We stopped singing and took a step apart.For example, he hid his underpants in the lavatory, and took the cooker apart.Every time I went through an airport security system it was me they took apart.Maybe he does not pull it apart, maybe it just disintegrates.Of most concern is getting the best sound out of the instrument without the strings pulling it apart and needing returning too often.The other big one pulled the crowd apart and grabbed McMurphy around the arms from behind.Timmy says much the same thing but with less diplomacy, writing that harsh criticism and negativity are pulling the team apart.Radical restructuring could work only if Sam had people on his side, pulling together instead of pulling the company apart.Jamie must have liked the way Eva tidied it, because he has not yet pulled the place apart.He does this by holding his hands together and trying to pull them apart.Helen noticed one little boy standing apart from the rest of the group.We were standing a few feet apart from each other.Jo and Sam decided to try living apart for a while.The two sets of rival fans had to be kept apart by the police.The two cities are less than 30 km apart.
The seeds should be planted a few inches apart.Stand on the skis with your feet well apart.Since the universe began, the galaxies have gradually moved further apart.The two towns are fifteen miles apart.6 → fall apart 7 → be torn apart 8 → be worlds/poles apart 9 → grow/drift apart 10 → joking apart 11 → somebody/something apart 12 → set somebody/something apart Examples from the Corpus apart apart from He’s never been apart from his mother. My wife and I are living apart at the moment. 5 SEPARATE people if people are apart, they are not together in the same place, or not having a relationship with each other The children have never been apart before. 4 TIME not at same time PERIOD OF TIME if things are a particular time apart, they do not happen at the same time but have that much time between them two days/three weeks/five years etc apart Our birthdays are exactly a month apart. 3 SEPARATE separate if you keep things apart, you keep them separate from each other I try to keep my work and private life as far apart as possible. They took the engine apart to see what was wrong. 2 in different pieces if something comes apart, or you take it apart, it is separated into different pieces The whole thing comes apart so that you can clean it. Joel stood apart from the group, frowning. A couple of men started fighting and we had to pull them apart. The police try to keep rival supporters apart at all matches. They have offices in countries as far apart as India and Peru. S2 W1 adverb, adjective 1 DISTANCE not close/touching if things are apart, they are not close to each other or touching each other two miles/six feet etc apart Place the two posts 6 metres apart.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English apart a‧part / əˈpɑːt $ -ɑːrt / One other thing: we would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to help us out by answering a brand-new survey about your experience with this podcast.
We also discussed how to befriend your demons, sympathize without being stupid, lighten up in the face of fear, and embrace chaos as “extremely good news.” We talked about how to actually welcome the unwelcome. I was recording my half of the conversation from a closet in our erstwhile apartment in New York City, which at the time was the epicenter of the outbreak in America. We connected with her - back in May - on an old-school landline. Now in her mid-eighties, she lives in rural Nova Scotia, where she is the director of Gampo Abbey. During this time, she discovered Tibetan Buddhism, shaved her head, and became a nun.
But after a rough divorce, she found herself adrift. She lived a conventional life, going to UC Berkeley, becoming a school teacher, and having a pair of kids. She was born Deirdre Blomfield in Connecticut. Like all of the great meditation teachers I’ve met, she has a lightness and a sense of humor about her.
But as you will hear, she is anything but gloomy.
Pema Chödrön has seemingly been trying to prepare us for this pandemic for years, through a series of popular books, with titles such as When Things Fall Apart, Welcoming the Unwelcome, and The Wisdom of No Escape. To inject a little sunshine, and perspective, and wisdom, we thought it might make sense to re-post one of our favorite conversations of the last year. Moms, people of color, and elderly people who can’t see their families are among those getting hit especially hard. And the mental health issues are piling up: The depression, anxiety, and addiction.
We’re now almost a full year into the era of Covid restrictions, and I suspect that many of you, as I am, are starting to internalize the fact that, notwithstanding the vaccines, there’s likely a ways to go yet.