phlegmatic, Mumbaikar, Anywhere else

The Guardian

7小時 · 

"Be very clear about the BBC white paper. In almost any other country in the world this would not be happening at all. Beyond Britain it is universally revered. It stands for excellence and independence. Anywhere else, its future would simply not be an issue."

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THEGUARDIAN.COM|由 MARTIN KETTLE 上傳

The Indian government, in turn, hopes for restraint from its own people, particularly in crowded, polyglot Mumbai. The metropolis is sometimes called “Maximum City”, because it is always pressed up hard against its limits. Its commuter trains are crushed with passengers each morning; its squalid slums hum with industry and ambition. No other city in India bears such colossal inconveniences with such phlegmatic grace. No Mumbaikar would describe the city as liveable; yet many Mumbaikars cannot imagine living anywhere else.



Anywhere else

Adverb[edit]

anywhere else

1. (set phrase) In any other place.  [quotations ▼]

   I wouldn't be anywhere else on your birthday.‎

phlegm (CALMNESS)
noun [U] FORMAL
the ability to stay calm and not get emotional or excited about things even in a difficult or dangerous situation

phlegmatic adjective FORMAL
describes someone who tends not to get emotional or excited about things:
As a footballer his great asset was his calm, phlegmatic manner.

phlegm

--> ━━ n. 痰(たん); 粘液; 冷淡, 無気力, 遅鈍, 沈着.
phleg・mat・ic, phleg・mat・i・cal
()　━━ a. 粘液質の, 冷淡な, 鈍重な, 冷静な.
phleg・mat・i・cal・ly　ad. 冷淡［冷静］に.