COVID-19

YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE

2020-06-14 admin 0

odd -> strange; unusual; offbeat…

Слово lockdown стало в последнее время одним из частотнейших. Оно означает тот же карантин, но, как хорошо известно, интернациональное слово карантин имеет в своём корне число 40, от итальянского quarantena — сорок дней, а lockdown […]

KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE?..

2020-06-01 admin 0

Mind your social distancing all through the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

NEED A HAIRCUT? BUT WHERE? AT THE BARBER’S? OR AT THE HAIRDRESSER’S?

2020-06-01 admin 0

Getting a haircut before the lockdown has been lifted is not easy. But where does one get a haircut? At a barbershop or at a hairdresser’s? […]

PIRATES OF THE XXI CENTURY

2020-05-31 admin 0

Germany criticizes the United States for what one top lawmaker in Berlin called “an act of modern piracy” after US authorities “confiscated” a Chinese-manufactured shipment of 200,000 protective masks […]