Concepts, quotes, odd words etc. Flashcards
For Swedish and English (122 cards)
Pelota
Spanish: “ball”. Also called Pilota or Pelote Basque.
Any of a number of glove, racket, or bat court games requiring a rubber-cored ball.
Semaphore
Method of visual signaling, usually by means of flags or lights.
Before the invention of the telegraph, semaphore signaling from high towers was used to transmit messages between distant points.
Képi
A hat the shape of a cylinder with a flat top and a small brim at the front. It’s been used in the military and makes me think of the people who used to operate elevators at hotels.
Irredentism
Politiskt strävande att förena ett område, med en etnisk minoritet, med annat område, med etnisk majoritet.
Assent
The expression of approval or agreement.
Tautology
The saying of the same thing twice over in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style.
or
Logic: A statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form.
Akratic
Characterized by weakness of will, resulting in action against one’s better judgement.
Repudiate
Refuse to accept; reject.
Refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt).
Deny the truth or validity of.
Polysemous
Polysemy is the capacity for a sign to have multiple meanings, usually related by contiguity of meaning within a semantic field. Polysemy is thus distinct from homonymy—or homophony—which is an accidental similarity between two words; while homonymy is often a mere linguistic coincidence, polysemy is not
Precipitous
Dangerously high or steep.
(of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration.
Karooshi
Japanese for death by (over)work.
Occupational sudden mortality with the medical cause usually being heart attack or stroke due to stress or starvation diet.
Quote about lying to yourself by Richard Feynman
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Hidebound
Being held back from growing or changing because of traditions, a rigid culture, or cemented assumptions
ehuru
trots att, fastän
Husgeråd
Redskap etc. för den dagliga verksamheten i sitt hem
Dialektisk
Motsats?
Argumenterar genom att väga skäl och motskäl, gärna på ett skickligt sätt.
Motsats: Mekanisk
Sionismen
En rörelse som spelade en avgörande roll för bildandet av staten Israel
Occident
Ett gammalt ord för västerlandet, Europa.
Motsatsen till orienten.
Quote by Arthur Miller regarding life
An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted
Quote by Robert Heinlein about what a human should be able to do
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
Quote by Jerry Sternin about how to change
“It’s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting.”
Ecological
Relating to or concerned with the relation of living organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Impetuous
Marked by force and violence of movement or action
Zugzwang
From chess.
Putting your opponent in a position where any move he makes will destroy his position.
