oldie but still a goodie
her migraine led to a constant headache
Force or tension is used to stretch or pull the head away from the neck. Creating space between the vertebrae relieves compression and allows the muscles to relax
This may even lead to fainting
Don’t overexert yourself by doing cervical traction for too long
I couldn't find anyone like me in the world and it felt like my dreams were foreclosed simply because my gender was less typical than others. If I can be that person for someone else, then the sacrifice of my private civic life may have value.
I didn't feel obligated to be here, but I wanted to do something. And it's serendipitous that the awards were a couple of weeks later and our show was up for an award
V for Vendetta
fiduciary business
belly up
He has exquisite tastes and manners
It contributes to and perpetuates the cycle of poverty
stair railing
Rust has corroded the steel rails
he rails at his hard luck
school counselor
I would counsel caution in such a case.
A thesaurus is a kind of dictionary. It can help you replace a word with a synonym, another word having the same or similar meaning.
the word depression is an evocative word.
austerity
those are stable, meat-and-potatoes, not-leverage kind of companies
thucydides trap
The policy implies insidious dangers to the national economy.
repercussion
what are these fucking cretins talking about?
own vs owe
I don't just roll over what I'm told to
languages always give you away
For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature's finest balm.
stop your whining
Sir, shall we prepare to fall back?
the horses cannot outrun that horde
Hold the reins tight, she is fierce
Creating a makefile for every small Latex project is over the top
A man of manifold interests, his achievements ranged from developing ideas behind the so-called Internet of Things to publishing the world’s biggest book
he paused and looked at her quizzically.
Facebook says "can misconstrue the state of current events."
Everyone's larynx grows during puberty, but a girl's larynx doesn't grow as much as a boy's does. That's why boys have Adam's apples.
gulf of Suez
she appears promptly at eight each day.
May I have a peek?
gore galore
Brutal beasties in a bout to the death!
she is up and running
sparrow
biodiversity
poachers
you do get those little geckos by the way
those giant centipedes
you can't just willy-nilly like eat every creature
No crowd materialized
It's unlikely they were solely responsible for this low turnout, their antics may have inflated the campaign's expectations.
getting foiled by a bunch of meddling kids.
Kennedy was lauded for putting a man on the Moon.
Have a little pretzel with your mustard, Mayo.
cost-cutting measure
chartering a boat
digitization
Though the shift predates covid-19, the crisis has accelerated it
Social distancing via automation will have wide-ranging implications
back-office white-collar jobs in finance
Historically, automation tends to happen when economic difficulties coincide with maturing technologies
And once a company has replaced an employee with a robot and proven its efficacy, it is unlikely to go back
metallic colleagues
a fleet of robots was scurrying inside for disinfecting and delivering medical supplies
Robot servers today are both gimmicks and safety measures, but tomorrow they may be a normal part of table service for most restaurants, save for posh ones
rudimentary physical automation of the 20th century
AI for perception and fine-motor manipulation
We can already see the contours of the post-covid business environment taking shape
Although automation changes some jobs and decimates others, many new jobs are created too
Many sectors will be reimagined in the form of human-digital symbiosis
In education, for example, AI will become the tutor and always-on instructor, while the human is the wise mentor and motivator
China’s early adoption of automation technologies—and its successful transition from an impoverished agrarian economy to an industrial powerhouse—means its experience offers valuable lessons.
After the second world war, American business practices became the global standard to which all companies around the world aspired
Their intake orifices had rocky pegs, that would crush them into paste
They had an entire network that was devoted to dissemination of pictures of these things
we don't have genitalia
Post-apocalyptic city
Emotional Granularity
Netflix was “a channel, not an alternative.” Amazon Studios was “in way over their heads.” YouTube? No self-respecting artist would ever use a DIY platform to start a career
Linux desktop apologists
I'll preface this post by saying most of the issues encountered are down to the minimalist nature of the setup I've gone with
There are always compromises to be had, whether it be Firefox performance, lack of HW video decoding in the browser and having to tweak a few things, but overall it’s been a mostly positive experience to switch
Hark! The infernal orgies! That revelry is forward! Mark the unfaltering silence aft!
aromatic flavouring can be extracted
mind-bending
doorframe
barbell
home stretch
Here we go, my cure-all remedy, honey!
A bowl of shredded wheat paste
The EU plans to ban US travelers indefinitely after haphazard COVID-19 response
The town grew in a haphazard way
As Pandemic slows Business, workers fret: is my job relevant?
Don’t be a victim of grandiosity
Even someone with years of experience will jump into an interview after a three-month hiatus and choke
Museum to remove Roosevelt statue decried as white supremacy
Delicious smells were emanating from the kitchen
tater tots
kettlebell
Maize, called corn in the United States, is a staple food throughout most of the world
America is a melting pot
It happens 25 percents of the time
When a female ate a male after a mating event, she was found to have around 17.7 percent more of his biological material in her reproductive tissues, including her eggs and ovaries, than a female who only mated and did not cannibalise her mate
superb performance
anticipate vs expect
utter disrespect and insubordination coming from Alex in return
undertone
phrasal verbs
Annular Solar Eclipse 2020
born out of wedlock
Basic plotting
lambo doors, scissor doors
it's pretty badass
lacrosse
they're suppose to shoot off-handed
It's a nerve-wracking thing
they have the stick arms
eat a hummingbird
praying mantis versus a murder hornet
he camouflaged himself
most mantis are also cannibalistic
grisly
Keep a curb on your anger.
University of Apologetics
The value of the pound swung downwards
spuds, spud in
spud: an edible tuber native to South America
Open your mouth, I'd like to inspect your tonsils
orgie orgy
swinger parties
phalange bone
Chinese yam
falafel: The Arabic word falāfil has been globalized into many other languages and spread around the rest of the world as the general name for this food. In English, it is first attested in 1941
rookie mistake
He's a devious, secret person and I don't trust him.
Roof terrace, garden terrace
The dinning-room opens onto a paved terrace
bean curd in casserole
He had a good rummage inside the sofa
wicker chair
Ben has a wicked sense of humour
You should sheer off the wicked urchin
Styrofoam: foamed plastic
strawberry torte
fruit tartlet
clarinet: a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
she was attacked by a maniac
pillar industry
His cruel and callous comments made me shiver
It's a grueling day
lead question
All media requests require at least 48 hours lead time, and I often decline
As new York claimed it "tamed the beast"
The flight of advertisers accelerated on Tuesday, when the watchdog group Sleeping Giants tagged T-Mobile in a Twitter post, saying that Fox News had aired what amounted to an “extremely racist segment scaremongering about the Black community.”
A surfeit of food makes one sick
I'm surfeited with shopping
Boys win and girls drool
whitewater rafting
koi pond
disinterested, unbiased
Why not use something to abstract away the nitty-gritty of URLs, parameters, etc?
kickstarter
possible but unwieldy
wieldy vs unwieldy
This is what makes the whole system tick
what this boils down to ...
sobriety test
autodidact
cuddle vs snuggle
The desire to travel has been pent up for the last two years
Why were they keeping him pent up in this narrow crate
for example, expanding cross-border digital-payments systems that bypass much of the existing global plumbing
racial profiling
The Nazis carried out the Holocaust
unparalleled
It's based on heinous sounding theories
Mao remains revered in China
cynophobia
xenophobia
suspected robbery gone awry
Wow, that guy is so sketchy.
Ventro-ventral copulation, missionary position
secession crisis
the War of Secession
The Sedition Act
take out on some people
midget
No off-color material
Bugger off, will you? I don't want you here.
Pine nuts
The pesto will get up your nose
you can't play bagpipe at the wedding!
walking on stilts
furry: covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
don't burp at the table
It'll be like the Pilgrims bringing the Indians syphilis.
asphalt binder
sun shade
the actress still remains in the shade.
burgundy dinner jacket
She stayed off the claret for the main course.
light reflex
The cat hissed as the dog came near it.
We're frosting cupcakes.
I will not participate in any malarkey or monkeyshines
That includes your Irish chippy
loaf of bread
squirt gun
miraculously, she still lives!
Aged 24, not only is she one of the oldest grizzlies living outside a zoo, she has also continued having cubs to a venerable age, becoming a poster child for the recovery of bears in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.
pharmaceutical industry
Souvenir: something of sentimental value
Third, and most strikingly, Mr Stoltenberg envisages the alliance taking a more global approach—in particular, adjusting to China’s rise.
Mr Trump, worryingly ambivalent about the alliance.
But he sees closer collaboration with like-minded countries in the region, including Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea
A document has a preamble and document part
I'd probably jab a tampon in it.
The indignant customer complained to the manager.
Stop fiddling with that pen!
the legal tangle was never really unravelled.
a dull thud
glass panel
it was all very seductive, loose and pretty
I don't need her to be all smug and snooty
helium and neon are inert gases
hydrogen
there is a lot of ornaments on the wall
he crouched down to stroke the dog
crotch
The jester brandished his bauble
on the beat
chilly gusts of wind with a taste of rain
long since
lost track of each other
get one's pile
in a groove
brilliant with electric light
twirling his club
stalwart form and slight swagger
Antifa provocateur
Racism, inequality and discrimination are unequivocally wrong
Willing to roll the dice
Hinge Labs is more of a crash course on dating, designed to be deleted once you've found your match.
Protests against systemic racism, which fosters the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 on Black communities and also perpetuates police violence, must be supported."
We’ll see in a few weeks whether COVID-19 caseloads spike.
But with amped up testing capacity and public health measures, the city managed to trample the curve.
Get In A Groove
vicinity
Stalwart policemen stood guard outside.
old chap
He was a kind of plodder, though, good fellow as he was.
He did it in a deliberate manner
salami pizza
Satan's dark abyss
tanning bed
He was squirming on the floor in agony
Funding Cuts Threaten to Hobble American Science
Makingtrouble out of nothing
disorientated, for example, is a version of disoriented more commonly used in the UK, but they both describe someone who’s lost their bearings
His vigilance never languished
Spooky castle
spray nozzle
staging a fake burglary to protect her stuff from Orson
wool fabric
fountain pen, water fountain
The big truck hulked out of the fog
The Hulk is afraid of needles
main clause and a subordinate clause
he often lives in a haze of whisky
the haze of smoke
karate tournament
culture potpourri
Georgiades said there has long been an unsupported myth that Bay Area residents are leaving the city in droves because of high cost of living, steep taxes, snarled traffic and homeless issues
Fitful nightly sleep linked to chronic inflammation, hardened arteries (berkeley.edu)
even when it's speech we strongly and viscerally disagree with
You can stomp like an elephant
The punches, jabs, and hooks
He jabbed at the lid with a knife.
orthodontist
crack of dawn
Only until she finds a chump husband
chump chop
velveteen plush
Moss is soft like velvet.
After years of extravagant R&D
dork
mash potato
nasal tip
nasal discharge
you're an evilly genius
Idleness is the root of all evils
he ladled out the soup
he was stuttered with rage
The riot have been bad for Britain's already stuttering economy
Pearl River delta
I don't mean to stir up bad memories
He strained every sinew to help us, but didn't succeed
The US - South Korea alliance has been strained under Trump
gumball
Literally and figurative
Worst fad I participated in
“When I saw the video, certainly, it was incredibly distressing and very disappointing
The casual cruelty demonstrated by Buffalo police officers tonight is gut-wrenching and unacceptable
it should be a “wake-up call” for city leaders to address police violence.
Kernighan coined the term Unix and helped popularize Thompson's Unix philosophy.
His yearning for home food eventually prompted him to quit a stable financial management role at microcontroller company Atmel and go on to launch Weee!
paved its way to profitability.
modularity, modular
The notion of "intricate and beautiful complexities" is almost an oxymoron. Unix programmers vie with each other for "simple and beautiful" honors — a point that's implicit in these rules, but is well worth making overt.
my heart sinks for Linux when I see the size of it
expedite shipment
He is the commander of an expedition
She made a vigorous speech in defence of her boyfriend.
You knucklehead
wording
Just to play devil's advocate, maybe he has the most basic understanding of supply and demand.
non-stance is a stance
Bail out when you need to. Bailing is when you opt out of a trick before you get hurt
Rather a bruised ego, than a bruised leg!
It's gong to come one way or another
dietary fiber
They May Have Prebiotic Effects and Promote Good Gut Bacteria
Your small intestine doesn't absorb fiber during digestion
Apples Contain Compounds That Can Help Fight Asthma
Calmaria is a breathing app with an enviable aesthetic, the aim is to reduce anxiety and promote focus.
orchestrator
evil incarnate
Trump lurched between conciliatory and aggressive statements as he sought to make a mark amid America’s broadest racial justice protests in a half century.
You're not shagging your boss or anything, are you?
graffiti
there's going to be apathy on the Republican side
mountain gorilla
chill out
carcass on the ground
The cheers of the audience drowned the professor's voice.
the massive inequality has stemmed from a variety of reasons
He beamed with pleasure at seeing her
The chimney was pouring out black smoke
days of Yore
Systemic racism directed against black Americans.
systematically
insurrection act
police brutality
Am I making a difference? Am I doing something worthwhile?
where she was required to attend a stream of monotonous meetings where much was said but little was accomplished.
thriftiness
The thrifty man mends his own clothes, including torn socks.
tone down