bliss, lithe, blithe, happiness,callous

'The most vulnerable and poorest are treated by the Government with a callous brutality that is disgraceful'


Lithe and smiling, proud of his “boot-shaped” and blister-proof feet, he moved on exposed rock faces with the grace of a dancer and the fearlessness of a boy. He did things right: tents were dug in with proper snow-walls, supplies stored in well-marked snow-holes, attempts quickly abandoned if tiredness or bad weather struck.

 

Who Needs Marriage? A Changing Institution

By BELINDA LUSCOMBE

The state of marriage is shifting in unexpected ways. A TIME/Pew special report shows how income, age and experience alter our chances of wedded bliss

http://chinese-watch.blogspot.tw/2008/12/blog-post_2883.html


"This was a performer who was at his very best, a character player who had the lithe sexuality and above-the-title watchability of a star. He had a lot more to give. It's desperately sad."http://gu.com/p/3mdvx/fb

happiness

  音節

hap • pi • ness

発音

hǽpinis

[名]

1 [U]幸福, 幸せ, 喜び, 満足

bring a person happiness
人を幸せにする

Happiness is a warm puppy.
幸福とは暖かい小犬（▼漫画PeanutsからHappiness is ... という決まり文句が一般化）.

2 [U][C]（表現などの）巧妙, 適切

an exceptional happiness of poetic diction
まれにみる詩語法のうまさ.

1. above the title

   Web definitions

   1. Above the Title is a UK independent radio production company based in London. The company produce drama, music, comedy and documentary programmes, principally for BBC Radio. ...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Above_the_Title

callous

ˈkaləs/

adjective

1. 1.

   showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

   "his callous comments about the murder made me shiver"

lithe[lithe]

• 発音記号[láið]

[形]（lith・er, lith・est）〈人間・動物が〉しなやかな, 柔軟な；骨の柔らかい.

lithe・ly

[副]

lithe・ness

[名]

• (especially of a person’s body) thin, supple, and graceful:she lay gazing up at his tall, lithe figure
  

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  • She could feel the strength his lithe body possessed, even wounded and laying on a table.
  • For the inaugural event, the dancers' lithe bodies were swathed in white.
  • Hung on a stark frame, it was a mould of her long, lithe body.
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lithely

ADVERB

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litheness

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Origin

Old English līthe 'gentle, meek' also 'mellow', of Germanic origin; related to German lind 'soft, gentle'.

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bliss

n.

1. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
2. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.

phrasal verb:
bliss out Slang.

1. To go into a state of ecstasy.

[Middle English blisse, from Old English bliss, from blīths, from blīthe, joyful. See blithe.]

blissful bliss'ful adj.
blissfully bliss'ful·ly adv.
blissfulness bliss'ful·ness n.

[名][U]

1 無上の喜び, 至福

in married ［wedded］ bliss
幸福に結婚して.

2 《神学》天上の喜び；天国, 楽園.

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bliss out

((俗))(自)(他)幸福［恍惚(こうこつ)］感に浸る［浸らせる］.

［古英語blīths（blīthe幸福な＋-s名詞語尾）. △BLITHE］

blithe

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Pronunciation: /blʌɪð /

ADJECTIVE

• 1showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper:a blithe disregard for the rules of the road
  

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  • But he never scorned security with the blithe indifference of the radical ideologues who used him as an authority on the evils of welfare.
  • How do you strike the right balance between unnecessarily fostering fears and encouraging a blithe indifference to real and present dangers?
  • The outrageousness of his action is matched only by the blithe indifference with which he apparently expects to carry it off.
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• 1.1• literary happy or carefree:a blithe seaside comedy
  

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blithely

ADVERB

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blitheness

NOUN

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blithesome

Pronunciation: /-s(ə)m/

ADJECTIVE ( • literary )

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Origin

Old English blīthe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch blijde, also to bliss.