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How do you know whether a noun is masculine or feminine in French?

This is a common question from all French students with no straightforward answer. This question can only fully be answered through experience and memorisation of the French nouns with their gender. However,...
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Answered by Natasha G. • French tutor
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Describe the lytic pathway of a virus.

The lytic cycle is one of the two cycles of viral reproduction in host cells. Viruses cannot replicate outside a host, therefore virus binds to host cells. Adsorption and penetration occurs (process through ...
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Answered by Nisha G. • Biology tutor
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'How does the writer use language here to convey Mr Fisher's views on books and stories of the past in this extract from Joanne Harris' short story Jigs and Reels?'?'

The writer uses animal imagery whilst lamenting the profoundly positive impact books and stories have had on his life. He says the stories 'ran like gazelles and pounced like tigers'. The writer's use of sim...
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Answered by Dorrie T. • English tutor
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Describe how a vaccine results in the production of antibodies against a disease causing organism.

The vaccine contains parts of the pathogen that are recognised by the immune system, these are called antigens. The antigen is recognised by innate immune cells such as macrophages that will engulf the patho...
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Answered by Anna C. • Biology tutor
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When discussing how you would interpret an extract as a performer, what kind of things should I include?

Firstly it is important to consider the style of the play that the extract is taken from, and the intentions of the playwright. If for example it was a naturalistic play, such as Polly Stenham’s ‘That Face’ ...
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Answered by Adam T. • Drama tutor
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