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	A new watermark on freshly issued Chinese passports portrays disputed territories as belonging to China. The move has outraged the country's Asian neighbors and fueled concerns about Beijing's motives.

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upset the apple cart
If you turn over a cart full of apples, you end up with apples everywhere, right? "Upset the apple cart" just means to upset things and cause disorder.
"Things were running smoothly in the office until Paul upset the apple cart by changing the software." "Monica really upset the apple cart when she invited those skinheads to the NAACP meeting."

cart

Pronunciation: /kɑːt/

Translate cart | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

noun

• a strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse:a horse and cart
• a shallow open container on wheels that may be pulled or pushed by hand.
• (also shopping cart)North American term for shopping trolley.
• (also shopping cart) a facility on a website that records items selected by a customer for purchase until the transaction is completed:from the product page select the size and quantity you’d like and click ‘Buy’ to add it to your cart

verb

[with object]

• 1convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle:the meat was pickled in salt and carted to El Paso

• 2 [with object and adverbial of direction] informal carry (a heavy or cumbersome object) somewhere with difficulty:they carted the piano down three flights of stairs
• remove or convey (someone) somewhere unceremoniously:they were carted off to the nearest police station
• Cricket hit (the ball) with a powerful stroke that sends it a long way: he carted Sinfield for six

Phrases

in the cart

British informal in trouble or difficulty: if he didn’t finish the round the whole team would be in the cart

put the cart before the horse

reverse the proper order or procedure of something.

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

carter

noun

cartful

noun (plural cartfuls)

Origin:

Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre (see car)

upset the applecart

Spoil carefully laid plans, as in Now don't upset the applecart by revealing where we're  going. This expression started out as upset the cart, used since Roman times to mean "spoil everything." The precise idiom dates from the late 1700s. applecart   音節 ápple • càrt applecartの慣用句 upset the applecart, （全1件） [名]（リンゴ売りが用いる）手押し車. upset the ［a person's］ applecart （人の）計画［手はず］をだめにする；台なしにする. seeded Pronunciation: /ˈsiːdɪd/ Definition of seeded adjective 1 [in combination] (of a plant or fruit) having a seed or seeds of a specified kind or number:a single-seeded fruit (of land or an area of ground) having been sown with seed:seeded lawns Heraldry (of a flower) having seeds of a specified tincture. 2 (of a fruit or vegetable) having had the seeds removed:seeded, chopped tomatoes 3 given the status of seed in a sports tournament:Italy is one of the eight seeded teams unseeded Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsiːdɪd/ Definition of unseeded adjective 1(of a competitor or team in a sports tournament) not seeded. 2(of a grape) not having seeds. upset Definition of upset verb Pronunciation: /ʌpˈsɛt/ (upsets, upsetting; past and past participle upset) [with object] 1make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried:the accusation upset her (as adjective upsetting)a painful and upsetting divorce 2knock (something) over:he upset a tureen of soup 3cause disorder in; disrupt:the dam will upset the ecological balance disturb the digestion of (a person’s stomach): the motion of the boat would upset his stomach 4 (often as noun upsetting) shorten and thicken the end or edge of (a metal bar, wheel rim, or other object), especially by hammering or pressure when heated. noun Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsɛt/ 1an unexpected result or situation:the greatest upset in boxing history 2 [mass noun] the state of being unhappy, disappointed, or worried:a legal dispute will cause worry and upset 3a disturbance of a person’s digestive system:a stomach upset adjective 1 /ʌpˈsɛt/ unhappy, disappointed, or worried:she looked pale and upset 2 /ˈʌpsɛt/ (of a person’s stomach) having disturbed digestion, especially because of something eaten. Derivatives upsetter Pronunciation: /-ˈsɛtə/ noun upsettingly Pronunciation: /-ˈsɛtɪŋli/ adverb Definition of thrill noun 1a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure:the thrill of jumping out of an aeroplane an experience that produces a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure:to ride a winner is always a thrill a wave or nervous tremor of emotion or sensation:a thrill of excitement ran through her 2 Medicine a vibratory movement or resonance heard through a stethoscope. archaic a throb or pulsation. verb 1 [with object] cause (someone) to have a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure:his kiss thrilled and excited her they were thrilled with the results I’m thrilled to bits [no object] experience a sudden feeling of excitement and pleasure:thrill to the magic of the world 's greatest guitarist 2 [no object, with adverbial] (of an emotion or sensation) pass with a nervous tremor:the shock of alarm thrilled through her [no object] literary quiver or throb.