Lingue

The gardens, designed by the French landscape architect André Le Nôtre, are laid out in broad avenues lined with trees, shrubbery, and groups of sculpture. There are numerous secluded groves and a mile-long Grand Canal. Particularly noteworthy is the Orangery, considered one of the finest single pieces of architecture in Versailles. Also outstanding are

Under the reign of Queen Victoria, Great Britain went through a period of great economic, social an moral transformations. The repression of slavery (abolished in 1807) and other humanitarian objectives, allowed Britain to gain the task of supervisor of seas and gave her a lot of occasions for interventions, in Africa and in Asia, in the affairs of many

Britain’s towns were the basis of Roman administration and civilisation. There were three different kinds of towns.
1) The coloniae, peopled by Roman settlers;
2) The municipia, where the inhabitants were given Roman citizenship;
3) The civitates, which were the old Celtic tribal capitals.
Emperor Hadrian ordered the building of a wall t

Around 700 B.C. the fair – or red – haired, blue –eyed Celts began to arrive from north – west Germany; the Gaelic of the Highlands of Scotland and the Welsh of Wales come from their language.
The women of the Celts sometimes ruled large tribes and fought from their chariots.
The Druids were the priests of the Celts; their temples were groves in

The end of Anglo–Saxons England
When Alfred came to the throne, he won back the occupied territories. This king was a ruler of immense determination and courage; he enacted the first English laws, encouraged education and scholarship, and built a fleet. He translated various Latin works into Anglo–Saxon. The Anglo–Saxon king, Ethelred, de...

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Miss Van Schuyler is accompanied by Miss Bowers because she has some sort of illness and by a poor cousin, Cornelia, whom she treats like a servant.
Mrs Pennigton is Linnet’s trustee and he hopes to pesuade him to sign some documents.
James Fanthorp looks after Linnet’s business.
Dr Bessner is a German doctor.
Hercule Poirot is a famous

One night, returning home much intoxicated, he fancied that the cat avoided his presence. He seized him; when Pluto inflicted a slight wound upon his hand. He cut one of its eyes from the socket with a pen-knife.
Afterwards he felt into horror and remorse and he again plunged into excess like wine.
Then came the spirit of PERVERSENESS. This is o

Bede tells us that by about 450 the invaders came from three powerful Germanic tribes, the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes. The Anglo–Saxon migrations gave the larger part of Britain its new name:
England that is “the land of the Angles”.
The far west was called:
Wales, meaning the “land of foreigners”.
The lowlands became known as Sco

Passivo

Il passivo dei verbi in inglese si forma con il corrispondente tempo del verbo “to be” + “past participle”.

Es.: Tom loves Susa.
Susan is loved by Tom.

Tom has loved Susan.
Susan has been loved by Tom.

Tom loved Susan.
Susan was loved by Tom.

Tom had loved Susan.
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