2014年5月31日 星期六

sweetheart, in exchange for daughter's hand in marriage



Is this the world's toughest father-in-law? British businessman challenges future son-in-law to North Pole expedition in exchange for daughter's hand in marriage

  • Hannah and Jake have been sweethearts since childhood
  • Father-in-law Steve wanted Jake to prove commitment to marriage
  • Also saw it as a way of induction into the close family
  • Pair navigated 100kg sledges through the moving ice of the Arctic Circle
  • Temperatures dropped as low as -50 degrees Celsius
  • Raised over £30,000 for the Colourful Life Foundation and National Osteoporosis Society

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2642868/

sweetheart

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Pronunciation: /ˈswiːthɑːt
 
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noun

  • 1A person with whom someone is having a romantic or sexual relationship: the pair were childhood sweethearts
  • 1.1Used as a term of endearment or affectionate form of address: don’t worry, sweetheart, I’ve got it all worked out
  • 1.2A particularly lovable or pleasing person or thing: he is an absolute sweetheart
  • 1.3 [as modifier] informal Denoting an arrangement reached privately by two sides, especially an employer and a trade union, in their own interests: he cut a sweetheart deal with a politically well-placed union to get their endorsement in his re-election campaign
    More example sentences
    • Arguably, the only reason the Valentia consortium won was due to a sweetheart deal with the trade unions.
    • Political watchdog groups have described it as a sweetheart arrangement for corporations close to the Bush administration.
    • Laing has signed a sweetheart deal with the Ucatt union under which workers will be brought onto a contract (rather than be considered self employed) - but at a loss of pay.

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