Some of the limitations in the language restrictions that firefly has in place, it targets action vetbs like "strike", "Blister", "Bleed", "explode", etc, which can be used to describe an action "Lightning Strike", "Red and blue colors bleed into each other", "Gla...
17may2010:10 hours from summit to C2,I broke down mentally.That wasn’t worth it.And I was alone,sherpa left me.Words can’t describe tirednes 17may2010: What did I do at the summit exactly one year ago? I wrote a blog post about it, see here:http://bit.ly/mzxIJW ...
The usage of the word “grit” in line 6 is also a word associated with masculinity but it is used in the poem to describe women. The poem also shows femininity to be related to toil because Pope mentions a “girl who does a milk-round in the rain” (3). The physical hard work ...
Originally from India. Used to describe the Thuggee (as Brits then called it) sect from 1810. Didn’t become generalised to all violent lowlifes till 1839. You can’t be assaulted by thugs in a Regency unless they are actually Thugs. Trilby Another hat your Regency gentleman can’t wear....
“defining deviancy down,” to describe a process in which we change the meaning of moral to fit what we are doing anyway. I wish to add a third voice to the mix, that of the late historian Arnold Toynbee, who would find our recent history no mystery at all: We are witnessing the ...
Louie and his pilot, “Phil” Russell Allen Phillips, become best friends. They name their plane “Supper Man” and together with their comrades, they have accomplished many bombing missions. One day, Phil’s excellent pilot skills help him manage to land the Supper Man, regardless of the da...
Science helps us describe how the world is, but it cannot make any judgments about whether that state of affairs is right, wrong, good, or bad. Scientist rights affects the whole society by associating the fear of science… Words 684 - Pages 3...
After walking for a time on various desert trails, I realized no words could ever adequately describe the land’s vast topography, its sweeping spaciousness, and the dramatic rise of its sheer rock faces. I simply fell silent. Perhaps silence is the best way to walk through such landscape....
his tones of voice. These poems would better be intoned than read; especially does this apply to “Listen, Lord,”“The Crucifixion,” and “The Judgment Day.” But the intoning practiced by the old-time preacher is a thing next to impossible to describe; it must be heard, and it is...
Winning, literally striking (the) horse ticket”,tio beh pio(中马票), is another term that is commonly used. Also used generally to refer to describe a fortuitous situation, it can also mean the opposite when the usage of the term is tinged with sarcasm, like when one is unlucky enough ...