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andante
adjective
moderately slow and even.
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Andante 鈥渕oderately slow and even鈥� is a loanword from Italian, in which it literally means 鈥渨alking鈥� and is the present participle of the verb andare 鈥渢o walk, go.鈥� From here, the history becomes somewhat murky. Romance languages merged several roots in a process called to create their verbs meaning 鈥渢o go鈥濃�攕imilar to English with be (and am, are, was)鈥攂ut what roots were merged remains a matter of debate. With andante, there are two proposals: a derivation from a lost Vulgar Latin verb such as ambitare 鈥渢o go in circular motion鈥� or an origin in the Gaulish root 补苍诲腻-, the latter of which is related to Latin passus 鈥渟迟别辫.鈥� Andante was first recorded in English circa 1740.
how is andante used?
The Haydn symphony is the one with the limpid little andante second movement, which some feel is insufficiently important for a Haydn slow movement, but which to my ear touches the ultimate in perennial simplicity and freshness.
She lived among her own things like a visitor to a room kept 鈥渆xactly as it was when.鈥� She tiptoed, even when she went to draw a bath, nervous and andante. She stopped, fluttering and febrile, before every object in her house.
menology
noun
a record or account arranged in the order of a calendar.
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Don鈥檛 be fooled! Menology is not a half-Greek term meaning 鈥渢he study of men.鈥� Instead, menology 鈥渁 record or account arranged in the order of a calendar鈥� comes from Late Greek 尘脓苍辞濒贸驳颈辞苍, from Ancient Greek 鈥嬧赌媘岣梟 鈥渕onth鈥� and -濒贸驳颈辞苍, a derivative of 濒贸驳辞蝉 鈥渁 word, saying, speech.鈥� The word 鈥嬧赌媘岣梟 is a distant relative of Latin mensis and English month, and all three come from the same root as English moon (and Monday) and menstrual 鈥渕辞苍迟丑濒测.鈥� Menology was first recorded in English circa 1605.
how is menology used?
The menologies form a small but distinct group of texts and follow a pattern broadly comparable to Hesiod’s Works and Days, though with much heavier cultic content. For each month, information is given relating to astronomical, religious, social, and other themes such as the expected appearance of a particular migratory bird.
[M]enologies were, in general, meant to deal with every aspect of daily life, and their content was intended for the common people. Time had its own magic in Mesopotamia, with some texts only listing favorable and unfavorable days.
juku
noun
a school, attended in addition to one's regular school, where students prepare for college entrance examinations.
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Juku 鈥渁 school where students prepare for college entrance examinations鈥� is a borrowing from Japanese. In its native language, juku means 鈥減rivate tutoring school鈥� or 鈥渃ram school鈥� and is a term borrowed from Middle Chinese, in which it once meant 鈥済ate room.鈥� Because juku is of Chinese origin, we can see the clear resemblance today between juku and Mandarin 蝉丑煤 or Cantonese suk. Juku was first recorded in English in the early 1980s.
how is juku used?
The result is another kind of 鈥渆xam hell鈥� for these young children: To prepare, many attend juku, or cram schools, a process that requires a huge investment of time and often costs far more than all but the highest echelons of Japanese socioeconomic ladder can afford.