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"Tall" and "high" both describe height but in different ways:

Tall" typically describes the height of people or things that stand upright, like trees, buildings, or glasses. 🏙🌲
1⃣ "She's a tall woman." (Describing a person's height)
2⃣"The tree in the garden is tall." (Describing a tree's height)
3⃣"I asked for a tall glass of water." (Describing the height of a glass)

"High" is more versatile and can describe vertical distance, like airplanes flying in the sky, mountain peaks, or it can indicate a high level of intensity or degree. ✈️⛰
1⃣"The airplane is flying high." (Describing its elevation)
2⃣"The mountain peak is very high." (Describing its height)
3⃣"The temperature is high today." (Describing intensity)

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- Born near Stirling, Christian Maclagan was arguably Scotland’s first female archaeologist. She carried out one of the earliest surveys of The Abbey Craig, and investigated the remains of an Iron Age broch in Stirling.

Despite her important discoveries, Christian Maclagan was denied full membership of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland because she was a woman. Her work was extensive; and while her ideas seemed eccentric to her contemporaries, her publications preserve valuable records of now-eroded sites.

She devoted much of her life to alleviating poverty in Stirling, to clearing slums, and to providing adequate housing. There is a carving dedicated to her in Stirling’s Back Walk and an exhibition in the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.

The is ‘Cupid.’
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Lego-inspired figures made from concrete hidden around Aberdeen An artist has placed characters, including an astronaut and surfer, at spots around the city.

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This is a list with some common prefixes and their meaning in English.


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The is ‘signet.’
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Today's vocabulary post contains some basic words about building in English.
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orotund | Word of the Day | February 5, 2024 The Word of the Day for February 5, 2024 is orotund. Find out the meaning of orotund and learn about its origin and uses!

The is ‘gratuitous.’
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stipulate | Word of the Day | February 4, 2024 The Word of the Day for February 4, 2024 is stipulate. Find out the meaning of stipulate and learn about its origin and uses!

The is ‘zeitgeber.’
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Gambrinous [GAHM-brih-nuhs] or [gam-BRY-nuhs]
(adj.)
- Happily full of beer.
- Sufficiently suffonsified swilling stout.

From Gambrinus - a legendary Flemish king who was said to have invented beer.

Used in a sentence:
“It was during a particularly risible weekend of roisterous mafficking that I found myself teetering on the dubious fulcrum between gambrinous and crapulous.”
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Today's idioms focus on the word NIGHT.
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Today's is aberration.

Learn more about this word: https://bit.ly/48AL8iF

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🔎 Murder by the Book: A Celebration of 20th Century British Crime Fiction, runs from 23 March to 24 August 2024.

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The is ‘bunkum.’
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😢 It's not a nice feeling, but we all feel sad sometimes 😔 . Here are some other ways to express that you are not feeling very happy.

(❗️ Note: these are not exact synonyms. Pay attention to the context!)

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