studying for english exam
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| show | Mythological figure who was dipped into the River Styx
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| show | A person's only weak or vulnerable point
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| What is the background/origin of Handwriting on the Wall? | show 🗑
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| show | The handwriting on the wall is a warning of doom to come
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| What is the background/origin of White Elephant? | show 🗑
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| show | An object that has no use to its owner and may be a financial burden
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| What is the background/origin of Sound and Fury? | show 🗑
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| show | Great uproar that is actually meaningless
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| show | Cain murdered his younger brother due to jealousy. this was the first recorded murder in the Bible.
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| What is the modern definition of Cain? | show 🗑
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| What is the background/origin of Methuselah? | show 🗑
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| What is the modern definition of Methuselah? | show 🗑
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| What is the background/origin of Phoenix? | show 🗑
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| What is the modern definition of Phoenix? | show 🗑
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| What is the background/origin of Holy Grail? | show 🗑
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| What is the modern definition of Holy Grail? | show 🗑
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| What is the background origin of Machiavellian? | show 🗑
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| show | Elaborately cunning and scheming
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| show | Sane airmen trying to prove insanity so they can be relieved of flight duty, but to prove insanity, they are obviously sane
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| show | An absurd, no-win situation
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| What is the background/origin of Ivory Tower? | show 🗑
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| What is the modern definition of Ivory Tower? | show 🗑
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| What is the background/origin of Freudian Slip? | show 🗑
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| show | An unintentional slip of the tongue that reveal subconscious thought
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| What is the background/origin of Medusa? | show 🗑
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| What is the modern definition of Medusa? | show 🗑
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| show | Originated in the 1900s--"Anything that can go wrong will go wrong."
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| show | Something goes wrong and everyone knew it would
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| show | In Greek Mythology, he disobeyed his father, flew too close to the sun, and died
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| show | To fail or be destroyed because of ambition
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| What is the background/origin of Pavlov's Dogs/Pavlovian? | show 🗑
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| show | An automatic, unthinking response
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| show | In Medieval times, knights threw down their gloves to challenge another knight
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| show | Issuing a challenge in a dramatic manner
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| What is the background/origin of Scapegoat? | show 🗑
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| show | Any person who takes the blame for the wrongdoing of others
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| show | In literature, the left hand is associated with negativity, clumsiness, doubtful sincerity. The left-hand side of a shield was considered the sinister side
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| show | A compliment that is also rude and insulting in some way
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| What is the background/origin Juggernaut? | show 🗑
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| show | Any destructive force that defies opposition
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| show | In Greek Mythology, a beautiful youth who was loved by Aphrodite and Persephone
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| What is the modern defintion of Adonis? | show 🗑
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| What is the background/origin of Bedlam? | show 🗑
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| show | Wildy chaotic, raucous and noisy
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