In Memoir, Hillary Clinton Emphasizes Softer Side
By AMY CHOZICK
In “Hard Choices,” Mrs. Clinton shows a side of herself that campaign did not: human, motherly, jokey.
deer-in-the-headlights
A mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surprise and/or confusion, or substance abuse. ...
Today such concerns lie at the heart of an agitated national debate spurred by a number of tragedies over the past few years. In 2011 a toddler known as Yue Yue was knocked down by two different vehicles on a busy street in Foshan, a boom city in Guangdong province in southern China. The vehicles did not stop. Eighteen people walked by before a humble scrap-collector picked her up. She later died in hospital. The episode was caught on surveillance camera and published online. It led to a public outpouring, with millions posting their outrage on microblogs.
Fair dinkum
Meaning
Honest; genuine; fair play.
Origin
There could hardly be a more Southern Hemisphere expression than
'fair dinkum'. The phrase, which is hardly used outside Australia and New
Zealand, conjures up images of horny-handed ranchers with corks on their hats. A
'fair-dinkum Aussie' is indeed what the locals call someone who embodies the
nation's values. So, where did the phrase originate? Alice Springs? Auckland?
No, Lincolnshire in England. That claim will take a little justifying,
especially to readers down under, so here goes.
Firstly, let's get out of the way
the folk-etymological tale that the phrase derives from the expression 'din
gum', used by Chinese miners with the meaning ‘real gold’. My Chinese is less
than perfect and I can't comment on whether or not 'real gold' is a correct
translation, but I can say that there's no evidence to link the phrase to China.
There is, however, a mining connection in the phrase's background.
'Dinkum' is a slang term that
appears to have grown up with two meanings, 'work' and 'fair play'. These may in
fact be drawn from one original meaning, that is, 'honest toil'. The 'work'
meaning of dinkum is found in print in documents from both Australia and the UK
in the late 19th century, the earliest being in the classic Australian
novel Robbery under Arms,
published by Thomas Alexander Browne, using the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood, in
1888. It also appears in Sidney Addy's Glossary of Words Used in the
Neighbourhood of Sheffield, 1891:
‘I can stand plenty o' dincum.’ This word is used by colliers at Eckington. [Eckington is in East Derbyshire]
The 'honesty' or 'fair play'
meaning is what people now mean by the phrase. The 'fair' was added to dinkum
for emphasis, much in the same way that it was added to 'square' to make
'fair and square'. The 'fair
play' meaning was known in England from at least 1882, as in this example from a
report of a political meeting in Lincoln, reported in theNottingham Evening
Post, February 1882. The paper reports the opinions of Richard Hall, a
local magistrate who was complaining about the unfair policies of the Gladstone
government, which he believed favoured the wealthy:
In all of these things he thought there should be fair 'dinkum' to all classes of people.
'Fair dinkum' also appeared in
Australia, in the Sydney newspaper The Bulletin, in
1894.
'Fair dinkum' was used by the
colliers of the UK's East Midlands from the 1880s and by Australians from a few
years later. In the late 19th century, in addition to the numerous criminals who
were transported, many mineworkers migrated from England to Australia, taking
their working language with them. Significantly as far as the derivation of this
phrase is concerned, the direction of migration was very much one way and few
migrants ever came back.
Honoring the Dead, Obama Reminds Nation It Is at War
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
President Obama used his Memorial Day address to exhort Americans to
honor their obligation to veterans, and to remind the country that “our
nation is still at war.”
Obama Exhorts Congress on Jobs Plan
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By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and LIAM STACK
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Obama Seeks to Mend Fences and Win Back Wall St. Cash
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
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Greece seals bailout deal
Greece reached a historic deal with the EU and IMF for a three-year, €110 billion ($146.5 billion) bailout, as the country's prime minister exhorted his nation to bear the harsh sacrifices needed to mend broken public finances.
Patrick McGurn, special counsel of RiskMetrics Group, which advises institutional investors on governance and proxy issues, said Google has some fence-mending to do, as there may be an outpouring of discontent at the company's annual shareholder meeting, which is usually held in May.
A Slim Victory Has Bloomberg Mending Fences
By MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, stung by a narrow election victory, moved to strike a conciliatory tone with Democrats, but made clear that he was still in charge.
tone noun (VOICE EXPRESSION)
/təʊn/
/toʊn/ n
/toʊn/ n
[U] a quality in the voice which expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being spoken to
I tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice.
Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= angrily), young lady!
It wasn't so much what she said that annoyed me - it was her tone.
tones
the quality of someone's voice
She recounted the story to me in shocked tones (= in a shocked voice).
For
more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have
informed British television viewers about world events.
tone noun (GENERAL MOOD)
/təʊn//toʊn/ n
/toʊn/ n
[S] the general mood or main qualities of something
I didn't like the jokey tone of the article - I thought it inappropriate.
Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling vulgar jokes, Martin!
Well, I thought it might raise the moral tone of the evening if I invited a vicar to the party.
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.
fence mending
n [U]
when you try to improve the relationship between two opposing sides in a disagreement and help them to agree
Fence mending is what she is best at; she's a wonderful listener.
fence-mending
adjective
/ˈfent sˌmen.dɪŋ/ adj [before noun]
The UN Secretary General is on a fence-mending mission.
when you try to improve the relationship between two opposing sides in a disagreement and help them to agree:
Fence mending is what she is best at; she's a wonderful listener.
fence-mending Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
The UN Secretary General is on a fence-mending mission.
exhort
Pronunciation: /ɪgˈzɔːt, ɛg-/
Definition of exhort
verb
[with object and infinitive]Derivatives
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French exhorter or Latin exhortari, from ex- 'thoroughly' + hortari 'encourage'exhort [ex・hort]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[igzɔ'ːrt]
[動](他)((形式))〈人に〉（…（すること）を）熱心に勧める, はっぱをかける, 強く勧告する((to ..., to do))
exhort a person to live a better life
生活を改めるよう説く.
生活を改めるよう説く.
━━(自)強く勧める；勧告［訓戒］する.
［ラテン語exhortārī（ex-非常に＋hortārī勧める）］
ex・hort・er
[名]勧告者；訓戒者.jokey
Line breaks: jokey
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒəʊki
/
(also joky)
ADJECTIVE ( jokier, jokiest)
Derivatives
(out'pôr'ĭng, -pōr'-)
noun
- The act of pouring out.
- Something that pours out or is poured out; an outflow: an outpouring of lava; an outpouring of charges and countercharges.
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