2009年5月4日 星期一

bequeath, hunger strike, witch-hunt, Irie sets backstroke world record

8 Reasons You Should Not Expect an Inheritance
By RON LIEBER
Costs are rising, retirement income is less secure and the golden years are lasting longer, leaving older people less to bequeath to their heirs.




Japan's Irie sets backstroke world record


Taiwan ex-leader pursues hunger strike

Taiwan ex-leader pursues hunger strike
TAIPEI (AFP) — Taiwan's former president Chen Shui-bian is refusing to give up a hunger strike in protest at what he says is a political witch-hunt against him, as his bail attempt was rejected by a court Monday.

On the Lanes
Uniontown Herald Standard - Uniontown,PA,USA
The word is "bequeath," and according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "bequeath" means "to give or leave by will" or "to hand down. ...


bequeath
verb [T + two objects] FORMAL
to arrange to give money or property to others after your death:
Her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will.
Picasso bequeathed most of his paintings and sculptures to Spain and France.



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--> ━━ vt. (後世に)伝える ((to)); (動産・金を遺言で)遺贈する ((to)).
be・queath・al ━━ n. 遺贈.


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