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Posted on: Can't Get to Sleep

I assume you mean xiǎng.

Posted on: Western Zodiac

Following in mikeinewshot's footsteps, here is a list of vocabulary used by Jenny in this podcast. PM me with your email address if you want a PDF of ALL mikeinewshot's (and others) vocabulary lists from the Intermediate & Upper-Intermediate lessons. They are set out more readably than this, with one word per line.

bĭjiào 比较 compare / contrast / fairly / comparatively / relatively / quite / rather;   bĭrú 比如 for example / for instance / such as;   bùyíyàng 不一样 different / distinctive / unlike;  chúle 除 了besides / apart from (... also...) / in addition to / except (for);  dāngrán 当然 only natural / as it should be / certainly / of course / without doubt;   dòngcí 动词 verb;   duìhuà 对话 dialog / CL: 个;   érqiĕ 而且 (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore;   gănjué 感觉 to feel / to become aware of / feeling / sense / perception / CL: 个;   gōngsī 公司 (business) company / company / firm / corporation / incorporated / CL: 家;   guójiā 国家 country / nation / state / CL: 个;   hébulái 合不来 unable to get along together / incompatible;   huānyíng 欢迎 to welcome / welcome;   huòzhĕ 或者 or / possibly / maybe / perhaps;   jì 记 to remember / to note / mark / sign / to record;   jiànyì 建议 to propose / to suggest / to recommend / proposal / suggestion / recommendation / CL: 个, 点;   jiègĕi 借给 to lend to sb;   jiùshì 就是 (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as;   kànbuqĭ 看不起 to look down upon / to despise;   kĕnéng 可能 might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL: 个;   niánqīng 年轻 young;   niánqīngrén 年轻人 young people;   shēng 声 sound / voice / tone / noise / classifier for sounds;   shēngxiào 生效 to take effect / to go into effect;   shèshŏu 射手 bowman;   shīzi 狮子 lion / CL: 只, 头 / Leo (star sign);   shòu 受 receive, accept, get / bear, stand;   shòu huānyíng   受欢迎 popular / welcome;   shŭ 属 category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute;   shuōdào 说道 to discuss / reason (behind sth) / to state / to say (the quoted words);   tăolùn 讨论 to discuss / to talk over / CL: 个;   tīngdào 听到 to hear;   tōngcháng 通常 regular / usual / ordinary / normal;   tóngshì 同事 colleague / co-worker / CL: 个, 位;   wăngshàng 网上 on-line;   xiāngxìn 相信 be convinced (that something is true) / believe / to accept sth as true;   xīfāng 西方 the West / the Occident / Western countries;   xìnggé 性格 nature / disposition / temperament / character / CL: 个;   xíngxiàng 形象 image / form / figure / CL: 个 / visualization / vivid;   xuéxiào 学校 school / CL: 所;   yíyàng 一样 same / like / equal to / the same as / just like;   yŏu nénglì 有能力 able;   zhījiān 之间 between / among / inter-;   zhōngqíng 钟情 to fall in love / to love sb or sth dearly (lover, or art);   zuìhăo 你最 best / (you) had better (do what we suggest)

Hopefully officious CPod employees will not delete this post as they did with my PDF link.

Posted on: Western Zodiac

Some Questions from the Podcast:

1. 0:12 - Jenny seems to say hěn xiàng. Which xiàng is this? - I can't get any meaning out of it.

2. 3:46 - It sounds like Jenny says: 对。那，看一个人是什么星座的?  What is the purpose of the  看?

3. 4:33 - I took a stab at the words in red. Could someone correct me: 就是很convivial那种感觉。

4. 5:00 - Jenny says: 对。很有能力。那通常我们都是??他"工作很有能力"。The missing characters sound like shi xiang. Any suggestions?

5. 5:27 - Jenny says:  今天我们就听到这个女孩儿。给??的建议。The missing characters sound like qiao fei.

6. 6:46 - Jenny says:对。金牛座。好，那石子左和金牛左，它们??有问题啊。Any clues?

7. 6:58 - Sounds like: 对。其实它就是有种compatible的意思。Are the red words correct?

8. 8:27 - 好。那我们现在??听到了石子座和金牛座。

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes

I don't think I've ever heard someone say 'change' your girlfriend. It makes girls sound like items of clothing.

Posted on: Western Zodiac

I also think (know) astrology is rubbish. But its amazing how often I've noticed in my lifetime how the Nutcases emerge around full moon.

[Of course, this comment is further off-topic than my (now absent) language-related link, so I expect it too will be deleted by tomorrow.]

Posted on: Physical and Virtual Schools

"If only I could virtually turn up to work, and in reality be studying."

Your dream is my reality.

Posted on: Love Tangle 1: A Suspicious Text Message

Cpod, three of the expansion sentences show only english translation (ie. no Hanzi and no mouseover Pinyin).

Posted on: Jewish Holiday

OK, I can understand YHWH, but god is an Indo-European word, not Hebrew.

[And despite the claims of some people, 'god' and 'good' are not related etymologically. They derive from different words in the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language.]

Posted on: Kaixin Wang Farm Thieves

tal,

That wouldn't be Staleybridge would it? My Grandmother was born in Staleybridge, and I seem to recall it was sometimes in Lancashire, sometimes in Cheshire.

(Oh no! I just had a scary thought!)

Posted on: Jewish Holiday

YHWH and g_d ?? Why does this god have such an aversion to vowels?