If you are a senior (12年級) in a high school, and you have applied successfully to a college of your choice. This is the period of time where all the senior decide which day shall be the "Senior Cut Day" http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=senior+cut+day http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/...

Ways I learned to practice positive thinking from our group: * Thanks to Michael, Sunnie, and Lucy's input. 1. Always tell myself that I am lucky. 2. Think about what you have instead of what you don't have. A good example is: When you lose sth, you learned sth else. 3. Count on religion. 4. Accept ...

I know drop out of school means 輟學 退學 but don't know how to say 翹課 翹班. Would anyone help me? Thanks.

Hi David, Welcome to join us. YoYo is a great group. I like it, too. I don't think the host of Wednesday's discussion has posted the subject. Be patient and you will see it posted in the end. Where do we meet on Wednesday: 聚會時間：星期三 請準時7:00 pm 到 ~ 約9:00 pm 左右結束 聚會地點：加州陽光2F 台北市大安路一段84巷4號 02-27512955 捷...

Another word of 娘娘腔的: effeminate

對Lynn印象最深刻的是, 看她很嚴厲的proofread Joshua寫的搞笑 love letter. 然後發現Joshua臉上出現三條線.....

Kooper 全家報名(兩大一小),附車一台. Joshua辦的活動, 當然要熱烈支持啦.

Joshua是個熱情且幽默的人, 還不認識他的人, 可藉這個活動認識這位風度翩翩的帥哥喔.

simile: 明喻 metaphor: 暗喻 本體和喻體同時出現, 它們之間是相同的關係, 常用be, become. Here are additional examples of metaphor. 名詞用於暗喻: Failure is the mother of success. All the life about him was a dream. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. I would pitch in and work harder than ever and eventual...

Examples of Similes and Metaphors 1. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River. (Brian Broadus, Charlottesville) 2. Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut. (Sandra Hull, Arlingt...

Comparison between simile and metaphor: Per Collins Cobuild's definitions and examples, simile: an expression which describes a person or thing as being similar to someone or something else. example1: She runs like a deer. example2: He is as white as a sheet. metaphor: an "imaginative" way of descri...

Words relating to slave:

- the abolition of slavery
- to abolish slavery
- to emancipate slaves
- the slave trade
- He is a slave to fashion.

If you couldn't find answer with collocation dictionary, you may check below on-line corpus made by Collins which gathers lots of contemporary writing. It is very helpful when you are writing.

http://www.collins.co.uk/Corpus/CorpusSearch.aspx

相親- prospective marriage arrangement. Everybody has in their own mind the classic definition of 相親. The usual presence of elders as chaperone automatically disqualifies 相親 as a date. However, a couple may decide to date each other after that. The word "arrangement" generalizes the various situation...

令人感觸良多的文章. 如何去愛人,照顧人確實是需要教導 需要學習的

打小我的父母對我便是如此體諒, 也因此至今我仍不善於對父母表達愛,表達關心.
甚至可說有時候是不在乎,不在意.

在我期待孩子對我表達愛與關懷的同時, 我也該好好學習如何愛我的父母.

technobabel 寫:一起來跟 Steve Jobs 學英文單字

Wouldn't it be funny?
Pretty cool, huh?