“Stonehenge” has given its name to “henges”, a whole class of earthwork monuments that are circular in form with an internal ditch surrounded by a bank. The magnificent Stonehenge monument in the south of England was built from 3000 to 2000 BC. That said, it’s a lot more fun sitting here blogging about the crossword … When I was living and working in Europe, with the help of the Channel Tunnel, one day I had a breakfast meeting in Brussels, a lunch meeting in London, and a dinner meeting in Paris. Nowadays of course there is a tunnel under the channel making travel extremely convenient.
At its narrowest point the Channel is just over 20 miles wide, and it is indeed possible to see France from England and vice versa.
The French call the same body of water “La Manche”, which translates literally as “the sleeve”. The English Channel is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, the narrow part that separates the south of England from northern France. 36 Where to watch Stonehenge and Big Ben? : ENGLISH CHANNEL One pica is equivalent to 1/6 of an inch. 33 One-sixth of an inch, to a typesetter : PICAĪ pica is a unit of measure used in typography. Other states retain that difference, so that by definition a DUI is a lesser offense than a DWI. In some states, there is no longer a legal difference between a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) and a DUI (Driving Under the Influence). “Snarf” is a slang term that is probably related to “scarf”, which has the same meaning. To snarf down is to gobble up, to eat voraciously.
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He also wrote and directed the semi-autobiographical movie “Almost Famous”, which was released in 2000. Crowe wrote “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”, and wrote and directed “Say Anything…” and the huge hit “Jerry Maguire”. 24 “Almost Famous” director Cameron : CROWEĬameron Crowe was a contributing editor for “Rolling Stone” magazine before he moved into the world of film, becoming an actor, producer, director and screenwriter. Dil Pickles is Tommy’s younger brother, and Tommy and Dil’s parents are Didi and Stu. Tommy Pickles is the protagonist on the Nickelodeon cartoon show “Rugrats”. The rideshare service Uber takes its name from the English colloquial word “uber” meaning “super, topmost”, which in turn comes from the German “über” meaning “above”. Her epic historical novel “The Books of Jacob”, published in 2014, is generally regarded as Tokarczuk’s magnum opus. She also won the 2018 Man Booker International Prize for her novel “Flights”. Olga Tokarczuk is a Polish author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2018. 15 Novelist Tokarczuk who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature : OLGA Rust forms when iron oxidizes, reacts with oxygen. To this day, the city has the nickname “Auld Reekie”, Scots for “Old Smoky”. Like many cities, plumes of smoke hung over Edinburgh when coal and wood fires weren’t regulated. In days gone by it might not have been quite so charming though. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies AcrossĮdinburgh is the capital of Scotland, and is a really beautiful city.
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