It’s not entirely clear why paper seems to reign when it comes to reading comprehension. Digital distraction is an obvious answer -- we know that even as adults, open tabs and constant notifications are catnip for our brains.
Archaeologists have uncovered a trunk at Pompeii containing a vast variety of fascinating objects that may have been part of a 'sorcerer's treasure trove'.
The objects include crystals, amber and amethyst stones, buttons made of bones, beetles from the orient, amulets, dolls, bells, fists, a tiny skull - and even miniature penises.
Experts say the objects may have been used in rituals for fertility, seduction, or to seek good omens for a birth or pregnancy, although they stress that this is just a theory.
sorcererは魔法使い。ハリーポッターシリーズの第一作、『ハリーポッターと賢者の石』は、原題がHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneだが、アメリカ版はHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.となっている。これに関してウィキペディアを見てみると…
Scholastic Corporation bought the U.S. rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book.[15] Scholastic's Arthur Levine thought that "philosopher" sounded too archaic for readers[32] and after some discussion (including the proposed title "Harry Potter and the School of Magic"[33]), the American edition was published in September 1998[34] under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.[15] Rowling later said that she regretted this change and would have fought it if she had been in a stronger position at the time.[11]
There are good reasons to try—despite China’s mutterings. (Its state news-agency once said that doing so would be like “releasing the shackles of the nation’s legally tethered military.”) The constitution is out of step with reality. Article 9 commits Japan to pacifism and to abjuring the maintenance of armed forces—which the existence of the country’s Self-Defence Forces (sdf) clearly breaches.
As a language spreads, more foreigners come to learn it as adults (thanks to conquest and trade, for example). Since languages are more complex than they need to be, many of those adult learners will—Stalin-style—ignore some of the niceties where they can. If those newcomers have children, the children will often learn a slightly simpler version of the language from their parents.
1不可算名詞 正確さ，精密さ.
2a不可算名詞 微妙さ，機微.
a point [question] of great nicety 非常に微妙な点[問題]. b可算名詞 [通例複数形で] 微妙[精妙]な点.
I'm not concerned with niceties. 細かい点にはこだわりません.
3[複数形で] 上品[優雅]なもの[態度].
These pesky gulls are therefore known for swooping in and stealing food from unsuspecting humans enjoying a snack outside. Researchers believe they have a way to deter sneaky gull attacks - stare them down.
ロングマン英英辞典でも「especially American English informal」とある。
BBCなんかで検索してみても使用例は十分にでてくるので、そこまで米語というニュアンスはなさそう。
• The families of these pesky believers were then permitted to join them.
• It also may be because she polishes her work to a high sheen, sometimes buffing away a pesky fact or two.
• Some force deep within truly wants to believe aliens cured that Montana farmer of his pesky hernia problem.
• For example, we hoped to do away with those pesky Internet addresses.
• Our culture also cautions women not to raise pesky issues of parenting lest they frighten men off-men being notoriously reluctant fathers.
• Now I come to think about it, that pesky Lad was dancing about somewhere outside.
• The beauty of the Taco Loco is that it is like a large taco salad without all that pesky lettuce.
• pesky reporters
The vast structure that was built around the number 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine, following the infamous 1986 disaster is on the verge of collapse, according to experts.
The "sarcophagus," or "Shelter Structure" as it is known, was constructed shortly after the worst nuclear disaster in history as a temporary measure to limit the radioactive contamination leaking out of the destroyed reactor.
A Chinese man was recently arrested and charged with fraud for impersonating a police officer. He’s definitely not the first person to do that, but what makes his case special is that he managed to convince everyone around him that he was a real police officer for 12 years.
41-year-old Wang Feng had always wanted to be a police officer, but never actually trained or studied to become one. That didn’t stop him from pretending to be one for over a decade, though. It all started in 2006, when Wang’s brother was involved in a debt dispute case and needed a lawyer. To make sure that his brother’s counsel gave 100% in court, Wang met with the man and pretended to be a police officer at the Haiyan Baibu Police Station, in Baibu Town, China’s Zhejiang Province. The ruse actually worked, which made Wang Feng want to try it on others as well. Soon, he started telling friends and acquaintances that he had become a police officer, bought a fake uniform, handcuffs, and even had a fake ID done.
