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有意思的英语单词起源 We focus on the origin of interesting words, idioms, and slang, science and technology...bilingual (Chinese and English) by Lewis Sandler, former lawyer and professor in Beijing, China since 1993 and now (11/19) in Presque Isle, Maine, interviewing ordinary people leading ordinary lives. Welcome to view my other websites listed on the right side of this page.
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Friday Oct 07, 2016
University students tell all (#112)
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Friday Oct 07, 2016
Interesting conversation with 8 cool Chinese university students in Beijing who share their life, loves, studies and maybe a secret or two!
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61/2 years of podcasts and nearly 1000 words, idioms and slang
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Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Origin of 5 Strange Words (#110)
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Tuesday Jul 26, 2016
Tattoo, Fortnight, Kipple, Dongle, Agelast
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-origin-of-the-word-dongle-7-leading-theories/278180/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Dick
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Wednesday May 04, 2016
Origin of Food Idioms (#107)
Wednesday May 04, 2016
Wednesday May 04, 2016
Bring home the bacon, Big cheese, Say cheese, Cheesy, Cup of joe, Out to lunch
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/idioms-food.htm
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Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Conversation with Wellena, Chinese graduate student in Beijing (#102)
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Brief talk with Wellena about her hometown in China, major studies, learning English, advice to learners of English and more..
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Saturday Nov 28, 2015
SETI search for ET (#101)
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
Saturday Nov 28, 2015
SETI, extremophile, The Wow! signal, Astrobiology (panspermia), Pareidolia, Arecibo message
http://radio.seti.org/ (Big Picture Science podcast)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_with_extraterrestrial_intelligence
http://www.universetoday.com/122409/what-was-the-wow-signal/
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