cluck, oval, laying days, guttural , reproachful, pervert, chicken-keeping

As flattering friends pervert, so reproachful enemies mostly correct.



'Once graffiti was a guttural art. It was rude and threatening. 

America has lately taken up chicken-keeping with the enthusiasm normally reserved for the latest kitchen-appliance craze. Yet a hen may lay eggs at a rate of a few hundred a year for only two to three years before production slows. What do America's urban farmers do with these clucks when their laying days are done? http://econ.st/17vuQSm

... 使歇卜士夫人在吃飯時哭了。十點差三分到阿爾伯特音樂廳時,頂樓的好座位都佔滿了,
我只好站著。這是個橢圓形的建築,許多人站在我前面,我幾乎連舞台也看不見, ...



THERE’S one moment in the Rolling Stone article that led to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal on Thursday that truly concerned me — and it’s not one of the reproachful comments about administration officials that have been clucked over by pundits and politicians. No, what stood out for me was the scene in which General McChrystal points to the members of his staff and says: “All these men, I’d die for them. And they’d die for me.”

pervert

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Pronunciation: /pəˈvəːt 

  

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• 1Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

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• 2Lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable:Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time

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• 2.1(as adjective perverted) Sexually abnormal and unacceptable:he whispered perverted obscenities

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Pronunciation: /ˈpəːvəːt 

  

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• A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

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pervertedly

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perverter

Pronunciation: /-ˈvəːtə/

NOUN

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Origin

late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Frenchpervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- 'thoroughly, to ill effect' + vertere 'to turn'. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th century.

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reproachful

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Pronunciation: /rɪˈprəʊtʃfʊl

  

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ADJECTIVE

• Expressing disapproval or disappointment:she gave him a reproachful look
  

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reproachfully

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reproachfulness

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guttural

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Pronunciation: /ˈgʌt(ə)r(ə)l

  

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ADJECTIVE

• 1(Of a speech sound) produced in the throat; harsh-sounding.
  

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• 1.1(Of a manner of speech) characterized by the use of guttural sounds:his parents' guttural central European accent
  

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• A guttural consonant (e.g. k, g) or other speech sound.
  

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gutturally

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late 16th century: from French, or from medieval Latingutturalis, from Latin guttur 'throat'.

cluck
n.

1. 1. The characteristic sound made by a hen when brooding or calling its chicks.
   2. A sound similar to this.
2. Informal. A stupid or foolish person.

v., clucked, cluck·ing, clucks. v.intr.

1. To utter the characteristic sound of a hen.
2. To make a sound similar to that of a hen, as in coaxing a horse.

v.tr.

1. To call by making the characteristic sound of a hen or a similar sound.
2. To express by clucking: He clucked disapproval.

[Middle English clokken, from Old English cloccian.]

noun

• 1the characteristic short, guttural sound made by a hen.
• a short, guttural sound made by a person to express concern or disapproval:Loretta gave a cluck of impatience

• 2North American informal a stupid or foolish person:a cluck too lazy to put up a clothesline

verb

(also cluck-cluck) [no object]

• (of a hen) make a short, guttural sound.
• (of a person) make a short, low sound with one’s tongue to express concern or disapproval:the bystanders shook their heads and clucked sympathetically [with object]:Michael clucked his tongue irritably
• [no object] (cluck over/at/about) express fussy concern about:they were cluck-clucking over the dishonor he brought to the office

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late 15th century (as a verb): imitative, corresponding to Danish klukke, Swedish klucka

• oval [óuvəl]

[形]

1 卵形の.

2 長円形の, 楕円(だえん)形の.

━━[名]

1 卵形のもの；長円形のもの；卵形（体）, 長円形, 長円体.

2 長円形の競技場；((the O-))オーバル（ロンドンのKenningtonクリケット場）.

3 ((米略式))アメリカンフットボールの球.