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The Oxford English Dictionary defines an ambassador as “an accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country." Official or not, I’ve been following the ...
There seems to be no end in sight to headline-grabbing controversies at the White House, during US President Donald Trump’s ...
According to the Collins English Dictionary, dynamic pricing is the practice of offering goods at a variable price depending ...
British Sanskritist, Prof M. Monier Williams, defines ‘Kal’ (to rhyme with ‘all’) as “black, of a dark colour…name of Siva, ...
A dictionary of the Malayan language, in two parts, Malayan and English and English and Malayan by Marsden, William, 1754-1836 Publication date 1812 Topics Malay language -- English, English language ...
For almost 40 years, the words the nation uses in speech, newspapers and books has been mapped by a small team at the ...
US president Donald Trump’s bizarre relationship with the English language is continuing to make headlines at the moment, after he asked the President of Liberia - a country where English is its ...
At a time when a language row is unfolding in Maharashtra, a Mumbai-based house help’s sweet and simple text to her employer ...
A domestic worker’s message to her employer is winning hearts on social media for its near-perfect use of the English language ...