expectant, signing, pull off something

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Sportswear maker Puma seeks to stem sales slump with top signings

German sports apparel company Puma seeks to return to its sporting roots in
efforts to turnaround slumping sales. Deals with English football club FC
Arsenal and Italian striker Mario Balotelli are to pull off the trick.



《中英對照讀新聞》NY baseball team celebrates expectant moms at game 紐約棒球隊在比賽中為準媽媽慶祝
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A New York City minor league baseball team has pulled off an unusual pre-game warmup.
紐約市的一支小聯盟棒球隊舉行了一場不尋常的賽前熱身。


新聞辭典

signing
Syllabification: sign·ing

Pronunciation: /ˈsīniNG/

noun

• 1the action of writing one’s signature on an official document: he plans to oversee the signing of modest agreements on energy, education, and the environment
  

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• 1.1the action of recruiting someone, especially to a professional sports team or record company: the signing of overseas players [as modifier]: a signing bonus
  

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• 1.2British a person who has recently been recruited, especially to join a professional sports team or record company: Manchester United’s latest signing
  

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• 1.3an event in a bookstore or other place at which an author signs a number of books to gain publicity and sales.
  

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• 2sign language.
  

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3the provision of signs in a street or other place. More example sentences
pull off something：片語，努力實現某事，成功做到某件困難或未料想到的事。例句：Nobody thought that he would be able to do it, but he pulled it off in the end.（沒有人認為他能做到，但他最後還是辦到了。）
Idioms: pull off
Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

pull something off

• informal succeed in achieving or winning something difficult: he pulled off a brilliant first round winMore example sentences

• Going public will make it more difficult to pull the scheme off a second time, and may give them an unsavoury reputation in some quarters.
• These four albums will show you why he simultaneously succeeded and failed to pull it off.
• Mr Ahern may have difficulty in pulling this trick off.

Line breaks: ex¦pect|ant

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛkt(ə)nt/ 

 /ɛkˈspɛkt(ə)nt/

Definition of expectant in English:

adjective

1Having or showing an excited feeling that something isabout to happen, especially something good:expectant crowds arrived early

1.1[ATTRIBUTIVE] Used to describe a pregnant woman or a man who is about to become a father:an expectant mother

noun

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A person who anticipates receiving something, especially high office:some devoted themselves to the wearer of the crown, and others to the expectant

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin exspectant- 'expecting', from the verb exspectare (see expect).