Category Archives: Vocabularies

Vocabulary: 学院助学金(Fellowship)、奖学金(Scholarship) 

My Chinese LECC Bible study today spoke of fellowship from someone's prayer request. We all got tongue-tied for the the Chinese translation of it. Some mentioned 奖学金, but that's confusing with scholarship, some say 进修, but that's just research or … Continue reading

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Chinese Vocabulary: 藉景抒情

...書中外星人的境遇,被認為是作者自況,藉景抒情。

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Vocab: 桀骜不驯

桀骜不驯是一个汉语成语,读音为jié ào bù xùn,比喻傲慢,性情暴躁不驯顺,不服管教。 出自东汉班固的《汉书·匈奴传》

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Learning Spanish Language

Beginning with Alfabeto: Films used to learn Spanish (mostly from Spain): La Catedral Del Mar / Cathedral of the Sea (2018) Los herederos de la tierra / Heirs to the Land (2022), sequel of Cathedral of the Sea.

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Learning Russian Language

Starts from alphabet: Keyboard layout: Films used for learning Russian: Better Than Us / Лучше, чем люди (2018) on Netflix The Silver Skates / Сере́бряные коньки́ (2021) on Netflix Major Grom: Plague Doctor / Майор Гром: Чумной Доктор (2021) on … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: Bucolic

Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life. Learned this from the email on Maine by Scott's Cheap Flights Going.

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Learning French Language

A good place to start with French Grammar: https://www.elearningfrench.com/learn-french-grammar-online-free.html Frenchtoday.com also has quite a few great beginner's guide on grammars and stuff. Films for learning French: The 7 Lives of Lea / Les 7 vies de Léa (2022) on Netflix … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: Otiose

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our CHRO otiose Pronunciation: homage Definition: serving no purpose As used in a sentence: The shed was filled with otiose tools that should have been thrown away long … Continue reading

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Learning Korean and Japanese

The POD101 on Youtube for these are very helpful. They teach the alphabets learning very well. It should also be very helpful in learning how to type these letters on a regular English Windows keyboard: For Korean For Japanese

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Vocabulary: 碰瓷 Staged Crash

Funny

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