The TGV is France’s train a grande vitesse; literally “high-speed train.” It connects cities in France and in some other neighbouring countries, such as Belgium, Italy and Switzerland with the network centred on Paris. TGVs under other brand names connect France with Germany and the Netherlands (Thalys) and the United Kingdom (Eurostar). Trains derived from […]

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aberrant a-BERR-unt; AB-ur-unt (adjective) – Markedly different from an accepted norm; Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; abnormal. “Another factor the court had to consider was whether the crime was part of a single period of aberrant behavior.” — Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, ‘Sullivan’s Evidence’ That which is aberrant is literally that which “wanders away […]

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This is a list of comments from test papers, essays, etc., submitted to science and health teachers by elementary, junior high, high school, and college students: It is truly astonishing what weird science our young scholars can create under the pressures of time and grades. The spellings are the original ones. 1. H2O is hot […]

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