When he asked her to record an album with his friends, she agreed with customary nonchalance. She gave him the flexibility to add unorthodox chords and dissonant textures, creating a gothic folk that distilled her tragedies and hope into the graceful “Follow the Music.” At 80, she had made an entirely different kind of record.
Best known for typifying 1960s cool with her on-screen mix of cunning and nonchalance, Anna Karina's roles helped popularize a type of visually gripping and technically precise filmmaking that still holds influence today.Danish-born Karina hitchhiked to Paris at the age of 17. Before long, she would establish herself as one of the most prominent actors in the French New Wave film scene of the 1960s.
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Best known for typifying 1960s cool with her on-screen mix of cunning and nonchalance, Anna Karina's roles helped popularize a type of visually gripping and technically precise filmmaking that still holds influence today.Danish-born Karina hitchhiked to Paris at the age of 17. Before long, she would establish herself as one of the most prominent actors in the French New Wave film scene of the 1960s.
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Anna Karina, Acclaimed French New Wave Actress, Dies At 79
Chicago’s New Mayor Will Be a Black Woman. The City Feels Pride, and Nonchalance.
索魯（Paul Theroux）為《異國風土明信片──遠土的召喚》（“Exotic Postcards：The Lure of Distant Lands,”2007）
Take-Two Interactive's nonchalance toward Electronic Arts's decision to scrap its $2 billion hostile takeover bid for the video game maker may be part of a high-stakes tactic, The New York Times wrote. Electronic Arts may also have something up its sleeve, the Deal Professor says.
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日本08年度財政預算大綱：關鍵詞為“能源”与“泛在”??
這則日經新聞的Tech-On 可以讓我們了解日本政府的戰略花費和現象比較值得注意的是有翻譯一致問題--一是"泛用" 另一為"泛在"---
而日本採用英文音譯 因為 "泛用"一般不是 "ubiquitous"( That means something is everywhere if it is ubiquitous.)
u·biq·ui·tous (yū-bĭk'wĭ-təs)
adj.
Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent: “plodded through the shadows fruitlessly like an ubiquitous spook” (Joseph Heller).
━━ a. （同時に）至る所にある, 遍在する.
contemptuous
(kən-tĕmp'chū-əs)
adj.
Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful.
nonchalance
(nŏn'shə-läns')
n.Casual lack of concern: “The contemptuous nonchalance of her trailed hand irritated him” (Elizabeth Bowen).
Meaning #1: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
Synonyms: unconcern, indifference
trailed hand 手下垂
Matthew happily trailed his hand in the cold water.
exotic
adjective
unusual and often exciting because of coming (or seeming to come) from a distant, especially tropical country:
exotic flowers/food/designs
exotica
plural noun
unusual objects, often ones that have come from a distant country:
Collectors of eighteenth century exotica are our main customers.
exoticism
noun [U]
sly
adjective slyer, slyest
1 deceiving people in a clever way in order to get what you want:
He's a sly old devil - I wouldn't trust him with my money.
2 [before noun] seeming to know secrets:
"You'll find out eventually, " said Mary with a sly smile.
sly
noun
on the sly If you do something on the sly, you do it secretly because you should not be doing it:
He drives his mother's car on the sly while she's at work.
slyly
adverb
She grinned slyly and refused to tell me where the money came from.
slyness
noun [U]
━━ a. （～er, ～est; slier, sliest） ずるい; 陰険な; ひそかな; ちゃめな, （目つきなど）いたずらっぽい.
on the sly ひそかに. sly dog 隠れて楽しむ人.
sly・ly ━━ ad. ずるく; こっそりと. sly・ness ━━ n.
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