brush up refreshed for the fray, refresh sb's memory."Memory lane" Speak, Memory. Speak on, Memory or Speak, America.

“Generation Kill,” an HBO seven-part mini-series about the invasion of Iraq that begins on Sunday, is bold, uncompromising and oddly diffident
"There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,"--said
Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done.

Speak, Memory is a memoir by writer Vladimir Nabokov. The book includes individual essays published between 1936 and 1951 to create the first edition in 1951. Nabokov's revised and extended edition appeared in 1966.

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The book is dedicated to his wife, Véra, and covers his life from 1903 until his emigration to America in 1940. The first twelve chapters describe Nabokov's remembrance of his youth in an aristocratic family living in pre-revolutionary Saint Petersburg and at their country estate Vyra, near Siverskaya. The three remaining chapters recall his years at Cambridge and as part of the Russian émigré community in Berlin and Paris. Through memory Nabokov is able to possess the past.^[1]

Speak, Memory

First UK edition
Author	Vladimir Nabokov
Language	English
Publisher	Victor Gollancz (1951 UK)

Nabokov had planned a sequel under the title Speak on, Memory or Speak, America. He wrote, however, a fictional autobiographic memoir of a double persona, Look at the Harlequins!, apparently being upset by a real biography published by Andrew Field.^[5]

Hanching Chung

2019年2月3日下午7:05 · 

251 日本浮世繪大師--歌川廣重 (歌川広重) 漢清講堂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiE_e7iIBC8&t=6s

British Museum

2019年2月3日下午6:00 · 

Everyone’s talking about the #Superbowl today, so here’s a superb owl from the collection! 🦉🏈

This sleepy owl was made in the 19th century by Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige. The inscription is a haiku written in cursive script, which roughly translates as:

‘The old maple
looks rosy and refreshed
from end to end.’

Hiroshige designed at least two prints with an owl taking a nap, so it seems to have been a popular theme http://ow.ly/A2vt30nvCNl

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"Memory lane" refers to the act of remembering or revisiting past experiences, often with a nostalgic or sentimental tone, as if one is taking a metaphorical "walk" or "trip" down a path of memories. 

the fray (ACTION) noun [S]
an energetic and often not well organized effort, activity, fight or disagreement:
With a third country about to enter (= take part in) the fray, the fighting looks set to continue.
A good holiday should leave you feeling refreshed and ready for the fray (= ready to work) again.



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refresh

verb

UK 

 /rɪˈfreʃ/ US 

 /rɪˈfreʃ/

refresh verb (FEEL BETTER)

 

C1 [ T ]

to make someone less hot or tired

使涼爽；使恢復精力；使振作精神

It was such a hot night that I had a cold shower to refresh myself.那天晚上實在太熱，我沖了個涼水澡涼快一下。

 

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refresh verb (COMPUTER SCREEN)

 

[ I or T ]

to make the most recent information on an internet page appear, usually by clicking a button on the computer screen

（通常指透過點選電腦螢幕上的按鈕來）刷新，更新（網頁）

習語

refresh sb's memory

brush up

1. To refresh one's memory.
2. To renew a skill.