Comprehensive List of Connectors in English
Connectors
Addition
Moreover, besides, furthermore, in addition (además), and also (y también), likewise (asimismo), as well as (como también), not only…but also (no solo…sino que también), further (más aun), another (otro), still another (aun otro), last but not least (último pero no menos importante).
Result
So (así que, entonces), therefore (por lo tanto), hence (de ahí que), thus (así), consequently, as a consequence (como consecuencia), for this reason (por esta razón), as a result
Read MoreAdapting Articles to New Topics: A Simple Method
Article Adaptation: Step-by-Step
Structure:
- Title: Make it relevant and engaging for the new topic.
- Introduction: Start with an interesting question or statement.
- Generic phrases:
- Have you ever thought about [topic]?
- Many people wonder why [topic] is so popular.
- Let me tell you why [topic] could be the perfect choice!
- Generic phrases:
- Body: Focus on key points or questions related to the topic.
- Change the main idea to fit the question.
- Example: If the article is about your dream job:
- Since I was young, I’ve always been passionate
Lazarillo de Tormes: Summary and Characters
Chapter Summaries of *Lazarillo de Tormes*
Chapter 1: Lazarus and the Blind Man
The central idea is the evolution of Lazarus, who transforms from a naive and innocent child into a ‘mischievous’ young boy who must fend for himself to survive. A constant theme is hunger. Lazarus dedicates all his efforts to deceiving the blind man, his cunning master, to get food or wine. At the end of the chapter, Lazarus takes revenge for the beatings he received, tricking his master and leaving him to his fate.
Chapter
Read MoreBanking Operations: Accounts, Deposits, and Loans
Banking Operations
Banking operations are contracts between a financial entity and a client, involving the deposit or delivery of money. There are three types of operations:
- Activities aimed at winning customers.
- Liabilities towards the provision of funds to customers.
- Bank service delivery in exchange for commissions.
Opening of Account
The process begins with an opening request. The bank provides a form to collect all necessary data.
Registration of Signatures
A bank submission form where data is collected,
Read MorePast Simple Tense in English: A Full Overview
Understanding the Past Simple Tense
Regular Verbs in Past Simple
We use the infinitive and add the ending -ed.
- For verbs that end in an e, we only add -d.
- change → changed
- believe → believed
- decide → decided
- If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant (except y or w), we double the final consonant.
- stop → stopped
- commit → committed
- With verbs that end in a consonant and a y, the y is changed to an i. Then, add -ed.
- study → studied
- try → tried
Sentence Structure in Past Simple
1. Affirmative
Read MorePandas in Python: Essential Techniques
Pandas – Part 2
Built-in Functions
- Average of column:
df_grades.Column.mean()- Average of multiple columns:
df_grades[["column1", "column2"]].mean()
- Average of multiple columns:
- Max/min:
df_grades["column name"].max()or.min() - Statistical summary:
df_grades.describe()- Can get all key stats for numeric columns at once with the
describe()method- Count, mean, std, min, 25%, 50%, 75%, max
- Pick out chunks of the summary by storing the summary in a variable and then use
variable[["column name", "column name"]]
- Can get all key stats for numeric columns at once with the
- Number of each unique value:
Human Excretory and Endocrine Systems: Health and Diseases
Excretory System
The excretory system eliminates waste substances produced by the activity of the cells in our body.
Urinary Tract
The urinary tract is composed of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.
Kidneys
Kidneys are approximately 12cm in length and are located in the back of the abdominal cavity.
Features:
- Eliminate waste substances.
- Control the concentration of mineral ions and salts.
Each kidney is bean-shaped, covered by a layer of fat, and consists of a million nephrons.
Three zones can be
Read MoreBasic Concepts in Chemistry and Properties of Matter
Key Definitions in Chemistry
Definitions:
Chemistry – A science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and the changes they undergo.
Matter – Anything that takes up space and can be weighed (i.e., has volume and mass).
Volume – The amount of space occupied by a sample of matter.
Pure Substance – A single kind of matter that cannot be separated into other kinds of matter by any physical means. It always has a definite and constant composition.
Examples: Gold, copper, oxygen,
Action Plans for Migrant Protection and Roma Inclusion
Action Plans
Protection Programs for Migrants
Protection programs for migrants working in the following areas:
- Additional aid for care retirement (base non-contributory pensions), disability (to work in countries with no social protection), health care, and costs of migration and return (requested before the expiration of 2 years after the return).
- Aid to facilitate social integration and vocational guidance. Guidance activities, information, and occupational training for employment.
- Aid to educational,
Natural Law: From Aquinas to Human Rights
Natural law theorists argue that there is a natural right, which is identified with human reason. For natural law, as in Thomas Aquinas, it depends on divine right or eternal law.
- Natural law cannot be attributed directly to God because God has willed that His features are already in human nature.
The rules of natural law, which are almost necessary conditions for any society, are self-evident to man as a social animal endowed with reason.
For Locke, natural law is the sense of a universally binding
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