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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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Sunday Nov 19, 2017
Sunday Nov 19, 2017
Escape by the Skin of One's Teeth, A Drop in the Bucket, A Scapegoat, The Ends of the Earth, O My God (OMG)
https://www.rd.com/culture/common-bible-phrases/
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Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
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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Sunday Sep 24, 2017
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
Trumpian, Trumponomics, Trumpertantrum, Trumpkin, Trumpflation, Trumpist, Trumpette, Trumpista
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Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
Tuesday Sep 19, 2017
This is a repeat of popular podcast # 91 from August 10, 2014.
As Happy as a Clam; Beating a Dead Horse; Close, But No Cigar; Hissy Fit; My Bad
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Enjoy! Lewis
Sunday Jul 02, 2017
Sunday Jul 02, 2017
After 5 years of trying to interview him, Bob finally sits down in our Beijing studio to reveal the truth of life, poetry, happiness and much more. If you wanna be in the know, you gotta listen to Bob.
Over 7 years of podcasts, thousand words, phrases, slang and idioms.
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Enjoy!
Saturday Jun 24, 2017
Saturday Jun 24, 2017
Billution, a portmanteau of two words: bicycle+pollution
for more portmanteaus see podcast #51
http://lewissandler.podbean.com/e/portmanteaus-51/
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A worker from the bike share company Ofo puts a damaged bike on a pile at a makeshift repair depot for the company where thousands of derelict bikes are being kept after coming off the road on March 29, 2017 in Beijing, China.
Sunday May 07, 2017
Sunday May 07, 2017
Words with "TEXT": Textpectation, Textonics, Textomortis, Textologist, Textology, Text Off.
More words with "text": Urban dictionary
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Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Bacteria, Virus, Toxin (toxic), Antibiotic, Germ
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lewis
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
Thursday Jan 05, 2017
Bruncheon, Osculation, POST-TRUTH, (Word of the Year)
and 4 new chemical elements to the periodic table:
Nihonium and symbol Nh, for the element 113,
Moscovium and symbol Mc, for the element 115,
Tessesine and symbol Ts, for the element 117,
Oganesson and symbol Og, for the element 118
Listen to discover the origin of these chemical names.
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Friday Nov 11, 2016
Dogs are Barking, Zumba, Body Tog, Exergaming, Fit as a Fiddle
https://www.zumba.com/en-US/party?search=Beijing%2C+Beijing%2C+CN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exergaming
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Portmanteau podcast (#51) http://lewissandler.podbean.com/2011/08/
thanks for listening,
Lewis