Even though they weren’t always simpatico [sɪmˈpɑtɪˌkoʊ] with regard to the direction of their company, the pair managed to be successful partners for more than 35 years.simpatico
adj [sɪmˈpɑtɪˌkoʊ]
Simpatico typically describes two or more people or things with shared qualities, interests, etc. It can also describe someone who is agreeable or likeable.
Simpatico, which comes ultimately from the Latin noun sympathia, meaning “sympathy,” was borrowed into English from both the Italian simpatico and Spanish simpatico. In those languages, the word has been chiefly used to describe people who are well-liked or easy to get along with. English Aug 31, 2025, 6:09 AM cowpoke
電話に出てくれるといいけど。I hope she picks up.
• pick up は句動詞で文脈によって意味が変わります。
ここでは 電話に出る という意味。
（電話が鳴っている → 受話器やスマホを取るイメージ）
• 他の意味：
- 拾う → She picked up a coin.（彼女はコインを拾った）
- 身につける → He picked up some Spanish.（彼はスペイン語を少し覚えた）
- 車で迎えに行く → I’ll pick you up at 7.（7時に迎えに行くね）
• hope の後は未来のことでも現在形を使う。
❌ I hope she will pick up.（不自然ではないが、やや回りくどい）
⭕ I hope she picks up.（自然） 英語 Aug 20, 2025, 8:35 PM p234382
"The road was lined with ancient trees festooned [fɛsˈtun] with Spanish moss." — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025festoon
verb [fɛsˈtun]
Festoon usually means "to cover or decorate (something) with many small objects, pieces of paper, etc.," or "to appear here and there on the surface of." It can also mean "to hang decorative chains or strips on."
The noun festoon first appeared in the 1600s when it was used, as it still is today, to refer to decorative chains or strips hung between two points. English Jun 6, 2025, 3:54 AM cowpoke
// Her favorite winter potpourri [ˌpoʊpʊˈriː] includes cinnamon sticks, cloves, and orange peel.
// The book is a potpourri [ˌpoʊpʊˈriː] of stories about family, community, and food.potpourri [ˌpoʊpʊˈriː]
noun
Potpourri is a mixture of dried flower petals, leaves, and spices that is used to make a room smell pleasant. When used figuratively potpourri refers to a collection of various different things.
It was borrowed from French, where pot pourri translates directly as “putrid pot”; the French word was a translation of the Spanish olla podrida, which likewise means “rotten pot.” English Jan 2, 2025, 4:34 AM cowpoke
Enough of this palaver [pəˈlævər]. We have more important things to discuss.palaver
noun [pəˈlævər]
Palaver is an informal word that usually refers to unimportant or meaningless talk. It can also refer to misleading or deceptive speech, or to a conference or discussion. In British English the word is sometimes used as a synonym of fuss to refer to unnecessary excitement about something.
Though the word comes from Portuguese. the influence of Latin parabola on other tongues: the Spanish palabra, for instance, means "word," and the French parler means &... English Oct 23, 2024, 4:11 AM cowpoke
Despite the mediator's best efforts, the opposing sides in the dispute remained intransigent [ɪnˈtræn.sɪ.dʒənt].intransigent
adj [ɪnˈtræn.sɪ.dʒənt]
Intransigent is a formal word that describes a person who refuses to compromise or abandon an often extreme position or attitude. It can also describe a thing, such as a system or point of view, that shows the same kind of stubbornness.
from the Spanish adjective intransigente, meaning "uncompromising," and ultimately from the Latin verb transigere, "to come to an agreement." English Oct 21, 2024, 3:38 AM cowpoke
The work of engineer Eladio Dieste [eˈlaðjo ˈðjeste]: Church of Atlántida [aˈtlan.ti.ða] - Uruguay (speaks Spanish)
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1612The Church of Atlántida with its belfry and underground baptistery is located in Estación Atlántida, 45 km away from Montevideo. Inspired by Italian paleo-Christian and medieval religious architecture, the modernistic Church complex, inaugurated in 1960, represents a novel utilization of exposed and reinforced brick. Built on rectangular plan of one single hall, the church features distinctive undulating walls supporting a similarly undulating roof, composed of a sequence of reinforced brick Gau WHS Oct 14, 2024, 3:49 AM cowpoke
Risco Caido [ˈrisko kaˈiðo] and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] Cultural Landscape - Spain
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1578Located in a vast mountainous area in the centre of Gran Canaria, Risco Caído comprises cliffs, ravines and volcanic formations in a landscape of rich biodiversity. The landscape includes a large number of troglodyte settlements — habitats, granaries and cisterns — whose age is proof of the presence of a pre-Hispanic culture on the island, which has evolved in isolation, from the arrival of North African Berbers, around the beginning of our era, until the first Spanish settlers in the 15th centu WHS Oct 9, 2024, 3:58 AM cowpoke
San Antonio Missions - United States of America
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1466The site encompasses a group of five frontier mission complexes situated along a stretch of the San Antonio River basin in southern Texas, as well as a ranch located 37 kilometres to the south. It includes architectural and archaeological structures, farmlands, residencies, churches and granaries, as well as water distribution systems. The complexes were built by Franciscan missionaries in the 18<sup>th</sup> century and illustrate the Spanish Crown’s efforts to colonize, evangelize ... WHS Sep 22, 2024, 5:48 AM cowpoke
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison - Barbados
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1376Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also includes a nearby military garrison which consists of numerous historic buildings. With its serpentine urban lay-out the property testifies to a different approach to colonial town-planning compared to the Spanish and Dutch ... WHS Sep 9, 2024, 5:38 AM cowpoke
