Ever had someone else ruining a date between you and your crush? Or just a friend that's ruining the mood between you and another? A third wheel? In Chinese we call that  
 
电灯泡
diàndēng pào

Example:

你今晚和我们一起去看电影吗？

nǐ jīn wǎn hé wǒmen yīqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng ma?

Are you going to the movie with us tonight?

不了，我不想当电灯泡哈哈。

Bùle, wǒ bùxiǎng dāng diàndēngpào hāhā。

Nah, I don't want to be a "light bulb" haha.

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电灯泡

四條友入黎第一件事就係「我好攰啊！」所以我地今期冇稿冇flow，就講下最近做乜咁攰。一定就係因為翻工㗎啦，人人都翻工，唔通人人都想翻工咩？

夠鐘煲粥 Congee Time

EP 25.個個都翻工，唔通個個都想翻工咩

بْلَادْ الشَام هي أَرْبَعَة دُوَلْ, سوريا و الأُرْدُن و فِلِسْطِين ولبنان.
مِن نَاحِية المَسَاحَة سوريا أَكْبَر شِي وبَعْدَين الأُرْدُن وبَعِدْهَا فْلِسْطِينْ وأَصْغَر شِي لِبْنَان.
الأُرْدُن بِالجَنُوب وفِيهَا البَحْر المَيِّت.
لِبْنَان وفِلْسِطِين بِالغَرْب وَجُزْء كْبِير مِنْهُم عالسَاحِل.
سُورْيَا بِالشَمَال وجُزْء صْغِير مِنْهَا عالسَاحِل.
على كُلٍّ, بْلَاد الشَام كَانِت أَحْلَى لَمَّا كَانِت بَلَد وَاحِد


Levantine Dialect (Level 1)

بلاد الشام \ Levantine Countries

❓Sono mattiniera o nottambula?
🤩Scopritelo insieme a me in questo episodio!
🫵E voi, preferite svegliarvi presto o andare a letto tardi? 


⬇️ VOCABOLARIO ⬇️

Mettere la sveglia: Set the alarm clock
Uova strapazzate: Scrambled eggs
Uova sode: Hard-boiled eggs
Latte di avena o mandorla o nocciole: Oat, almond, or hazelnut milk
Il sole non è ancora sorto: The sun hasn't risen yet
Alba: sunrise 
Sbadiglio: Yawn
Esigenze: Needs

Puro Parlare

20. Mattiniera o nottambula? La mia routine.

Part 4. Food.

Please listen to the audio and then choose your answer.

Please answer the following questions of understanding:

Question 1:
What is a grocery store?
a An establishment that cooks food for customers
b There are several definitions of a grocery store
c A place to sell and trade goods
d An establishment that distributes foods, drinks, household products, and other items that're used by the typical consumer

Question 2:
Fresh fruits and vegetables are collectively referred to as which of the following terms?
a Produce
b Feggies
c Veggies
d Famine	

Question 3:
What are staples?
a Small pieces of metal used to hold papers together
b Rare foods
c Foods that play a prominent role in the average diet
d Green fruits and vegetables

Question 4:
More vegetables are stocked in grocery stores than fruits because:
a Fruits stay fresh for less time than vegetables
b Vegetables are more popular than fruits, generally speaking
c Grocery store managers prefer fruits
d A and B

Question 5:
"Fresh" groceries are:
a Prepared by employees
b Measured manually
c Charged by the pound
d All of the Above


I hope you enjoyed spending time thinking and answering some questions and the idea is to do it daily for at least 90 days for the habit ‘to properly register’ in your brain.

See you tomorrow for further development :)


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「におい」は、いい時にも嫌な時にも使います。
「香り」は、いい時にだけ使います。


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#3 「におい」と「香り」ってどう違うの？

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A very common Mexican phrase – “Ahorita”

Ordering food will be one of your first things to do in China, and also something you are forced to learn very quickly in the beginning of your Chinese learning journey. Today we will not teach you the basics such as ‘wo3yao4…’. Instead we will level up your ordering game and nudge you to become a more confident and native-like speaker, and work your way around all kinds of questions and problems at a restaurant. Let’s go!

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Ordering Food at a Restaurant: No CASH payment? No MENU? Time to UP Your Ordering Game!

Transcript: https://saracasalino-books.weebly.com/blog/the-adventures-of-odyssea-ch-7-ithaca

Last part of the story- Nausico's coronation