“A small woman holds the lead at the U.S. gymnastics championships...which for casual followers of the sport seems true to form - aren't all top female gymnasts small?”
— Posted by Jeff Z. Klein
Targets of Spying Get Smart— Posted by Jeff Z. Klein
Tiny electronic-surveillance gadgets that James Bond could only dream of are increasingly turning up in boardrooms, bedrooms and bathrooms. Now, people are deploying counter-spy technology to fight back.
noun [U]
the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army, because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
The police have kept the nightclub under surveillance because of suspected illegal drug activity.
More banks are now installing surveillance cameras.
gymnast
(jĭm'năst', -nəst)
n.
A person who is trained and skilled in gymnastics, especially one who engages in competition.
[French gymnaste, from Greek gumnastēs, trainer of professional athletes, from gumnazein, to exercise. See gymnasium.]
true to form/type
Someone who does something true to form or type behaves as other people would have expected from previous experience:
True to form, when it came to his turn to buy the drinks, he said he'd left his wallet at home.
kidney Show phonetics
noun ━━ n. 腎臓; 横腹; 気質; 種類.
Temperment; kind: a person of the same kidney.
kidney bean インゲン（豆）. kidney machine 人工腎臓. kidney stone 【医】腎臓結石. kidney transplant 腎臓移植.1 [C] either of a pair of small organs in the body which take away waste matter from the blood to produce urine:
kidney failure
2 [C or U] these organs from an animal, used as food:
steak and kidney pie
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