Norse mythology podcast

This unsettling book—conflating journalism, personal reportage, sociology and philosophical inquiry. Here, however, he conflates the media by using both devices together.

It's not my fault you own this dodgy stock. There are a lot of dodgy people living in this area

The party has watered down its ideals in order to appeal to the centre ground.

Their love affair began against a backdrop of war. The mountains form a dramatic backdrop to the little village.

This is wack! a wack job (= a very strange person)

She was disabled in the accident.

The edges interlock to form a tight seal. interlocking rings

it had to be very demeaning for him to be associated with a femininity. The entire family was demeaned by his behaviour. I wouldn't demean myself by asking my parents for money.

Government spending is projected to rise by three percent next year. I suspect he's projecting his fears onto you. Recently the president has sought to project a much tougher image. I don't know what you were projecting.

I'm sorry, it went clean out of my mind.

I love when my deep fried fish has a crispy batter.

You are in a strong position to outcompete workers around the world. They're going to outcompete a lot of the white law schools. They will outcompete other native fish for food and dominate the lake

The black powder's just sort of gone to a a sludgy paste. a thick, sludgy pudding

Well, are you complacent now? You can't be so complacent all the time. Grow up.

pincer movement. Nice bit of a pincer movement coming from the right.

Students are required to undertake simple experiments.

Both became public events in a way that flabbergasted even the author.

We don't anticipate any trouble. We had one or two difficulties along the way that we didn't anticipate. They anticipate having several applicants for the job.

a gold ingot

The difference between gross negligence and recklessness is a legal grey area.

She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.

Today's student body is even more reflective of American society as a whole. "It was not even reflective of what the majority felt back then."

The parting reinforced our love. The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching. The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations. His behaviour merely reinforced my dislike of him.

If you have a problem with the science then simply disprove the data. It took him a single day to disprove the second.

The company is so big they simply steamroller the competition. They steamrollered the bill through the legislature.

Hollywood tends to make splashy films with lots of star actors.

The hens cackled in alarm. A group of women were cackling in a corner. a cackling witch

Was that you I heard warbling in the bathroom this morning?

The missile was honing in on its target. Researchers are honing in on the cause of the disease.

corpulent. Do they picture him as a more sort of rotund, stocky little warrior. a rotund piglet.

But let us turn to some of the contentious points in the report. Why would you find one of them contentious and not the other?

The fund will have to begin cashing in its Treasury bonds. The parade has become very commercialized as businesses have cashed in on the 'pink pound'.

The text was dull and formulaic.

an abrasive, imposing old lady. She has a rather abrasive manner. He can sometimes be abrasive in meetings.

The ball hit the crossbar three times.

Already I could see he was too winded to talk.

Their wedding reception was quite stuffy. stuffy high-brown academics.

Before investing, it's essential to conduct thorough research to make an informed decision. It was an informed choice.

The recent outbreak of violence was foreshadowed by isolated incidents in the city earlier this year.

You have to look at everything through the deniability lens.

The retreat helped me load my batteries. We went on (a) retreat at/to a monastery in Wales. The professor's speech signalled a retreat from his usual extreme views. Over the past few weeks we have seen the currency's big retreat from its historic high.

shouted announcements and proclamations in the town square

Many employers consider hands-on experience to be as useful as academic qualifications. She's very much a hands-on manager.

My grandma likes to hark back her childhood.

People from all walks of life came to the carnival. Thousands of worshippers from every walk of life joined together in prayer.

The research project is based on the premise stated earlier

She perked up as soon as I mentioned that Charles was coming to dinner. He perked up at the news. Would you like a cup of coffee? It might perk you up.

Do you know that Francis Underwood references in his soliloquies to Shakespeare?

They never meet again, but their lives are interlocked until death.

Put a full stop at the end of the sentence. u

And some in Congress are trying to undercut the operation.

The fighting continued unabated throughout the night.

coercing enslaved captives to the most drudge-type of physical labour.

the drudgery of housework

this new-found attention to the plight of black trans folks by primarily cisgender allies is timely and necessary

Rather we value ourselves according to our honor and steadfastness.

"his humour did not depend on punchlines"

The company was hamstrung by traditional but inefficient ways of conducting business.

I want to chase "I love you" on the bracelet. chase the skull of his enemy with silver

I was really embarrassed by his smutty jokes.

He is the suave, sophisticated owner of an advertising agency.

padding jack. padded defensive jacket, worn as armour separately, or combined with mail or plate armour. Gambesons were produced with a sewing technique called quilting or pourpointing that produced a padded cloth.

Is it possible to wean somebody off smoking?

This is a very sensitive case requiring extreme circumspection.