DARE TO BE DIFFERENT

dare

 (dɛə)

vb

1. (tr) to challenge (a person to do something) as proof of courage

2. (can take an infinitive with or without to) to be courageous enough to try (to do something): she dares to dressdifferently from the others; you wouldn't dare!.

3. (tr) rare to oppose without fear; defy

4. I dare say I daresay

a. (it is) quite possible (that)

b. probably: used as sentence substitute

n

5. a challenge to do something as proof of courage

6. something done in response to such a challenge

CULTURAL LITERACY

Cultural literacy is a term coined by E. D. Hirsch , referring to the ability to understand and participate fluently in a given culture. Cultural literacy is an analogy to literacy proper (the ability to read and write letters). A literate reader knows the object-language's alphabet, grammar, and a sufficient set of vocabulary; a culturally literate person knows a given culture's signs and symbols, including its language, particular dialectic, stories,^[1] entertainment, idioms, idiosyncrasies, and so on. The culturally literate person is able to talk to and understand others of that culture with fluency, while the culturally illiterate person fails to understand culturally-conditioned allusions, references to past events, idiomatic expressions, jokes, names, places, etc.

PRESENT PERFECT

Wha thave you done lately

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What have you done for me lately

Said to someone when they used to provide very helpful things, but no longer do

You used to give me great things, but - 
What have you done for me lately?