latrines,wattles ,bushvelt, chattering

Then there were her questions: as many as 200 of them a year, asked in Parliament and recorded in Hansard, on any subject that might embarrass South Africa’s white rulers. How many people were being held without trial? How many blacks were arrested each day for violating the Pass Laws? Why were they being forcibly removed to areas with nothing but rows of tin latrines, where only wattles grew in the sand? Why did the police turn up to remove them at four in the morning? Why did they use rubber bullets to disperse protesting crowds? Was it true that prisoners were kept in solitary confinement, beaten with straps, made to sleep on the floor? On, on, on. One National Party MP said she reminded him of “a cricket in a tree when it is very dry in the bushvelt. His chirping makes you deaf but the tune remains the same.” Botha said her “chattering” was like water dripping on a tin roof. Mrs Suzman was delighted to annoy them in the cause of justice.


latrine Hide phonetics
noun [C]
a toilet, especially a simple one such as a hole in the ground, used in a military area or when camping

wat・tle

━━ n. 編み枝（細工）, 編み垣; （鶏・七面鳥などの）肉垂(にくすい); 【植】アカシアの類.
━━ vt. （かき根・屋根などを）編み枝で作る; 編み合わせる.
wattle and daub　【建】荒打ちしっくい, 荒壁.
wattle and daub Hide phonetics
noun [U]
a mixture of sticks, earth and clay, which is used in some parts of the world as a building material:
The walls of timber-framed houses were often made of wattle and daub.
a wattle-and-daub hut

wat・tled　━━ a. 編み枝作りの; 肉垂のある.


chatter Hide phonetics
verb [I]
1 to talk for a long time about things that are not important:
She spent the morning chattering away to her friends.
He chattered on about nothing in particular.

2 If animals chatter, they make quick repeated noises:
The gun shot made the monkeys chatter in alarm.

3 If your teeth chatter, they knock together repeatedly because you are very cold or frightened:
I could hardly talk, my teeth were chattering so much.

chatter Hide phonetics
noun [U]
1 conversation about things that are not important:
I can't concentrate with Ann's constant chatter.

2 the quick repeated noises that some animals make:
He could hear the chatter of birds in the trees overhead.