A teetotaler is someone who drinks tea, coffee and other liquids but not alcohol. Teatotaler, on the other hand, is a misspelling. What it supposedly stands for is “tea totaler”, presumably someone ...

Here, “rich” does not mean “wealthy” as in: Trump is a billionaire and, hence, a very rich man. Here, instead, “rich” means “fat” as in, fat food that is too rich in oil and grease. Or deserts that ...

Anyways, all joking aside, “having nothing to show for it” is an expression that means exactly what it says: You’ve done ...

Anyways, getting hit in the pocket means paying a price, losing money and getting hurt in the monetary sense, i.e.

Got it? Yes. To be “rich by default” is to be rich without having to work for it. Now, that’s because a royal family, such as the royal family in England, has been rich for a long time. That means ...

What’s wishy-washy? As in this sentence: Trump is very wishy-washy on the issue of women’s rights, so it’s hard to pin him down on any stance. Donald Trump, that is, President of the United States.

中共中央、国务院近日印发了《教育强国建设规划纲要（2024—2035年）》。 The 2024-2035 master plan on building China into a leading country in education was jointly issued recently by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and ...

2024年11月20日，香港特别行政区政府公布《河套深港科技创新合作区香港园区发展纲要》。 The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on November 20, 2024 released a development outline for the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong ...

2024年11月18日，巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦在二十国集团领导人第十九次峰会上宣布，二十国集团正式启动“抗击饥饿与贫困全球联盟”。 The Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty was officially launched at the 19th G20 Summit by ...

Elephant gathering at Minneriya resumes after five years 米内日亚时隔 5 年重新迎来象群聚集 ...

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9月30日，习近平等党和国家领导人在北京天安门广场出席烈士纪念日向人民英雄敬献花篮仪式。 Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Party and state leaders attended a ceremony to present flower baskets to fallen heroes at Tian'anmen Square in ...