2016年7月24日 星期日

reminisce, wax, down there, low-key, Wall of Names

But as men’s upkeep has gone the way of female grooming — Botox, facials and waxing, you know, down there — so, too, has the high price of a haircut.

但是随着男人的保养愈来愈向女人看齐——肉毒杆菌瘦脸、美容和去毛(下面的毛,你懂的)——高价理发也不例外。

In Shanksville, Thousands Gather to Honor Flight 93 Victims

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
In Shanksville, Pa., a new marble wall of names was dedicated at the site where passengers and crew who fought back against terrorists died.

United Flight Attendants Gather to Mourn 5 Colleagues

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
A group stood in uniform near their friends' inscriptions on the Wall of Names in Shanksville, Pa., to pray and reminisce.



As for his personal feelings about China, “The country had defined my family’s life since 1916, when my father stepped off a boat in Shanghai harbor to work for Standard Oil,” he reminisced in his memoir.


Spain Marks Fifth Anniversary of Train Bombings

Victims' representatives of the 2004 Madrid train bombings are criticizing
that authorities have forgotten them, as Spain marked the fifth
anniversary of Europe's worst terrorist attack in a low-key fashion.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew0escI44va89pI2
Princeton University professor Paul Krugman, 55, who is this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient, said of the economic meltdown: "I did not expect to be seeing anything in my lifetime that was reminiscent of the 1930s."


The video clips are directed in an engaging, low-key manner by David A. Gonzales and Jimmy Chin. They are beautiful enough to give viewers the feeling they really ought to answer the call of the wild — if not immediately, then as soon as they can turn off their computers.
The clips all begin the same way, asking questions on screen like “Have you given back ... to the places that move you?” or “humble you?” or “nourish you?” Then there is a reference to the work of the Conservation Alliance.
The Webisode with Mr. Anker — who is also a spokesman for the Timex Expedition brand — shows him in a snowstorm, reminiscing about his first trip climbing a mountain at age 16.
“I think we even yodeled on the summit,” he says, waxing rhapsodic about he will “feel so alive” every time he revisits the area.


Here's the Deal With Shaving Down There... - Seventeen

www.seventeen.com/health/advice/a31606/heres-the-deal-with-shaving-down-there/

Jun 13, 2015 - Believe it or not, this trend toward full (or even partial) hairlessness down there is fairly recent. "It really changed drastically when porn become .


low-key Show phonetics
adjective
describes an event that is quiet and without a great show of excitement:
The wedding was a low-key affair, with fewer than thirty people attending.

reminisce

(rĕm'ə-nĭs') pronunciationintr.v., -nisced, -nisc·ing, -nisc·es.
To recollect and tell of past experiences or events.
[Back-formation from REMINISCENCE.]
reminiscer rem'i·nis'cer n.

rem・i・nis・cent

━━ a. 思い出の, 回想的な; 思い出させる ((of)).
rem・i・nis・cent・ly ad.
reminiscence




wax2 (wăks) pronunciation
intr.v., waxed, wax·ing, wax·es.
  1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity.
  2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full.
  3. To grow or become as specified: “could afford … to wax sentimental over their heritage” (John Simon).
[Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan.]


tr.v., waxed, wax·ing, wax·es.
  1. To coat, treat, or polish with wax.
  2. Informal. To make a phonograph record of.
 wax,

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]
1Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it:washed and waxed the floor
1.1Remove unwanted hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peelingoff the wax and hairs together:she waxed her legs when necessary
2informal Make a recording of:he waxed a series of tracks that emphasized his lead guitar work(as noun waxingthe latest waxing by the Grams



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