0 a large, underground hole or container that is used for collecting and storing human waste and dirty water: --
fig. He described government there as a cesspool of corruption.
1 a large underground hole or container that is used for collecting and storing solid waste, urine, and dirty water --
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Yet the substitution of a public drainage network for the private cesspool was perceived by some as an attack on domestic autonomy.
Good systems included either the municipal sewer or a septic tank with leach field, and poor systems included cesspools and portables.
Until the mid-nineteenth century, such refuse was generally collected in cesspools (enclosed pits dug into the ground) which were periodically emptied by manual labor.
The artificial light, shining into the dark filthy-looking cavern or cesspool, threw the adjacent houses into a deep shade.
While the cesspool appears simple, manageable, the sewer is represented as a source of confusion and complexity, as the image of the labyrinth suggests.
As a result, cesspools and privy vaults often flooded; cesspools had to be emptied far more often.
The idea of sewerage as a chaotic and unwieldy system of waste management emerges clearly in those tracts which compare the sewer unfavorably to its predecessor, the cesspool.
Although the island is "a great cemetery" lying "under the hot sun of the tropics" (124), it is not the cesspool of pestilence and poison that it should be.
Managing Your Emotions
What makes me angry?
Wat maakt me boos?
Mostly，l hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad.
Ik heb er meestal een hekel aan als iemand probeert iemand anders een slecht gevoel te geven.
I have to admit that once, when l was actually called names.
Ik moet toegeven dat ik een keer ben uitgescholden.
l regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly because l think l was provoked in that situation.
Ik had er achteraf spijt van, maar niet met volle overtuiging, want ik denk dat ik in die situatie werd geprovoceerd. die situatie.
The most postive way of dealing with anger is talking about the problem.
De meest positieve manier om met boosheid om te gaan is door over het probleem te praten.
l talk to someone who listens, or l'll write my thoughts down on paper.
Ik praat met iemand die luistert, of ik schrijf mijn gedachten op papier.
Learning how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important.
Leren omgaan met boosheid tijdens het opgroeien is zo belangrijk.
When you're younger, you might yell,or cry when you're angry, but as you get older, you're expected to handle your emotions much better.
Als je jonger bent, schreeuw of huil je misschien als je boos bent, maar als je ouder wordt, wordt er verwacht dat je veel beter met je emoties omgaat.
Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something that you'll regret later on in life!
Als je nu leert om je emoties onder controle te houden, voorkom je dat je iets doet waar je later spijt van krijgt! later in je leven spijt van krijgt!
