For the most part, the B vitamins are absorbed directly into the bloodstream in your stomach or small intestines. The exception is vitamin B-12, which must be bound to something called intrinsic factor for absorption.
If one were âin the gall of bitterness,â then one might be said to be full of some really bad, âtoxicâ ideas. However, when the two nouns that are linked together both âmeanâ the same thing, the effect is intensification: âheart of heartsâ means âinnermost feelingsâ and so on. So we need to know what the two nouns mean. Bitterness is a sharp pain, more or less. Gall, however, is a bit more complicated. It can mean âbitter feeling,â in which case this expression intensifies the expression of pain: one who is âin the gall of bitternessâ is experiencing the bitterest of pains.
Gallium is a soft, silvery-white metal, similar to aluminium. Uses. Gallium arsenide has a similar structure to silicon and is a useful silicon substitute for the electronics industry. It is an important component of many semiconductors. It is also used in red LEDs (light emitting diodes) because of its ability to convert electricity to light.