stroke (HIT),lead, leader (NEWSPAPER), turn sth/sb down,

SAN DIEGO — He has won four Masters titles, the first one by 12 strokes. He has won three United States Opens, the first by 15 strokes. He has won three British Opens, the first by eight strokes. He has won four P.G.A. Championships, one of them by five strokes.





The New York Times and Los Angeles Times lead with Sen. Barack Obama's decision to go back on his pledge and reject public financing for the general election campaign, which will allow him to raise and spend an unlimited amount of money in the battle for the White House. By turning down $84.1 million in federal money Obama became the first major party candidate to reject public funds since the system was instituted in 19760.


lead

1. To begin a presentation or an account in a given way: The announcer led with the day's top stories.

leader (NEWSPAPER) Show phonetics
noun [C] UK
editorial
See at edit.

turn sth/sb down phrasal verb [M]
to refuse an offer or request:
He offered her a trip to Australia but she turned it/him down.
He turned down the job because it involved too much travelling.

stroke (HIT) Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 an act of hitting a ball when playing a sport:
She returned the volley with a powerful stroke to win the game.

2 SLIGHTLY OLD-FASHIONED an act of hitting someone with a weapon:
The punishment was twenty strokes of the lash.

stroke Show phonetics
verb [T]
The batsman stroked the ball effortlessly to the boundary.

stroke¹

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━━ n. 打つこと, 一撃; （時計の）打つ音 (on the ～ of six 6時を打つと）; （運命の）訪れ (a ～ of bad luck); （心臓の）鼓動, 脈拍; （テニス・ゴルフなどの）1打, （水泳の）ひとかき; （ボートの）ひとこぎ; 羽ばたき; 斜線; ひと筆, 一刀, ひと彫り, （手や器具の）ひと動き, ひと振り; （単数形で） ひと働き; 【コンピュータ】ストローク, 線素; （病気の）発作; 卒中; 手腕; 整調（手）; ((否定文で)) 最小の仕事（量） ((of)).
at a [one] stroke　一撃で, 一挙に.
finishing stroke　最後の一撃［仕上げ］.
keep stroke　拍子をそろえてこぐ.
put … off his stroke　人の調子を狂わせる; 人をためらわせる.
━━ v. （ボートの）整調をこぐ; 球を打つ.
stroke font　【コンピュータ】ストローク・フォント.
stroke oar　整調（手）の漕ぐオール; 整調（手）.
stroke play　【ゴルフ】ストロークプレー ((コースを一巡し, その通算打数で順位を競う)).