Words I learned today:
Jun. 2nd, 2009 02:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ricardiennel'échine, the spine
preconiser, to announce publicly; to boast (of)
le fléau, the flail
-And it seems that I can read Italian pretty easily (esp. with wordreference.com); guesses about conjugation have been mostly correct, too. It's good, but I think I need German more. And that will require effort. Argh.
-Lysias today was all about the long walls and Theramenes -- trying to damn Eratosthenes by association, I suppose? I can read the Greek, but I am often not sure exactly what is going on all the same. Probably not good.
-Through p. 56 in Bloodhound. I'm not thrilled with the dog. Or with the alcoholism ~ animal abuse implication. Or with the "yay lets go repress the unruly and foolish populace in the name of law and order" sensibility. (How is it that this attitude still manages to be uncomplicated when all Beka's friends are part of the Rogue?)
preconiser, to announce publicly; to boast (of)
le fléau, the flail
-And it seems that I can read Italian pretty easily (esp. with wordreference.com); guesses about conjugation have been mostly correct, too. It's good, but I think I need German more. And that will require effort. Argh.
-Lysias today was all about the long walls and Theramenes -- trying to damn Eratosthenes by association, I suppose? I can read the Greek, but I am often not sure exactly what is going on all the same. Probably not good.
-Through p. 56 in Bloodhound. I'm not thrilled with the dog. Or with the alcoholism ~ animal abuse implication. Or with the "yay lets go repress the unruly and foolish populace in the name of law and order" sensibility. (How is it that this attitude still manages to be uncomplicated when all Beka's friends are part of the Rogue?)
