-based, viscous, flinty, reopen

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Many English schools have yet to reopen, suggesting that Britons even more than Washingtonians lack the "flinty Chicago toughness" that President Obama missed when his daughters' new school closed its doors during a recent wintry blast in the U.S. capital.



Today, from the bridge, the East River is sparkling.
The money is swirling around the tall buildings like tides or like tithes,
And I wonder, does anyone swim in this river, I wonder, does anyone pray?


The poems are tense and flinty (a review in Publishers Weekly praised their “viscous push-pull between money and Eros”).

reopen 
verb [I or T]
1 If a place or business, etc. reopens or is reopened, it begins to operate, or it becomes open for people to use, after being closed for a period of time:
The museum has reopened after nearly two years of reconstruction.
He hung a sign on the door of the shop which said it would reopen at 11.

2 If a formal process or activity reopens or is reopened, it begins again or starts to be dealt with again after a period of time:
to reopen an enquiry/investigation
to reopen a debate/discussion
to reopen a legal case/file


flinty
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Containing or composed of flint.
2. Unyielding; stern: a flinty manner.

flintily flint'i·ly adv.
flintiness flint'i·ness n.



viscous 
adjective
describes a liquid that is thick and sticky and does not flow easily

viscosity 
noun [U]

base (MAIN PART) Show phonetics
noun [C usually singular]
the main part of something:
a cocktail with a whisky base

-based
suffix
This is a cream-based sauce (= Cream is the main thing in it).