However, when the arms-crossed position is accompanied by a slight tilt or twist of the body such that the right side of the body is not a mirror image of the left side, it shows that the person is feeling domi
Holding tightly to a purse or briefcase in front of the body: During the first few days of class when students are feeling especially nervous (I certainly remember doing this!): Playing around with a watch, ring, or bracelet: One arm crossed Here’s another variation of the arm cross,...
-arm- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "weapon.'' This meaning is found in such words as: armada, armament, arms, disarmament. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 arm1 (ärm), n. Anatomythe upper limb of the human body, esp. the pa...
Israel has never been a “democratic state.” To believe that you must be a brainwashed zionist incapable of independent thought and judgement or completely ignorant of the meaning of the word “democratic.” So there is no question of “surviving as a democratic state”–but as surviving as ...
To be “up in arms” means to be angry about something, or to be opposed to something. However, the idiom has undergone a long journey to arrive at that meaning.
Article 31(1) of the VCLT states that a treaty shall be interpreted ‘in good faith in accordance with the ordinary meaning to be given to the terms of the treaty in their context and in light of its object and purpose’. Both the International Law Commission (here, page 220) and the...
How to: Grab a kettlebell in each hand and sit on the ground with your feet crossed in front of you. Hold the weights just above your shoulders, palms facing each other. With the elbows pointed slightly forward instead of straight out to the sides, press the kettlebells up until they’...
Badges often consist of no more than a charge from the shield of arms, but some are emblems adopted for their hidden meaning or in allusion to a name, title or office. In Scottish heraldry the grant of badges is limited to individuals who may be expected to have a significant body of...
Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms tells the tale of two young, star-crossed lovers in the midst of World War I. A powerful romance and stirring history of the war, this semi autobiographical novel meshes the contrasting worlds of love and war, setting war as the backdrop of love. ...
It is a plain shame that Carla del Ponte has felt the need to join the global chorus ofblabberati. Commentaries will invariably focus on her statements, or on whether the ICI document buttresses the Obama Administration’s position that its self-proclaimed red line has not yet been crossed. ...