Here is the dictionary definition:1 ancestor: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 2 a preceding occurrence or cause or event 3 anything that precedes ......

Having "enormous power at your disposal" means that you have a lot of ability, strength or influence. Enormous is an adjective meaning big, power usually means the possession of controlling influence ......

Tupperware is a brand name and would likely remain unchanged in Tamil. Nike, for instance, is Nike, whether in German or in English. Tamil uses a script, which is syllabic and ......

oppressunfair and cruel treatment by a powerful person or governmenthttp://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/oppressionrepressto put down by force before control has been lost, as with a rebellionhttp://vocabulary-vocabulary.com/dictionary/repress.phpTo press again; to repress the first risings of ......

You would make 62,000 in Roman numerals the same way you would make 62 with Roman numerals, except for one small difference.  62 is represented as LXII, the L stands for ......

The apple never falls far from the tree. - This proverb, referring to the central part of the distribution, is known in 42 languages in Europe. - The German and Hungarian ......

It seems that how the term ‘love’ came to mean zero is a secret lost through the ages.  There are some theories however but none have been proven.  It’s not just ......

There are a great many languages spoken in India.  The official national language of India is Hindi, although they recognize 22 official languages, including English.  The earliest language spoken or written ......

I am just a little too young to remember the days of studying Latin in school so I really don’t know how to say anything in Latin except for Carpe ......

The Irish-Gaelic language is spoken by about 7% of the Irish population according to a 2001 census.  While it is not the most popular language it is still taught in schools ......

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There is an interesting history to the term ‘bulldozer’, and once you read it the term will make much more sense.  The term began as the term ‘bull-dose’, which is a ......

The Oxford dictionary definition:fuck (vulgar slang)• verb 1 have sexual intercourse with. 2 damage or ruin. • noun an act of sexual intercourse. • exclamation a strong expression of annoyance or contempt. ......

Both spellings, aluminum, and aluminium, are technically correct, although my spell checker doesn’t like aluminum.  The history of the spelling of the word is longer than most words, usually there’s nothing ......

This is a common riddle, one that has stumped many for some years now.  Fortunately it was a very simple answer, so simple that people tend to miss it, there is ......

This is a very specific question so to answer it I'll have to start out quite general.  As you know North America was inhabited by Native Americans long before European men ......

There is no clear path that we are aware of that can explain the origins of how humans developed the complicated set of linguistics that we have today.  There are however ......

To conjugate: The inflect (a verb) in its forms for distinctions such as number, person, voice, mood and tense. (from www.dictionary.com) I’ll use English as an example first since that’s the ......