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Folktales

shjwu — 2022-01-05 01:55:17 UTC

could explain an animal

could be supernatural or about transformation (like an invisibility cloak) - like fairy tales

could be comical!

Oral storytelling / oral tradition

shjwu — 2022-01-05 01:58:43 UTC

when you tell a tory aloud and it's passed around

"SENT"

shjwu — 2022-01-05 02:02:52 UTC

sentiment: a feeling (usually a thoughtful/nice feeling)

presentiment: having a feeling about what will happen in the future (something bad)

sensuous: sexy

assent: to agree, accept

sentient: able to feel (like a robot becoming “awake”)

"ANIM"

shjwu — 2022-01-12 01:41:28 UTC

equanimity: calm and balanced mind
- (equanimous: adj. form of equanimity)

magnanimous: kind, generous, giving, large hearted, big hearted

unanimous: everyone in agreement, consensus, concur

Sunspot

shjwu — 2022-01-12 01:49:23 UTC

low pressure of gases --> cooler --> so darker

magnetic field

11-year cycle - number of spots increase or decrease

Albedo

shjwu — 2022-01-12 01:57:31 UTC

different surfaces --> different albedo

low thick clouds --> cooling

high thin clouds --> heating

cooling effects predominate (cooling >>> heating)

Conspicuous

shjwu — 2022-01-19 01:50:23 UTC

very attention - grabbing (like putting on a show)

inconspicuous <-> conspicuous

Hatch

shjwu — 2022-01-19 01:52:05 UTC

when birds or reptiles pop out of their eggs

Distraction display

shjwu — 2022-01-19 01:55:46 UTC

Birds put on a show to LURE predators away from their babies.

Two methods:
1. pretend to be injured or ill (eg. broken wings) - seems like easy meal to predators

2. pretend to be a small animal on the ground (eg. drag wings on the ground as the second pair of legs)

Take a toll on you

shjwu — 2022-01-19 01:57:28 UTC

something exhausts you

____ takes a toll on me because...

Notion

shjwu — 2022-01-19 01:58:45 UTC

idea or concept

The notion of _____ interests me

Omit

shjwu — 2022-01-19 02:23:53 UTC

leave out

omission = noun

lie of omission

when is the last time you omitted the truth (you didn't tell an outright lie, but you didn't TELL the truth either - you were just quiet)

Toil

shjwu — 2022-01-19 02:25:59 UTC

Very hard work

Taking the TOEFL involves a lot of "toiling"

What is something that requires a lot of toiling? (Blood, sweat, and tears)

Tumult

shjwu — 2022-01-19 02:27:44 UTC

Tumultuous

If you are in a tumultuous relationship, you might break up and get back together a lot...

What is the last tumultuous situation you were in?

Runoff

shjwu — 2022-01-26 01:53:56 UTC

the stuff that is taken when it rains to the ocean (usually has chemicals or nutrients - like fertilizer) NUTRIENTS

Point source V non point source

shjwu — 2022-01-26 01:55:20 UTC

Pollution originating from a single, identifiable source, such as a discharge pipe from a factory or sewage plant, is called point-source pollution.

Pollution that does not originate from a single source, or point, is called nonpoint-source pollution.

Sewage (soo ij)

shjwu — 2022-01-26 01:56:54 UTC

drainage (drayn ij) canalization -> POOP and PEE (waste) ** water treatment plant: Toilet water back into tap water

Tree rings

shjwu — 2022-01-26 02:02:46 UTC

1 ring = 1 year (used to calculate tree age... as well as climate and rain! - the ring is bigger = more water)

Algae

shjwu — 2022-01-26 02:05:32 UTC

A marine plant

Ramp

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:08:45 UTC

Crane

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:09:53 UTC

Pyramids

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:12:15 UTC

Houdin's idea:
a straight ramp for the bottom
a spiral one for inside to get to the top

Infrared imaging

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:15:01 UTC

Existential crisis

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:16:55 UTC

An existential crisis, by definition, refers to the ensemble of feelings and questions we have to do with the meaning and purpose of our life.

"Mal"

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:19:06 UTC

Dangerous, Evil, Bad
eg. Malicious, malignant

"Ben"

shjwu — 2022-02-02 02:20:27 UTC

Good, Kind, Generous
eg. Benevolent

Impressionism

shjwu — 2022-02-16 01:58:22 UTC

Not fully realistic
BLURRY: not clear
Thick brushstrokes
Colors are pretty realistic

Galentine's day

shjwu — 2022-02-16 02:00:43 UTC

On Feb.13
A nonofficial holiday, which is celebrated as a day for "ladies celebrating ladies."

Palentine's day

shjwu — 2022-02-16 02:02:06 UTC

Pal - friend
On Feb.13
The other part of Valentine's Day & Galentine's Day, when you celebrate your love for your lady or guy friends

The night away

shjwu — 2022-02-16 02:03:54 UTC

the night away: doing sth. the whole night
eg.
Sleeping the night away
Dance the night away

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