#vocab exams

[chryso-chryso]

人是__ / man is __

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singer: Zhou Shen 周深 lyrics: Tang Tian 唐恬 score + arrangement: Qian Lei 钱雷

in honour of it being september, i thought i'd start posting my zhou shen song translations. can you tell i like diacope

very nervous! disclaimer: artistic liberties have been taken! first time doing song translation!

去往所有命运 风暴之中的盲童

go in the direction of destiny – a blind child in a windstorm

你来之火山炙热 与苦寒的深海

you come from scorching volcanoes, the bitter depths of deep sea

生本就是意外 硬币反选为尘埃

life was always an accident – the dust of a coin toss 

为侥幸可以相爱 造了船 移着山

you can fall in love with chance – build a boat, move a mountain  

出征是古老的宿命 人将赤足踏入夜晚

expedition is an ancient predestination, men walk barefoot into the night

只有我可以来决定 

only i have the ability to decide 

我以何种姿态

what will be my own posture 

让死亡觊觎我 让恐惧亲吻我

let death covet me / let fear kiss me sweetly 

来摧毁我深爱的一切

come destroy all i love deeply 

可仍夺不走我的选择

you cannot take away my choice 

弹指间湮灭我  但命运打不败活着

destroy me in the moment of a finger snap / but destiny defeats not the action of life 

让生命如剧烈的烟火 璀璨熄灭前也将点亮

life, like a violent firework, doused radiantly / but first setting alight

孩童的双眸

the eyes of a child 

未知摊开棋局 舍弃昨日才可破

the unknown sets out a chessboard / just yesterday, surrender was destroyed

再见了我的月光 我的蓝 我的爱

goodbye, my moonlight, my firmament, my love

钢铁的巨兽在轰鸣 我们拒绝走入夜晚

the beast of iron is howling, men refuse to walk into the night 

破碎是新生的约定 我便愿为尘埃

destruction is new life’s consultation / i am thus willing to become dust 

让死亡觊觎我 让恐惧亲吻我

let death covet me / let fear kiss me sweetly 

来摧毁我深爱的一切

come destroy all i love deeply 

可仍夺不走我的选择

you cannot take away my choice 

弹指间湮灭我 但命运打不败活着

destroy me in the moment of a finger snap / but destiny defeats not the action of life 

让生命如剧烈的烟火 璀璨熄灭前也将点亮

life, like a violent firework, doused radiantly / but first setting alight

孩童的双眸

the eyes of a child 

若巨浪已淹没了来路

like a vast wave has drowned out our origin 

我是帆 亦是舟

i am a sail – i am a boat 

是微妙的希望

it’s an indistinct hope 

我们依然前行 没有光指引

we still move forward – without the light to guide us 

往前吧 失去吧 不要停留

(come forward / be lost / do not stop moving) 

让时空消亡我 你无需记得我

let space and time wither me / you don't need to remember me

来摧毁我深爱的一切

come destroy all i love deeply 

可仍夺不走我的选择

you cannot take away my choice 

弹指间湮灭我 但命运打不败活着

destroy me in the moment of a finger snap / but destiny defeats not the action of life 

是微茫中高歌的族类

in the indistinctness, a race singing heartily 

生命像烟火那就点亮

life, like a firework, then sets alight 

孩童的双眸

the eyes of a child

未来的瞳孔

the eyes of the future 

[abba-enthusiast]

I kinda slayed today, ngl

[mia-studyhaus]

5 Minutes, 5 Words - #137

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Recalcitrant /rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/ (adj.) - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

Mark was recalcitrant as a teenager, often staying back for detention in high school.

Reprieve /rɪˈpriːv/ (v.) - cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).

Derek's death sentence was reprieved by the court.

Rife /raɪf/ (adj.) - (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.

I left the company once I discovered the rife toxicity that was present among the employees.

Sanguine /ˈsæŋɡwɪn/ (adj.) - optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.

Elena's sanguine affirmations carried us through the challenges in the project.

Serendipity /ˌsɛrɛnˈdɪpəti/ (n.) - the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.

I always welcome serendipity - unexpected bundles of happiness are the best!

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Definitions from: Oxford Languages.

IPA Phonetic Transcription (UK English) from: tophonetics.com

Sentences are fictitious, though they may be based on real issues that occur across the world.

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[camelspit]

whose ready to fail a spanish test today 💪💪

[backgroundcharacterno15]

Mutsurie nation might I offee to you:

Urie and Mutsuki watching Bob Ross' The Joy Of Painting together <3

[shrews-studies]

Some vocab from today!!

пещера (сущ. ж.) - cave

чугунный (прил.) - cast iron

нарочно (нареч.) - purposely, deliberately

обрыв (сущ. м.) -cliff, precipice

перебить (гл. св.) - to interrupt

неодобрение (сущ. ср.) - disapproval

крайне (нареч.) - extremely

листва (сущ. ж.) - foliage

завернутый (прич.) - wrapped, covered (in something)

копьё (сущ. ср.) - spear

крюк (сущ. м.) - hook

повод (сущ. м.) - occasion, reason, excuse

схватить (гл. св.) / схватывать (нсв.) - to grab, grasp

[arcanewebs]

does. anyone else experience the language learning pipeline of like

yeah why not seems kinda fun -> (optional step) the writing system is crazy bro -> damn theres no WAY im gonna remember any of this shit -> genuine interest and fascination with the differences between languages and needing to Know more

and its because of the stupidest reason for starting learning it in the first place

[todayisafridaynight]

took a modern japanese history class just to flex on everyone that the only reason why i know so much about the meiji period is because im mentally disturbed about a franchise about criminals and they just so happened to make a game specifically about the meiji period

[zvaigzdelasas]

I'd say I'm at about a light conversational level in mandarin @ this point 😄

[ratzforaster]

They really fucked up the exams with burning the wrong cd for the listening tasks

[mirohtron]

Girll ur leaving???? 😢 will miss reading your writing

Will u still be here to talk and stuff? Totally understand if u want to distance urself good luck with IB!!!!!!

im not like officially leaving but I stopped posting frequently a long time ago 😔 i still write it's just that nobody Here will be interested bcs its just oc stuff but ya I will be here to talk and stuff bcs i like yapping and listening to other ppl yap

and thank u !! its actually pretty fun till now I just hope my school speeds up w the portions bcs we're still p slow on that I wanna finish my ias up so bad bro 😭

but other than that there is also the issue of there being a lack of communication or moreso lack of resources given to us to help us on our research-based assignments like idk maybe it's because I'm coming from a board that always gives its students a crutch and ib is very researched based but I and a lot of my peers are lost on how exactly we're supposed to draft our ias or our ees etc etc 😔 we didn't come from myp we're literally the first dp batch and even tho the teachers r kind and teach well I'd still like to know their plan on how to help us on our cas hours etc

[soft-serve-soymilk]

Adventures in writing my English SAC, also known as 550 words of Theon being an angsty bitch,,

[mia-studyhaus]

5 Minutes, 5 Words - #75

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Benevolent /bɪˈnɛvələnt/ (adj.) - well meaning and kindly.

Maria was appreciated by all her friends for the benevolent deeds she would do for them without any expectations.

Blithe /blaɪð/ (adj.) - showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper.

Having a blithe approach towards your education is not desirable.

Extant /ɛksˈtænt/ (adj.) - still in existence; surviving.

Even after many years of travelling in different paths in life after graduating from high school, Mark and Peter had an extant bond that only seemed to become stronger.

Fulminate /ˈfʌlmɪneɪt/ (v.) - express vehement protest.

I fulminated against the glorification of abusive relationships through my social media campaign.

Eloquence /ˈɛləʊkwəns/ (n.) - fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.

Marie succeeded as a debater because of her eloquence.

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Definitions from: Oxford Languages.

IPA Phonetic Transcription (UK English) from: tophonetics.com

Sentences are fictitious, though they may be based on real issues.

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[daily-french-words]

critère : nm. ce qui sert de base à un jugement, caractéristique à laquelle on se réfère ou sur laquelle on se base pour choisir, classer ou sélectionner quelque chose.

ex : C'est par ces critères qu'il portera son jugement.

8/10

standard : something used as a mesure, norm or model in comparative evaluations.

The word criteria also exists in English, but for the sake of clarity, I preferred to translate it by standard, even if criteria is closer in sense.

Critère can be used in a philosophical context as well, and is then something that helps distinguishing the true from the false. I definitely advise you to look it up if you don't already know about it and are interested by philosophy, it's pretty cool! :]

Its older form, critérium (taken from the latin criterium, which itself is taken from the Greek κριτήριον, lit. "capacity to judge") is still used in French texts until the 19th century. Nowadays, that older form is almost never used, but still exists!

[imabiscuitinthousandworlds]

i would like to thank any gods out there that the physics exam was in fact manageable and most questions worked like the ones i did manage to look over. no idea if i got to the correct conclusion but i'm pretty sure my formulas are all in order. i'm careful not to hope too much but i definitely didn't completely screw it up.

i would also like to thank the snow that i got to go home earlier.

i would also like to fight my french teacher and stop french classes immediately i don't understand a damn thing and there's too much grammar and i can't focus and i'm too demotivated to spend the time on it i should and i wanna cry

[tadpal]

explaining how i remember how things are spelt and how i read is so. maybe i should have been more honest in those dyslexia screenings but i didn't want to get taken out of regular classes