Self-tutoring: the tutor inquires about the origin of the popular saying “That’s all she wrote.” Apparently “That’s all she wrote” originates from WWII: if an American serviceman received a letter saying only “Dear John,” he’d been deserted by its writer. …

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Tutoring a number of subjects, the term mercantilism might arise. The tutor defines it. mercantilism economic policy that favours exports, discourages imports, and has the objective of amassing precious metals. Source: Barber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current …

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