take hold, corn. best-thumbed, corner (monopoly), tendinitis, ponte

More Readers Picking Up Electronic Books

By BRAD STONE and MOTOKO RICH 3:01 PM ET

This year, thanks in part to the popularity of Amazon.com’s wireless Kindle device, the e-book has started to take hold.

They can lead to tendinitis, nail problems, corns and calluses

他們可能導致肌腱炎, 美甲的問題, 玉米---錯和calluses

2006  讀紐約時報之”Exploring Tuscany's Lost Corner”

介紹一座魔鬼橋---這ponte 很值得記，因為歐語許多國都用它：

The 14th-century Ponte del Diavolo, or Devil's Bridge, in Borgo a Mozzano.

在answers.com還可以找到一些有趣的資訊：

Ponte (meaning bridge in both Italian and in Portuguese) may refer to any one of many towns in Italy and Portuguese-speaking countries, among which:

• Ponte, in the Province of Benevento, Italy
• Ponte in Valtellina (Valtellina), in the Province of Sondrio, Italy, birthplace of the astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi
• Ponte, in the Province of Perugia, Italy
• Ponte, Portugal

It may also refer to:

• Ponte, one of the rioni or official districts of the modern city of Rome
• Ponte S.A, the Company administering Rio-Niterói Bridge in Brazil

Porsche, however, which is taking over the company, had secretly cornered nearly 75 percent of VW stock. This created a scarcity that sent VW shares to more than $1,200, giving the company, briefly, the highest market value in the world.




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Michael Quinion's books on the stories behind some of our most familiar words and sayings are among the best-thumbed on my shelf. ...

thumbed 常翻閱 Soiled by handling.

best-thumbed 最常翻閱

corner

1. 1. A speculative monopoly of a stock or commodity created by purchasing all or most of the available supply in order to raise its price.
   2. Exclusive possession; monopoly: “Neither party . . . has a corner on all the good ideas” (George B. Merry).

corn 2 

Pronunciation: /kɔːn/ 

NOUN  雞眼....

A small, painful area of thickened skin on the foot, especially on the toes, caused by pressure.

Example sentences

Origin

Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Latin cornu 'horn'.

corn² 

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音節

 

corn²

 

発音

 

kɔ'ːrn

cornの慣用句

 

tread [or step] on a person's corns 全1件

[名詞]

1. 1〔病理〕 (特に足指にできる)魚の目，たこ.
2. 2〔獣医〕 馬蹄ばてい底部の小さい炎症性の病巣.

cornの慣用句

1. tread [or step] on a person's corns
   • ⇒TREAD (成句)

語源

1425年以前? 中期英語 corne＜中期フランス語＜ラテン語 cornū「角(HORN)」，そこから「表皮の角質化」.→CORNU

The verb take hold has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: assume control
Synonyms: take charge, take control
Become established, The new vines quickly took hold, or This idea will never take hold with the voters. [c. 1300]

1. Grasp, as in Take hold of this end of the rope. [Late 1500s]
2. Become established, as in The new vines quickly took hold, or This idea will never take hold with the voters. [c. 1300]

When genetically engineered versions of soybeans and corn – as well as cotton and canola – were introduced in the mid-1990s, farmers quickly adopted them. But opposition to genetically engineered crops then took hold, particularly in Europe. Food companies, fearing protests or loss of customers, pressured farmers not to grow the crops.基改黃豆、玉米及棉花、油菜在1990年代中期引進時，農民迅速採用。但當時反對基改作物的觀念根深柢固，尤其是歐洲。食品公司擔心民眾抗議或失去消費者，施壓迫使農民不種這些作物。

Meaning #2: have or hold in one's hands or grip
Synonym: hold
Take hold of this end of the rope. [Late 1500s]