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The lungs are made up of many air sacs called alveoli. The alveoli have many folds which create a large surface area. The larger the surface area, the greater the area of alveolar cell membrane available for...

Deponent verbs are verbs which look passive, but have an active meaning. We are used to seeing active verbs, like ' capio ', meaning 'I take or capture', where the subject of the verb is doing the action the...

Although it may seem intimidating at first, as it's quite different in English, it is actually quite simple once you understand this. First of all, most native speakers alternate between the two tenses quite...

In the Canadian province of Quebec, people have their own dialect of the French language. This dialect is built largely on old-fashioned and traditional French phrases, whilst also showing influence of Ameri...

Remembering that their families - Motague and Capulet - were feuding, Friar Laurence agreed to marry the two teenagers in the hope that the families would make amends on the account that the youngest of thei...