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Lakeat Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
How to say this in english "slow to get heated"
Hi,
There is a saying in Chinese, something like "slow to be heated", it can describe a person's character, which means, just like, we know the difference of metal and water, even though water get heated much slower than a metal, but it always has the ability to keep warm much longer. So in Chinese, I would say to my friend during a self-introduction that: "I am a slow-to-get-heated" person.
I guess I cannot say that I have a high "specific heat capacity", lol
Many many thanks
There is a saying in Chinese, something like "slow to be heated", it can describe a person's character, which means, just like, we know the difference of metal and water, even though water get heated much slower than a metal, but it always has the ability to keep warm much longer. So in Chinese, I would say to my friend during a self-introduction that: "I am a slow-to-get-heated" person.
I guess I cannot say that I have a high "specific heat capacity", lol
Many many thanks
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I think that I understand the context of your question, and I have a response. But, first I'd like to point out that trying to rephrase idiomatic expressions from another language is a very difficult task. I rarely get them correct.
- I think that I understand the context of your question, and I have a response.
- But, first I'd like to point out that trying to rephrase idiomatic expressions from another language is a very difficult task.
- I rarely get them correct.
- "
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I think that I understand the context of your question, and I have a response. But, first I'd like to point out that trying to rephrase idiomatic expressions from another language is a very difficult task. I rarely get them correct.
What do you think of "I'm slow to warm up to people" as part of your "self-introduction?"
What do you think of "I'm slow to warm up to people" as part of your "self-introduction?"
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Thank you guys, I know it is difficult 
I feel the solution given by both of you, do not have an implication, nor did it em
I feel the solution given by both of you, do not have an implication, nor did it em
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Is this better?
I'm slow to warm up to someone, but once I am your friend, I am a friend forever.
I'm slow to warm up to someone, but once I am your friend, I am a friend forever.
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As an aside, I originally rejected your physics example, but I now have to admit you're right:
The specific heat of water is four times that of aluminum!
The specific heat of water is four times that of aluminum!
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