Take this video, for example. What about it is there NOT to like? She’s in a bikini. Always good. Some very lucky person is spritzing her with water. Also good and makes me still wonder how one gets a job like that. The one negative I guess is that the video could have been a...
‘The Politicisation of Everything’ is a phrase that has come to me over the past couple of years in light of the culture wars. It’s a benign way of saying ‘the weaponisation of everything’ – but it often amounts to the same thing. The heat is being dialled up around the ...
And then there’s the thorny influence of personal friendships (I thought, for a second, that I’d made up the term “mateocracy” to discuss this, but it turns out that’s a fairly established phrase, so maybe I should have started part 4 with that anecdote instead of the slightly ...
Lastly, as you reflect on summer’s energies and invitations, you may wish to set an intention for the season, which may be one word or phrase that can guide you over the next few months. Intentions that were voiced included rest, savor, balance, and play. Intentions help us focus on ...
The phrase is sometimes used to refer to a place in a race or competition, such as a starting position or a berth. The word slot is also used to describe a location in an aircraft or ship that holds a passenger, such as an overhead bin or a seat. It is also commonly used to ...
2. ANAPHORA: the repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses. “I think of you at the blowing windI think of you at the dazzling sunlight” –Can’t Stop “My heart stops at this cold love, my heart breaks into piecesMy breath stops at this sick love, my breath slowly die...
2. ANAPHORA: the repetition of a word or phrase in successive clauses. “I think of you at the blowing windI think of you at the dazzling sunlight” –Can’t Stop “My heart stops at this cold love, my heart breaks into piecesMy breath stops at this sick love, my breath slowly die...
This invasion of one’s mind by ready-made phrases (lay the foundations, achieve a radical transformation) can only be prevented if one is constantly on guard against them, and every such phrase anaesthetizes a portion of one’s brain. I said earlier that the decadence of our language is...
and I used the phrase my grandma had given me, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but your words can never hurt me.” She was surprised. I’d never talked back to her before. She and her friends turned and walked away, leaving me there with tears streaming down my face. For ...
For example,不入虎穴, 安得虎子, If not entering a tiger’s lair, how can it be to get its cub? Another translation is, “… whence its cub can be gotten?”. Functions the same as焉. In modern usage, 衛生 it is a noun phrase meaning “hygiene”, “hygienic” or “sanitation”. ...