solo, incapacitated, capsized off, aground, 50 races—solos and sidecars—should make for a thrilling showdown

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Kim Jong Un returns to spotlight as questions over North Korean leader's fate arise

BY JESSE JOHNSON

News of his incapacitation or death would have serious implications for Tokyo as Japan and the world continue to grapple with the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.

The next day, I went out solo again while my family ate breakfast at our hotel. I visited the Roman Catholic church of St.-Maclou — an impressive Gothic building that was unfortunately largely obscured by scaffolding during my visit — which took me just east of our hotel.

His Ship Still Aground, Captain Goes on Trial

By GAIA PIANIGIANI 8:07 PM ET

Francesco Schettino, accused of abandoning his ship after it ran aground and capsized, could face 20 years in prison.

According to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, one passenger wrote on Facebook： "15 hour flight ends up being 17 hours as we descended to 4,000ft to locate a capsized yacht for search and rescue."
根據雪梨每日電訊報，一名乘客在臉書上寫道：「隨著我們下降到4000呎以便確定一艘翻覆的遊艇的所在位置，15小時的飛行以17小時作收。」



Captain Is Focus in Sinking of Liner
By GAIA PIANIGIANI and SARAH MASLIN NIR 14 minutes ago


As the search for survivors continued, the operator of the cruise ship that capsized off the coast of Italy said the captain may be to blame.




Imagining a Day When Airliners Are Flown Solo

There has been loose discussion in the airline industry about the feasibility of flying passenger jets with a single pilot. Technically, it would be possible. But what happens if the pilot becomes incapacitated?

incapacitated

tr.v., -tat·ed, -tat·ing, -tates.

1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify.

incapacitation in'ca·pac'i·ta'tion n.

capsize	(verb) Overturn accidentally.
Synonyms:	turn turtle
Usage:	Do not rock the boat or it will capsize!

capsize  [cap・size]

発音記号[kǽpsaiz | –]

[動](自)(他)〈船・ボートなどが［を］〉転覆する［させる］.

cáp・siz・a・ble

[形]

aground

Syllabification: (a·ground)

Pronunciation: /əˈground/

adjective & adverb

• (with reference to a ship) on or onto the bottom in shallow water: [as adverb]:the ships must slow to avoid running aground [as predic. adjective]:a cargo ship aground in the Mediterranean

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'on the ground'): from a-² 'on' + ground¹

solo

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊləʊ/

Translate solo | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun (plural solos)

• 1a thing done by one person unaccompanied, in particular:
•  (plural solos or soli /-li/) a piece of vocal or instrumental music or a dance, or a part or passage in one, for one performer:the opening bassoon solo is relatively blandPetipa often left the danseur to arrange his own brief solo
•  an unaccompanied flight by a pilot in an aircraft:his first ride in his aircraft would also be his first solo

• 2 (also solo whist) [mass noun] a card game resembling whist in which the players make bids and the highest bidder plays against the others in an attempt to win a specified number of tricks.
•  [count noun] a bid by which a player undertakes to win five tricks in solo whist.

• 3a motorbike without a sidecar:50 races—solos and sidecars—should make for a thrilling showdown

adjective & adverb

• for or done by one person alone; unaccompanied:[as adjective]:a solo album[as adverb]:she’d spent most of her life flying solo
•  [as adjective] (of a motorbike) without a sidecar:a solo machine

verb (soloes, soloing, soloed)

[no object]

• perform something unaccompanied, in particular:
•  perform an unaccompanied piece of music or a part or passage in one:you’re in danger of forgetting that you’re accompanying rather than soloing
•  fly an aircraft unaccompanied:she had been flying for twelve years and had soloed on her seventeenth birthday
•  undertake solo climbing:I was back next day with two friends, soloing again while they roped upI soloed back up it in the last light[with object]:he did not solo the South Face of Lhotse

showdown

/ˈʃəʊdaʊn/

noun

1. 1.

   a final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute.

   "he and his government were lurching towards an angry showdown with their critics"

   Similar:

   confrontation

   deciding event

   clash

   face-off

   moment of truth

   crisis
2. 2.

   (in poker or brag) the requirement at the end of a round that the players who remain in should show their cards to determine which is the strongest hand.