Record what I see when I browse foreign language websites. An article about information search. Write down the words and sentences in the article.
newcomers
turns out that
a like-minded friend
tag-team
at first glance
daunt
How on earth were we supposed to narrow this down?
the previous week
so now we had two photos taken in approximately the same place within a few days of each other.
a nondescript chair
I huffed out a breath and took a sip of beer.
pop up
I focused my attention on a black and white skyscraper that stood out to me.
Yandex(one of the most important web service portals in Russia, the largest search engine in Russia)
No dice, or rather so many dice that I couldn’t find the one I wanted.
Okay, so what else did we know?
wing it
Gotcha!
How could we narrow it down further from here?
It felt like we were shooting in the dark.
At this point, we took a figurative step back.
pulled up a topographical map of the area.
zoom in
I leaned back and squeezed my eyes shut, and, having finished my second beer at this point, I decided it was time for a break anyway.
headed to
at any rate
When I returned, stil mulling all this,my friend had a wide grin, and turned the tablet towards me.
We high-fived.
Not bad for a first time!
It helps to tackle the problem with a friend to bounce ideas off of, and to split efforts.
It helps keep you both from falling down a rabbit hole, and keeps things fun.
Beer doesn’t hurt,either.