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The First Suburbanite
By CHARLES McGRATH
Before John Updike and Richard Yates, there was John Cheever. Will a new biography and the reissue of his fiction find him a place on America’s night stands — and in the canon?
In many ways black rule proved “a huge disappointment” to her: corrupt, spendthrift, anti-white, and doing little to help the millions of poor blacks whose lot she had tried to improve. Thabo Mbeki’s wilful ignorance over AIDS appalled her. She spoke out about all of it, though the ANC seldom deigned to notice or reply. She was the past. In old age she sometimes seemed just another rich white suburbanite, comfortably behind her security fence, sighing over her whisky and soda about “that president of ours”. But the claws on her “pretty little pink hands” had drawn blood, and they were never retracted.
HANGZHOU, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Scorching weather has returned to east China's Zhejiang Province on Sunday after tropical storm Kalmaegi left the region, ...
guardian
noun [C]
1 a person who has the legal right and responsibility of taking care of someone who cannot take care of themselves, such as a child whose parents have died:
The child's parents or guardians must give their consent before she has the operation.
2 FORMAL someone who protects something:
These three official bodies are the guardians of the nation's countryside.
a self-appointed guardian of public morals
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guardian：(1) 監護人：未成年人行使其權力時，依從父母或監護人的權力（法典98）。(2)院長：多指方濟會的院長。
guardian angel：護守天神；守護天使：每人都有護守天神來護衛，作為天人間的橋樑（瑪十八10，宗十二15），教會訂十月二日為敬禮護守天使的日子。
guardianship
noun [U]
the state or duty of being a guardian
scorch (BURN)
verb [I or T]
to (cause to) change colour with dry heat, or to burn slightly:
The iron was too hot and he scorched the shirt.
The surrounding buildings were scorched by the heat of the explosion.
scorch
noun [C]
The fire left scorch marks halfway up the wall.
scorched
adjective
slightly burnt, or damaged by fire or heat:
The countryside was scorched after several weeks of hot sun.
scorcher
noun [C] INFORMAL
an extremely hot and sunny day:
Yesterday was a real scorcher.
scorching
adjective, adverb (ALSO scorching hot)
very hot:
a scorching summer day
It was scorching hot inside the greenhouse.
adjective
1 very exciting to look at:
a spectacular view
He scored a spectacular goal in the second half.
There was a spectacular sunset last night.
2 unusually great:
We've had spectacular success with the product.
spectacularly
adverb
extremely:
spectacularly beautiful countryside
House prices have risen spectacularly.
spectacular (SHOW)
noun [C]
an event or performance which is very exciting to watch and which involves a lot of people
suburbanite
n.
One who lives in a suburb.
deign
verb DISAPPROVING
deign to do sth to do something unwillingly and in a way that shows that you think you are too important to do it:
If she deigns to reply to my letter, I'll be extremely surprised.
retract
verb FORMAL
1 [T] to take back an offer or statement, etc. or admit that a statement was false:
retract an invitation/confession/promise
When questioned on TV, the minister retracted his allegations.
2 [I or T] to pull something back or in:
The wheels retract after the aircraft takes off.
The cat retracted its claws.
retractable
Cats have retractable claws.
retraction
noun [C]
The newspaper printed a retraction for their previous error.
flip
- Slang.
- To go crazy. Often used with out.
- To react strongly and especially enthusiastically: She flipped over the new car.
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