2023年2月24日星期五

a glorious visit, sire, footstep. in the footsteps of refugees.

Our Photographers in Ukraine on the Images They Can’t Forget

Times photographers have reported from the front line, from cities and villages and in the footsteps of refugees. These pictures stayed with them.

"......以光榮的口氣說..."康健月刊 2008/7/ p.149

以愉快的口氣說.....

Hits in Germany: Pop from the German Top 100

This week: MORE good news for Sarah Connor fans – cos little sis Lulu is
following in her singing footsteps, right into the German charts……
Stop the trucks, hold your horses and tip your Stetsons, because today
it’s the sheriff’s birthday….
And a new German band have wicked sounds and wise words: don’t give up,
it’s time to live…!….

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evz7vfI44va89pI4

sire (FATHER)
noun [C]
a male parent of an animal, especially a horse

sire
verb [T]
to become the male parent of an animal or the father of a child:
The foal was sired by a cup-winning racehorse.
OLD USE OR HUMOROUS At the age of 70, he married a much younger woman and went on to sire two more children.verb

To be the biological father of
To cause to come into existence

sire (KING) [C] OLD USE
used as a form of address to a king:
I will serve you always, sire.

footstep
noun [C]
the sound made by a person walking as their foot touches the ground, or a step (= foot movement):
Walking along the darkened street, he heard footsteps close behind him.

footsteps
plural noun
the route a person has taken in order to reach a place or to achieve something:
When he realized he'd lost his wallet, he retraced his footsteps (= went back the way he had come).