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Yes, I Suck: Self-Help Through Negative Thinking

By John Cloud

Contrary to the "love yourself" message propounded by countless self-help books, a new study suggests that for people with low self-esteem, positive thinking hurts more than it helps

Dissolving Confidence in Tate & Lyle

Confidence in Tate & Lyle is dissolving as fast as sugar in a cup of coffee after the food-ingredient maker lost a preliminary U.S. court case against competing Chinese generic manufacturers of its star product, the sweetener Splenda.

Ukraine's governing coalition officially dissolved

The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament says the governing coalition is officially dissolved. The alliance, composed of parties loyal to President Viktor Yushchenko and his 2004 Orange Revolution partner Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, fell apart after infighting between the two leaders. They have become fierce rivals ahead of the planned 2010 presidential election. The Ukrainian parliament now has 30 days to form a new coalition or a fresh election will be called.

The International Space Station's troublesome toilet is now sucking like a good 'un after Oleg Kononenko yesterday fitted the new pump delivered by Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-124.


suck

v., sucked, suck·ing, sucks. v.tr.

1. To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.
2. 1. To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt.
   2. To draw in by or as if by a current in a fluid.
   3. To draw or pull as if by suction: teenagers who are sucked into a life of crime.
3. To draw nourishment through or from: suck a baby bottle.
4. To hold, moisten, or maneuver (a sweet, for example) in the mouth.
5. Vulgar Slang. To perform fellatio on.

v.intr.

1. To draw something in by or as if by suction: felt the drain starting to suck.
2. To draw nourishment; suckle.
3. To make a sound caused by suction.
4. Vulgar Slang. To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive.

n.

1. The act or sound of sucking.
2. Suction.
3. Something drawn in by sucking.

phrasal verbs:

suck in

1. To take advantage of; cheat; swindle.

suck up Slang.

1. To behave obsequiously; fawn.

[Middle English suken, from Old English sūcan.]

suck (PULL IN)
verb
1 [I or T] to pull in liquid or air through your mouth without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around something inside your mouth, often in order to dissolve it:
She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw.
I sucked my thumb until I was seven.
I tried sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing.
They used to give you sweets to suck on (UK ALSO at) in aeroplanes to stop your ears from going pop.

2 [T + adverb or preposition] Something which sucks a liquid or an object in a particular direction pulls it with great force:
The waves came crashing over my head and I could feel myself being sucked under by the currents.
FIGURATIVE Continued rapid growth in consumer spending will suck in (= encourage) more imports.

suck
noun [C usually singular]
when you suck something:
Can I have a suck of your lolly please?

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dissolve (END) Show phonetics
verb
1 [T often passive] to end an official organization or a legal arrangement:
Parliament has been dissolved.
Their marriage was dissolved in 1968.

2 [I] to disappear:
The tension in the office just dissolves when she walks out.

dissolution Show phonetics
noun [U]
the dissolution of parliament

dis・solve

━━ vt. 溶解させる; （議会・集会を）解散する; 取り消す; （魔力・じゅもんを）解く, 破る; 消滅させる; 解決する; 【映・テレビ】溶暗によって場面転換させる.
━━ vi. 消滅する; 溶解する, 分解する; （次第に）消えうせる; （気が）動転する; 【映・テレビ】溶暗によって場面転換する.
be dissolved in tears　泣きくずれる.
dissolve in [into]　（感情に）身を任せる.
dis・solv・a・ble　━━ a.
dis・sol・vent
　━━ a., n. 溶解力のある; 溶剤.