What does exasperated mean in vocabulary? The verb exasperate comes from the Latin word exasperatus, which means “to roughen,”“irritate,” or“provoke.” To exasperate is to make something that is already bad even worse, like when sitting in traffic that is sure to make you late, you e...
': What does the Russian phrase mean? This expression with a negative connotation means suddenly unfulfilled hopes and a bad turn of events. And the origin of the expression goes deep into history. Let's take a closer look. To understand the meaning of this phrase “Vot tebe, babushka, i...
Башка - it's a head.
Leave a reply The soft cashmere scarves I’ve been making are incredibly soft and warm as toast. The gray and blue one is an Infinity style. That means that it’s stitched together at the ends. To wear it just loop it over and around your neck till it feels just right. The camel c...
The expression is only used in casual speech, considered to be vernacular. It can be heard in a conversation between two old friends (or rather, two gossiping babushkas). And hardly anyone would think of saying it to their boss at work. It was an old Russian way of a “tongue-lashing...
following Caroll, now transformed into the White Rabbit, through a glowing jelly mould on the tea table into Wonderland. As the projections of doors on the scrim grow bigger or smaller, so does Alice with each substance she consumes, appear diminutive or gargantuan, against her graphic backgrou...
After two years of consecutive #OscarsSoWhite controversies, does Sunday night’s best picture victory for “Moonlight,” among other wins for actors and filmmakers of color, represent a major breakthrough for the issue of diversity in Hollywood? Or could it ultimately prove ...
Since 1934 Earle we’ve had the *nuts* (and in case anyone is confused by what *nuts* I’m talking about, I am using the Poker use of the word *nuts* – it means you have the winning hand. It does not refer to presidential candidates :-)) being ALLOWED to run up against Obambi...
almost all of them life-size or taller, all with one thing in common: Putin. There is a sculpture of Putin in a medieval knight's armor riding a bear. There is Putin depicted as a superhero and a painting of Putin being embraced by a babushka. A Putin bust and a comic strip about...