Help me guess a word by it's pronunciation I heard a word in a speech which is pronounced like this /ekspro'di:s/ What could it be? That "o"might be pronounced from "er" ,I can not type it's pronunciation on the keyboard,so I take "o" as a substitute."They have stayed the art ( )" Generally in this sentence,what can it be?

Is this expression kind of Chinglish? What is "a full member"? And can we use visible this way---sb. is visible?If this is OK,what does it mean? Or are there other ways of using "visible"? Lastly, what does this sentence mean--"While remaining courage to compete until certain themselves, we are expected to be quiet,loyal and obedient." From a speech scripture whose writter complaining that wemen are treated unequally. But I don't quite understand the opening of the sentence,is this kind of Chinese-English?

What does "day-out and day-in" mean? Any friend can illustrate this phrase for me?Please list some more examples. Thanks a lot!!!

What does saucous mean? What does "saucous" in this sentence:"It is normally marked by a saucous 'Water Splashing Festival' " mean?I was so confused when came across this word in an Expo magazine.I'm sorry, it should be raucous.Anyway,thank you a lot for being so nice to me!

Make a friend in WuHan Is there any foreign friend in WuHan,HuBei province?Can we make friends with each other and help each other?

Puzzles in reading In this sentence"It is held on the first day of the festival to ring out the old year and on the second day to ring in the new." What do the phrases"ring out" and "ring in" exactly mean? Another one,what's the difference between the words "splash" and "spray"? The last one ,does the phrase "written script" mean "religious scriptures"?