2009-01-23

Three's a charm

Find a word making phrases by being in front the the three or four words given.

Q: standard, bed, boiler
A: double

Q: weight, wheel, fishing
A: fly

Q: ball, pin, trigger
A: hair

Q: surgery, history, exam, thermometer
A: oral

Q: note, stone, ring
A: key

Q: wind, string, coming
A: second

Q: beef, zero, floor
A: ground

Q: job, ball, man, leopard
A: snow

2009-01-17

腹式呼吸

一般的にはそのままabdominal breathingで、専門家はdiaphragmatic breathingと呼ぶようだ。

2009-01-15

petrichor

(from Greek petros, "stone" + ichor) the name of the scent of rain on dry earth

2009-01-08

From "As they say in Zanzibar"

When two elephants tussle, it's the glass that suffers.
It is the pot that boils, but the dish gets the credit.