Examples of using
Happens every day
in a sentence and their translations
But when it happens every day, and you have already got your self-assertion,
you start thinking: why invent them, if you can get them.
ты понимаешь: зачем их изобретать, если есть возможность их получить.
Look, if you’re busy, don’t bother, but, you know, it’s not something that happens every day.
I appreciate hearing your experiences and
my heart breaks to remember the reality that profiling happens every day.
Я высоко ценю ваш опыт и
Most of the time, it’s not too much of a challenge to describe the things we do everyday. We eat. We sleep. We talk. But what about stretching your arms after you wake up, or that sound of your stomach rumbling at lunchtime? Did you know there are single words for those everyday occurrences as well? Get ready to sound a whole lot smarter, because we’ve rounded up 30 words for things you do every day that you never knew had a name.
We’ve all been guilty of boondoggling—probably more than we’d like to admit. It’s the act of doing work that has little to no value just for the sake of looking busy. And trust us, your boss knows.
Make sure you take it slow when you jot down your grocery list. Because if you don’t, your griffonage, or illegible handwriting, could lead to you buying Cheerios when you really needed cheese.
If you’re one of the millions of people who thought ‘NSYNC’s hit song was a springtime tune called «It’s Gonna Be May» (instead of the actual title, «It’s Gonna Be Me), you can call that mondegreen, which is what happens when you mishear a lyric that changes the meaning of a song.
That rumbling feeling in your stomach when you’re hungry? That’s wambling, and it means you need to take your lunch break ASAP.
Have you ever said «biting my time» instead of «biding my time»? That’s an eggcorn, which is when you mistakenly use a word or phrase because it sounds similar to the one you meant to use.
If you rub your eyes too hard, you might start seeing phosephenes. Those are the bright spots you see when you close your eyes and put pressure on them.
That magical moment when you feel the warm sun on your face on a cold day? That’s apricity, a name for the heat from the sun in winter.
The acnestis is the part of your back that you just can’t reach, although we’d bet that you try and scratch it at least a few times a day.
Grabbing your morning coffee? Make sure you grab a zarf so you don’t burn your hands! That’s the cardboard holder you put around your coffee so you can hold it.
We’re sure you were told multiple times not to do this while you were growing up. In British English, accubation is the act of eating or drinking while lying down.
Your bad habits have a name: akrasia, or the act of doing something contrary to what you know is best. For example, a good example of akrasia would be going on a shopping spree at Target when you know you don’t have the extra cash.
Electronic devise not working? Well, have you tried turning it off then turning it back on? That’s called power cycling.
Got that ringing in your ears? No, you’re not going crazy. It’s called tinnitus and many people experience it—with a large amount of people believing the sound is in E flat.
A similarly annoying occurrence is the tingling you feel when your leg falls asleep. This is called paresthesia, i.e. the «pins and needles» feeling that can occur in any part of the body.
If you’re finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning, you’re experiencing dysania. While it’s not formally recognized, some people consider it to be an actual medical condition, according to WebMD.
You know that feeling you get before you speak in front of a large crowd? Or before you talk to a person you’re interested in? Those butterflies are technically called collywobbles.
Men are usually the ones practicing pogonothrophy (especially during No Shave November)—it’s the act of growing out facial hair.
Pandiculation is the act of stretching out those stiffened muscles, usually when you’re tired or first waking up.
Defenstrate is the act of throwing something or someone out of a window—both of which you should probably avoid.
That small fuss you make over the way you’re dressed right before you leave the house? It’s called prinking—and don’t worry, you probably look great!
Aren’t these words just fan-freaking-tastic?! Well, that brings us to the word tmesis. It’s when you separate one word into two by inserting another word for emphasis.
Stuck at a party you don’t want to be at? Just absquatulate, which means to leave abruptly.
If someone reluctantly offers you some of their food because they saw you eyeing it, that’s a classic example of accismus. It’s the irony in which someone pretends to be disinterested in something they actually want.
The word ambedo, which has Latin roots, is described as the «melancholy trance you experience when you become completely absorbed in vivid sensory details,» like when you’re listening to the raindrops on a window or watching snow fall in front of a streetlamp.
Meanwhile, the act of absent-mindedly staring without focusing on your thoughts has a Japanese term: boketto. It’s similar to daydreaming, except it involves not thinking at all. Sounds kind of nice, doesn’t it?
That excess weight you gain from emotional over-eating is called kummerspeck in German. It literally translates to grief bacon.
That last-minute, panicked cleaning session you engage in right before guests come over is called scurryfunge.
Have you ever had that dreaded moment where you go to address someone and completely blank on their name? The term for that act of hesitation is tartle, which is actually a Scottish word.
If you exchange a look with someone who you know feels the same way as you, it’s called mamihlapinatapai. The word is from the endangered Yámana language, but according to linguist Thomas Bridges, it basically describes a look shared between two people.
Anecdoche is a group conversation in which everyone is talking just to one-up each other, but no one is really listening. For instance, when someone just has to tell you about the time they broke their leg after you explained how you had been experiencing an odd leg pain. And for more words to add to your ever-expanding vocabulary, check out these 30 Useful Yiddish Words Anyone Can Use.
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Is there an adjective that means «every two days», i.e. is to a day as biennial is to a year?
RegDwigнt
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asked Apr 23, 2011 at 16:50
In regular conversation, the phrase is simply every other day. Technically, however, one could use bidiurnal. It appears the word may have been coined by Ursula M. Cowgill in her 1965 paper, A bidiurnal cycle in the feeding habit of Perodicticus potto, from which I quote thus (emphases mine):
A definite bidiurnal cycle exists; the data corrected for natural loss are shown in Figure 1. The χ2
for the 48-hr periodicity is highly significant (χ2 = 188).
Cowgill, PNAS, 420 (1965)
answered Apr 23, 2011 at 17:02
Jimi OkeJimi Oke
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You could use «alternate».
I used to post on Instagram daily, but now I’ve switched to posting on alternate days.
P.S Correct me if I’m wrong. 😅
answered Aug 5, 2020 at 16:37
The abbreviation QOD or QAD (from Latin mean Quaque Alternis Die») means ‘every other day’ or ‘every two days’.
Modern style in medical situations recommends using using the spelled out English ‘every other day’ because the Latin abbreviations are often misread.
Mitch
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answered Feb 18, 2015 at 4:27
JamesJames
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To solve your problem, though not to answer your question directly, for phrases of the type:
A definite bidiurnal cycle exists…
it is perfectly natural formal English to say
A definite two-day cycle exists…
answered Aug 5, 2020 at 17:06
MitchMitch
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The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, eleventh edition, defines ‘tertian’ as ‘recurring at approximately 48-hour intervals — used of malaria’.
It could cause confusion, though. Since Latin ‘tertius’ means ‘third’, you would think it should mean ‘every third day’, and some dictionaries simply define it that way. But that’s because the Romans included the current day in naming intervals. One of the dictionaries cited at https://www.definitions.net/definition/Tertian clarifies it by defining the noun ‘tertian’ thus: ‘a disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day’. My italics.
answered Mar 26, 2021 at 4:04
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Слова every day и everyday похожи друг на друга по написанию. Но несмотря на это они несут разный смысл и используются в разных ситуациях. В статье я расскажу вам, как не допускать ошибок в их использовании.
Every day
Произношение и перевод:
Every day [ˈɛvrɪ ‘deɪ] / [эври’ де’и] – каждый день
Значение слова:
По крайней мере, раз в день
Употребление:
Мы используем every day, когда говорим, что совершаем какое-то действие каждый день. Например: Он занимается английским каждый день.
Пример:
He runs every day.
Он бегает каждый день.
She comes here every day.
Она приходит сюда каждый день.
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Everyday
Произношение и перевод:
Everyday [ˈɛvrɪdeɪ] / [эври’деи] – повседневный, обычный
Значение слова:
Ничем не выдающийся, привычный
Употребление:
Мы используем слово everyday, когда говорим, что что-то является обычным для нас. После этого слова мы всегда ставим то, что является повседневным, обычным. Например: Она сделала повседневный макияж.
Пример:
She wanted to get away from everyday life.
Она хотела сбежать от повседневной жизни.
He would like to be able to have everyday talk, at least.
Он бы хотел быть способным поддержать повседневный разговор, по крайней мере.
В чем разница?
Слово every day отвечает на вопрос «когда?». Оно говорит о том, как часто что-либо происходит. Его мы используем, когда говорим, что делаем что-то каждый день. Например: Он делает зарядку каждый день.
Слово everyday отвечает на вопрос «какой?». После этого слова мы всегда ставим, вещи, которые являются обычными, повседневными для нас: повседневный случай, повседневные дела, повседневные разговоры. Например: Ей удобно в повседневной одежде.
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