2013年6月15日 星期六

feud, make up, intersect, synagogue, boardwalk, rock formation, pinnacle




'Gods Without Men'
By HARI KUNZRU
Reviewed by DOUGLAS COUPLAND

In Hari Kunzru's fourth novel, an autistic boy disappears in the California desert and many lives intersect around a rock formation called the Pinnacles.


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"... to rescue this, by saying he thought that poetry consists in the examination of everything that lies out- side the intersects of ordinary language, like railroad tracks, but outside. Then the woman mathematician says, "Let me pursue that image. ..."
O'Brien: Digital librarian criticizes Google's settlement with ...
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Chris O'Brien When I heard Google had settled its feud with book publishers, I knew exactly who I wanted to call first:
:
"... to rescue this, by saying he thought that poetry consists in the examination of everything that lies out- side the intersects of ordinary language, like railroad tracks, but outside. Then the woman mathematician says, "Let me pursue that image. ..."



syn·a·gogue (sĭn'ə-gŏg', -gôg') pronunciation

also syn·a·gog
n.
  1. A building or place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith.
  2. A congregation of Jews for the purpose of worship or religious study.
  3. The Jewish religion as organized or typified in local congregations.
[Middle English, from Old French sinagoge, from Late Latin synagōga, from Greek sunagōgē, assembly, synagogue, from sunagein, to bring together : sun-, syn- + agein, to lead.]
synagogical syn'a·gog'i·cal (-gŏj'ĭ-kəl) or syn'a·gog'al (-gŏg'əl, -gôg'-) adj.


LOS ANGELES JOURNAL
At the Intersection of Synagogue and Boardwalk, a Feud
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
An Orthodox synagogue has been at quiet war with the owners of its next-door neighbor, a purveyor of T-shirts, bathing suits and undergarments.
McCain and Romney, Former Rivals, Make Up
Despite a Romney-McCain feud that was the juiciest of the primary season, Mitt Romney is attracting more buzz than any other potential running mate for John McCain.


New synagogue opens in German town after 70 years

A new synagogue was opened to the public in a city in western Germany this
Sunday. The last synagogue in Herford closed during Adolf Hitler's rule of
Germany.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew461qI44va89pI1


Definition of boardwalk

noun

  • a wooden walkway across sand or marshy ground.
  • North American a promenade along a beach or waterfront, typically made of wood.

make up



1. Put together, construct or compose, as in The druggist made up the prescription, or The tailor said he could make up a suit from this fabric. This usage was first recorded in 1530.

2. Constitute, form, as in One hundred years make up a century. [Late 1500s]
3. Change one's appearance; apply cosmetics. For example, He made himself up as an old man. [c. 1800]

4. Devise a fiction or falsehood; invent. For example, Mary is always making up stories for her children, or Is that account true or did you make it up? This usage was first recorded in 1828.
5. Compensate for, provide for a deficiency, as in Can you make up the difference in the bill? or What he lacks in height he makes up in skill. This usage was first recorded in 1538. Also see make up for lost time.

6. Repeat a course, take a test or do an assignment at a later time because of previous absence or failure. For example, Steve will have to make up calculus this summer, or The professor is letting me make up the exam tomorrow.

7. Also, make it up. Resolve a quarrel, as in The Sweeneys argue a lot but they always make up before going to sleep, or Will you two ever make it up? The first usage was first recorded in 1699, the variant in 1669.

8. Put in order, as in We asked them to make up the room for us, or Can you make up another bed in this room? [Early 1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with make up.



intersect

Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈsɛkt/
Definition of intersect

verb

[with object]
  • divide (something) by passing or lying across it:the area is intersected only by minor roads
  • [no object] (of two or more things) pass or lie across each other:lines of latitude and longitude intersect at right angles

Origin:

early 17th century: from Latin intersect- 'cut, intersected', from the verb intersecare, from inter- 'between' + secare 'to cut'

in・ter・sect



 
━━ vt. 横切る; 交差する.
━━ vi. 交差する.
in・ter・sec・tion ━━ n. 横断, 交差; (道路の)交差点; 【数】交点, 交線; 【コンピュータ】共通集合, 論理積.
in・ter・sec・tion・al a.


feud 世仇,積怨;反目

━━ n. (二(家)族間の)不和, 宿恨; 争い.
be at feud with …と不和で.
━━ vi. 争う.

noun [C]
an argument which has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger or violence:
a family feud 家族紛爭
a 10-year-old feud between the two countries
a bitter feud over land

feud

Pronunciation: /fjuːd/
Definition of feud

noun

  • a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute:his long-standing feud with Universal Pictures
  • a state of prolonged mutual hostility, typically between two families or communities, characterized by murderous assaults in revenge for previous injuries:a savage feud over drugs money

verb

[no object]
  • be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute:Hoover feuded with the CIA for decades

Origin:

Middle English fede 'hostility, ill will', from Old French feide, from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German vēde, of Germanic origin; related to foe
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Blood feuds in Turkey

In the south-east of Turkey, the centuries-old tradition of blood feuds continues to haunt the lives of people living in the region. But, one man has committed his life to resolving these deadly disputes and has become somewhat of a celebrity in Turkey for doing so. Sait Sanli claims to have saved thousands and is known in his hometown of Diyarbakir as the "president of peace".
(Reporter: Dorian Jones)

Broadwalk Retail Park is considered the largest retail park in the Walsall area of the West Midlands, England. It is named after Walsall's ring road the Broadway which goes past Broadwalk. The shopping centre is located alongside the Banks's Stadium.

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