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Japanese retailer Aeon borrows Chinese and US promotions to energize slow consumption in November.
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Japanese retailer brings 'Singles Day' to Japan for online sales event

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On the scandal at the Internal Revenue Service, he said the practice of singling out certain groups was "outrageous."


 Taiwan Busted Several Ex-Military Officials Giving China Unprecedented ...
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Taiwan said Monday that three retired military officers have been arrested on suspicion of leaking military secrets to China, in what legislators described as one of the island's worst espionage cases. Chang Chih-hsin, formerly in charge of political .

China Singled Out for Cyberspying

The U.S. accused the Chinese of being the world's "most active and persistent" perpetrators of economic spying, an unusual move designed to spur stronger U.S. and international action to combat industrial espionage.

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the recalled product, please go to:
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The reality of sleeper trains is not that of the art-deco bars featured in 1950s spy fiction. You are more likely to be sharing your couchette with a bearded man with a thunderous snore than with Daniela Bianchi. And actually sleeping on a sleeper, with its narrow bunks and thin walls, can be impossible without the aid of pills or booze http://econ.st/16qdH2H

 couch|ette

Pronunciation: /kuːˈʃɛt

  

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Definition of couchette in English:

NOUN

1A railway carriage with seats convertible into sleepingberths.

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1.1A berth in a couchette.

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Origin

1920s: French, literally 'little bed', diminutive of couche 'a couch'.

bunk

Pronunciation: /bʌŋk

  

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NOUN

A narrow shelf-like bed, typically one of two or morearranged one on top of the other.

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VERB

[NO OBJECT] chiefly North AmericanBack to top  

Sleep in a bunk or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters:they bunk together in the dormitory

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Origin

mid 18th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related tobunker.

bunk (BED) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a narrow bed that is fixed to a wall, especially in a boat or a train

bunk (bed) noun [C often plural]
one of two beds fixed together, one on top of the other:
The twins sleep in bunk beds.
Can I sleep in the top bunk?



single
v., -gled, -gling, -gles. v.tr.

1. To choose or distinguish from others. Often used with out: We singled her out from the list of applicants.

1 (single someone/thing out) choose someone or something from a group for special treatment:one newspaper was singled out for criticism

espionage[es・pi・o・nage]

 

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[éspiənɑ`ːʒ]
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[名][U]スパイ行為；諜報(ちょうほう), 偵察

political ［military, industrial］ espionage
政治［軍事, 産業］スパイ活動.