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Posted on: 我不做剩女

Eligible men beware!

Millions of Chinese female predators on web sites trying to catch a man in their webs. 

Posted on: 事在人为

This looks like a neglected lesson!

Anyway half way through listening to it and I find that the lady in the dialogue is actually called Mr Li in the translation.

Posted on: What is up with 由

Thanks John. I missed those - no matter...

Posted on: What is up with 由

Have I missed something? This lesson seems to assume we know how to use 来 in a complementary way to 由。

I don't recall any lesson on this use of 来。

Posted on: 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls

And now I try to listen to the podcast and the music is REALLY intrusive all the way through

Posted on: 人家: Other People and Pouty Girls

John

Some of us 'oldies' remember your Girly talk lesson!  So you can't fool all of the people all of the time

Posted on: Future fun with 会 (hui4), 要 (yao4), and 将 (jiang1)

How do you say informally - The world cup is going to be in South Africa? (jiang was used formally)

Posted on: Changing a Plane Ticket

I have had the same issue. I wondered whether is it actually between z-way and z-wee?

Posted on: World Cup Football

I just tried posting this, but it seemed to fail, so here goes again ...

4 years since I looked at this and later posted words from the discussion.  Here is the original list with a few additions.  Nice to understand it a bit better than last time.

惊讶 jīngyà amazed / astonished / to surprise / amazing / astonishment / awe
流露 liu2 lu4 (v) express; reveal (one's thoughts or feelings)
应景 yìngjǐng according with the times / seasonal
一辈子 yí bèi zi the whole life
踢足球 tī zú qiú play football
更加 gèngjiā more (than sth else) / even more
特定 te4 ding4 special / specific / designated / particular / designated
术语 shu4 yu3 term / terminology
强壮 qiang2 zhuang4 strong / sturdy / robust
有道理 you3 dao4 li3 that makes sense, is reasonable
风水 feng1 shui3 fengshui / geomancy
概念 gai4 nian4 concept / idea
线索 xiàn suǒ clue
场地 chǎngdì space / site / place / sports pitch
好处 hao3 chu5 benefit / advantage
周围 zhōuwéi surroundings / environment / to encompass
齐心协力 qíxīnxiélì to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one
打仗 da3 zhang4 to fight a battle / to go to war
主办 zhu3 ban4 host (a conference or sports event)
整容 zhěnɡ rónɡ spruce up/face-lifting
人员 ren2 yuan2 staff / crew / personnel
组合 zu3 he2 assemble
派兵 pàibīng to dispatch troops
教育 jiao4 yu4 to educate / to teach / education
忽略 hu1 lüe4 (v) forget about; neglect; leave out by mistake
形式 xing2 shi4 form / shape / situation / circumstance
持续 chíxù to continue / to persist / sustainable / preservation
母语 mu3 yu3 native language / mother language ???
忽视 hu1 shi4 neglect / ignore
头衔 tou2 xian2 title
严格 yan2 ge2 strict / stringent / tight / rigorous
皇冠 huang2 guan1 crown (headgear)
保卫 bao3 wei4 defend / safeguard
荣誉 rong2 yu2 honor
袭击 xíjī an attack (esp. surprise attack) / raid / to attack
冷门 leng3 men2 unexpected winner, dark horse
爆出冷门 bao4 chu1 leng3 men2 produce an unexpected winner
进行 jin4 xing2 to advance / to conduct / underway / in progress / to do / to carry out / to carry on / to conduct / to execute
窄 zhai3 narrow
同一 tong2 yi1 identical / the same
思想 si1 xiang3 thought / thinking / idea
敌视 di2 shi4 (v) be antagonistic
排斥 pai2 chi4 to reject / to exclude / to eliminate / to remove / to repel
位置 wei4 zhi5 position / place / seat
消遣 xiao1 qian3 amusement / pastime / diversion
乐趣 le4 qu4 delight / pleasure / joy
活动 huo2 dong4 activity / exercise / behavior
成绩 cheng2 ji4 achievement / performance records / grades

Posted on: Love Tangle 8: The Good Husband

Hi Tal

Nice to hear from you too.  Only the occasional list these days though ...