stumbling, stumble home. The harrased pilgrim stumbled home to his unhurried sessions with the lucid reproductions in the art books.Saliva samples preferable to deep nasal swabs for testing COVID-19. stumble across/on/upon sth/sb, unknowing subjects, salivating over a ding-dong contest

  The harrased pilgrim stumbled home to his unhurried sessions with the lucid reproductions in the art books.

這位疲憊不堪的朝聖者踉蹌地走回家，繼續從容地欣賞藝術書籍中清晰的複製品。

The elegance of the Stolpersteine, or “stumbling stone”, has caught the public’s imagination in Europe. What started as a one-off memorial project has snowballed: https://econ.trib.al/QDPO50w Illustration: Peter Schrank

Saliva tests for #COVID19 are more accurate and consistent than nasal swabs, says a

Yale School of Public Health

study — opening the door for at-home, self-administered sample collection.

NEWS.YALE.EDU

Saliva samples preferable to deep nasal swabs for testing COVID-19

A YSPH study has found that saliva tests are more accurate and consistent t

Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times

The eight-megapixel camera on the HTC Windows Phone 8X offers better color when the light is good, but stumbles badly in low light.

On Thanksgiving in Oregon, a man out hiking stumbled upon a man proposing to a woman. He photographed the intimate moment, then successfully used the internet to find the unknowing subjects. The whole process took five hours.

She said 'yes'! Reddit users help track down mystery couple from snapshot

Photographer creates online buzz in pursuit to find man and woman from...

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Wall Street is salivating.

Amazon Has a Plan to Become Profitable. It’s Called Advertising

It already has a huge audience at its fingertips.

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Mr Johnson will face huge scrutiny in the run-up to next May's mayoral election - and journalists are salivating over a ding-dong contest between "Boris and Ken." Profile: Boris Johnson

 

Scientists Salivate Over Discovery of Earthlike Planet
"This planet will occupy us for years," says a top astronomer of the boiling, watery mass 42 light-years away.

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Spectrum | 30.09.2008 | 04:30

Discovering an Operant Learning Gene

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Drosophila fruit fly

For the last 80 years, there’s been a scientific debate over two forms of learning - classical and operant conditioning.

Classical conditioning was made famous by the Russian physiologist Pavlov, who trained dogs to salivate in response to a bell. About 20 years later, the American psychologist Skinner trained rats to press a lever for a reward, and this is known as operant conditioning. Despite the differences between the two procedures – where Pavlov’s dogs were passive while Skinner’s rats had to do something to get the food - scientists thought that maybe the animals could be learning the same thing.

A team of scientists lead by neurobiologist, Dr Björn Brembs at the Institute of Biology at Berlin’s Free University believe that they may have solved this 80 year old debate through their experiments on genetically engineered Drosophila fruit flies. Brembs and his team believe they have discovered an operant learning gene, and may also have stumbled upon a way to block addictive behaviours.

Cinnamon Nippard in Berlin investigates.

stumble across/on/upon sth/sb phrasal verb
to discover something by chance, or to meet someone by chance:
Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building.

saliva 

noun [U]

the liquid produced in your mouth to keep the mouth wet and to help to prepare food for digestion

salivary 

adjective [before noun] SPECIALIZED

salivary glands

salivate 

verb [I] SPECIALIZED OR HUMOROUS

to produce saliva:

The thought of all that delicious food made me salivate.




ding-dong (ARGUMENT) noun [S] MAINLY UK INFORMAL

a noisy argument or fight:

They had a real ding-dong in the middle of the restaurant.

stumble 

stumbleの変化形

stumbles (複数形) • stumbled (過去形) • stumbled (過去分詞) • stumbling (現在分詞) • stumbles (三人称単数現在)

[動](自)

1 ［I（[副]）］（…に）つまずく, よろめく((on, over ...))；よろよろ歩く((along, about))

stumble over ［on］ a rock
石につまずく

stumble along the road
道をよろめきながら歩く

stumble about the dark room
暗い部屋をよろめきながら歩く.

2 ためらう；（演説などで）（…を）口ごもる, つっかえる((at, over ...))

stumble over a word
単語（の発音）にまごつく.

3 ((文))失敗をする, やりそこなう；（道徳的に）あやまちを犯す.

4 偶然（…を）見つける, （…に）出くわす((across ...))；偶然（…に）はいる((in, into ...))

stumble across a rare book in a used book shop
古本屋で珍本にめぐりあう.

━━[名]

1 つまずくこと, よろめくこと.

2 失敗, へま；道徳上のあやまち［失敗］.

［中英語. STAMMER（どもる）と同系］

-bling・ly

[副]

AI Overview

To "stumble home" means to walk home unsteadily, as if from weakness, intoxication, or darkness, often by missing steps and nearly falling. It can also refer to an accidental or confused walk, but the primary meaning is to move awkwardly and unevenly towards home after a difficult or disorienting experience. 

Key Aspects of "Stumble Home"

• Unsteady Movement: 

  The core of "stumbling" is an uncontrolled or uneven gait, with the foot missing a step or nearly hitting something. 
• Cause of Stumbling:

  • Intoxication: A common context for stumbling is a state of drunkenness, as in, "He stumbled home after a night out". 
  • Darkness/Weakness: Walking in the dark or being physically weak can make it easy to stumble, as in, "She stumbled home through the dark streets". 
  • Injury: Someone with an injury that affects their balance might also stumble home. 
• Figurative Use: 

  While less common, "stumble" can also mean to make a mistake or blunder. However, when used with "home," the focus remains on the physical, ungraceful walk. 

Example: 

• "After the long, exhausting day, he felt like he could only stumble home to bed".

"stumble home