daunting reality, prim, explainer, under the skin / get under sb's skin

Japan's first domestic coronavirus death and newly confirmed infections outside a quarantine cruise ship all involve people with no connections to China, sparking concerns about a possible outbreak at home.
First death raises fear that virus is quietly spreading

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Daunting reality: None of Japan's new patients had China link






“Production hell.” Tesla and its chief executive, Elon Musk, are learning what the rest of the car industry already knows: Producing a quarter of a million cars a year is daunting.

68 Things You Cannot Say on China’s Internet By STEVEN LEE MYERS AND AMY CHENG China’s censorship system is expanding forbidden topics far beyond politics, in line with President Xi Jinping’s prim, paternalistic vision for the “China dream.”

A man who is everything Trump is not.

The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Gets Under Trump's Skin: View

He’s the opposite of Trump in nearly every dimension.

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The "Ring of the Nibelung" lasts about 15 hours. A new instrument, the "Wagner tuba", was invented for it; a concert hall, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, constructed for its premiere. Its composer, Richard Wagner, took 26 years to complete it

How to understand the most daunting opera ever written


Getting under the skin of "Ring of the Nibelung"
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The falling price of oil in 2015 troubled the world so much that this explainer became one of our most-read blogs. Unfortunately, our correspondent wasn't able to forecast the depths it might reach. If he could, he said, he would be on a yacht reading The Economist


Everything you want to know about falling oil prices
A thorough Q&A explainer
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Under My Skin

By D. T. MAX

Published: January 13, 2008

How do you write a book about someone about whom next to nothing is known? For most writers, the answer would be move on to the next subject. But Bill Hayes has an unusual set of skills. The author of previous books on insomnia and blood, he is part science writer, part memoirist, part culture


explainer.

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anatomy 包含傳記書評（紐約時報）等等

'The Anatomist'

By BILL HAYES
Reviewed by D. T. MAX

One man’s quest to learn everything he could about the men behind Gray’s Anatomy.

daunting

ˈdɔːntɪŋ/

adjective

adjective: daunting

1. seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; intimidating.

   
   

   "a daunting task"

prim

prɪm/

adjective

1. 1.

   feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct.

   
   

   "a very prim and proper lady"

   synonyms:

   demure, proper, prim and proper, formal, stuffy, strait-laced, prudish; More

verb

1. 1.

   purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression.

   
   

   "Laurie primmed up his mouth"

morbid anatomy　病理解剖学.

under the skin

In reality, as opposed to superficial appearances:he still believes that all women are goddesses under the skin

get under sb's skin
to annoy someone:
Jack really gets under my skin - he never buys anyone a drink.

explainer

noun

1A person who explains a concept, topic, situation, etc.an excellent teacher and explainerscientists often aren’t the best explainers

1.1A statement, article, or video that provides an explanation of a concept, topic, situation, etc.if you’re confused, Reuters has a quick explainer on how the Italian election workscan you give us an explainer of what sub-prime means?[AS MODIFIER]: learn more about gravity and how it affects all objects in space with this terrific explainer video