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The Problem of Asbestos

San Fermín es una de las fiestas más famosas de España y del mundo entero pero ¿cómo comenzó esta tradición? En este episodio te cuento la historia de la mundialmente conocida Running of the bulls y qué actividades hay (¡no solo tenemos toros!)

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Se armó la Marimorena - Spanish Podcast

Running of the bulls o San Fermín: Historia de la fiesta (¡no solo hay toros!)

Sabe quando você recebe aquela dica que vale ouro e lhe poupa muito tempo ou dinheiro? Aprenda nesse episódio uma forma interessante de dizer isso em português! Aproveite para ouvir um conselho muito importante para o aprendizado de idiomas!

You know when you get that tip that's worth gold and saves you a lot of time or money? Learn in this episode an interesting way to say it in Portuguese! Take the opportunity to hear a very important advice for language learning!

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Aquele da dica de ouro! 💎

有个闺蜜叫面膜
面膜对于作者来说不仅仅是护肤，更是一种生活态度，是日日伴随，从不离身，就像一个形影不离的闺蜜。
那你呢，面膜对于你意味着什么？

Ruby's  Reading club of  Chinese

优雅是种力量（一）爱美懂穿，女人活出高级感

 Bàbɑ shénme shíhou huíjiā?
A：爸爸   什么   时候  回家？
    Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn.
B：下午   五  点。
    Wǒmen shénme shíhou qù kàn diànyǐnɡ?
A：我们      什么    时候  去  看  电影？
       Liù diǎn sānshí fēn.
B：六   点   三十  分。


日常对话 daily conversation

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Hey, how are you? I hope you are well. I'm Milo, a Spanish tutor at italki, and today we're going to talk about some Colombian words that you may not find in your regular dictionary. Let's see what they mean!

Vaina: En Colombia, "vaina" se usa de manera muy general para referirse a algo cuando no sabemos o no queremos decir el nombre exacto de lo que estamos mencionando, algo similar a "whatchamacallit" o "thing" en inglés. Es una palabra muy versátil, y su significado depende del contexto. Ejemplo: "¿Pasó algo con esa vaina?" o "No sé cómo se llama esa vaina, pero me gusta."

Yeyo: "Yeyo" describe un malestar o una sensación física fuerte, generalmente después de un desmayo o una caída. Es como el dolor o la incomodidad que alguien siente cuando se desmaya o se siente muy mal. Ejemplo: "Me dio un yeyo cuando vi la noticia."

Perrenque: Aunque en el diccionario de colombianismos "perrenque" se interpreta como un "látigo" o "zurriago", en muchas regiones de Colombia se refiere a algo mucho más positivo. Se usa para describir a alguien con mucha energía, valentía, fuerza o coraje. Es algo como una actitud poderosa o audaz. Ejemplo: "El equipo jugó con perrenque y ganó el partido."

Aguacatado: Esta palabra describe a una persona que se muestra sin gracia, aburrida o con una actitud pretenciosa, a menudo exagerando su estilo o su comportamiento. Es un término que refleja una actitud que no genera simpatía o no tiene mucha energía. Ejemplo: "Ese tipo es muy aguacatado, siempre está presumiendo."

And that's all for today. If you have questions or want to learn more about Colombian Spanish, don't hesitate to book a class with me. You can find more information in my profile. See you next time!

Colombia

Spanish Words with No Direct English Translation ( parte 3 )

An excerpt from Jules Verne's book The Cannon of Peace.

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Το κανόνι της Ειρήνης

Have you ever accidentally gotten on a bus that was going out of service?

What do you expect would happen next? The driver would probably open the door and tell you to get off, and they wouldn't start driving until the bus was empty.

But that's not what happened to two tourists in Kyoto.

When they accidentally got on a bus that was going out of service in early June, the driver just closed the doors and drove away with them still on board.

And yes, he knew they were there.

But he was afraid to talk to them because they were foreigners, and he didn't know how to communicate with them.

As The Asahi Shimbun reported, the tourists — a man and a woman — got on the bus through the back door after all the other passengers exited at Kyoto station.

When they realized what had happened, the tourists asked the driver to stop, but he didn't understand them and just kept driving.

He later said he thought it would be best to deal with them at the bus terminal office.

When the driver wouldn't stop, the tourists called the police. An officer spoke to the driver over the phone, and the driver finally stopped.

They had been driving for around 20 minutes, traveling a distance of about 4 kilometers.

The West Japan JR Bus Company said: "We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused. Our employee training was insufficient, and our employee did not handle the situation correctly. We will thoroughly train our employees in the future."

Kyoto has a number of train and subway lines, but some of its most famous sites are most conveniently visited by bus — including Kiyomizudera temple in the east, and the gold-covered Kinkakuji temple in the northwest.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Kyoto Bus Driver Keeps Tourists On Board Out-of-Service Bus

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QmtSCStUoW-AhG05Q9YCzyTRUskerJYx/view?usp=drivesdk