transgenderism, which are sometimes taken as offensive for seeming to imply a belief system or agenda). For additional guidance on -ist/-ism terms, see § Contentious labels, above.

  8. Yokel - Wikipedia

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    In Red Dead Redemption 2 the term is used numerous times. Ernest P. Worrell was a fictional yokel who originated in commercials and eventually spun off into film and television. This Country is a TV mockumentary about two cousins in Gloucestershire , England, who aspire to a glamorous urban lifestyle despite only ever knowing their isolated ...

  9. The sun may be prone to 'rare but extreme' events that could ...

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    Add solar superflares to the list of natural disasters of concern. Superflares are extremely strong solar flares – explosions with energies up to ten thousand times that of typical solar flares.