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How to Learn Buddhism Online

You can learn Buddhism through online study courses offered by colleges or universities, or through websites designed to help followers. Buddha means "enlightened one" and Buddhism is the personalized path to enlightenment realized by Siddhartha Gautama in approximately 430 B.C. in India. Siddhartha

What Plant Are You

A horoscope with plant entries in Italian and English. The next time someone asks you in Italian: Ma Tu di Che Pianta Sei? you'll know how to respond!

vexer

What does the French word vexer mean? How is it pronounced and used?

Tricks in Reading Body Language

Body language supplements the spoken word in nearly all human communities. Sometimes body language conveys information that is impossible to communicate with words alone. At other times, body language adds a layer of complexity by subtly changing the meaning of spoken words. Dancers, magicians and a

Jin Zhang - Daily Mandarin Lesson

The Mandarin Chinese word for "tense" is "jin zhang." This daily Mandarin lesson has audio files for your pronunciation and listening practice.

How to Learn Tajweed of the Quran in English

English speakers may find it difficult to properly pronounce passages in the Qur'an, as it is written in Arabic. Numerous resources exist for you to learn Tajweed, or proper pronunciation, of the Qur'an in English. For example, you can download Tajweed applications to your computer or phone, listen

sememe

A unit of meaning conveyed by a morpheme (i.e., a word or word element).

The Rise of Pancho Villa, by John Reed (page two)

In the following dispatch, which appeared in the "Metropolitan" magazine in fall 1913, John Reed offers a memorable profile of the revolutionary general Francisco ("Pancho") Villa.

Dave Barry's Comic Use of Hyperbole

As you read these excerpts from a column composed in the mid-1980s, decide for yourself whether Dave Barry may still be telling the truth even when he is making things up.