the Great Firewall is only getting harder to circumvent in the last few years, and there is no evidence suggesting that edX might be given some kind of clemency.
roller conveyor
you don't really have much control over your rotor.
Once you become a consultant, you have a lot more clout, you know what you're doing, you're actually being useful.
deathbed
there is not so much that it feels frazzling to try
It's not like that I've resuscitated them by myself
declutter your mind
they keys you don't use very often you probably need to relegate those to somewhere in the thumb.
Ranked in the 99th percentile of all U.S. eye doctors
I appreciate you're fair-minded to recognize that this was an unprecedented time for all of us.
The virus latches onto the red blood cells
The government have latched onto environmental issues to win votes
longhair
tap dancing
An elusive bug
an extemporaneous speech
a four-month-old California condor, high in the trees of the Ventana wilderness area, looking out as flames advance towards her
The two biggest conflagrations, one east of San Jose, the other north of San Francisco, are the state’s second- and third-largest on record
including Santa Clara County, which is being scorched by the largest of the fires
Climate change has not worked its destruction unaided. Mistaken policies have made the forests more vulnerable, especially the decades-long policy of suppressing wildfires
Fires thin out the dense, flammable undergrowth
increases what is called fuel loading and turns forests into tinder boxes
replacing wooden shingles with tiles, for example
He had never known him to be so chatty and cordial.
bespoke hardware
I'll show you how easy it is to regrow an (almost) endless supply of fresh green onions from kitchen scraps
scallion
Set on a windowsill and keep the roots moist
potting soil
you can use the flavorful blossoms in salads
the boy scapped the mud from his shoes
erogenous beauty
throughout the crisis he retained his composure
bar mitzvah
tombstone, headstone, graveyard
I ransacked the house looking for my purse
riots ransacked the shops
She left the room, put on her garden bonnet and cloak, and went out.
peephole, spyhole
Email is the mother of all habit-forming products
There's tons of flavor the mired reactions really work to caramelize the beef here.
Don't use alcohol or sedatives to initiate a nap
sleep-deprived
Filesystems in the Kubernetes container provide ephemeral storage, by default
hypervisor
get too comfortable, you doze off
We’re not going back to the lockdown days of balcony singalongs
It's always great to get testimonials from readers, and I would love one from you.
bezel
virus buster
busty
Maybe you should put on that bustier.
twitchy: nervously on edge or fretful
cultural devolution
I'm gravitating back to Vim after 6 months
the feature bloated IDE Emacs is rather off-putting
I don't need those bells and whistles
The burgers smell iffy
skylight: a window in a root to admit daylight
they regard us all as pagans
he has not a peg to hang on
she has built up an enviable reputation as a harpist
nip in the bud
I will nip out and buy a newspaper
the old maxim: "the customer is always right".
they saw a generation of Republican politicians who kowtowed to Fox News, who genuflected.
Then they saw somebody take on Fox News, and Trump won.
he's the gift that keeps on giving women the creeps.
it was jarring
courier service
Mutinous soldiers have toppled the president. They may have more trouble dealing with protesters and jihadists
freudian
we recommend the tactile Cherry MX Browns a great all-around switch.
Potato chipper
Muggers jumped him in the park
Birds flit about in the sky
He's prone to flit between subjects with amazing ease.
the company is in dire need
we were massacred in the final
artificial insemination
holocaust museum
fangle: a fashion especially when foppish or silly —used with new and usually derogatorily
villager
obituary notice
the troops were disposed in battle formation
tranquilizer
pinecone
she garbled all the historical facts
turtleneck
kinky underwear
urban landscaping
you really believe I would stoop so low?
These foothills have been farmed out with tobacco.
gynecologist
cabanas pool party
The laws are shackles to be broken.
strip mall
Evelyn ducked in under the door and noticed a guy in workout clothes conducting a training and a small group of other guys in the back
What Evelyn uncovered can only be described as a speakeasy gym
she found it was either too expensive or impossible to obtain because everything was backordered
I'm not very photogenic.
Animals don't have three legs because they would fall over
If you swim in a chlorinated pool, goggles are a must to prevent eye irritation and to help you see better in the water
Beginners waste a lot of energy flailing and splashing around rather than moving forward
it is the biggest quantum leap in the ergonomic experience of interacting with a computer I have seen since learning Vim
You'll never even double the "throughput" of that "channel", let alone improve it by an order of magnitude
Our teacher was a wizened old secretary that for a considerable portion of her career used a non-electric typewriter
it took me about two weeks to where I wasn't completely fumbling around
Chatter box
We got great lineup in front of us
He suffered a long series of illnesses with tremendous dignity and fortitude
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity
The candidate made surprising inroads in the South
He has a security clearance that allows him access to classified information
Alliances must often be sealed in matrimony.
The Herman Miller Embody Chair ..., it will give you the longest mileage for sustained comfort and back support, albeit at a steep price.
protect wrist commendably
Nozzle orifice
He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails
The monks lived a very ascetic life.
his house is an eclectic mix of modern furnishings and antiques
I enjoy acting as an emcee of many lectures and evenings
Love is a potion of philter God-made
While natural light is great, too much of it can turn your home into a sauna during the summer months
oscillate
Freon-free evaporative cooler
vaseline, Petroleum jelly, petrolatum
I knew then that my days as an omnivore were numbered.
The blocky machine stood about chest-high
That week, China's borders were closed to foreigners, and the evacuations reversed direction
a compartment popped open, revealing a package inside
if I swerved in front, the robot stopped
thermometer
Dickens, Dickensian
who wore wire-rimmed glasses
housing compounds
Serena showed up anyway, and then she sent an e-mail asking if she could audit
She was small, shy, and unassuming, but she seemed to understand that these qualities could put people at ease
(Your unassuming grace)
But Chinese Christians and queers both represent fringe communities
field work
As a result, Gaokao prep has become a brutal grind, and high-school students have few opportunities to develop creativity or independence
Near the end of the fall term, when Serena was neck-deep in Catholics and gay bars
in China, a student always respects her teacher, even if the teacher is a moron
a state-owned tobacco company that had suffered a steep drop in sales
disinfectant
I liked these glimpses of life from all over
Chen embarked on two months of ten-hour days riding along with his delivery crews, talking to the owner of every store on his route
While officials seemed to have faith in the economic resourcefulness of citizens, the approach to public health was completely different
They were like ancient organisms gone dormant
Others were fired or chastised for even the smallest mistakes
Liu hops over to a few more pharmacies, and then he keeps going
Such meticulous case histories were prepared by contact tracers who worked under the direction of the Chinese Center for Disease Control
if a late-night call went silent, it often meant that the person on the other end had fallen asleep from exhaustion
oversea returnee
Such data could be used to figure out who had been in close proximity to an infected person
(The area has a number of schools in close proximity to each other)
On any given day a founder might wear a dozen hats
green and yellow splotch
Her appearance caused an sensation
an aerobics instructor
relish tray, relish dish
Hunger gives relish to any food
We have to sunset the plan
The definition of snarky is someone who is cranky, snide or sarcastic
He made a snide comment about her weight
boomerang effect
they give you a rosier view of future
bleaker view
Donald Trump’s executive orders do little for hard-hit Americans
Congressional gridlock prolongs the pain
reveals just how enthusiastically Beijing’s new security law will be deployed to quash any dissent.
Our Temporary Moratorium against Handshakes Should Become Permanent
germaphobic
the art of comeback
I've often thought of taking out a series of newspaper ads encouraging the abolishment of the handshake.
Perseus meteor shower
laminated glass, laminated plate
filet mignon
she wore a string of beads round her neck
a band of grey hair encircled his bald dome
she appeared in a slinky satin dress
slinky is toy, a precompressed helical spring
To me, Lady Mary is an uppity minx.
my feral little minx
aerobic exercise
social phobia
itinerary
nip in
nip and tuck
he had an acrimonious quarrel with his girlfriend yesterday
Karate Fighter
This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
ice shelf
Economy reprise
pinguin advocate
how to get Chiseled Jawline
droopy weak jawlines
collarbone and sternum
proper exercise can reduce any pain in the neck and jaw while mitigating those pesky headaches
sculpting the strong jawline
stop if you notice stress or soreness of any kind
jaw definition
The party will make a pleasant diversion
Parents shouldn't keep scolding their child for his unintentional mistakes.
She had niggling doubts about their relationship
homemaker
beret
years has lapsed since we last met
medallion
the students were in a lather over the proposed restrictions
this soap lathers so nicely
I used stable muck as mulch for my roses
family heirloom
the frog plopped into the pond
The U.S. Internet model is a laissez-faire one, and it is hard to argue against its effectiveness
He had an acrimonious quarrel with his girlfriend yesterday.
Not a sliver of glass remains where the windows were
To Head Off Regulators, Google Makes Certain Words Taboo
A slander for our great people
slice and dice
a rank political vendetta
we’re omitting it from this post on purpose
The University of California, Berkeley is the world's premier public university with a mission to excel in teaching, research and public service
led to the university's distinguished record of Nobel-level scholarship, constant innovation, a concern for the betterment of our world and consistently high rankings of its schools and departments
interdisciplinary
IBS: Irritable bowel syndrome
Rectal bleeding
Iron deficiency anemia
We're going to the trampoline park
that girl eloped with her lover.
flip-flop
the show was a flop
It is the public who decide whether a film is a hit or a flop
he stroked the soft skin underneath until it tingled.
The cold air made her face tingle.
Her heart fluttering in her chest
Staggerer
grazing land
rummage sale, rummage around
They browbeat him into signing the document
The cost of repairs would be prohibitive.
Scrawny: (of a person or animal) unattractively thin and bony.
Leveraging third party cloud/SaaS solutions must align with our overarching technology strategy
Now escalation of the virus may be making that pothole into a sinkhole and creating a need for a longer plate,” he said yesterday.
New cases taper off in some states
He spent two hours tying all the parcels with string.
I heard a scurry of footsteps
the girls are busy braiding rugs
she laced strands into a braid
Yasukuni shrine
denim jeans
he was dumbstruck with terror
No, you dab. You don't wipe suede
how can you be so righteous?
shellfish
croupier: someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
She had a shrill high-pitched voice.
shrill colors
swell up
griddle cake
do you believe in horoscope?
National auditorium
cut the clutter
The pandemic puts a strain on elite private schools
it's pernicious
let's go on an odyssey
you kind of have to sneak up on it.
rings in me
narrative resonance
cross off
limbic system
peripheral vision