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'Take him and cut him out in little stars.' - Shakespeare

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educational (language: German phrases)

außer Rand und Band geraten – to go wild /to go crazy/to get out of hand
das ist Schnee von gestern - that's old news/water under the bridge {that’s snow from yesterday}
Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache - German is hard {German language, difficult language}
eine Extrawurst verlangen - to ask for special treatment {to ask for an extra sausage}
eine Hand wäscht die andere - you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours {one hands washes the other}
ende gut, alles gut - all’s well that ends well
es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen - practice makes perfect {no master has fallen from the sky yet}
es kostet nur einen Apfel und ein Ei - it’s as cheap as chips {it costs an apple and an egg}
es schüttet wie aus Eimern - it’s raining cats and dogs {it's pouring like from a bucket}
etwas in den falschen Hals bekommen – to get the wrong end of the stick
halt die Ohren steif - keep your chin up {hold your ears stiff}
Hand und Fuß haben - to make sense {to have a hand and foot}
ich drücke dir die Daumen! - I’ll keep my fingers crossed! {I’ll press my thumbs for you}
ich verstehe nur Bahnhof - it's all Greek to me {I understand only train station}
in der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen - beggars can’t be choosers {in need, the devil eats flies}
in Herz und eine Seele sein – to be of one mind/to get on very well {to be of one heart and soul}
jemandem ist eine Laus über die Leber gelaufen – someone is in a bad mood {someone has run a louse over the liver}

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aug 31 2015 ∞
may 5 2016 +

educational (language: Latin phrases)

a priori - from what comes before
abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calls to deep
ad absurdum - to the point of absurdity
ad hoc - for this purpose
ad infinitum - without limit/endlessly
ad nauseam - to a sickening extent
adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit - add a little to a little and there will be a great heap {Ovid}
aegrescit medendo - fall sick with the healing
alter ego - other/alternative self
ancipiti plus ferit ense gula - gluttony kills more than the sword/wine has drowned more than the sea
annus horribilis - a horrible year
ars longa, vita brevis - skill takes time to acquire, but life is short
auribus teneo lupum - I hold the wolf by the ears
aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one
bellum se ipsum alet - war feeds itself
beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere - to accept a favour is to sell one's freedom

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aug 27 2015 ∞
oct 11 2016 +

educational (language: Gaelic words)

breac a'mhuiltein - a dappled sky {n.}
bruadarach - dreamer, visionary {n.}
camhanaich - early morning twilight {n.}
chuisil-ì chuisil-ò - whalesong {n.}
corrachag-cagail - dancing and flickering ember flames {n.}
faileas - reflection {n.}
faodail - a lucky find {n.}
fearthainn - rain {n.}
frìth - a deer forest {n.}
monadh - a moorland-covered mountain {n.}
neach-gaoil - sweetheart, beloved {n.}
priobairneach - sudden excitement {n.}
saorsa - freedom, liberty {n.}
sgiomlaireachd - when people rudely interrupt you at meal times {n.}
solasta - luminous, shining {adj.}
splang - flash, spark, sparkle {n.}
tuil-bheum - a torrent caused by a thunderstorm {n.}
turadh - a break in the clouds between rain {n.}
udal cuain - to be tossed around by the ocean {adj.}

sep 4 2015 ∞
may 5 2016 +

books (to read {English}, 2017)

leisure
- Saving Caravaggio - Neil Griffiths
- Maestra - L.S. Hilton
- The Book of Evidence - John Banville
- In Other Words - Jumpa Lahiri
- The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
- The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
- The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Ripley Under Ground - } Patricia Highsmith
- Ripley's Game
education
- Ways of Seeing - John Berger
- The Story of Art - Ernst Gombrich
- The Lives of the Artists, Vol. I - Giorgio Vasari
- The Lives of the Artists, Vol. II - Giorgio Vasari