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Tuesday 19 November 2013

CREVASSE AND CREVICE

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CREVASSE AND CREVICE
Both crevasse and crevice are related to narrow opening in ice and rock respectively.

CREVASSE :
A crevasse is a deep crack in an ice sheet or glacier.

CREVICE :
A narrow opening or fissure, especially in a rock or wall.

Crevasse and Crevice
Photo Credits : CCarlstead and Jono Hey

Friday 8 November 2013

IDIOM - Live from hand to mouth

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IDIOM - Live from hand to mouth
- To have just enough money to live on and nothing extra.
- Having or providing only the bare essentials.

Young Child in Poor Neighborhood of Coptic Christian Quarter - Cairo, Egypt-1989
They are literally living Hand to mouth.
Photo Credits : Adam Jones
Example / Usage :
- My father earned very little and there were four of us kids so we lived from hand to mouth.

Wednesday 6 November 2013

POGROM

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POGROM
- An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group.
- The organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion.

Boston Massacre, Mar. 5, 1770. Chomolithograph by John Bufford
Image Credits : Marion Doss

Example / Usage
- Liberman warns South African Jews of coming pogrom.
- When Congress goons carried out anti-Sikh pogrom.