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The true story of ‘true’
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-true-story-of-true-gina-cooke The older the word, the longer (and more fascinating) the story. With roots in Old English, ‘true’ shares etymological ancestors with words like betroth and truce…but also with the word tree. In fact, trees have been metaphors
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Why we say “OK”
How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became the most widely spoken word in the world. OK is thought to be the most widely recognized word on the planet. We use it to communicate with each other, as well as
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Where do new words come from?
View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/where-do-new-words-come-from-marcel-danesi There are over 170,000 words currently in use in the English language. Yet every year, about a thousand new words are added to the Oxford English Dictionary. Where do they come from, and how do they make
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THE FIRST KHOREZM YOUTH SUMMIT
The First Khorezmian Youth Summit will be held in August 16-17-18. 5 Spheres: 1. IT 2. MEDIA 3. MARKETING 4. BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. EDUCATION 120 Best Applicants will be selected. The working language of the conference: Uzbek, English and
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III CONFERENCE OF RECTORS OF UZBEK AND JAPAN UNIVERSITIES STARTED
On July 7-9, 2019 The III Conference of Rectors of Universities of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Japan was held in Tashkent. Deputy Minister of Eductation, Sports and Science A delegation of rectors from Japanese Universities headed by the Deputy
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FULBRIGHT FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING ASSISTANT (FLTA) PROGRAM
Application deadline: July 15, 2019, 18:00 Uzbekistan time The Embassy of the United States in Tashkent is pleased to announce the competition for the 2020 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) program. Program Overview The Fulbright FLTA program is a nine-month,
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CENTRAL ASIA MODEL UNITED NATIONS
II International Central Asia Model UN Be THE FIRST with us September 27-28, 2019 Nazarbayev Center Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Dedicated to the Year of youth in Kazakhstan About the conference Central Asia Model UN is the main project implemented by the
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