pulverize, governess, malcontent, badminton

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'Governess'

By RUTH BRANDON
Reviewed by SUSANN COKAL

An examination of England’s 19th-century governesses, real and fictional.

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malcontent
noun [C] LITERARY
a person who is not satisfied with the way things are, and who complains a lot and is unreasonable and difficult to deal with

governess 
noun [C] ━━ n. （特に昔の）婦人家庭教師 ((to)).

(especially in the past) a woman who lives with a family and teaches their children at home

badminton 
noun [U]羽球
a sport in which two or four people hit a shuttlecock (= a light object with feathers) over a high net Many people enjoy playing badminton on warm summer evenings.Wikipedia article "Badminton".

Food and Nutrition: badminton

A drink prepared with claret, sugar, and soda water.

pulverize, UK USUALLY pulverise Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to press or crush something until it becomes powder or a soft mass:
pulverized coal/bones

2 INFORMAL to defeat someone easily

pulverization, UK USUALLY pulverisation Show phonetics
noun [U]