Daily Highlights Sunday, June 29, 2008
SpotlightShakespeare's Globe Theatre |
"Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water." — William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII
By MARTINA SHEEHAN Some of of the best bargain eating in Ecuador comes courtesy of one-person mobile-food-stand entrepreneurs who hop aboard public buses to sell their delicious wares.
#Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors hope #G7 ministers from nuclear countries change their mindset through the visit to Peace Memorial Park.
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SHANGHAI — Ford may be standing taller than General Motors in Detroit these days — flush with cash while its rival is forced to go repeatedly to Washington, hat in hand, seeking government bailouts. But in China the tables are turned.
#Hiroshima atomic bombing survivors hope #G7 ministers from nuclear countries change their mindset through the visit to Peace Memorial Park.
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stand/walk tall
to act with pride and confidence:
You'd have more chance of success if you'd stand tall.
hop -1 [I] to jump on one foot or
to move about in this way:
I tried to hop on my good foot while holding onto Jim.
2 [I + adverb or preposition] INFORMAL to go somewhere quickly or to get into or out of a vehicle quickly:
We hopped over to Bruges for the weekend.
I hopped on the bus at the traffic lights.
3 [I] If a small animal, bird or insect hops, it moves by jumping on all or two of its feet at the same time:
The rabbit/bird hopped across the grass.
hop
a short jump by a person on one foot, or by a small animal, bird or insect on all or two of its feet at the same time:
With his feet tied together he could only move in little hops.
wares
plural noun
1 small items for selling, in a market or on the street but not usually in a shop:
Some displayed their wares on stalls, while others had just spread them out on the pavement.
2 INFORMAL a company's products:
The company must do more to promote their wares overseas.
gallery (RAISED AREA) Show phoneticswares
noun [C]
a raised area around the sides or at the back of a large room which provides extra space for people to sit or stand, or the highest floor in a theatre that contains the cheapest seats
Compare the circle (UPPER FLOOR); the stalls (THEATRE).
gal・ler・y
━━ n. 回廊; 廊下, 柱廊; バルコニー; (教会・劇場・広間の)2階さじき, 2階席; 【劇】天井さじき(の見物人), 大向う; (ゴルフ・テニスなどの)見物人, ギャラリー; 絵画[美術品]陳列室[館], 画廊; ((集合的)) (所蔵)美術品; 射的場[室]; 【採鉱】横坑道; (モグラなどの掘った)地下道.
play to the gallery 大向うをうならせる(ように演じる); 俗趣味に迎合する.
play to the gallery 大向うをうならせる(ように演じる); 俗趣味に迎合する.
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