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paso doble
noun
a two-step, especially one done to Latin American rhythms.
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Paso doble 鈥渁 two-step鈥� is a loanword from Spanish, in which the term means 鈥渄ouble step.鈥� Spanish doble and English double are clear cognates鈥攂oth derive from Latin duplus (literally 鈥渢wo more鈥�) or duplex (literally 鈥渢wofold鈥�)鈥攚hile paso is a cognate of English pace and pass, and all three derive from the Latin noun passus 鈥渟迟别辫.鈥� Passus also serves as the past participle of the verb pandere 鈥渢o spread,鈥� which is the source of English words such as expand. While Spanish simply uses no to mean 鈥渘o鈥� or 鈥渘ot,鈥� its sister language French uses the phrase 苍别鈥补蝉, which literally means 鈥渘ot a step鈥� and descends from Latin nec passum. Paso doble was first recorded in English in the late 1920s.
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At another juncture of the concert, an energetic tune suddenly unfolds into a pasodoble, which since the 1960s has become a standard during Venezuelan celebrations鈥攁ptly titled 鈥淢煤sica de fiesta鈥� (Party music) …. The tune is particularly appealing to the audience, now on its feet and in motion.
I left the radio on by his bed, I even called to request a song to entertain him, a paso doble which is what he liked to dance at the firemen鈥檚 balls when he was single, until I finally went lame like this from a stomping he gave me in the dance contest the first Sunday of Lent, when he yelled Ol茅 and came down with his heel right on my bunion…
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saber
noun
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
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Saber 鈥渁 heavy, one-edged sword鈥� is a borrowing of French sabre, earlier sable, from German Sabel (modern 厂盲产别濒). Prior to German, the term either passed through a Slavic intermediary such as Polish szabla or came directly from Hungarian szablya. Note that the sz consonant pair is pronounced as 鈥渟h鈥� in Polish but simply as 鈥渟鈥� in Hungarian, and the Hungarian letter pair ly is pronounced as simply 鈥測鈥� as in “yes.” Though the ultimate source of szablya is uncertain, the prevailing theory is an origin in a Tungusic language; compare sele 鈥渋ron鈥� and seleme 鈥渄agger鈥� in Manchu, an endangered language in Manchuria. The languages of the Tungusic family are predominantly spoken in Siberia, with a few members spoken in northern China. Although efforts have been made to connect the Tungusic languages to the Mongolic and Turkic families (as we learned from the recent 51吃瓜 of the Day yurt), and even to Japanese and Korean, any relationship among these families is inconclusive. Saber was first recorded in English in the 1670s.
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Knocking off the top of a Champagne bottle with a saber鈥攌nown as sabrage鈥攊s an old rite in Europe, and a novel addition to American celebrations. But there’s an art to doing it right …. “Apparently, this started in the time of Napoleon when there were wars all through the Champagne region. And the soldiers would come and grab a bottle of Champagne while they were on horseback; they would just take their saber and knock the top and drink it down,” [Becky Sue Epstein, author of Champagne: A Global History] says.
The other boys showed off their lead toy soldiers, their bicycles. We showed my father鈥檚 saber, which we took down secretly in the dark sitting room among the furniture covered in dust sheets. Compared to his saber, the security guard鈥檚 machete was a mere penknife. This (my unfeeling hand slides over the surface, divested of weight and consistency) was our town鈥檚 most precious emblem.
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肠辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅
noun
an official bulletin or communication, usually to the press or public.
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颁辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅 鈥渁n official bulletin or communication鈥� is a borrowing from French, in which it means 鈥渃ommunicated鈥� and is the past participle of the verb communiquer 鈥渢o communicate.鈥� Communiquer comes from Latin 肠辞尘尘奴苍颈肠腻谤别 鈥渢o impart, make common,鈥� based on the adjective 肠辞尘尘奴苍颈蝉 鈥渃ommon,鈥� which itself is likely related to 尘奴苍耻蝉 (stem 尘奴苍别谤-) 鈥済ift, duty鈥� and 颈尘尘奴苍颈蝉 鈥渆xempt from taxes鈥� (compare English remunerate and immunity). The French suffixes -茅 and -i are used to mark past participles and derive from Latin -腻迟耻蝉 and -墨迟耻蝉, which are preserved in English as -ate and -ite, in Portuguese and Spanish as -ado and -ido, and in Italian as -ato and -ito or -uto. 颁辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅 was first recorded in English in the early 1850s.
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Nearly all the messages that humans have broadcast into space so far start by establishing common ground with a basic lesson in science and mathematics …. A far messier question is how to encode these concepts into the 肠辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅. Human languages are out of the question for obvious reasons, but so are our numeral systems. Though the concept of numbers is nearly universal, the way we depict them as numerals is entirely arbitrary.
The United States and China have given a bit of a lift to the United Nations COP26 gathering in Glasgow. The world鈥檚 two largest polluters issued a surprise joint statement on Wednesday 鈥�. On the face of it, the U.S.-China 肠辞尘尘耻苍颈辩耻茅 does almost nothing to change the trajectory .鈥� Politically, however, their statement is more powerful. For starters, simply having the two countries unite on a message is a victory of sorts.
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