We can't think of many things we'd like to do for 24 hours straight – even an all you can eat pizza buffet would lose its sheen at around hour 14 – but playing a full-length recreation of the world's most famous endurance race in Le Mans Ultimate is surprisingly high up the list...
“cut to the chase”是“开门见山,直奔主题”的意思。为什么呢?这一说法起源于美国的电影行业,以前的很多无声电影都把爱情作为主题,而故事的高潮部分通常都是你追我我追TA,纠缠不清。这里的“chase”就是“(对异性的)追求”的意思。造个句,“I didn't have long to talk so I cut to the chase and ...
The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be Sorted into your houses." — Minerva McGonagall introducing the first-year students of 1991 to Hogwarts[src]McGonagall welcoming first-year students to Hogwarts ...
"Dinner scenes" may not have the same automatic exciting ring to it that something like "chase scenes" or "fight scenes" do, but done properly, a well-executed dinner scene can be as tense, awkward, scary, funny, ridiculous, imporant, or memorable as anything else. Plus it...
Examples. The extra beer you don’t want to drink, or helping you don’t want to eat, or film that goes on too late. The Boss who has a high risk strategy but is setting things up so you carry the can, the passenger who urges you to take a risk in traffic. ...
seats. This position might be OK for male riders, as their different anatomy means that they sit differently in the saddle, with their legs below the knee roll. If you’re shorter in the leg, though, and your knee is wedged against the roll, that can block the movement of the knee ...
You can choose to believe in something without evidence for personal comfort or to make sense of something so horrible you would not be able to live otherwise. But there is a difference between something you choose to believe and something being true or real. I think the afterlife is a pers...
The seats are of a comfortable, though standard, width and are upholstered in plush fabric. Controls allow you to recline the seat and pull down footrests let you to stretch out a bit. However, I found the legroom to only be average and might be a bit tight for a taller passenger. ...
Welcome to WordBowl! How it works: Folks like you send word suggestions (look below for link, or submit to wordbowl@gmail.com). I draw one at random and have my essayish-or-fictional way with it (handwriting in bars & coffee shops all over NYC). Let the
The following poems of Ethiopia provide a small glimpse of an aspect of Ethiopian life that has had little, if any, external exposure. Amharic poetry could prove to be a modest but laudable contributor towards enlightening the masses. It is almost imposs