These words began as metaphors and then went backwards. Stay tuned. Download the episode here. Transcript Emily Brewster: There is a usual trajectory for words that have multiple meanings, especially if one is a
If we-all were acquaintances, I could have entertained him with a factoid that small Catholic children can find it interesting: that there is one saint whose name is a question and a battle cry (Mi-ka-el, Hebrew = “Who Is Like God?” Answer: God alone), a saint who is not even ...
But as you start working, you find that you have to get rid of a lot of things. You have to take the plaster off the walls, there are all sorts of problems.it is as if you're demolishing the house before you can rebuild it. So you can say, I think we're going backwards rather...
向前backwards and forwards 来来回回bend over backwards to do... 尽力做...fetch vt. (去)拿来; (去)请来 fetch and carry for sb. 为某人打杂/跑腿fetch up 偶然来到;意外到达fetch sb. sth. = fetch sth. for sb. 给某人拿某物turn out 关掉; 熄灭; 在场;使朝外; 结果是 It turns out that...
Indeed, sometimes the best way forward may not be the most direct nor the way that makes the most sense–at least, at first glance. Some of the most successful companies and business leaders have gotten to the top by going sideways or backwards. ...
to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner the minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to be supplicated in times of trouble Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance beg petition pray entreat beseech im...
Broad cultures and specific cultural forms develop out of the way people act towards one another in ways that involves two related ideas: 1. Purpose: A teacher and their students, for example, interact educationally in a way that has some purpose – both social, in the sense that the ...
1 Page Open Document Hola clase! While watching the video El mundo I noticed that the do not use full sentences as we do in English. Why is that? Another thing that I noticed while watching the captions was that in Spanish they put phrases or words backwards and that is very “interest...
In this sense, Moritz Hauptmann once expressed a devastating opinion of a Liszt opera fantasy: “It’s all very well, but we know what it is.” That is one way of defining shallowness: it is the thing that can be known in its entirety — that can be fully grasped and expressed in ...
annoyed by inconsiderate behavior, bending over backwards because people made me feel guilty,” Robbins said, “trying to make other people happy, trying to change other people, controlling other people because I thought it would make me feel more in control. That’s when I stumbled onto these...