2022-04-27
Published: 2022-04-27Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-27.
The contents were automatically generated except notes part.
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handoff
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rap
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- “a judgment”
- often in form “get a good/great/bad rap”
- cf. rape, rapture, ravish, etc.
rekindle
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- re- + kindle
tweak
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- cognate with twitch
- in the context of drug, tweak can mean “to be under the influence of methamphetamine”, a blend of twitch and freak? (urban dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tweak)
ledger
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- PIE *legʰ- (to lie), whence ledge, lie, lay, low, etc.
absolve
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- often with the preposition from or of
- Latin ab- + solvō (I release)
- cf. absolute (free of restrictions)
afield
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- almost always used in form “far/further afield” (https://youglish.com/pronounce/afield/english/us)
- a- (on) + field or on + field (with loss of the consonant n)
- according to the OED, a is used as a preposition (now English regional and Caribbean) (https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/8#eid2874815)
nascent
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- Latin nāscor (I am born)
- cf. natal, prenatal
turnstile
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- turn + stile
salaryman
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- the calque of Japanese サラリーマン