2016年2月14日 星期日

swoon, effrontery, evidently, antiphon, swoon-worthy

poet James JoyceAlone/At That Hour - Poem by James Joyce

At that hour when all things have repose,
O lonely watcher of the skies,
Do you hear the night wind and the sighs
Of harps playing unto Love to unclose
The pale gates of sunrise?

When all things repose, do you alone
Awake to hear the sweet harps play
To Love before him on his way,
And the night wind answering in antiphon
Till night is overgone?

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
And in the earth below. 

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Apple shares rose Wednesday on speculation that the company is launching a new line of iPods, while Nokia climbed after unveiling its online-content division. The Nasdaq advanced, recovering from Tuesday's swoon.

Bad Loans Put Wall St. in a Swoon
By VIKAS BAJAJ
Stocks fell broadly and sharply after a report on mortgage defaults indicated that the troubled housing market will weaken further.

"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."

evidently prison was good for him.

    An antiphon (Greek ἀντίφωνον, ἀντί "opposite" and φωνή "voice") in Christian music and ritual is a responsory by a choir or congregation, usually in the form of a Gregorian chant, to a psalm or other text in a religious service or musical work.

    Antiphon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiphon


evidently
ˈɛvɪd(ə)ntli/
adverb
  1. 1.
    in a way that is clearly seen or understood; obviously.
    "a work so evidently laden with significance"
    synonyms:obviouslyclearly, plainly, perceptibly, visibly, discernibly,transparently, manifestly, patently, palpably, distinctlymarkedly,blatantly; More
  2. 2.
    it would seem that.
    "evidently Mrs Smith thought differently"
    synonyms:seeminglyapparently, so it seems, as far as one can tell, from all appearances, on the face of it, to all intents and purposes, on the surface, outwardlyostensiblyMore



effrontery
ɪˈfrʌnt(ə)ri/
noun
  1. insolent or impertinent behaviour.
    "one juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision"
effrontery
[名]((形式))
1 [U]厚かましさ, ずうずうしさ, 厚顔無恥
have the effrontery to do
厚かましくも…する.
2 ((しばしば -ies))厚かましい行為.

swoon
verb [I]
1 to feel a lot of pleasure, love, etc. because of something or someone:
The audience swooned with delight.New Yorkers might also be interested in a video that is intended to
take us through his mental process when he was designing the PATH
Station at ground zero. It feels like a sales pitch; evidently, the
sketch of a woman cupping a dove in both her hands is meant to make
patrons swoon.

2 OLD-FASHIONED LITERARY to faint (LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS)

swoon Show phonetics
noun [C] OLD-FASHIONED LITERARY
a faint (= sudden loss of consciousness)

━━ n., vi. 卒倒(する); 気絶(する); 次第に消える衰える]; うっとりする.

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