I'mprettysurethatyouknowthisword:Fog,whichcorrespondsto“霧”inChinese.Whatabout靄&霾?DoyouknowtheirEnglishcounterparts?Well,tocutapotentiallongstoryshort,herearetheanswers:
靄:Mist
霾:Haze
Next,canyoutellthedifferencesamongthem?
Surfer_Diver
2015.3.1
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Doyouknowthesetwowords:humbugandswindler?Ifnot,itmaymeanthatyouhavenotmetonesuchpersoninlife,whichisdefinitelygoodluck!Now,doyouhavesomeclue?Howaboutlookuponeinadictionary?
Cheers,
Surfer_Diver
2015.2.22
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Well,youmostlikelyknewwhataroosteris.But,doyouknowtheword"roost"?ImustadmitthatIdidn'tknowituntilIlookedupWiktionary.org,whichhastheseforoneetymologyofthisword:
Noun
roost(pluralroosts)
1.Theplacewhereabirdsleeps(usuallyitsnestorabranch).
2.Agroupofbirdsroostingtogether.
Verb
1.(ofbirds)sleep.
2.tocomebackhome
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最近,幾位網友在帖子裏提到:是不是該找下家了?碰巧看到一個相關的帖子,轉過來以供參考。大家英文應該沒問題,翻譯就免了。
衝·潛
2015.1.8
Thefollowingisapostfromthislink:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-signs-you-need-new-job-2015-samantha-miklos?trk=tod-home-art-list-small_3
ThecreditgoestotheoriginalauthorMs.SamanthaMiklosandthewebsite.
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87.CriticalCleaning
Whatwouldyoudowhenyourspouseiscomingbackafteratriptoanothercontinent?Forme,Iusuallydosomecleaningthroughoutourhometomakesurethatitdoesnotresembleabachelor'sdormandtheplacesshecaresaboutareacceptabletoher.Icallthisthe"criticalcleaning",which,Ibelieve,iscriticaltomakeherfeelwelcome.Doyoucaretoshareyourpracticeinthisregard?
Surfer_Diver
2015.1.8
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86.NewTitleParty
WhenthenumberofpostsontheInternetexplodedinitially,manyauthorsresortedtotheuseofexaggeratingwordsorphrasesinthetitlesoftheirpieces,hopingtocatchtheattentionofcasualbrowsers.Thus,the(old)TitlePartywasfounded,andthebubblesoftheso-called"attentioneconomy"grewalmostunlimiteduntiltheyimploded.Fortunatelyorunfortunately,the(old)TitlePartysurvived.
Yearspassed.Now,almoste...[
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Aftertravelingformorethanonemonth,Ifinallycamebacktoourlittlehome,whereIcanvisitthisforumfreely.Sorryforplayingtruantforsolongwithoutnotice.Thinkingback,IrealizedthatIhadnotthoughtenoughaboutthisextendedtravel,norplannedaccordingly.Anyway,I'mbackandwillbemorecarefulgoingaway:)
OnesmalladvantagecomingbackfromAsiaisthatIgotanotherJan2nd,2015,becauseofthetimedifference.Therefore,itisstillnottoola...[
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Dearfriendsonthisforum,
Withoutrealizingit,Ihavenotloggedinhereforafewweeksalready.Well,Ididnotdoitintentionally.Actually,whenItriedtoquitthetime-consumingInternetsurfinghabitsometimeago,Isimplycouldnotkeepitup.HowdidIdoitthistime,youask?Frankly,I'mtravelingintheSouthEastAsiaagain,and,beingawayfromhome,somanyhabitsareforcedtochange.Okay,Iknow,thesearebadexcusesformylaziness...
Fortunately,...[
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"Theessenceoflifeistostrugglegracefully."IsaidtomyProgramManager,whilewewerewaitingfortheotherattendeesofaslowmeetingtoshowup,"AssummarizedinthePeterPrinciple,everyonesuccessfulinonethingtendstoattemptthenext,moredifficultthing,untilheeventuallyfails.Therefore,thekeytoavoidsuchfailureistofindoutone'slimitationsandoperatearoundthere,notbeyond.Inotherwords,youwanttostrugglegracefullyw...[
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85.EternalLimitations
Incontrasttoourhappinesswhichisoftenqualified,thelimitationswefacearenearlyeternal.Forexample,minorityorfemaleprofessionalscommonlycomplainabouttheglassceilingtheyfeelintheworkplace.Inaddition,oneisoftenlimitedbyone'supbringing,knowledge,character,ornetwork,inthatshortcomingsinanyofthesecanpresentseverebarrierstoone'sfurtherdevelopment.Beyondthese,oneisstilllimite...[
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