51吃瓜 of the Day
More about asana
The noun asana, 鈥渁ny of the postures in a yoga exercise,鈥� comes from the Sanskrit noun 腻蝉补苍补尘 鈥�(act of) sitting, sitting position,鈥� from the Sanskrit root 腻蝉– 鈥渢o sit, be seated,鈥� from the Proto-Indo-European root 脓蝉– 鈥渢o sit,鈥� found only in Indo-Iranian, Greek, and Hittite: Sanskrit 腻虂蝉迟别, Avestan 腻蝉te, Greek h脓蝉tai, and Hittite esa, esari all mean 鈥渉e sits.鈥� Asana entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is asana used?
Getting in to the correct聽asana聽is good but you must also train your mind not to oscillate.
I can still do some asanas. And I never could get the hang of meditation, but I still can do an asana or two.
More about jo
The common noun jo, 鈥渄arling, sweetheart,鈥� is Scots, a variant of joy. Jo occurs in many noted Scots authors, including Robert Burns鈥檚 鈥淛ohn Anderson my jo!,鈥� Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson鈥檚 鈥淛ust twa o’ my old joes, my hinny dear鈥� (鈥淛ust two of my old sweethearts, my honey dear鈥�). Jo entered English in the first half of the 16th century.
how is jo used?
… her ne’er-do-well jo had provided her with a rope-ladder during the forenoon service, by which she had descended into his arms when she believed the house to be all at rest …
John Anderson, my jo!
chocolate-box
adjective
excessively decorative and sentimental, as the pictures or designs on some boxes of chocolate candy; prettified: decorous, chocolate-box paintings of Victorian garden parties.
More about chocolate-box
The compound noun chocolate box dates from around 1865 and has the literal meaning 鈥渁 package, box, or tin filled with chocolates.鈥� Such packages or boxes are typically decorated in a showy, gaudy, sentimental style. By the end of the 19th century, the compound noun acquired the function of an attributive adjective, hyphenated as聽chocolate-box, meaning 鈥渆xcessively decorative and sentimental.鈥�
how is chocolate-box used?
It works best when everyone stops worrying about conjuring a chocolate-box version of the past and allows the duo’s raw talent to shine through.
But if it鈥檚 verdant folds, 颅chocolate-box villages and a taste of eternal England that you want, try East Kent ….