2022-01-17

Published: 2022-01-17

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-01-17.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• the straw that breaks the camel’s back
• lava tube
• breach
• leviathan
• unerring
• doom
• tableau vivant
• skirl
• cup
• hitch up

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the straw that breaks the camel’s back

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• also the final/last straw
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_that_broke_the_camel's_back

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lava tube

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notes

• also lava tunnel
• see images
• 溶岩洞

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breach

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• “to make an opening in a wall”
• from PIE *bʰreg- (cf. break)

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leviathan

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• figuratively “something or someone that is extremely large and powerful”
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan

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unerring

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• un- + err + -ing

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doom

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• “to make someone certain to do something unpleasant”

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tableau vivant

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• U.S. /ˌtɑˈbloʊ vɪˈvɑnt/
• plural tableaux vivants
• tableau in French means “painting”
• vivant in French is the present participle of vivre (to live) (cf. rire -> riant (“smiling” in French and English))
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tableau_vivant
• 活人画

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skirl

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cup

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• “to hold something in cupped hands”

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hitch up

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• “to connect an animal to (a vehicle)”