mishmash, curriculum, curriculum vitae, snared in a “short squeeze”

UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Fontainebleau Castle

The palace of Fontainebleau is unlike other French palaces as it’s made
up of a mish-mash of different architectural styles.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew01d0I44va89pI2


Despite seeming vague, though, national curriculums do often encapsulate some aspect of national ideals. France’s is explicit about the primacy of la belle langue; Sweden’s elevates equality above all other virtues; Japan’s, love of country. That these match stereotypes so well suggests that they capture a national spirit, or create it, or a bit of both—and raises a worrying question for anyone looking at England’s proposed mishmash of a new curriculum.


snared in a “short squeeze”
His magical touch seemed to completely desert him on Oct. 28. Along with many seasoned investors, he was snared in a “short squeeze” after betting that shares in Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker, would fall.


With the communications industry a free-for-all, prices and profit margins are under massive pressure, and the race is on to snare as many customers as possible with packages offering phone, wireless, Internet and TV.


short 放空

snare Show phonetics
noun [C]
1 a device for catching small animals and birds, usually with a rope or wire which tightens around the animal

2 a trick or situation which deceives you or involves you in some problem of which you are not aware:
The legal system is full of snares for those who are not wary.

snare Show phonetics
verb [T]
to catch an animal using a snare:
We used to snare small birds such as sparrows and robins.
FIGURATIVE She grew up in the days when a woman's main aim was to snare a rich husband.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)




箴 言 Proverbs 13:14
(Latin / Vulgate/ 405 ) Lex sapientis fons vitae ut declinet a ruina mortis

[hb5] 智慧人的法則、〔或作指教〕是生命的泉源、可以使人離開死亡的網羅

。
[kjv] The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
[bbe] The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.

snare

━━ n., vt. わな（にかける）; （普通pl.） さわり弦; 誘惑（する）; まんまと手に入れる.

━━ n. （小太鼓の）響線.
 snare drum　（響線を張った）小太鼓.

mishmash
noun [S]
a badly organized mixture:
The new housing development is a mishmash of different architectural styles.

A curriculum vitae (English pronunciation: /kəˈrɪkjʉləm ˈviːtaɪ/, /ˈwiːtaɪ/, or /ˈvaɪtiː/;^[1][2] CV)^[3] is a written overview of a person's experience and other qualifications. In some countries, a CV is typically the first item that a potential employer encounters regarding the job seeker and is typically used to screen applicants, often followed by an interview.

cur・ric・u・lum

    

━━ n. （pl. ～s, cur・ric・u・la ） カリキュラム, 教育［教科］課程.
cur・ric・u・lar　━━ a.
curriculum vitae
　履歴書.