King Charles III Formerly Prince Of Wales Flashcards
was named for him , who served as President of the Republic of Texas and then as Governor after Texas was annexed as a US state in 1845. This city is home to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center,
Houston was officially given the nickname “Space City” in 1967.
General Sam Houston
The city of Houston (sometimes “H-Town”)
Youngest Hemsworth brother and best known for this film
LIAM
Liam Hemsworth is an Australian actor who is best known these days for playing Gale Hawthorne in “The Hunger Games” series of films. Hemsworth met Miley Cyrus while working on the movie “The Last Song”, and the two actors were engaged for a while. Liam is a younger brother of actor Chris Hemsworth, who plays the superhero “Thor” on the big screen
War and Peace” novelist and who stars in film adaptation
TOLSTOY
I have to confess that I have tried to read Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” twice in my life, and failed both times (it is l-o-n-g; 1,225 pages in the first published edition). Even though the 1956 movie adaptation runs for 3 1/2 hours, it’s still the easy way out! The film version stars Audrey Hepburn as Natasha Rostova and Henry Fonda as Count Pierre Bezukhov
is a Chinese-born Canadian actor. One of his more famous roles was the title character in the Marvel Comics 2021 superhero movie “Shang-Chi and the legend of the Ten Rings
Also in Barbie
Simu Liu
” is a French word. The literal translation from the French is “jumped” or “bounced”, a reference to the tossing of food while cooking it in a frying pan
Sauté
Watery defense :
MOAT
A moat is a protective trench that surrounds a castle, say, or an exhibit in a zoo. A moat may or may not be filled with water.
Our use of this word ” comes from the Dutch word for the same phenomenon “ which translates literally as “ice mountain”
iceberg
ijsberg
An iceberg is a large piece of freshwater ice that is floating freely after having broken away from a glacier or ice shelf
At that time, she became one of the first two Muslim women, as well as the first Somali American, to serve in the US Congress.
Minnesota representative Ilhan : OMAR
Ilhan Omar has been representing Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in the US House since 2019
are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the oceans.
Tides
At neap tide, the smaller gravitational effect of the sun cancels out some of the moon’s effect. At spring tide, the sun and the moon’s gravitational forces act in concert causing more extreme movement of the oceans.
Airbnb alternative :
VRBO
VRBO is an online marketplace for vacation rentals. The initialism stands for Vacation Rentals by Owner. VRBO was founded in 1995, and is headquartered in Austin.
Airbnb is a website-based service that matches people wanting to rent out short-term living quarters to people seeking accommodation. The company was founded in 2008 as AirBed & Breakfast. The original concept was renting out an “air bed” and providing “breakfast” to someone looking for cheap, temporary accommodation. That’s right; the “Air” in “Airbnb” has nothing to do with “air” travel …
Golden Fleece seeker :
ARGONAUT
The Golden Fleece was the fleece of a winged ram made from pure gold that was held by King Aeëtes in Colchis, a kingdom on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. The fleece is central to the tale of Jason and the Argonauts, who set out on a quest to steal the fleece by order of King Pelias.
Classic Ford, familiarly
was introduced as a competitor to Chevrolet’s new sports car, the Corvette.
T-BIRD
Ford manufactured the Thunderbird (T-Bird) from 1955 to 2005. Originally a two-seater sporty convertible, the T-Bird
The “Thunderbird” name is a reference to a legendary creature from the culture of several Native-American peoples. There’s also a story that the name is a direct reference to the Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California of which the then chairman of Ford’s board was a member.
This word “” was introduced into English by Captain Cook in his book “A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean”. Cook described “” as something that was both consecrated and forbidden
taboo
tabu - (likely imitative of a Tongan word that he had heard)
This translates from Greek as “I have found it”.
Associates with who also
Eureka
The word is usually associated with Archimedes, uttered as he stepped into his bath one day. His discovery was that the volume of water that was displaced was equal to that of the object (presumably his foot) that had been submerged. He used this fact to determine volume (and density) of a crown, something he needed in order to determine if it was made of pure gold or was a forgery.
Comedic actor got his big break in television on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”, after which he joined the cast of “The Office”. He is now making a name for himself on the big screen. Notably, he co-stars in “The Hangover” series of films.
Ed Helms
Stu
