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- Dictionarymonster/ˈmɒnstə/
noun
- 1. a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature: "a monster with the head of a hyena and hindquarters of a wolf" Similar
- 2. a thing of extraordinary or daunting size: "this is a monster of a book, almost 500 pages"
verb
- 1. criticize or reprimand severely: informal British "my mum used to monster me for coming home so late"
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Sep 7, 2015 · The etymology of monstrosity suggests the complex roles that monsters play within society. 'Monster' probably derives from the Latin, monstrare, meaning 'to demonstrate', and monere, 'to warn'. Monsters, in essence, are demonstrative. They reveal, portend, show and make evident, often uncomfortably so. Though the modern gothic monster and the ...
Dec 2, 2013 · Jennings was a key figure in the process that saw the decolonisation of dozens of countries that made up the British Empire in the mid-20 th century. Born in Bristol in 1903, he was educated at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge University, and towards the end of his career returned to the University to hold a number of prestigious posts.
By Sarah Collins. Scelidosaurus: illustration by John Sibbick. One hundred and sixty-two years ago, some fossilised bones were collected from the shore beneath Black Ven at Charmouth in west Dorset. They were sent to Richard Owen at the British Museum in London, who was at the time the acknowledged expert on fossils in Britain – among many ...
Feb 9, 2016 · Research. The language and literature of chastity. In her debut book, Dr Bonnie Lander Johnson (Faculty of English) shows how deeply the Christian virtue of chastity was embedded into the culture of the early Stuart world. In the struggle between the newly established Church of England and Roman Catholicism, chastity was a powerful construct ...
Bruno is also a Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College and he serves on several other governing or advisory boards including Cambridge University Entrepreneurs, Cambridge University Technology & Enterprise Club and Chesterton Community College. He is married with two children and lives in Cambridge. Published: September 2021. Note January 2023: Bruno ...
Achievements are the building blocks that enable someone to construct a sense of themselves as a success. The achievements that matter most combine to form a version of success that has meaning and substance for the individual. Achievements also provide tangible evidence that colleagues, competitors and the wider world use to judge a person as ...
Oct 6, 2014 · Throughout history ‘mistress’ was a term with a multiplicity of meanings, like so many forms of female address. In his Dictionary of 1755, Samuel Johnson defined mistress as: '1. A woman who governs; correlative to subject or servant; 2 A woman skilled in anything; 3. A woman teacher; 4.
Sep 28, 2023 · University of Cambridge · Mohamed El-Erian on his new book, Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World. Earlier this month, G20 leaders spoke of a planet gripped by “cascading crises.”. Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World (out 28th September) is our attempt to understand and explain where we’ve gone wrong, and then go a step ...
Apr 12, 2014 · In the mid-16th century, there were as many as eight Royal mints licensed to strike coins. Outside the mints, counterfeiting was widespread and practised by all manner of “naughty persons”. Records noting the occupations of arrested counterfeiters (punishment for those found guilty of the most severe crimes was hanging) reveal that the came ...
man, half-bull monster that lived in a Labyrinth, in order to stop the horror of seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls being sent to Crete every nine years to be devoured by the monster. Theseus received help from Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos, who gave him a ball of thread to help him find his way out of the Labyrinth. Theseus fought
