It's "clear the table," not "clean the table," nor "make the table."

"Commotion" is sometimes the word which can describe the public spaces in Chinese towns.

"Are you in a big hurry?" asked L.

"No, I'm in a small hurry," replied J.

"Those comparisons are good," said J.

"Yay!" responded L.

The English vocab is gargantuan.

"Suppressors, step aside," the female teacher said to the Grade 2 students.

Children need time to unwind after school.

Rye bread tastes better than multigrain bread, I think.

I for one somewhat kiss off most corporate and organizational news emails.

The female teacher loses it nearly every week in the Grade 2 classroom.

Almost every country/area wants to get off to a flying start in Artificial Intelligence.

I learn English 'cause it's pivotal.

And I learn French 'cause it's necessary.

"I'm not a promiser," the kid said.

Partially blocked sinuses are omnipresent, I guess.

Etymology shows that the word "canister" is not related to "can" at all.

The amount of words in English is mesmerizing.

"You ignite the moxa stick and let it burn," I said.

"Moxibustion and acupunture are complementary in TCM."

The Oxford Advanced American Dictionary states that acupressure was originally from Japan, in its respective word entry.

But it was from China, and it's a part of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Japanese had learned it from China long time ago, supposedly.


The boon of acupressure is that anyone can be the masseur or masseuse, so that it can be done at home.

I often misheard "pears" as "pairs."

The vowel sound in "pear" is not the same as in "appear," "dear," "fear," "gear," "hear," and "sear." But it is the same as in "bear," "wear," and "year."

Sometimes it feels like that the verbosity, or sprawl, of English is out of control.

Just few examples. There's "for instance," there's "for example," and there's "e.g." In addition, there's "exemplary," as well as "exemplifiable."

Today, I've found out that apart from "exaggerate," there exists "overexaggerate." And second-graders are constantly uttering the latter.