qí hǔ nán xià

意思是骑在老虎背上不能下来，比喻做一件事情进行下去有困难，但情况又不允许中途停止，陷于进退两难的境地。‌

Chinese idioms (中国成语)

骑虎难下

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Teacher Robert's Podcast

One way to improve your pronunciation (with transcript)

こんにちは、あかりです。今日(きょう)のエピソードは「野武士(のぶし)のグルメ」についてです！

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Slow Japanese

Episode #59 - Netflix series “Samurai gourmet”

In questa puntata vedremo la storia dell'aperitivo, tradizione italiana che col tempo si è diffusa anche all'estero. 
Di seguito una parte del testo trascritto.


Breve storia dell’aperitivo
Ogni giorno non soltanto in Italia ma in tutto il mondo, molte persone prima di cena, hanno l’abitudine di bere l’aperitivo al bar. L’aperitivo è amato molto dagli stranieri che visitano l’Italia perché è un momento rilassante e divertente da passare con gli amici, casomai seduti fuori a un tavolino del bar in una piazza. L’aperitivo in teoria ha un’origine lontana e risale all’antica Roma. Infatti la parola “aperitivo” viene dal latino “aperitivus” che vuol dire “aprire”, con riferimento allo ‘stomaco’. L’aperitivo quindi servirebbe per “far venire fame”. Tuttavia l’aperitivo ‘moderno’ nasce invece nel 1786, quando Antonio Benedetto Carpano inizia la sua produzione di vermouth, un vino aromatizzato con erbe che ottiene subito un grande successo. Siccome la bottega (shop) di Carpano si trovava proprio vicino al Palazzo Reale, allora Carpano ha l’idea brillante di inviare delle bottiglie di vermouth al re. ......

Italiano espresso

Breve storia dell'aperitivo 

En este nuevo episodio, vamos a charlar sobre 'la anticipación' vs 'la improvisación' al momento de viajar. Antes de poner play y escucharlo, pensa un poco las respuestas a las siguientes preguntas ¿Dirías que sos una persona anticipada o improvisada al viajar? ¿Cuál de las dos cualidades crees que es mejor y por qué? ¿Las dos tienen algunas ventajas y desventajas? ¿Probaste combinarlas, anticipándote a algunas decisiones previo al viaje e improvisando otras sobre la marcha? ¿Qué resultados te dio?

Ahora si, DALE PLAY!

Disfruta de aprender

Hablemos de viajes, parte XII!

A productivity guide! The Tomato Method Part 2.

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You can also use organizational strategies like prioritizing tasks in order of importance and urgency.

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A Productivity Guide Part 2. The Pomodoro Technique / The Tomato Method

All levels of English students get this wrong -- a lot! Get it right.

English for IT Pros

The Present Simple Tense -- Do You Really Know It?

People have no doubt what the most famous game in Korea is. 
League of Legends, which is called “롤(L.O.L)” in Korea, has just finished its league in the spring of 2022. 
T1, having won the title, has become “The best L.O.L team in Korea in 2022”. 
Let us find out what L.O.L means to the Korean young generation and how the LCK spring season ended this season. 
Welcome to the infinite L.O.L universe!

