In a long lifetime of reading, I don’t ever recall a more disastrous vacation than the one truecrime podcaster Anna McDonald arranges for her convoluted blended family and her partner, Fin Cohen, and his girlfriend. They are in the boondocks with no decent roads, the internet is out and...
According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise ...
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"history" in Spanish "horrible" in Spanish "hospital" in Spanish -handed -handled -hearted -horned -hugging -humored HGV HH HIIT HIPAA HIV HM HMO HMSO HND HP HQ HR HRT HS HT HTML HTTP HUD Habitat for Humanity Hacksaw Ridge Had you worn those shoes before the wedding? Hades Hadrian Hail...
Arabic word for paradise or heaven. used in: The Raven aigrette A feather-shaped piece of jewelry worn in the hair or on a hat. From the French word "egret", a white heron prized for its plumage. used in: The Spectacles alarum An old spelling of "alarm". This is the way Shakespeare...
There are some common words that youll only find inEnglish.CheesyOther languages have words that mean false, tacky, ortrying too hard, but only the English slang term "cheesy'can fully(1)_ something so fake that it stinks likeCamembert(一种软质乳酪): "He came up to me at thebar with...
kosher proper Applies to food that is fit for a Jew to to eat. leviathan manna A mythical food from heaven. maudlin messiah anointed The one that Jews believe is to come. Nimrod City in Messopotamia. rabbi my teacher Sabbath rest 'Sabatical' is from the same root. sapphire Precious ...
The objection that corruptocracy mixes roots from different languages is valid, but it also holds for scelerocracy: the -ocracy is from Greek, not Latin. But in a scelerocracy, rules are whatever the people running the show decide they are, and consistency is mere weakness. So why ...
A sculpture or carved work in which projecting parts stand out slightly from their surrounding surface. When touring European cities for the first time, you may use this word about 400 times a day to describe carved doors, walls, pedestals, graves and a host of other ruins. base rate fallac...
nCulturally-loadedwordsrefertothosewordsorphraseswhichconveyacertainkindofculturalconnotationsorassociationswhichmayormaynotbefoundinotherlanguagesorcultures.n在语言系统中，最能体现语言承载的文化信息、反映人类的社会生活的词汇就是文化负载词。▪Let’stakeapieceofplantswordsforexampletoshowyouwhatiscultureloadedword...