birthday parties started a long time ago. There are some traditions that you can find almost anywhere, anytime, such as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the ‘Happy Birthday' song. Others are only found for certain ages and in certain countries....
Navis's restaurant in a Dutch city. Here, the owner and his team create experimental food using herbs, roots, flowers and nuts—some common, others less so. Most of these ingredients(食材) come from the Ketelbroek F...
1. an institution that corrects the errors that caused a criminal to land in jail, so that he can be a more efficient criminal and better avoid being apprehended next time. See prison.counselor, n. 1. one who seeks to advise others, because he has failed so miserably to advise himself....
[Frenchinsulter, from Old French,to assault, from Latinīnsultāre,to leap at, insult, frequentative ofīnsilīre,to leap upon:in-,on; seein-2+salīre,to leap; seesel-inIndo-European roots.] in·sult′ern. in·sult′ing·lyadv. ...
everyday language that was used between soldiers and intrade. Because of trade, words thatstuckoften relate to food and drink, such as ‘wine’, which came from the Latin ‘vinum’. Others relate todwellingssuch as ‘kitchen’, derived from the verb ‘cook’, and ‘wall’, which originally...
Our latest report finds four primary trends grocery retailers across Latin America must respond to: consumers’ continuing search for value, an ongoing transformation of the channel mix, the rapid ascent of private-label brands, and the resumption of accelerated growth in the e-commerce channel. ...
This was my first time really immersed in English. Two weeks are short to be immersed. One month is pretty good. There are days that are better than others. There were days when I made so many mistakes. But you learn that way too. ...
·Win-win cooperation is the sure way to success in launching major initiatives that benefit all. 只有合作共赢才能办成事、办好事、办大事。 ·When you give roses to others, their fragrance lingers on your hand. In other ...
in 2006 when I was asked if I wanted to travel around the world as a performing artist and I was delighted with the idea so I replied without hesitation and accepted the offer. The first stop was to tour around China with my Latin band, and we were excited to experience a new journey...
There has always been an interest in geniuses and prodigies. The word 'genius', from the Latin gens (= family) and the term 'genius', meaning 'begetter', comes from the early Roman cult of a divinity as the head of the family. In its earliest form, genius was concerned with the abi...