July 17, 2017　=========

☆  impression  印象

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Your impression of a person or thing or place is what you think they are like. You usually form this impression after having seen or heard that thing. For example, I might say, “My impression of the Japanese public transport system is that it is very organized.” On the other hand, if you were visiting me in Adelaide, you might say, “My impression of Adelaide’s public transport system is that it is non-existent!” (In this case, of course we have public transport, but it is not very efficient, so ‘non-existent’ is being sarcastic.)

There is one other interesting way to use today’s word: in the phrase, “underRead more about Today’s Word: impression[…]