Video Game History: Key Moments and Milestones

  1. A few years ago, I made this educational video about the history of video games.
  2. This genre has been popular throughout the history of video games and is competitive, just like real-world sports.
  3. This is a piece of gaming history, man.
  4. It was just a piece of gaming history.
  5. Inspired by The Legend of Zelda, Diablo, and Final Fantasy, the video game has several references to movies and video game history.
  6. That’s never happened in U.S. video game history. But the other element is making sure that
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Surah Yusuf: Verses 1-30 – Quranic Text

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ (1) إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (2) نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ بِمَا أَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْكَ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَمِنَ

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English Vocabulary and Grammar: A Comprehensive List

English Vocabulary

A

  • Avoid: Evitar, dejar de.
  • As: Como.
  • As a result: A consecuencia.
  • Astounding: Asombroso.
  • Admit: Admitir, reconocer.
  • At first: Al comienzo.
  • Also: También.
  • Although: Aunque.
  • As well as: Así como.
  • As a result of: Como resultado de.

B

  • Back and forth: De un lado para otro.
  • Background: Formación.
  • Because: Porque.
  • Bitter: Gélido, amargo.
  • Because of: A causa de.
  • Brain: Cerebro.
  • Behave: Comportarse, portarse.
  • Blame: Culpar / echar la culpa.

C

  • Chasing: Perseguir, ir a la caza de.
  • Chilly: Fresco.
  • Consequently:
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Arabic Language Essentials: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Vocabulary

Arabic Prefixes

General

Singular

Plural

For/to: ل

In, with: ب

1

أ

ن

And: و

Future: س

2

ت

Like: ك

Definite: ال

3

ي

Arabic Suffixes

Pronouns

Person

Singular

Plural

1st

ـي

ـنا

2nd

Masculine

ـكَ

ـكُم

Feminine

ـكِ

3rd

Masculine

ـهُ

ـهُم

Feminine

ـها

Verb Suffixes

Person

Singular

Plural

Masculine

2nd

ون

3rd

Feminine

2nd

ين

Pluralize feminine nouns and adjectives: ات

Shorts

Personal Pronouns

Person

Singular

Plural

1

أنا

نحن

2

Masculine

أنتَ

أنتم

Feminine

أنتِ

3

Masculine

هو

هم

Feminine

هي

25 Common Arabic

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Essential Business and Workplace Terminology

Bonus: When you get extra pay for working well

Committed: Dedicated
Computer literate: Able to use computers well
Consistent: Always acting in a positive way
Core skill: An activity needed to do a specific job
Corporate culture: The ideas and beliefs of a company and how it affects its life
Dedicated: Specifically devoted to something
Diverse
Do overtime: Extra time
Earn an award: Win money for something, like a prize
Goal setting: Process of deciding what you want to achieve or what someone else should achieve
Hands-
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Using Connectors in English: Contrast, Reason, Examples, and Sequence

Connectors That Show Contrast

In spite of / Despite have the same meaning (a pesar de). They are followed by a noun phrase, often including a gerund.

  • In spite of the late hour / Despite the late hour, they went on with the meeting.
  • Arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late.

Although, Though, Even Though, In Spite of the Fact That

These connectors have the same meaning (aunque, a pesar del hecho de que). They are followed by a complete sentence and can go at the beginning or in the middle

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