snag, openwork, apolitical, bid your farewells, wring sth from/out of sb

This child’s shoe was made in Roman Britain in the 1st or 2nd century AD.

Many types of leather footwear were worn in the Roman world, from sturdy workmen's shoes and military sandals to finely made slippers for the wealthy.

This example was found in London in the 1930s, during excavations at the Bank of England http://ow.ly/6JZT30p1gSC

How Comey Firing Snagged an Official Known as Apolitical

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and REBECCA R. RUIZ

Rod J. Rosenstein’s naming of a special prosecutor in the Russia investigation is typical of how the deputy attorney general addresses tough situations, friends and allies say.

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Four seasons have come and gone! That means "Philip Haas: Four Seasons" will be leaving in a couple of weeks. Be sure to bid your farewells and snag a few more photos with the larger-than-life sculptures before April 17.

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Dell's Consumer Focus Hits Snags

Dell has been delaying shipments of some notebook-computer models due to paint problems and supply constraints.

除了它說的paint是否也是含鉛之問題
其中的 snag值得學一下:


YouTube Ad Push Hits Snags  2008

Google faces challenges in wringing ad revenue from YouTube. Although users of the video-sharing site view clips more than one billion times on most days, the site hasn't been as popular with big corporate advertisers.

wring sth from/out of sb phrasal verb
to force or persuade someone to give you something:
They managed to wring a few concessions from the government.

openwork 

Pronunciation: /ˈəʊp(ə)nwəːk/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN, USUALLY AS MODIFIER]

Ornamental work in cloth, metal, leather, or other material with regular patterns of openings and holes:鏤雕......white openwork sandalsornamental openwork made of fine gold or silver

音節

 

ópen • wòrk

1. [名詞]
2. 1 (建物・彫刻・レースなどの，特に装飾用の)透かし細工.
3. 2 〔建築〕 露出(配線)工事.
4. 3 〔採鉱〕 露天掘り，露天切羽.

snag 1 

Pronunciation: /snaɡ/ 

NOUN

1An unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback:there’s one small snag

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2A sharp, angular, or jagged projection:keep an emery board handy in case of nail snags

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2.1A rent or tear in fabric caused by a snag.

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3North American A dead tree:dozens of species of birds and mammals use standing snags for nesting

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VERB (snags, snagging, snagged)

[WITH OBJECT]

1Catch or tear (something) on a sharp projection:thorns snagged his sweater

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1.1[NO OBJECT] Become caught on a sharp projection:radio aerials snagged on bushes and branches

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2North American informal Catch or obtain:it’s the first time they’ve snagged the star for a photo

Derivatives

snaggy

ADJECTIVE

sense 2 of the noun.

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Origin

Late 16th century (in sense 2 of the noun): probably of Scandinavian origin. The early sense 'stump sticking out from a tree trunk' gave rise to a US sense 'submerged piece of timber obstructing navigation', of which sense 1 is originally a figurative use. Current verb senses arose in the 19th century.

snag (PROBLEM)
noun [C] SLIGHTLY INFORMAL
a problem, difficulty or disadvantage:
We don't anticipate any snags in/with the negotiations.
The drug is very effective - the only snag is that it cannot be produced in large quantities.

snag
verb [I or T] -gg-
to cause problems or difficulties for someone or something:
Financial problems have snagged the project for the past six months.
The negotiations have snagged on a dispute about who should chair them.





台灣出版業的談判snags

能否順利合作 「大和」成關鍵

【2007/08/23 01:33 報導 】

大和圖書經銷商與金石堂因為雙方對於資金往來，存有爭議、各說各話，使得原本宣布大和解的記者會，演變成雙方撕破臉，停止合作關係，大和所經手的大 塊、天下等二十家出版社也力挺所屬經銷商，一時不對金石堂供貨。出版業者就透露，金石堂的財務危機是「眾所皆知的秘密」，如果大和與金石堂的資金爭議不解 決，未來大家不排除跟進大和，結束與金石堂合作。(陳映竹報導) 大和圖書經銷商在業界是享有信譽的經銷商，旗下經手的出版社也十分知名的大型集團，像是：天下雜誌、天下遠見、大塊文化等，因此這次對金石堂的鳴槍開砲，成為未來其餘出版業者是否和金石堂繼續合作的指標。 出版業者透露，金石堂在出版通路市場上，屹立了二十年，雖然大家都知道金石堂的財務有問題，但基於尊重，才買帳答應重新供貨。出版業者不客氣地說，這都只是「表面上」的，未來的供貨量也不會像以前一樣多。 這 次「台灣出版業者通路秩序聯盟」與金石堂的的協商中，雖然金石堂決定籌措資金，縮短票期，答應十六家經銷商恢復成「月結制」付款，但這些承諾都是有條件 的，恢復月結的日期其實是從明年一月底起領的支票才開始；再加上金石堂始終不肯公開說明實際庫存金額，已經答應與金石堂恢復往來的出版社表示，如果大和與 金石堂的帳款爭議不釐清，未來大家也不排除跟進大和。

台灣出版業者通路秩序聯盟與16家經銷商聯誼會的代表，昨（22）日與金石堂書店董事長周傳芳共同宣布，三方達成協議，金石堂將解決延長票期的問題，並讓業者自由選擇月結制或銷結制。這場出版經銷商、出版社力抗金石堂的事件，和平落幕。

snag noun [C] (TEAR OR HOLE)

 

a tear, hole, or loose fiber in a piece of clothing or cloth caused by a sharp or rough object:(切りとったり折れたりした後に残る)枝株

a snag in a stocking

The only tree, "a snag of a willow,"