melange a mixture or medley; hodgepodge.
Moorish African people of mixed Berber and Arabic heritage. During the eight century, they conquered much of Spain and Portugal. Under their influence, science, philosophy, and architecture flourished.
people’s shoes are getting hot people are getting nervous.
lugging carrying or dragging (something heavy).
precedent an act, statement, legal decision, case, etc. that may serve as an example, reason, or justification for a later one.
hullaballoo loud noise and confusion; hubbub.
gettin’ all steamed up becoming angry.
break down a lot of walls to enact change resulting in progress.
cavalcade any procession.
Coronation of Charlemagne Charlemagne (Charles the Great) (742-814) built a huge empire in Europe during the Middle Ages. He was well known for his military victories, the size of his empire, and his respect for Christian doctrine and the law. Charlemagne was coronated on Christmas Day, 800 a.d, in Old Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
explodes with the pale puff of a wet firecracker is anticlimactic.
mete to allot; distribute; apportion: usually with out.
sine die without (a) day (being set for meeting again); for an indefinite period.
seventh inning stretch a baseball tradition by which people stand up and stretch between the top and bottom of the seventh inning.
sotto voce in an undertone, so as not to be overheard.
cussedness perversity; stubbornness.
Excalibur the magic sword claimed by King Arthur, which only he could remove from the rock in which it was embedded.
rotogravures a printing process using photogravure cylinders on a rotary press.
Corinthians two epistles, letters adopted as books of the New Testament, written by Saint Paul to the church in Corinth, an ancient Greek city.
