Let me disabuse you of that foolish idea.
mortician.
She has a palate for wine.
Too much sweet food cloys the palate.
Here is a dish that will revive jaded palates.
She has a discerning palate.
Profligate behavior by government.
That having been said, I take all economic forecasting with a grain of salt.
It is a tricky time for Christianity. Many Catholics are vexed because Pope Francis has modernised the church’s attitude towards blessings for same-sex couples. -
You are an omnipotent, omniscient deity.
Besides increasing resentments, decadent spending (as distinct from saving and investing) reduces productivity.
Out of disorder and discontent come leaders who have strong personalities, are anti-elitist, and claim to fight for the common man. They are called populists.
This dynamic is impeding free speech since people are afraid to speak up because of how they will be attacked in both traditional and social media by distortions that are meant to bring them down.
federalist democracies.
Civil wars inevitably happen, so rather than assuming “it won’t happen here,” which most people in most countries assume after an extended period of not having them, it is better to be wary of them and look for the markers to indicate how close one is.
changed everything by reinstating the powers of a modernizing emperor.
How Civil Wars and Revolutions Transpire.
As previously mentioned, during the civil war/revolution stage of the cycle the governments in power almost always had an acute shortage of money, credit, and buying power.
Wim Hof has an official app which feels like a money grab.
There is a lot of tectonic crosscurrents going on.
Today “quant funds” hold nearly a third of the capital on Wall Street, yet few approach RenTech’s stratospheric returns.
The origin of the term "crapper" is often mistakenly attributed to Thomas Crapper, a plumber who popularized the flush toilet in the 19th century, although the term predates him.
God forbid you sleep with a wet hair, you don't wake up.
You know, you’re not half bad after all. I’ll be seeing you again soon.
This is only one of a chorus of such comments. Comments like these beg questions such....
it's better for them to bide their time while they are pushing their hard left agenda behind the scenes.
The Classic Toxic Mix.
But when the haves realize that they will be taxed to pay for debt service and to reduce the deficits, they typically leave, causing the hollowing-out process.
who appear rich and decadent to the have-nots.
Babenberg dynasty.
dysbiosis, symbiosis.
mongrel, mutt.
decry.
pejorative, derogatory, disparaging.
coast
Restless idleness.
perennially true.
it actually yields results.
A Machiavellian plot was suspected.
You don't have to be Machiavellian when it comes to things like that, but a little strategy goes a long way.
It encompasses everything you want, and realizing those goals and those things that are the most important to you in life.
People wear masks.
It is truly baffling to think that these governments, which are drowning in debt and running massive fiscal deficits, are selling off a scarce asset for fiat that they themselves can print out of thin air.
I often rock myself or fiddle with my hands to feel better.
I get temper tantrums, where others cannot reach me.
I am often beset by feelings of sadness.
I can attest to the absolute truth of his story.
Bombs were exploding all around the city.
The wine list is well-rounded and modestly priced.
ethology, zoology.
impedient, impede, impediment.
preface, foreword, prologue, preamble.
turnstile.
air your dirty laundry in public.
Unfortunately for Patrick he wouldn't get away scot-free this time.
He was affable at one moment, choleric the next.
cuddly.
sewer, sewerage.
Amalgam.
His elegance is a living reproach to our slovenly habits. -
Mental anguish and trauma.
How is your story coming along?
Haley's coming along really well, Mrs. Dunphy.
I thought you must be a humbug all along, from the conceited way you talked. -
coquette.
intercede.
overtone.
The word has a pejorative overtone.
polemic, polemist.
truant.
sabre.
cremate, crematory, incinerate.
Wikileaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us.
Tonight she glitters again in my space.
vulva.
Most mindless hooligans are fueled by alcohol.
undulation, gyration.
banal, banality.
Parable: any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message.
The minister preached a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep.
That would be Nirvana… but for all the talk of AI, at this point, there are no signs of productivity picking up.
The market may discount the Fed’s hawkish stance, leading to rallies — but there will be bumps along the way.
Curiosity can also be dangerous, leading to setbacks or even downfalls.
Requiem of bank loans.
They're a bunch of doddery old fools, and they were scared.
Airdrops Should Give Way To A Better Token Distribution Method.
If you haven’t, we asked the RV bot for the funniest things he blurted out last time…
84% of last year’s US car sales were traditional gas guzzlers, their lowest-ever share of sales as the avenue gets more electric.
It's like a savings account with a crummy rate of returns, and when you die, they keep you money.
A fancy restaurant might also have snooty waiters.
a wretched idle layabout.
the wretched conditions of the slums.
I was totally zoned out the entire time.
Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
He was blithely unaware of the trouble he'd caused.
He drove with blithe disregard for the rules of the road. -
untoward jokes and racial remarks.
At least we've confirmed that they were up to something untoward.
carp, carper.
That's a load of baloney.
Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question.
aquiculture, aquaculture.
broach.
ignoble.
plunder
tarmac.
A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms.
dilettante.
I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.
ornate.
The momentary relief was followed by worse suffering.
He was so mulish that my admonitions just flowed over him.
For each title there is a brief synopsis of the book.
Musicians blast their brassy jazz from street corners.
This antiseptic is for external use only.
She gargle with an antiseptic mouthwash.
Miner and Exchange Reserves Hit New Lows as Bitcoin Flounders.
a scheming, manipulative little beast.
They were scheming to rob the bank.
Get in the habit of normalizing unhappiness. When you feel unhappy, take a brief moment to remind yourself that it’s normal and okay to feel unhappy sometimes.
If something doesn’t work for you, stop beating yourself up. Find a different way to achieve the goal.
Musonius Rufus said many of our problems are a result of ‘following wretched habits.’ In this “fight against habit,” Epictetus would say, “try the opposite!”
But as the expression goes, there are many ways to skin a cat. In life, just hoping we will magically change is a dead end.
He also says the US needs to be cautious with its words and deeds.
But we have to remember that beautiful language pales in comparison to beautiful acts.
Marcus Aurelius said that what mattered was that we did the right thing, whether we were tired or hungry, cold or well-rested, despised or loved. But the reality shows us how hard this actually is.
Comity: an atmosphere of social harmony.
harmonious.
Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn. -
He was scornful of such 'female' activities as cooking.
They learned to rappel down a cliff.
He stood aghast at the sight of so much blood.
Look at Jesus' mouth, just agape in speechless anguish.
The weak countries were agape and aghast.
nuts and bolts.
Tears welled up in Anni's eyes.
A mixture of gratitude and shame welled up in Harry.
shellfish, clam, clamshell, scallop.
Scallops are a type of bivalve mollusk, meaning the interior muscle is surrounded by two shells similarly to oysters, mussels, and clams. -
vengeful, vengeance, revenge, vendetta.
malevolent, malice, devious, sinister, nefarious, menacing, nefarious.
unnerving, eerie, unsettling.
deleterious, detrimental, insidious, noxious, virulent.
egregious
benevolent.
fanatics, frenetics.
flagellation: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.
Heavy industry pollutes our rivers with noxious chemicals.
I become completely self-absorbed and I'm sort of a vicious, cruel, vile person.
a vicious, vile and soulless attack.
vile: morally reprehensible.
Paul is a tedious, self-absorbed jackass who neglects his girlfriend.
This repo is intended for recording all data pertaining to the Code Assistant track in the DX GenAI project.
exemplar, exemplary.
Mountain scenery is superb.
scenery, scenic.
An energy-rich future is within reach.
Lululemon’s US growth sours as athleisure rivals like Alo and Vuori make strides.
Juneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½ years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Marginal propensity to consume.
Launch us into the stratosphere.
pester, pesky.
stench, stink
pungent, tangy
testimony, testimonial .
testament.
hydrogen peroxide.
cudgel, baton.
Do we need to upskill?
grotesque facial distortions.
a lifestyle of grotesque luxury.
Many in mainstream science and medicine look at all this slightly askance.
He looked at her askance, and said nothing.
But the corollary of better performance is higher pay.
Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?
China’s giant solar industry is in turmoil - Overcapacity has caused prices—and profits—to tumble.
Canvassing the blockchain… Trump has embraced crypto, both as a fundraising tool and as a constituency.
long-winded.
zing.
Money spawns all sorts of wrongdoing, from cheating on income tax returns to killing parents for inheritances.
dumb shit
Taiwan strait.
strait-laced, straight-laced
Dorothy had climbed onto the ledge outside his window.
The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitudes.
The artist exploring the new is liable to derision and hostility.
seagoing.
She accepted the criticism with magnanimity.
Elinor would not vouchsafe any answer.
I was numbed by the enormity of the responsibility.
the enormity of his intellect.
Thwack??
Their quarterly meetings were anodyne affairs.
He took some anodyne to relieve the pain.
I know this is an imposition. But please hear me out.
I'd like to stay if it's not too much of an imposition.
The rules of the game are an arbitrary imposition of difficulty.
inexorably.
gobi deserts.
congenial surroundings.
He did not instigate the coup or even know of it beforehand.
trade up.
All I see is a bunch of statisticians analyzing people with chariots, and bows and arrows.
We show up with explosives and aircraft.
they try to back test their models and figure out
As a corollary of this, the top 10% of Americans have 48% of the income, 71% of the wealth, and pay 76%, of the taxes, while the bottom 50% have 10% of the income, 1.5% of the wealth, and receive more money than they pay in taxes.
While we need a lot more empathy, logic, and civility, it looks like we will have more selfishness, emotion, and discord. If that doesn't improve, both the rich and the poor should feel threatened.
Waking up at night, tossing and turning, sweating profusely.
it was all downhill from there.
trapeze: a swing used by circus acrobats.
dereliction of duty.
Moving almost 20 times in 10 years meant I had to decide what I wanted to keep or chuck.
Granted autonomy to a national minority.
Tesla currently is in discussions to license its FSD software to one automaker.
While potentially a monumental event for Tesla, based on traditional automotive design to production timelines,
Judge Bradley recused himself from your case.
She's beautiful, vivacious, and charming.
His intellectual eminence carries with it corresponding moral responsibilities.
lewd comments.
That gravity and levity are somehow at odds.
In times of painful injustice, play brings the levity we need to be able to breathe.
silica gel.
all the waiters were suave and deferential.
He is a suave, cool, and cultured man.
In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
temptress.
The crock is filled with wine.
he crocked a shoulder in the test against South Africa.
You could go on record- - I signed an affidavit.
a man of facile and shallow intellect.
a facile slogan devised by politicians.
They entered the shop, which was a curious ramshackle building.
orderly manner.
vicious cycle.
muddy the information environment.
For many years the West has looked askance at the science coming out of China.
They were seen as imitators and intellectual-property thieves, rather than as innovators.
China’s vehicle exports quintupled during the pandemic, and last year it reported 5M shipments.
European banks are making heady profits in Russia.
Javier Milei finally lugs key reforms through Argentina’s Senate.
Markets celebrated the two bills’ passing, after protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires.
Louisiana could soon start castrating child-rapists.
Suffering animals should be humanely euthanized on the farm.
Politicians around him grew rich, but Truman’s clothing business failed. He was punctilious about paying back every penny he owed.
losing myself in a captivating book.
read between the lines.
coyly.
off the grid.
He aims his bile at religion, drugs, and politics.
bile duct/acid
protease inhibitor
turd.
she changed from a carefree girl into a woman.
roll call.
fender bender.
standstill, halt, impasses, stalemate.
Why you should lose your temper at work.
Macron’s legacy—and credibility—are on the line.
Macron wants a snap election to get him out of a deep hole.
The war for AI talent is heating up. - Big tech firms scramble to fill gaps as brain drain sets in.
she was hypnotized by the mellow tone of his voice.
The years have mellowed him.
Remote work is faltering—Slack and Zoom might be to blame.
He was resolute in carrying out his plan.
The Egyptians offered resolute resistance to the aggressors.
dull ache
It’s obnoxious. The way they lie and cheat and meddle. The way they condescend and argue. They get in our way. They pick fights. They do all sorts of things we hate.
Since it is very cold at the top, coverall is required.
The experience was something he had tried to expunge from his memory.
old hand, light hand
sleight of hand
rowdy.
rascal.
The minister preaches a sermon now and then.
molecular.
The kimono is the traditional costume of Japanese women.
Caution: Speaking the truth may result in sudden and involuntary expulsion. Only take on this challenge if you are willing to not sugarcoat everything at the risk being thrown out on your truth-telling behind! 😄
The dream of freedom becomes so palpable and so powerful that they can's choose not to.
daybreak, dawn, sunrise
nightfall, dusk, sunset, sundown, twilight
she rummaged in her capacious handbag.
He had a good rummage inside the sofa.
amibt of moral law.
purview.
modulate.
food pantry.
It would be perverse to stop this healthy trend.
This kind of reasoning is deeply perverse.
regimen.
inflexion point.
inflection.
The bricks are left in the kiln to bake.
You made your choice when you chased me away!
shoo
refit, retrofit.
The ship has undergone a complete refit.
Herpes virus.
The owner was so irate he almost threw me out of the place.
The government is changing the rules for claiming dole.
kennel, colonel.
His irreverence for authority marks him out as a troublemaker.
It strikes a tone of irreverence and sarcasm that teenagers often appreciate.
He ate every savoury morsel of a delectable stew at the dinner.
These are wonderfully succulent peaches.
leaf succulent.
kabab.
finger painting.
He lives in a great, big, desolate old house in the country and no one goes near him.
she's a real ball buster for me.
I got my eye on you, buster.
If you get into any dodgy situations, call me.
A dodgy second-hand car salesman.
visual impairment, hearing impairment.
Carrollton.
His promise during the campaign to try to bring the war to an end was a political masterstroke.
Nuclear proliferation has returned to centre stage in international affairs.
The plaintiff can now more clearly show culpability.
The play was considered an affront to public morals.
Camellia.
Low-level current, tingling sensation throughout their back.
To Pieper, leisure was above work. It was “a condition of the soul,” and the “disposition of receptive understanding, of contemplative beholding, and immersion – in the real.”57
Rat race.
rump state.
The rump of the party does in fact still have considerable assets.
Didactic: It's often used in academic or intellectual contexts to describe something that is intended to teach or instruct, especially in a moral or ethical sense.
teeny-weeny share.
Over the years, its reputation has ebbed and flowed.
staying power.
circuit breaker.
concoct a splendid meal.
a splendid field of poppies.
Inflation was the scourge of the 1970s.
You hear talk about American business being flabby.
mass market
masses.
Know the pacing and inflection you want to use in speech.
Love really need courage to face the tattle and prate.
varmint.
Linguists may not like to rank languages, but laypeople are interested in such things.
Are some languages better than others? To ask a linguist such a question is akin to blaspheming to a priest.
manically focus on monetary policy.
Another can of worms.
presto.
Don't misdirect your frustration.
his assessment seems cogent.
rubbles, gravels, cobbles.
Rubbles, gravels, and cobbles are all types of small, loose materials that are commonly found on the ground. However, there are some differences between these words:
- Rubbles: Rubbles refer to small pieces of broken or crumbled stones, bricks, or other building materials. They are usually irregular in shape and can vary in size. Rubbles are often the result of demolition or destruction of buildings.
- Gravels: Gravels are small, rounded stones that are usually between 2-64 mm in diameter. They are formed naturally through erosion and weathering of larger rocks. Gravels are commonly used in construction, landscaping, and road building.
- Cobbles: Cobbles are larger than gravels, typically between 64-256 mm in diameter. They are also formed naturally through erosion and weathering, but they are more rounded and smoother than gravels. Cobbles are often used for decorative purposes in gardens and pathways.
They are timeless for a reason. It’s because they’re true, because they work.
The latest figures affirm the strength and resiliency of the U.S. labor market over the last year, handily beating analysts' forecasts.
How have you been? How is it going, means asking what did you do, what’s happening?
The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil.
At present, the dispute for saving or abolishing death penalty has achieved the perfervid period.
second base.
The gull held the fish in its beak.
repartee.
Hangul.
madeleine
Adriatic.
morocco
dust settle.
hand to mouth
Isolated incident.
Marginal utility.
move the needle
take a dip.
lo and behold.
Yuval Noah Harari on how to prevent a new age of imperialism.
Biden’s border order: impractical policy, pragmatic politics.
abolition.
isophoric
pureed.
pocketbook.
He’s accused of swindling more than $1 billion from investors in a complex fraud scheme that netted him luxuries including a $26 million New Jersey mansion and a $37 million yacht.
nervous system.
horrid, lurid.
Poles and Ukrainians are at loggerheads, that's good news for Vladimir Putin.
knuckhead, jughead, bonehead, meathead, loggerhead
hothead, crackhead, egghead
hammerhead, copperhead,
warhead, beachhead, trailhead, dead ahead
roughneck.
crapper ??
Come, come, come. You must be famished.
The beautiful and dolorous memory.
bang for the buck.
There is an acrid tone to your remarks.
acrid: harsh or corrosive in tone.
Many highly corrosive substances are used in the nuclear industry.
She was trying hard to disgorge a fish bone.
Whole grain bread in in the supermarket is not whole grain, because the grains have been pulverized to smithereens.
A rasp is a tool used for shaping wood or other material.
The tang is joined to a handle, usually made of plastic or wood. The bar has sharp teeth. Rasps generally cut more coarsely than files.
He wanted to rasp the surface smooth.
Please, ” Kate begs me in her rasping, sore throat voice.
The cusp of a crescent.
His sense of humour allowed him to face adversaries with equanimity.
The rise and fall of empires is an ineluctable part of history.
Given the poor weather conditions, the cancellation of the outdoor event was inevitable.
What does all this portend for the near future? -
The cavalry must immediately replenish the new horse.
a portly belly, a portly figure.
heterosexual, homosexual.
Chai tea contains tannins, which are naturally occurring compounds found in many types of tea. Tannins can cause discoloration of the teeth, especially with regular consumption.
The prisoner obtained a commutation of his sentence from death to life imprisonment.
I had my purse and commutation ticket stolen while I was sleeping in the train.
This is more like it! Real food—not that canned muck.
tubal ligation.
trifles.
lollipop.
Two kids can play on a seesaw.
For six months the war seesawed.
Oil platform workers are often called roughnecks. In Texas, many roughnecks have lost their jobs because of the drop in oil prices.
The cello is lower than the violin.
What are you often silently complaining about in your head and who is the person you need to actually discuss your frustrations with?
People can't react to your thoughts, only your actions. Time spent complaining to yourself is often better spent selling someone else on a new way of doing things.
So Marcus is doing something that’s beautiful, but sometimes beautiful things have a practical value, you know. The beauty of the Meditations makes it more evocative and more memorable, and therefore, more therapeutic.
insouciant.
bronchitis.
Spending on health is growing inexorably.
stomach ulcer, oral ulcer .
Process and Index selective attributes in a columnar database while keeping raw data in object store.
more or less
mortal enemy.
Americans are fretting over their body odour.
El Salvador has a relatively homogeneous climate, with pronounced rainy and dry seasons and moderate temperatures.
How China uses Russia as a wrecking ball. - China stands back, as Russia threatens to paralyse the UN Security Council
Stand back, stand down, stand by.
He says. “I get on with my life, but I get teary when I think about them.” Losing contact with children is like bereavement, he says, but with the painful tug of hope that they might one day be reconciled.
Though people tend not to talk about it much, familial estrangement seems to be widespread in America.
The relationship most commonly severed is that between parent and adult child, and in most cases it is the child who wields the knife.
Peter reckons that if he and his younger son, who live hundreds of miles apart, still lived in the same city they would have patched things up by now.
Just as I wouldn't take at face value a parent’s depiction of their parenting as flawless, I wouldn't assume an adult child’s claim that a parent is ‘toxic’ should be accepted without further inquiry”
But the system, built when there were only a handful of state-controlled telecoms companies, has become woefully inadequate for the mobile age, leaving dangerous vulnerabilities at the heart of international phone networks.
One reason is that filtering is technically complicated and can easily go wrong if important commands are blocked. Another is that firms have balked at the expense.
sulfur.
cuttlefish.
Broom.
consonant.
cajole.
Senate sends sweeping foreign aid package to Biden's desk.
Some mass media tend to please people of plebeian tastes.
We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter.
This young man had all the inclination to be a profligate of the first water.
fall victim to.
Completely disregarding his own self-interest, Regulus recommended that the Roman Senate reject the peace offer. Since Carthage was weak—why else would they send him as leverage?—Rome, Regulus insisted, should press on and win the war.
It’s never been easier to spout off this argument or that one.
Everyone knows friends or family members who won’t speak to one another because of long-held grudges.
All healthy human babies and young children display curiosity, suggesting this is an innate human trait.
To desecrate a holy spring is considered profanity.
If there's anything I can't stand it's an indecisive, wishy-washy customer.
What has he done to deserve that termagant?
The fire brigade was called out twice last night.
prizefighter.
The book's happy ending seemed contrived.
We had roasted pheasant for dinner.
My baby slept safe from harm in her white wicker bassinet.
Most of its better buildings predate his rule.
India's special relationship with gold predates Covid-19, of course.
You have Google with gazillions of dollars at their disposal.
He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
It's very hard for a competiter to dislodge them, they're obviously very expensive.
The barbed wire had lacerated her arm.
She was terribly lacerated—I may say, without exaggeration, literally flayed.
This white-knuckle improvisation was evident across Wall Street, too.
indentured servitude.
The paper gave all the lurid details of the murder.