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There aren’t enough people talking about John Singer Sargent’s landscapes
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The demands placed on John Singer Sargent by his unparalleled success as a painter of Gilded Age portraits on both sides of the Atlantic began to tire him in the early 1900s. He even declared that he was "shutting up shop in the portrait line" to focus more on landscapes.
And just like his striking portraits, the landscapes did not disappoint.
The infinite variety of brushwork that defined Sargent's vibrant portraits also enlivened his landscape paintings. Just notice how brilliantly he captures the sunlight and deep shadows that outline the rocky terrain in his “Simplon Pass” painting...
John Singer Sargent, “Simplon Pass,” 1911, oil on canvas, 28 × 36 in., Corcoran Collection
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Yellow Buses Put Schools in the Red

By ANNE MARIE CHAKER
June 19, 2008

The pain at the pump is hitting those too young to drive.

In Nebraska, Bellevue School District is budgeting $600,000 to cover fuel costs for school buses next school year, compared with $250,000 a year ago. Kentucky's Bowling Green Independent Schools is budgeting 36% more for fuel compared with last year. The Durham, N.C., public schools budgeted $3.3 million for fuel, more than twice what was budgeted a year ago.

pass. noun (1) Definition of pass (Entry 2 of 4) 1 : a means (such as an opening, road, or channel) by which a barrier may be passed or access to a place may be gained especially : a low place in a mountain range. 2 : a position to be held usually against odds.

Pass | Definition of Pass by Merriam-Webster

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1C（細）道，山道，峠，通路，水路，（やなの上の）魚道；《航空》（特定地域の）上空飛行，目標地点への飛行
- climb up the mountain pass
- 山道を登る
2C《スポーツ》パス，送球
- throw a pass
- パスを出す
2aC（順番・機会などを）パスすること，辞退，《トランプ》パス；《野球》（四球による）出塁（a base on balls）；《闘牛》パセ（◇ケープまたは赤い布で牛の攻撃をかわす動作）
- take [have] a pass on ...
- …を断る，辞退する
3CU（…の）通行［入場］許可証，（無料）入場［乗車］券，定期券，優待パス≪to，for≫；《軍事》前線陣地通行券，軍事基地出入許可証，外出許可証
- a (free) pass to [for] the theater
- 劇場への（無料）入場券
3aCU合格（すること），((主に英))（大学の）普通及第［合格］
- get [take] a clear pass in ...
- …にちゃんと合格する
- She got a pass in chemistry.
- 化学（のテスト）に合格した
4C（状況を）通過すること，（出来事などの）段階；〔a ～〕やっかいな状況，困難，危険，不幸，ありさま，事態
- on the first pass
- 最初の段階で
- Things came to [were at] a pretty [sorry] pass.
- 困ったことになった
5C（催眠術をかけるときの）手の動き，（奇術で）手さばき；ごまかし，品物のすり替え；《フェンシング》突き；((略式))（相手に当たらない）腕の突き，腕で突くまね
6C（個々の）作戦行動，試み，努力；（異性へ）接触しようとする試み，口説き
7C（コンピュータ・機械などでの）一通りの作業工程
- in a single pass
- 単一パスで

pass sth on (GIVE) phrasal verb [M]
to give someone something that another person has given you:
Could you pass it on to Laura when you've finished reading it?

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pump (DEVICE)
noun [C]
a piece of equipment which is used to cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place to another:
a water/bicycle/fuel pump
a UK petrol/US gas pump

pump
verb
1 [T usually + adverb or preposition] to force liquid or gas to move somewhere:
Our latest machine can pump a hundred gallons a minute.
The new wine is pumped into storage tanks.
The heart pumps blood through the arteries/round the body.

2 [T] INFORMAL to keep asking someone for information, especially in an indirect way:
She was pumping me for details of the new project.

pŭmpt. Emotionally excited; enthusiastic or eager. Often used with up . Football players who were pumped up about the championship game.