Platform Nine and Three-Quarters (Platform 9¾) is a platform at King's
Cross Station in London. Magically concealed behind the barrier between Muggle
Platforms Nine and Ten, this Platform is where Hogwarts School of Witchcraft
and Wizardry students board the Hogwarts Express on 1 September, in order to
attend school.
William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491) was an English merchant, diplomat,
writer, and printer. He is thought to be the first English person to work as a printer
and the first to introduce a printing press into England, which he did in 1476.
He was also the first English retailer of printed books; his London
contemporaries in the trade were all Flemish, German, or French. In 2002, he
was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll.
William Caxton
A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant
or important issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device
that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion. A red herring might
be intentionally used, such as in mystery fiction or as part of rhetorical
strategies (e.g. in politics), or it could be inadvertently used during
argumentation.
red herring
Thanks for your compliment.
compliment(n.) \ˈkäm-plə-mənt\
an action that expresses admiration or approval
He told her he admired her paintings and she returned
the compliment by saying that she was a fan of
his sculptures.
complement(v.) \ˈkäm-plə-ˌment\
to complete something else or make it better
The shirt complements the suit nicely.
An ethnic group
or ethnicity is a category of people who identify with each other based on
common ancestral, social, cultural or national experience. Unlike most other
social groups, ethnicity is primarily an inherited status. Membership of an
ethnic group tends to be defined by a shared cultural heritage, ancestry,
origin myth, history, homeland, language and/or dialect, symbolic systems such
as religion, mythology and ritual, cuisine, dressing style, art, and physical
appearance.
Before the 1970s, the Korowai people of
Papua were an uncontacted people. Their population
numbers no more than 3,000.
sub-: under
: beneath : below
subsoil(n.) \ˈsəb-ˌsȯi(-ə)l\
the layer of soil that is under the top layer
subaqueous(adj.) \-ˈā-kwē-əs, -ˈa-\
existing, formed, or taking place in or under water
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross c. 1822 – March 10,
1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the
American Civil War, a Union spy. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and
subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy
enslaved family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and
safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist
John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era
was an active participant in the struggle for women's suffrage.
Harriet Tubman circa 1885
ad-: to : toward
adore(v.) \ə-ˈdȯr\
to like or desire (something) very much :
to take great pleasure in (something)
He's a good doctor. All his patients adore him.
advance(v.) \əd-ˈvan(t)s\
to move forward
The car advanced slowly down the street.
pro-:in
favor of
profession(n.) \prə-ˈfe-shən\
the act of declaring or saying something openly
reach the goal
reach the agreement
reach the target
