readandwrite – this article that i want to keep my record of my learning things and putting into Kindle book via Pocket. Because I always want to read things (which I like) continuously on kindle. But I find many acticle on the internet are not long enough.
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dog and pony show nounINFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN
an elaborate 精心製的 display or presentation, especially as part of a promotional 推廣活動 campaign.”the department never really had a chance to get its dog and pony show under way”
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Wasp larvae 幼蟲 bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains
link to Soranews24
ヘボ, or “hebo”, refers to the larva of Vespula flaviceps, a wasp that kind of looks like the infamous murder hornet, but is slightly smaller and less dangerous, while めし, or “meshi” means “rice”, often a rice that has ingredients mixed through it.
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Japan’s Finger Pants capsule toys are exactly what they say there are…and we’re not sure why
Japanese capsule toy maker Tama-Kyu is no stranger to a little wordplay in promoting its strange gacha goodies, They’re the company that created protection-from-social-media-flame-war amulets 護身符 move some foodwith a fiery motif and surprising moving mountain figurines inspired by the Japanese expression “The mountain has moved.”
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squeamish 想嘔吐的 scrupulous 審慎的 一絲不苟的
◦ These are ingredients you don’t usually find in an everyday lunchbox, and if the sound of them makes you feel squeamish 想嘔吐的, it’s best you look away now, because things are going to become a whole lot visual…
🔵 Squeamish Squeamishly – Squeamish Meaning – Squeamish Examples – Squeamish Definition
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Wasp larvae bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains
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Mirin = is a type of rice wine and a common ingredient in Japanese cooking.
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Iswearenglish
cut the Gordian knot
以堅決的手段解決難題
Shotgun – claim it is my passenger seat
Etch = corrode by acid
Etch glass = 蝕刻是指以酸性、腐蝕性或有研磨效用的物質在玻璃表面上創作的技術
by varnishing 塗漆wood , you give it an impervious 不能滲透的 layer
Wax 爉 月圓 Wane 月缺
Waxing lyrically 抒情地 歌詞
◦ eg: my fortunes have waxed and waned over the years
to Guffaw at something粗聲大笑 = laugh
bellow 吼叫 roar
cackle 咯咯笑 with laughter
Hunker down = squat = seek shelter = refuse to change
Jink 閃開
blithe 無憂 漫不經心 = doesn’t care
prop up – shore up
Kaboom – loud sound
Fall kaboom
Buttress 拱壁 shore up the cathedral
Well endowed 大波 大鳥
Endow 天賦 ⋯賦予
Dowery 嫁妝
Dower 亡夫遺產
We’re busted = we got caught doing something bad 暴露了
the jig is up 露餡了
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break this impasse 僵局 end the deadlock or break the stalement
now let move on to now let move on to
⁃ now an impassible 不覺得痛苦的 不能傷害的crater.
⁃ belief in an impassible God
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resin 樹脂 is a solid or highly viscous 黏性的 substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers 聚合物
聚合物 天然有蛋 人工有塑膠
Polymers range from familiar synthetic plastics such as polystyrene to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins that are fundamental to biological structure and function.
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Multiple commenters were reminded of the time when Akaginyugyu, makers of the Garigari-kun brand of shaved ice popsicles 冰捧 (another delicacy very near and dear to the hearts of Japan’s snack lovers), apologized for a 10-yen increase in their prices, which had also been held incredibly low for many years.
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Glass etching , or “French embossing,” is a popular technique developed during the mid-1800s that is still widely used in both residential and commercial spaces today Etch glass = 蝕刻是指以酸性、腐蝕性或有研磨效用的物質在玻璃表面上創作的技術
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(youtube) Perspicacious 有洞察力的 (Samson is a perceptive person 反應敏銳的人 discerning = meaning: able to judge quickly – and correctly what people and situations are really like (youtube)
Her political acumen 敏銳 won her the election.
◦ Eg even though the judge was normally a Perspicacious 有洞察力的 woman, she found it hard to not be affected by the guilty man’s plea
◦ it offers quite a few facts to Perspicacious 有洞察力的 reporter
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Umaibō (うまい棒) or “delicious stick 美味棒“ is a small, puffed, cylindrical corn snack from Japan. It is produced by Riska and sold by Yaokin.
Nor does it skimp 吝嗇 捨不得給 on flavor, as there are dozens and dozens of different flavors, from salty to spicy to sweet, all with large numbers of fans.
skim milk skim = remove
Taxi driver in Japan
Read and Write
Read: よむ 読む
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best takoyaki in Osaka!”
The driver thought for a moment, and then his eyes brightened as he appeared to remember something.
Driver: “Ah, that’s right — there’s another store across the main street…behind the police station…”
And without another word, they were off again, and that’s when P.K. noticed something odd.
P.K.: “Ah, Mr Taxi Driver, it looks like the meter isn’t running.”
Driver: “Oh, it’s only a few hundred metres so I’ll do your ride for free. And your request is pretty unusual!”
P.K. felt a little bad for the driver, telling him he wasn’t after a free ride and didn’t want to put him out, but the driver wouldn’t hear another word of it, saying:
“No, no, we’ll be there when we just cross this main road.”
P.K. was filled with gratitude for the driver’s kind efforts to fulfil his strange request, and when they arrived at the takoyaki shop, P.K. thanked the driver, who smiled and replied:
“Enjoy Osaka!”
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As I said i invariably stress in Hong Kong. One of stress is crowded traffic. Taxi service too, that’s why there is uber niche on the market.
To cope my stress is reading the website Soranews 24. It is funny , sarcastic and more. Above i read on 2022 Jan 28 before CNY and HK suffering covid the 5th wave. The articale recall me some bad feeling taxi service in Hong Kong and good memories while traveling . If you read above , what feeling do you have?
Japan is well known with their politeness level. I feel good while i read above taxi driver attitude .
I am not putting a pox 唱衰 on Hong Kong. I noticed that there are a plethora of excitement in Hong Kong when I realized that chatting with my foreigner + rel (related) = expatriate (mycode = foreignerrel) 移居國外的(人) English teacher. For instance (example) , a sleepless city: Hong Kong. You call just go downstair at the am 3 o’clock to 7-Eleven.
Hong Kong basic bitch learn English 