Alaska cod
Now matter how shriveled their dicks are.
The ebb and flow of the sea
My enthusiasm was ebbing away
I suddenly found myself in a awkward predicament.
He sees culling deer as necessity.
Anecdotes culled from Greek and Roman
I want to vent.
I don't say this to be jaded, but I want to warn you ahead of time that when you put something out into the world, you are going to have critics and haters
I pretty much crawled under my desk and cried—ok, maybe not, but I wanted to
Distraction is a curse of modern life.
our attention is constantly being diverted
These are the dings and pings that prompt us to check our email, answer a text, or look at a news alert.
your television set seems to urge you to turn it on by its mere presence
Facebook’s infinite scroll is particularly devilish, but you don’t have to fall prey to it
There was a sense "Jony was gone but reluctant to hand over the reins"
helped turn Apple into America's preeminent corporation
Apple's closest thing to a living embodiment
(she seemed to be a living embodiment of vitality)
leaving it rudderless
Its iPhone business is faltering
It hasn't had a megahit new product since the iPad started selling in 2010.
Yet his departure from the company cements the triumph of operations over design at Apple.
Who they say showed little interest in the product development process - a fact that dispirited Mr. Ive.
A wireless charging pad that Apple announced with fanfare two years ago never came to market.
This Addendum will cover rental support, to include but not limited to rental search by local leasing agents
Your incentive award will be pro-rated based on your hire date
set forth those details
a duo of negotiators.
Revive negotiations to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program, a goal that has proved elusive for years.
Press Secretary Stephanie was bruised in a tussle between reporters and North Korea guards
rural communities ravaged by domestic violence and sexual abuse
He would fast with them during Ramadan
sentinel value
geoduck
Things started to heat up.
To be fair, Buttigieg just responded in Spanish because the moderator addressed him in Spanish. It wasn't quite as weird and cringe-worthy as what Beto did
NO, Beto was NOT fluent in Spanish! That was a very GRINGO Spanish
It irks us to wait for people who are late.
it irks her to think of the runaround she received.
After the bombing there was a lot of debris.
No excuses were made for the team's lacklustre performance.
You've no right to scorn a poor girl.
high-stakes meeting
Thugs went to the rampage and wrecked a classroom.
forensic medicine
forensic evidence.
oft-quoted tenet
cash inflow
you always pick on me.
headscarf
lithium cell/battery
He enlightened me on this subject
Greece was the cradle of western.
A large number of Core Data issues are caused by not understanding the ins and outs of the framework
canine influenza
For most people, what they lack is EXECUTION.
You’re better off making a suboptimal decision and putting in a more-than-optimal amount of effort.
The hallmark of the group has been to be inquisitive and ask awful of questions.
lattice pattern on the back to manage its heat
unobtrusive and differential
We see iOS 7 as defining an important new direction and in many ways as the beginning
Jony is a singular figure in the design world and his role in Apple’s revival cannot be overstated
He’s appeared less frequently these days, but still provides voiceovers for many of the clips.
He’s still going to work with Apple as an independent design firm seems like pure spin
This may be good news. Ive is, to state the obvious, preternaturally talented
but it certainly seems like a good bet that MacBook keyboard fiasco we’re still in the midst of is the direct result of Jony Ive’s obsession with device thinness and minimalism
5 years from now
But part of what made Apple the Apple we know in the post-1997 era is that when Jobs was at the helm, all design decisions were going through someone with great taste
That’s not a knock on Tim Cook
To his credit, Tim Cook has never pretended to be a product guy, which is exactly the hubris that John Sculley succumbed to back in the early ’90s
Leading to the Newton being launched far before it was ready and the Macintosh platform languishing
One thing I do know — which Cook alludes to in his statement above
And it’s fascinating to me that Ive is leaving Apple with a single typeface — San Francisco — that the company now uses for everything
It makes me queasy to see that Apple’s chief designers are now reporting to operations
I don’t think that “chief design officer” should have been a one-off title created just for Jony Ive.
You invited your fiend to the gym you can't just bail because you are lazy.
you don't want to blow off your friend.
you want your friend think highly of you.
the simple fact that someone else in involved would jumpstart your work ethic
rough draft
in spite of
What a straight-up kiss-ass
Pence is undoubtedly the most sycophant VP of all time! People without dignity
The last thing I expect to hear about Mike Pence is that he swings both ways
Whatever. - No, I've got ten days pent up in me
The body of the person who was found hanged was cremated immediately before an autopsy could be done.
alkaline battery, alkaline cell
reCaptcha
Mock is a word bloated with meaning in the testing vocabulary
I hope you don't think I'm a snob, throwing shit on the work of people using mocks
The malaise is spreading to core countries including Finland and the Netherlands, which both contracted in the first quarter.
cane chair, sugar cane
A horrific video from that night sparked public outcry
The usurper wrested the power from the king.
The upshot would be a world with fewer stock animals.
The goose is in the oven, sputtering fat.
she had a flair for languages.
Many small town mayor and city official practice cronyism.
kraft bag
the treaty gave a fresh impetus to trade.
Do I coddle her more than any other loving parent
the fact that these charlatan still have six-figure salaries
Third way
it's mind boggling to me
These people would be shunned, they would be pushed away from any matter of consultancy in any campaign
I flat-out don't believe them
Neo liberal
they will constantly concede
It's a humblebrag. False modesty
homicide
what happens when you try to thrive in a strange hybrid system
monotonic increasing order
Trump's about-face comes just a few days after he threatened mass arrests of undocumented immigrants.
sanctuary city
belated apology
speculative hoarding of scarce supplies
fore finger, fore and aft
loose-fitting trousers
ceiling fitting, data fitting
fillip away the dust on one's clothes
fillip sb's memory
A grudging apology
the putative father of a boy of two.
the sheriff made a gruesome discovery today
He's a fervent believer in free speech
If you botch this up again.
I know you botched that operation on purpose
A warning snarl told him that the trespasser was Spitz
snarled a retort
recrimination: it's a lawyer's way of saying "You too."
contingency account
contingency plans
tsar, Kaiser
He was beset by fear
the project was beset with difficulties
intractable materials/pain/temper/disease/problem
He made a scathing attack on the statement
thoroughly
rebuff
over time
existential threat
they would slaughter us men and women that we send over there in droves
they really want to run their nation under sharia law or Islamic law
When Obama said to Assad you better not use chemical weapons, Assad did, the rest is history
they need to do so at their own peril
if they get away with it, god help us with North Korea and the world
as the last resort, Trump would stop this behavior
We're trying to find a way to deal with rogue regime who's expeditionary force or being tested.
They saw Israel as the nation in the Middle East doing the bidding for the U.S., so they also turned on Israel.
any sort of stronghold on Israel
One of the beefs that many of us have with Israel is they just engage, they don't wait to defense themselves, they engage first
they are willing to be kind of the pit bull
allegiance to one's native land
demonize, demonetise
war monger
the high-tech denim jacket pairs with your smartphone through the dedicated Jacquard app
bike handlebar grips
chain lube
For a particularly strenuous hill climb, a brief hilltop rest may be in order, especially while training yourself to get used to it
Sunk costs
Unlawful use of batons and rubber bullets
amnesty international
Hilly terrain builds your fitness levels up by helping your body learn to use oxygen more efficiently
The climb allows you to work hard, and the descent allows you to recover, providing a perfect exercise workout per each hill
Improve your cardiovascular fitness
Chainset, crankset
Physical access (or "evil maid") attacks are some of the most insidious threats
insidious threats
insidious propaganda
Slack provides the virtual cubicle for connecting with your colleagues and sharing your ideas, regardless of location
No doubt, the second try was the charm
who tend to be bleeding edge and often evangelize and drive technology adoption by broader groups
tailgate party
The US is paying for NATO, you had lots of countries that were delinquent.
He's like a meandering old man rambling on the phone about nonsense
cause it seems like you're meandering
bathrobe
You've to eat your pureed carrot
immunity
It's pretty cocky who's only about bricks into his wall
the boy is cocky and obstreperous
decomposition
In Japan, It’s a Riveting TV Plot: Can a Worker Go Home on Time? (nytimes.com)
cognitive load
current-account
Beijing is believed to have sold some of the securities to fund intervention to shore up its currency
An asymmetric following model is where one party can unilaterally establish a following relationship without the other party’s interaction
This unidirectional model is actually a poor choice for a close-ties network because close-ties relationships depend on frequent bidirectional communication.
blackout curtain
A tight-knit team of passionate people and a tech-first business
Pay isn’t congruent with the work load
And even if students don’t harbor these negative stereotypes, Sax says, many students tend to think that majoring in computer science means devoting their life to computers
We've had really contentious relationship with Iran over oil
stage a coup
we demonize them, we made them evil
that kept two nations in contention
that's our strategy, our end game
back out the nuclear deal
petrodollar
reprehensible behavior
go after democrats incumbents
2020 gonna be pretty bleak for him
(a bleak and barren moor.)
Only a few people showed up for the so-called Impeachment rallies over the weekend. The numbers were anemic, no spirit, no hope
Resurfacing streets
pragmatics
I'm gonna wring your neck like a chicken.
Wring out wet clothes
remit money in the post
Her pain began to remit
withhold and remit tax
I feel vaguely uneasy
I've always had very defeatist attitude when it comes to Hong Kong
because I've seen the parallels
they just use corrupt means to defeat the laws there
Hong Kong has always been a very important conduit to China
a way for people to escape the tyranny and starvation
down with the CCP
for you guys in Hong Kong fighting these insurmountable odds I applaud your courage
The enemy is a heavy-handed strong-armed brainwashing dictatorship of a government
I know this a somber video
imposing, amazing, classy city
whining about
The use of the word 'camp' or 'concentration camp' has a negative connotation in English, which directly invokes imagery of Nazis and Nazism
degeneration and regeneration
pumping out
plumbing work
Unless other signatory to the pact show "positive signals"
I apologize if this is a stupid question, but is this a parody?
aristocrat
throw him in slammer
this is farce
give back to China but with the caveat.
Mass protests in Hong Kong broke out
civil unrest
oral argument
census
gulf of Oman
Denounce the pacifist for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger
admiral
pow for 4 years
well decorated person who has a lot of clout
Amnesia mercifully obliterated his memory of the accident
ballistics
False flag again, an oil country is not going to attack someone else oil tanker
get away with
high class
Standford's sailing coach took a call in 2016 that would ensnare him into he college-admissions scandal.
part ways
bump into
small flat in San Francisco
it's up to you what are you looking for, you want that posh like world-class lifestyle
retro music
in vain
Federal works need to access the levee, Yo, what's going on?
best and bosom friend
bromance
But this was a really good playdate
if it doesn't work, try to spice things up.
Net Neutrality
the car won't budge an inch
Money can't budge me.
Closet information, a closet socialist
Whooping cough is very prevalent just now
interrogation
Career has been trouncing romance for years.
A gunman sniped at them from the roof.
fudge on an exam
always fudged on the important questions
Snipers and irregulars fell on the hapless patrol.
Portuguese
buy out
Here's how to handle the office Luddite.
Why it is such a bugbear for China
I got to see things changed very very drastically in the country
Tiananmen vs Apartheid
if you want to delve into it
Whenever there is some kind of a historical atrocity
Jewish holocaust
You can't justify mowing down unarmed students with tanks and AK-47s
It's detrimental because without acknowledging that this happen in the first place, it's doomed to repeat itself.
demonization
racism and bigotry
we'll be the odd man out
Brig. Gen. Laura Yeager will assume command of the California National Guard's 40th Infantry Division.
op-ed: opposite editorial page
smack down
be embroiled in a quarrel
Mothers know the travail of giving birth to a child.
the population increased tenfold
A snake wriggled across the road
the wriggle of the mountains
An attack of paralysis seized him
they pastured their cows in the water meadow.
complementary color
congested area
punitive measure
this bodes him no good.
heavy seas that boded trouble for small craft
The earth revolves around the sun
revolve a problem in one's mind
gypsy
digestive enzyme
You know, there's no way Harvard rescinds my acceptance
not just the people who don’t fit the heuristics—then it’s normal, rather than a mark of the people who are Different. It’s the least we who do fit the heuristics can do.
(Obviously not everyone was wearing them at WWDC, but the point is to make it normal.)
Caspian Sea
I can attest his tremendous energy
bears a grudge about the accident
march hare
colds are prevalent in the winter
Aspirin will quell your headache
police quelled the riot
the bull, the horse and the bearer of light
I will not submit to emotional blackmail
statutory offence
acronym
oak grove, bamboo grove
a staunch Catholic
a staunch defier of tradition
She was jolted by the betrayal her trusted friend
the train jolted into motion
a jolt of electricity; a jolt of whiskey.
she shams indifference
sham diamonds; sham modesty
More plausibly
intelligence quotient
monolith
He saw the MVVM pattern as a slightly more sophisticated implementation of the MVC pattern, with a few additional bells and whistles.
In case some archeologists curious who I was.
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chargeback
fanboy
going hog-wild over AI
Yang is all about policies, NOT platitudes
really like his attitude and problem solving vigor
A Taco Bell ran out of tacos and someone called the police to report the 'travesty'
shower gel
numbers in decimal
decimal number, decimal part, fractional part
There is one glimmer of hope for Becky.
A glimmer of understanding
attendant circumstances
famine and its attendant diseases
A stone to commemorate the fallen.
A long spiral ivory tusk
tusk were originally second incisors.
glacier point
ancestral hall
He is a demon for work.
cool, neat, crafty, awesome, perfect, gorgeous, fabulous, marvelous, fantastic, amazing, stunning, impressive, incredible, unbelievable, astonishing
I like jasmine not because it has stunning beauty, but because it gives off elegance and fragrance.
carbon copy
Apple Envisioned New Mac Pro's 'Cheese Grater' Design Years Ago
underpin
Farsi
I mean it's hard to look away from horror show, that's how it is, it's mesmerizing. But we gotta to get a way to change the channel.
The Democrats having using Trump as a boogeyman, that's all they care about.
The eponymous hero of the novel.
ad hoc arbitration, arbitration agreement
about half the population in this country is illiterate
Chinese diaspora
payback
Because his own polling shows he trails Biden in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
disparity
rocket scientist