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Short Stories: A Vampire’s Valentine
Lucian had hidden his nature for centuries, but Eleanor saw through him. When danger struck, he saved her—too fast, too strong. Yet, she wasn’t afraid. She had secrets, too. Under the Valentine’s moon, a vampire and a mystery entwined, drawn together by fate and a love worth the risk.
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- Más Allá del “I Love You”: El Lenguaje del Amor en Inglés y Español
- Short Stories: Cupid Is Tired
- In Constant Flow: Vocabulario Esencial Relacionado con el Agua Inglés-Español
- Why Some Languages Feel Harder Than Others
- Cuentos Cortos: La Seta que Miró Hacia Arriba
- Sequencing & Process Language in Spanish
- Type / Kind / Sort / Form: no todos los “tipos” son iguales
- Short Stories: The Town That Couldn’t Remember Her Face
- Born of Flames: Vocabulario Esencial Relacionado con el Fuego Inglés-Español
- How Many Words Should You Learn per Language Lesson?
- Cuentos Cortos: Los Hijos del Eclipse
- January 2026 Wrap-Up
- To / Too / Two: misma pronunciación, funciones muy distintas
- Short Stories: Rooms That Do Not Answer
- Vocabulario de Filosofía y Conceptos Abstractos en Inglés–Español
- La Proximidad Lingüística: un Puente y una Trampa en el Aprendizaje de Idiomas
- Cuentos Cortos: Aroma a Memoria
- El Lenguaje del Planeta: Vocabulario de Paisajes Naturales en Inglés-Español
- Short Stories: The Fairy Who Forgot the Dawn
- Why the IPA Matters (and Why Your Ears Will Thank You)
- Vocabulario Clave sobre Protestas y Movimientos Sociales
- Cuentos Cortos: Leónidas, o el Serio Inconveniente de Haber Nacido Gato
- Vocabulario de Entrevistas de Trabajo en Inglés–Español – Parte 2
- Short Stories: Salt for the Mirror
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THE WORD OF THE DAY
Phylogeny
/faɪˈlɒdʒ.ə.ni/
Origin:
From Greek phylon (“tribe, race”) + genesis (“origin”), adopted into biology in the late 19th century.
Definition:
The evolutionary history and relationships among species or groups.
Example:
“Phylogeny maps life like a branching tree.”
WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY?
On February 12, 1809
Birth of Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
The Writer Who Taught Science How to Argue
On this day — February 12, Charles Darwin is remembered not only as a scientist but as a transformative force in English scientific prose. With On the Origin of Species (1859), he reshaped the structure, vocabulary, and argumentative tone of modern academic English, demonstrating how complex theory could be articulated through patient reasoning and cumulative evidence.
Darwin helped standardize key terms in English scientific vocabulary, including “natural selection,” “variation,” “adaptation,” and later the widely associated phrase “survival of the fittest” (originally coined by Herbert Spencer, then adopted and popularized within Darwinian discourse). His careful definition and repetition of terminology reinforced precision as a central value in English scientific writing.
Beyond terminology, Darwin influenced the architecture of English argumentation. His method—presenting observations, anticipating objections, and building gradual inference—became a model for scholarly prose across disciplines. On this day, his legacy affirms that English evolved not only through poetry and fiction, but through disciplined inquiry that permanently altered how knowledge is written and debated.
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