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Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It was established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature and named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University is ...
La Universidad de Harvard es la más antigua institución de enseñanza superior en los Estados Unidos. Fue fundada en 1636 por la legislatura de Massachusetts y el nombre de su primer benefactor, John Harvard. Situado en Cambridge, Massachusetts, la ...
Those works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces" of literature. Since the 1960s, the traditional English and American literary canon, consisting ...
Those works generally considered by scholars, critics, and teachers to be the most important to read and study, which collectively constitute the "masterpieces" of literature. Since the 1960s, the traditional English and American literary canon, consisting ...
The recitation of a short epic poem or a longer epic abridged for recitation.
La recitación de un poema épico corto o una épica más abreviada de recitación.
A condition in which the glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body is unable to use it properly. Diabetes may be responsible for decreased fertility and increased incidence of miscarriage.
Una condición en la cual la glucosa (azúcar) en la sangre es demasiado alta porque el cuerpo es incapaz de usarla adecuadamente. Diabetes pueden ser responsables de fertilidad disminuida y aumento de la incidencia de aborto espontáneo.
A sharp, shrill outcry or scream, caused by agony or terror.
Una exclamación o grito agudo y chillón, causado por agonía o terror.
The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
El acto o ceremonia de nombrar un hombre o una mujer para un cargo.
A defined rectangular area located on a land aerodrome and prepared for the landing and take-off runs of aircraft along its length.
Funcionamientos de un área rectangular definida situado en un aeródromo de tierra y preparado para el aterrizaje y despegue de aeronaves a lo largo de su longitud.
Ophthalmic lens worn in front of, but not in contact with, the eyeball.
Lentes oftalmológicos que se usan en frente de, pero no en contacto con, los globos oculares
Two consecutive lines of poetry that usually rhyme and have the same meter. A heroic couplet is a couplet written in rhymed iambic pentameter.
Dos líneas consecutivas de la poesía que generalmente riman y tienen el mismo metro. Un couplet heroico es un pareado escrito en pentámetro yámbico rimada.
Ways of using language that deviate from the literal, denotative meanings of words in order to suggest additional meanings or effects. Figures of speech say one thing in terms of something else, such as when an eager funeral director is described as a ...
Formas de lenguaje que se desvían de los significados literales, denotativos de las palabras para sugerir significados adicionales o efectos. Figuras retóricas dicen una cosa en términos de otra cosa, como cuando un director de funeraria ansioso se describe ...