Email Service Notes (Nick)

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pristine
a pristine forest

in mint condition
I preserved my apartment in mint condition by renting it short-term on Airbnb.

revolution
Revolution is more fierce than reform.

liberation
liberation war

liberate
liberate people by force

martyr烈士
Martyr memorial
Martyr tomb park陵园

ghetto贫民窟
Ghettos become tourist sites in Cuba.

archetype
psychological archetypes

tabula rasa – blank slate白板，白纸
Babies are born tabula rasa, blank slate.

heritable
heritable traits in children

pique / piqued
Nicholas’s topics always pique my interest.

transcendent – 超然
Transcendent towards life

order
Social orders

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pristine – unchanged and totally clean
a pristine forest

in mint condition – keeping something un-used; a “mint” is a place that prints money, so if something is in “mint condition” it is like a coin or bill that was just made, it has no imperfections
I preserved my apartment in mint condition by renting it short-term on Airbnb.
e.g. I have never worn this pair of shoes, so they are in “mint condition.”

revolution – to change a social order by force
Revolution is more fierce than reform.

liberation
a war of liberation war (for some reason, this is usually used in the more formal “noun + of + noun” form)

liberate – to give freedom
liberate people by force

martyr烈士 – someone who dies to further a cause
Martyr memorial
Martyr tomb park陵园

ghetto贫民窟 – an area, usually very poor, traditionally where socially outcast groups were segregated
Ghettos become tourist sites in Cuba.

archetype – the model for something
psychological archetypes

tabula rasa – blank slate白板，白纸
Babies are born tabula rasa, blank slate.
Babies are a tabula rasa, they have no previous impressions of the world.

heritable – something that comes from the parents genetically
heritable traits in children

pique / piqued
Nicholas’s topics always pique my interest.

transcendent – 超然 – something that goes beyond
Transcendent towards life
A Buddha is one who has transcended the confines of Earthly life.

order – to command; to structure something
Social order – the ranking of individuals by their social position