Author: bernard
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Light Cycles
The trailer of Light Cycles, a movie by Mike Gamble showing night riding wih riders useing LED lights to trace out paths as they shred trails in the Pacific Northwest of America.
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Week 46: words of the week!
Español Somier: bed base (sommier (French) – bed springs, the base structure that supports a beds mattress) Cesar: to terminate (in the context of employment)
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Week 45: words of the week
Español Arándanos: (fruit) disminuir: to diminish (verb. similar to reducir) invernadero: glasshouse cotidiana: everyday (in)certidumbre: certitude (un/certainty) Negó: denied (verb: negar -to deny) La derrota: the defeat Apenas: barely (“apenas una hora antes de….” Barely an hour after…) Aún: yet (aún no lo sé – i don’t know yet)
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Higher Brothers x Famous Dex – Made In China (Prod. Richie Souf)
[Intro]Rap music? China?What are they even saying?Is this Chinese rap music? (Boy)Sounds like they’re just saying ‘ching chang chong’ [Chorus]My chains, new gold watch, made in ChinaWe play ping pong ball, made in China给bitch买点儿奢侈品 made in ChinaYeah Higher Brothers’ black cab, made in ChinaShe said she didn’t love me (Yeah)She said she didn’t love me…
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Week 44: this weeks new words
Español Cobre: copper Macete: pot Vajilla: crockery Tetera: teapot Juego de café: coffee set Mallorquí cap de fiblo: a tornado (or tornado-like) weather phenomenon is called a cap de fibló in Mallorca when it hits land (It is called a mànegue or a fiblon when it occurs out in the sea.). You can see a…
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Chary y yo
Oye Chary, no sé quién eres, pero tengo novia. Lo siento.
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Week 43: this weeks new words
Castellano Babilla: a specific cut of meat from a cow. Part of the hind legs formed by a set of muscles and tendons that articulate the femur with the tibia and the patella. Taste wise it is dry, you can cook it whole, on the brasa, sliced in stew or in fillets. Tejone: badger Colmena:…
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Week 42 2020: This week’s New Words
Castellano Yodada: Iodized. (Sal yodada) Navegar a vela: sailing (with a sail..) Enojo – anger, annoyance Se hará – verb, Usufructo – The right by which a person can use the assets of another and enjoy their benefits, with the obligation to preserve and care for them as if they were their own. This seems…
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Marino Waltz
The Marino Waltz was written by John Sheahan, of The Dubliners.
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Spring is here!
“Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.Life is skittles and life is beer.I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring.I do, don’t you? ‘course you do.”
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Yes minister at 40
You’d have gotten a kick out of this, Dad. Tonight the BFI had a special event for the 40th birthday of Yes Minister. They of had a screening of Yes Minister episode “Party Games” – in which Jim Hacker decides to run for leader of the party and makes a European issue part of his…
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Calçotada
The most traditional way of eating calçots is at a calçotada – an annual gastronomical celebration held between November and April. Calçots are grilled until charred, wrapped in newspaper to steam, then consumed by peeling off the charred skin and dipping the white portion in salvitxada or romesco sauce. The green tops are discarded. The…