Tattoo Tahiti Flashcards
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Spanish X :
BESO
In Spanish, a “beso” (kiss) is an “indicación de afecto” (display of affection).
Actor was a Harvard University student before he dropped out to pursue his acting career. He was just 12 credits shy of graduating when he left to star in the movie “Geronimo: An American Legend”. Despite not having completed his degree, Harvard later awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2013 for his humanitarian work through his co-founding of Water.org, an organization that provides clean water and sanitation to people in developing countries.
Matt Damon
is a specified locale used for an event. The term “” came into English via French from the Latin “” meaning “to come”.
A venue
Latin “venire”
So, a “venue” is a place to which people “come” for an event.
Lake famous for its fabled “monster
Scotland’s Loch Ness is famous for its fabled “monster”, referred to affectionately as “Nessie”. The loch is the second-largest lake in the country (Loch Lomond is the largest). Loch Ness takes its name from the River Ness that flows from the loch’s northern end.
Back in the 1930s,he was working at the DuPont Chemical Company, and from DuPont obtained inflexible pieces of polyethylene slag. He purified the slag and shaped it into unbreakable containers. He added airtight lids with a “burping seal” that provided tight seals similar to that provided by the lids on paint cans.
Earl Tupper
He called his new product Tupperware
To be in this is to have an unpaid obligation or debt. The term “” came into English from the Old French “” meaning “behind”.
arrears
Old French “ariere
FDR’s party :
DEM
The modern-day Democratic Party was founded in 1828, when supporters of Andrew Jackson broke away from the former Democratic-Republican Party during the presidency of John Quincy Adams. That date makes the Democratic Party the oldest voter-based political party in the world. Andrew Jackson became the first Democratic US president, in 1829.
” is a comedy-drama series co-created by and starring Jason Segel. He plays a therapist who breaches ethical principles by intervening in their lives in order to help them solve their problems. Segal’s character works with a senior therapist played by Harrison Ford. Good stuff, I thought …
Shrinking
Oppenheimer” is an epic 2023 film starring him in the title role. The movie follows J. Robert Oppenheimer, “the father of the atomic bomb”, from his student days right through World War II and beyond.
Cillian Murphy
Directed by Christopher Nolan, the film has an amazing ensemble cast that includes:
Matt Damon (General Leslie Groves)
Robert Downey Jr. (Lewis Strauss)
Josh Hartnett (Ernest Lawrence)
Kenneth Branagh (Niels Bohr)
Tom Conti (Albert Einstein)
Gary Oldman (Harry S. Truman)
is a delicious spicy soup served in Thai restaurants. It is usually described as “hot and sour”, and I love it …
Tom yum
is a single-person meal that is eaten quite commonly in Japan.
can be purchased as a take-out meal, or it may be packed at home
bento
. A bento is usually sold as a “bento box”.
item of clothing was named for an island in the Channel Islands off the coast of France. The island was famous for its knitting trade during the Middle Ages.
Jersey
is the world’s oldest annual marathon, outside of the Olympic event.
The Boston Marathon
The first Boston Marathon was held way back in 1897 to celebrate Patriots’ Day, which commemorates the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the start of the American Revolution.
In the storyline of this story , an Ethiopian princess brought into Egypt as a slave. Radamès is an Egyptian commander who falls in love with her, and then complications arise!
Aida” is a celebrated opera by Giuseppe Verdi that is based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette. Mariette also designed the costumes and stages for the opening performance. The opera was first staged in 1871 in an opera house in Cairo.
The French word for “bent” is “
plié”. In the ballet move known as a plié, the knees are bent. A “demi-plié” is a similar move, but with less bending of the knees. A fondu is similar to a plié, except that only one leg remains on the ground.
QED stands for the Latin “
quod erat demonstrandum” meaning “that which was to be demonstrated”.
Male and female deer
male deer is usually called a buck, and a female is a doe. However, the male red deer is usually referred to as a stag. The males of even larger species of deer are often called bulls, and the females called cows. In older English, male deer of over 5 years were called harts, and females of over 3 years were called hinds. The young of small species are known as fawns, and of larger species are called calves. All very confusing …
is a range of charcoal barbecue grills that have been produced since 1974. The company is based in Atlanta, and hosts an annual” barbeque festival just outside the city.
The Big Green Egg
Eggtoberfest” barbeque festival
The current design of the Canadian National Flag, known as “
the Maple Leaf”, has been in place since 1965. The design made its first appearance on February 15th of that year, and so that date is celebrated annually as National Flag of Canada Day.
Ted Lasso” is a marvelous sports-comedy TV show about an American college football coach who moves to the UK to manage an English soccer team. The title character is played very admirably by
Also other coach
Jason Sudeikis. Sudeikis first played Lasso in a series of TV commercials commissioned to promote NBC’s coverage of the British Premier League. The character became so popular that he inspired a whole TV series. Great stuff, and highly recommended …
Actor, comedian and writer Brendan Hunt plays Coach Beard on the hit TV show “Ted Lasso”. Hunt is also a co-creator of the show, and writes for it.
Wonder Woman” is a superhero TV show starring
Lynda Carter in the title role. The first season was set during World War II, and aired on ABC. The second and third seasons moved to CBS, and was set in the late seventies. The show title was also modified, to “The New Adventures of Wonder Woman”.
Lynda Carter is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the TV show “Wonder Woman” that originally aired in the 1970s. Prior to landing the part, Carter had won the Miss World USA beauty pageant in 1972, representing her home state of Arizona.
Actress is perhaps best known for playing the title character in the TV medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy”. That gig has paid well.
Ellen Pompeo
Pompeo was ranked third in the “Forbes” list of highest-paid TV actresses in 2017, with Sofia Vergara (from “Modern Family”) and Kaley Cuoco (from “The Big Bang Theory”) holding the first and second spots respectively.
Ohio River serves as border between the states
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
Kentucky -Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
The Ohio River contributes more water to the Mississippi than does any other tributary and drains an area of 203,900 square miles (528,100 square km).
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