https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory?language=en
lawsuit - a legal complaint against someone that does not usually involve the police "file a lawsuit against someone''.
call sth up - to find and show information on a computer screen.
contaminate - to make impure or unclean by mixture or contact.
erroneous - containing or characterized by error.
outweigh - to be more important or significant than.
drum up sth - to increase interest in something or support for something.
defamation - the injuring of a person's good name or reputation.
litigation - a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights.
cherish - to keep fondly in mind; treasure.
corraboration - confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence.
Saturday, 31 October 2015
What Happens When You Die?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqOITqLfnkc
decompose - to decay; rot or putrefy.
incontinence - involuntary urination or defecation.
algor mortis - the reduction in body temperature and accompanying loss of skin elasticity that occur after death. Also called death chill.
lividity - the quality of being livid; discoloration, as of dependent parts, by gravitation of blood.
forensic - pertaining or applicable to personal injury, murder, and other legal proceedings
necrosis - pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage.
putrefaction - enzymatic decomposition, especially of proteins, with the production of foul-smelling compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, ammoniaand mercaptans.
embalming - treatment of a dead body to retard decomposition.
incontinence - involuntary urination or defecation.
algor mortis - the reduction in body temperature and accompanying loss of skin elasticity that occur after death. Also called death chill.
lividity - the quality of being livid; discoloration, as of dependent parts, by gravitation of blood.
forensic - pertaining or applicable to personal injury, murder, and other legal proceedings
necrosis - pathologic death of one or more cells, or of a portion of tissue or organ, resulting from irreversible damage.
putrefaction - enzymatic decomposition, especially of proteins, with the production of foul-smelling compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, ammoniaand mercaptans.
embalming - treatment of a dead body to retard decomposition.
The Execution of 7 Chicago Gangsters
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0214.html
bloodshed - the shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.
mow sb down - to kill people, usually in large numbers, by shooting them or driving a vehicle into them
manhunt - an organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal.
to wipe out - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
massacre - the act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly.
to assassinate - to murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons
fusillade - a discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession
slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
bloodshed - the shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.
mow sb down - to kill people, usually in large numbers, by shooting them or driving a vehicle into them
manhunt - an organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal.
to wipe out - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
massacre - the act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly.
to assassinate - to murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons
fusillade - a discharge from a number of firearms, fired simultaneously or in rapid succession
slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Nick Cave - The Curse of Millhaven (the story of a charming murderer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvnkTUbssbI + lyrics
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Curse of Millhaven (Murder Ballads 1996)
to bash sb's head in - to break or smash a hole in sb's head
eulogy - a laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died.
state of shock - a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event.
foul play - an unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence; e.g. a murder)
to pronounce sb dead - to state that somebody is dead in an official or formal way (as by police)
to crucify - to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
to raze - to destroy completely, especially by fire
remorse - the feeling that you are sorry for something bad that you have done
Black Maria - a slang term for a police van used to transport prisoners
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Curse of Millhaven (Murder Ballads 1996)
to bash sb's head in - to break or smash a hole in sb's head
eulogy - a laudatory speech or written tribute, especially one praising someone who has died.
state of shock - a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying or traumatic event.
foul play - an unfair or dishonest behavior (especially involving violence; e.g. a murder)
to pronounce sb dead - to state that somebody is dead in an official or formal way (as by police)
to crucify - to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
to raze - to destroy completely, especially by fire
remorse - the feeling that you are sorry for something bad that you have done
Black Maria - a slang term for a police van used to transport prisoners
Friday, 23 October 2015
TED: A journey through the mind of an artist with Dustin Yellin
https://www.ted.com/talks/dustin_yellin_a_journey_through_the_mind_of_an_artist#t-111157
taxonomy - a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or
origin etc.
triptych - art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels
(usually hinged together)
resin - a sticky substance produced by certain trees (eg firs, pines) and some other plants.
androgynous - being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
disseminate - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
taxonomy - a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or
origin etc.
triptych - art consisting of a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on three panels
(usually hinged together)
resin - a sticky substance produced by certain trees (eg firs, pines) and some other plants.
androgynous - being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
disseminate - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
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