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- Dictionaryopen sesame/ˌəʊp(ə)n ˈsɛsəmi/
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- 1. a free or unrestricted means of admission or access: "academic success is not an automatic open sesame to the job market"
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Aug 23, 2017 · 16. This blog post gives a very interesting possible origin for the phrase Open Sesame. It says that the Arabic word simsim, in addition to meaning sesame, is also a rare literary word for gate. Thus, the original French translation of sésame, ouvre-toi would correspond in Arabic to either gate, open thyself or sesame, open thyself.
In Allen Ginsberg´s most famous poem "Howl", he claims he was witness to the destruction of the best minds of his generation: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving
Jul 13, 2021 · Consider the story of two men quarreling in a library. One wants the window open and the other wants it closed. They bicker back and forth about how much to leave it open: a crack, halfway, three quarters of the way. No solution satisfies them both. Enter the librarian. She asks one why he wants the window open: “To get some fresh air.”
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch. Moloch is the answer to all of these questions, and the others which Ginsberg convinces us to ask as we read Howl, Part I. In its original incarnation, Moloch was a child-sacrifice-demanding god who would strike fear into worshippers ...
Apr 13, 2020 · Everyone panics, and Annabel begs Jimmy to do something. Jimmy, knowing that it will reveal his true identity, uses his case of tools to open the door and save the child. Unbeknownst to Valentine at that time, Price has witnessed the whole incident. Valentine starts to leave the bank afterwards, and he sees Price standing by the door.
Jan 18, 2017 · Origin of the phrase "Open Sesame" The phrase, "Open Sesame", is a curious one indeed. Until a few days ago I foolishly believed that it was derived from a slurring of the words "Open, says me".
Jan 22, 2017 · Origin of the phrase "Open Sesame" The phrase, "Open Sesame", is a curious one indeed. Until a few days ago I foolishly believed that it was derived from a slurring of the words "Open, says me".
Aug 11, 2017 · 18. The Iliad starts at kind of an odd spot. It starts by describing the argument between Agamemnon and Achilles (Akhilleus in my translation) over the women they have acquired from raids. It mentions off-hand that they have been there for nine years. Why is nothing about those nine years described at the beginning to introduce the story?
The sukebind is a curse, a magic spell that hangs upon Cold Comfort Farm. The Anglo-Saxons who lived there once left behind a word, 'súcan', meaning STRONG. The farm is under a strong BIND, a binding condition the settles on the place, metaphorically referred to when it is said to settle on the wains, i.e. the spidery dew that forms on the ...
Jan 23, 2017 · Benjamin. 6,281 2 30 79. 3. Not an answer, because I haven't checked anything; but I think (1) it's clearly meant to sound like a neighing or whinnying horse and (2) you should think of it as Houy-hn-hmn; if I were writing the way I say it phonetically it might come out as "whee-h'n-h'm" or something of the kind. – Gareth McCaughan.
