For the past few weeks there has been a bird flying around my house. I noticed today that she has built a nest on an old shoe rack I put on the porch, but haven't gotten around to get rid of. So anyway the bird has built a nest on the rack and it has 3 eggs in it.
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence (information gathering) organization from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr ([ËapveËÉÌ¯], German for defence) was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's postâWorld War I intelligence activities be for defensive purposes only.
ablaut (plural ablauts) (linguistics) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. [Mid 19th century.]