Word of the Day, September 15, 2023

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["More...]( [Idiom video]( Article of the Day The Silk Road [Discuss]( According to legend, the secrets of sericulture and reeling from the cocoon were developed in China by 2640 BCE. By the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, silk fabrics were being imported to Rome and Greece and sold for exorbitant prices. Trade in silk became so prevalent that the ancient trade routes between China and the Mediterranean, spanning about 4,000 miles, have been dubbed the Silk Road. How did Mongols use silk as armor in battle? [More...]( Daily Grammar Lesson Interrogative Adjectives [Discuss]( English has three interrogative adjectives: "what," "which," and "whose." They are called "interrogative" because they are usually used to ask questions. How can they be differentiated from interrogative pronouns? 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Oates's testimony resulted in a frenzy of anti-Catholic hatred throughout England, and caused more than 30 people to be executed. He was finally convicted of perjury and imprisoned in 1685. Who conspired with Oates to invent the plot? [More...]( Today's Holiday Costa Rica Independence Day [Discuss]( On this day in 1821, [Costa Rica]( achieved independence after having been ruled by Spain since the early 1500s. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua also declared independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. On the evening of September 14, the president traditionally lights a torch representing liberty in the old capital city of [Cartago]( and, on Independence Day, gives a speech to schoolchildren. There are more speeches and dancing in [San José]( the modern capital. [More...]( Quote of the Day [Discuss]( In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. 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