When I wrote about this aggravation phenomenon back in 2014, I pointed out there’s a similar conflict with the word dish: Some people use dish to mean the plate on which you put your food. Others use dish to describe the entree itself. Is it the container or what’s on it? A novel...
What does droits mean in English? noun, plural droits [droits; French drwa]. a legal right or claim. droits, Finance, Rare. customs duties. Is gauche a French word? In French, "gauche" literally means "left," and it has the extended meanings "awkward" and "clumsy." Presumably these ...
Although “Switch” and “Swap” refer to change, they don’t mean the same thing. To “Switch” is to make a change, from one thing to the other, without necessarily letting go of the first. To “Swap” is to exchange, meaning something has to go for something new to replace it. ...
What does that say about the nature of what it means to be attracted to somebody? And where does the word attraction actually fall short in terms of the way that there’s actually splinterings within that word?Joe: Attraction is tricky from this point of view because it can mean all ...
Relatively speaking, going from doing that performance at the UN to making a decision that you that acting as a profession was not what was gonna get you excited and that something else was, and how does that happen. Minette: Yeah. So it was not so long after that performance that I ...
I began at the top by asking, “What does artisan-made mean to you?” Jen (Purse & Clutch) told me she loves that it suggests the item is special in some way. “There’s an aspect of art to it,” she said. “Whether it’s leather, weaving, or botanical dying, there’s a ...
n.entree; entrée; main course tā men diǎn le kāi wèi cài hé zhǔ cài 他们点了开胃菜和主菜。 They ordered their appetizers and entrees. tā men de zhǔ cài shì yú 他们的主菜是鱼。 They had fish for the main course. wǒ men de zhǔ cài měi wèi kě kǒu 我们的主菜美...
All families and children are valued and respected. Younger kids are assigned older buddies to help them acclimate. There’s a no package policy so no child feels less than or left out. Staff does not distinguish between which campers have Jewish parents and which ones do not, embraces its ...
Soon the Brazilian team VÃO Arquitetos + Marina Canhadas wil install their winning competition entree at our exhibition venue and we are looking forward to see the proposals by S-AR (Monterrey, Mexico), Umwelt (Santiago, Chile) and Lukas Fuster / colectivo Aqua Alta (Asunción, Paraguay) ...
I love New Orleans, and since my daughter lives in the area, I have a built in excuse to visit the city. To see her, I mean. Of course. Anyway, I’ve been searching for a home base: a hotel that’s in the French Quarter, feels safe, and is also a lovely place. ...