#vocab

[typhlonectes]

via: Merriam-Webster Dictionary 

[latinare]

A friend asked me for a list of Latin words and phrases for very beginner conversation, so I thought I'd share it here. (Aka how to start speaking Latin when you only know one tense, two declensions and a bunch of words for war)

General words and phrases:

ave (hello)

vale/valēte (hello, goodbye, be well [singular/plural])

nōn (no, not)

sic (yes, thus)

-ne (add to the end of the first word of a question)

valēsne? (are you well? [singular])

valeō (I am well)

estne bonum? (is it good?)

bonum est (it's good)

quid est hōc? (what is this?)

id est _____ (it is _____)

nomen meum est ______ (my name is ______)

quot habēs annōs? (how many years old are you?)

annōs ______ habeō (I am ______ years old)

Verbs:

habēre (have/possess, 2nd conjugation)

vidēre (see, 2nd conjugation)

audīre (hear, 4th conjugation)

valēre (be well, 2nd conjugation)

Nouns:

liber, libri (book, 2nd declension)

mensa, -ae (table)

stilus, -i (pen)

verbum, -i (word)

Adjectives:

bonus, -a, -um (good)

magnus, -a, -um (big)

parvus, -a, -um (little)

Adverbs:

bene (well)

male (badly)

valdē (much, greatly, a lot)

latīne (in Latin)

anglice (in English)

[wittywords]

𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐥

uh-NEEL

1. To set on fire, kindle, inflame, lit. and fig.   

2. To subject to the action of fire; to alter in any way with heat; as, to ‘fire’ or bake earthenware, fure ores, vitrify or glaze a surface 

3. To burn in colours upon glass, earthenware, or metal, to enamel by encaustic process. arch.

4. a. To toughen anything, made brittle from the action of fire, by exposure to continuous and slowly diminished heat, or by other equivalent process 

b. loosely, To cool down from a great heat  

c. transf. Applied to the action of frost. rare. 

5. fig. To toughen, temper 

6. Microbiology. To combine to form double-stranded nucleic acid

[theenemiestoloversclub]

words to describe characters' body types

thin: slender, lithe, willowy, spindly

thin and short: slight, petite

thin and tall: spidery, lanky

thin and muscular: sinewy, lean, wiry

extremely thin (sickly): gaunt, emaciated

round: rotund, portly

round and short: stout

large and muscular: stocky, burly, broad

[nihongoseito]

some slightly weird vocab for your thursday (or friday jst)

nouns:

鬼子（おにご） = wild child, badly-behaved child; child which does not resemble its parents, changeling

心境（しんきょう） = mental state, state of mind

言霊（ことだま） = mystical power inherent in words, spirit of language

上目（うわめ）遣い（づかい） = looking up at someone (with upturned eyes), glancing upwards

駆け引き（かけひき） = tactics, strategy, maneuvering

verbs:

すがる = to cling to, hang onto; to rely on, depend on

キメる = to dress to kill, dress to the nines

盗み見る（ぬすみみる） = to steal a glance at, look furtively at

うねる = to wind (e.g., road, river, etc.), to meander; to surge, swell, roll

adjectives:

アリな = alright, acceptable, passable

過保護（かほご）な = overprotective, excessive care

adverbs/onomatopoeiae:

いずれ = in due course, eventually, one of these days

ただでさえ = even at the best of times, under normal circumstances, as it is

十中八九（じっちゅうはっく） = in eight or nine cases out of ten, in all probability

expressions:

取り付く（とりつく）島（しま）もない = left utterly helpless, having no one to turn to

〜一方（いっぽう） = keep on being ~, continuously doing ~

けしからん = outrageous, scandalous, disgraceful

虫（むし）の知らせ（しらせ） = feeling in one's bones, foreboding, premonition, gut instinct

他人（たにん）の空似（そらに） = accidental resemblance (to someone else)

それはそれで = in that case, if that's the case

世話（せわ）が焼ける（やける） = to require the care of others, need to be looked after, be a nuisance

[leseulmotjuste]

[er-cryptid]

Rare English Words

Epoch -- a particular period of time in history or a person’s life

Intransigent -- refusing to agree or compromise

Beamish -- bright, cheerful, optimistic

Insouciant -- free from worry, concern, or anxiety

Veridical -- truthful

Effulgent -- shining forth brilliantly; radiant

Venetus -- having the color of the deep blue sea

Orphic -- mysterious and entrancing; beyond ordinary understanding

Eldritch -- eerie; weird; spooky

Esoteric -- intended for or likely to be understood by only a select few; private; secret

Rout -- to howl as the wind; make a roaring noise

Aeonian -- eternal; everlasting

Verendus -- to be feared; worthy of reverence; giving an appearance of aged goodness

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

Cat types in Chinese

Here are some common cat types and their names in Chinese:

2-color cat - 双色猫 - shuāngsè māo Tuxedo cat - 燕尾服猫 - yàn wěi fú māo Orange cat - 橘猫 - jú māo Black cat - 黑猫 - hēi māo White cat - 白猫 - bái māo Gray cat - 灰猫 - huī māo Calico cat - 三花猫 - sān huā māo Tortoiseshell cat - 玳瑁猫 - dài mào māo Tabby cat - 虎斑猫 - hǔ bān māo Abyssinian - 阿比西尼亚猫 - ā bǐ xī ní yà māo Aegean - 爱琴海猫 - ài qín hǎi māo American Bobtail - 美国短尾猫 - měi guó duǎn wěi māo Arabian Mau - 阿拉伯猫 - ā lā bó māo Balinese - 巴厘猫 - bā lí māo Bengal - 孟加拉猫 - mèng jiā lā māo Birman - 伯曼猫 - bó màn māo British Longhair - 英国长毛猫 - yīng guó cháng máo māo British Shorthair - 英国短毛猫 - yīng guó duǎn máo māo Burmese - 缅甸猫 - miǎn diàn māo Chartreux - 沙特尔猫 - shā tè ěr māo Cornish Rex - 柯尼斯卷毛猫 - kēnísī juǎn máo māo Devon Rex - 德文卷毛猫 - dé wén juǎn máo māo

European Shorthair - 欧洲短毛猫 - ōu zhōu duǎn máo māo Japanese Bobtail - 日本短尾猫 - rì běn duǎn wěi māo Kurilian Bobtail - 千岛短尾猫 - qiān dǎo duǎn wěi māo Maine Coon - 缅因猫 - miǎn yīn māo Manx - 马恩岛猫 - mǎ ēn dǎo māo Norwegian Forest Cat - 挪威森林猫 - nuó wēi sēn lín māo Ocicat - 欧西猫 - ōu xī māo Oriental Shorthair - 东方短毛猫 - dōng fāng duǎn máo māo Oriental Longhair - 东方长毛猫 - dōng fāng cháng máo māo Persian - 波斯猫 - bō sī māo Peterbald - 彼得秃猫 - bǐ dé tū māo Ragdoll - 布偶猫 - bù ǒu māo Russian Blue - 俄罗斯蓝猫 - é luó sī lán māo Scottish Fold - 苏格兰折耳猫 - sū gé lán zhé ěr māo Selkirk Rex - 塞尔凯克卷毛猫 - sài ěr kǎi kè juǎn máo māo Siamese - 暹罗猫 - xiān luó māo Siberian - 西伯利亚猫 - xī bó lì yà māo Singapura - 新加坡猫 - xīn jiā pō māo Snowshoe - 雪鞋猫 - xuě xié māo Sphynx - 斯芬克斯猫 - sī fēn kè sī māo Toyger - 玩具虎猫 - wán jù hǔ māo Turkish Angora - 土耳其安哥拉猫 - tǔ ěr qí ān gē lā māo Turkish Van - 土耳其梵猫 - tǔ ěr qí fàn māo