If America's trade deal with Mexico and Canada gets through Congress, it will be because politicians and officials have managed to tune the president out
Power consumption used to march in lockstep with economic growth. As the world recovers from financial crisis, that link is weakening. But if global warming is to be held to no more than 2ºC by 2050—the level above which most scientists think that climate change risks being dangerous and irreversible—energy use and economic growth need to part ways once and for all http://econ.st/1CuWVrm
......COMPANIONS, IN THE HUNT FOR THE ELUSIVE mot juste, AND THE FEARSOME PHRASE MAUVAISE
“Tuning in” to someone’s message has its origins in the slight turns of a dial needed to focus on a radio signal.
Japan PM urges Chinese restraint after radar lock-on
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged China on Wednesday not to stoke tension over disputed East China Sea isles, a day after Japan said a Chinese vessel directed radar normally used to aim weapons at a target at a Japanese ...
A Reluctance to Retire Means Fewer Openings
By CATHERINE RAMPELL and MATTHEW SALTMARSH
While Europeans are retiring in lockstep, potential retirees in the United States are clinging to jobs because of financial losses, making a tough job market even tougher.
The rest of the book is an erudite and accessible call to reorganize education. In much of the developed world, Khan writes, schools use a top-down teaching model first developed in Prussia, a Germanic kingdom known for “stiff whiskers, stiff hats, and stiff way of marching in lockstep.” Students must march ahead even if they haven’t understood what came before. Eventually, some stumble and tune out.
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zhüst
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n. pl. mots justes (m zhüst)
zhüst)
Exactly the right word or expression.
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 密集連鎖的步伐
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 密集行進法, 決まりきったやり方
adj. - 堅苦しい
lóckstèp[lóck・stèp]
[名][U]
1 （間隔をぎりぎりに詰めた）密集行進法.
2 固定した方式, 厳密なやり方.
3 完全な同一歩調.
━━[形]厳密な, 頑固な, 融通のきかない.tune out
1. Adjust a receiver so as not to receive a signal, as in Let's tune out all this interference. [Early 1900s]
2. Dissociate oneself from one's surroundings; also, disregard, ignore. For example, The average reader, used to seeing lots of color images, tunes out when confronted with big blocks of text, or Some mothers are expert at tuning out the children's whining and quarreling. [1920s] For an antonym, see tune in.
tune out
in (or out of) tune
mauvais (mauvaise)
Pronunciation: /mɔvɛ; ɛz/
A. adj
- 1 bad, poor; [lawyer, doctor] incompetent; [wage] low du mauvais tabac = cheap tobacco Definition of bad in the British & World English dictionary Definition of bad in the US English dictionary Translate bad | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
- 2 [address] wrong Definition of wrong in the British & World English dictionary Definition of wrong in the US English dictionary Translate wrong | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
- 3 [day, moment] bad; [method] wrong Definition of bad in the British & World English dictionary Definition of bad in the US English dictionary Translate bad | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
- 4 bad; [surprise] nasty; [taste, smell] unpleasant par mauvais temps = in bad weather ça a mauvais goût = it tastes horrible Definition of bad in the British & World English dictionary Definition of bad in the US English dictionary Translate bad | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
- 5 [cold, wound] nasty; [sea] rough Definition of nasty in the British & World English dictionary Definition of nasty in the US English dictionary Translate nasty | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
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