nigh, nigh-on, pull (n.), in (adj.), palazzo, futuristic

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Regrets. When it comes to our educations, we’ve all had a few. We might wish that we had worked harder and messed around less, or passed that exam or – and this is the one I hear most frequently – not narrowed our options so young, setting ourselves on a specific path from which it can be nigh-on impossible to deviate.


Further proof that an international cat uprising is nigh
TIME.COM

 

• China's post-industrial future is nigh 31

The post-industrial future is nigh

This may be the year that services officially surpasses industry in its contribution to economic output 16

 

 

 

We didn’t have time to analyze every presidential State of the Union address. But we did look at three speeches in which technology was key: Obama’s last night, Ronald Reagan’s in 1986 (at the culmination of the Cold War), and Harry S. Truman’s in 1953.
The data we have suggest that technology—particularly the promise of futuristic, as-yet-nonexistent technologies—is taking on a bigger role.

In Italy, any urban building built as a grand residence is a palazzo; these are often no larger than a Victorian townhouse. It was not necessary to be a nobleman to have your house considered a palazzo; the hundreds of palaces in Venice nearly all belonged to the patrician class of the city. In the Middle Ages these also functioned as warehouses and places of business, as well as homes. Each family's palazzo was a hive that contained all the family members, though it might not always show a grand architectural public front. In the 20th century palazzo in Italian came to apply by extension to any large fine apartment building, as so many old palaces were converted to this use.

 

 

Venice Journal

Futuristic Vision for City Rooted in the Past

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

The fashion designer Pierre Cardin has a dream of turning a Venice industrial dump into a futuristic palazzo, but conservationists fear the project could imperil the Venetian lagoon’s ecosystems.

 

 

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Explorer

Along the Trail of Korea's Mountain Spirits

By ELISABETH EAVES

On a high-altitude adventure along South Korea's mountainous spine, discovering the ancient pull of the peaks.

- The end is nigh for corruption in Gree
After a series of corruption scandals surrounding the ruling conservatives,
the Greek electorate has voted resoundingly for change in the country.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=ew20meI44va89pI4

palazzo

Syllabification: (pa·laz·zo)

Pronunciation: /pəˈlätsō/

noun (plural palazzos or palazzi /-ˈlätsē/)

• a palatial building, especially in Italy.

Origin:

Italian, 'palace'

 pull

━━[名]

1 ((通例a 〜))引くこと, 引き；[U]引く力, 牽引(けんいん)力；引力

give the rope a pull
ロープを引く.

2 ((通例a 〜))（液体の）一飲み；（タバコの）一服, 一吸い((at, on, from ...))

take a deep pull at one's beer
ビールをぐっと一気に飲む

take a long pull on the pipe
パイプを一服深々と吸う.

3 [U]((時にa 〜))((略式))引き, （…への）つて, 手づる, コネ((with ...))；((略式))（他人に対する）強み, 利点

He has a lot of pull with the governor.
彼は知事に非常に顔がきく.

4 引き手, 取っ手；物を引っ張るための道具［仕掛け］.

5 一こぎ, オールを引くこと；ボート遊び.

6 （クリケット・ゴルフ・野球の）プル打ち. ⇒(他)9

7 [U][C]人を引きつける力, 魅力；心を引かれること；宣伝効果

feel a strong pull
強い魅力を感じる

These ads have a lot of pull with housewives.
こうした広告は主婦の目を大いに引く.

8 ((a 〜))((英古風))苦しい山登り, がんばり；持続的な努力.

9 《印刷》校正刷り.

10 （競馬で故意に負けるため）馬を制すること.

11 肉離れ. ⇒(他)5

on the pull

((英略式))セックスの相手を求めて.




nigh (nī)
adv., nigh·er, nigh·est.

1. Near in time, place, or relationship: Evening draws nigh.
2. Nearly; almost: talked for nigh onto two hours.

adj., nigher, nighest.

1. Being near in time, place, or relationship; close. See synonims at close.
2. 1. Being on the left side of an animal or vehicle: pulling hard on the nigh rein.
   2. Being the animal or vehicle on the left: the nigh horse.

prep.
Not far from; near.
tr. &; intr.v., nighed, nigh·ing, nighs.
To come near to or draw near.

[Middle English neigh, from Old English nēah, nēh.]

Almost:[AS ADVERB]: a car weighing nigh on two tons

 in

━━[形] 〔ín〕 ((限定))

1 ((略式))〈品物などが〉流行の, 人気のある

in boots
はやりのブーツ

the in thing
はやり.

2 ((限定))((略式))〈物・事などが〉仲間うちだけの, 通の；上流の

an in joke
楽屋落ちの冗談.

3 中の, 内部の, 中にいる［ある］(inner)

Let's find some in seats in the front row.
前列の中ほどの席をさがそう.

4 到着する, はいってくる〈列車など〉；受けいれの〈郵便箱など〉

the in train
到着列車

the in mail
到着郵便（⇔the out mail）

the in basket ［box, tray］
未決書類入れ.

5 〈政党が〉政権を握っている

the in party
与党.

6
(1) 《スポーツ》〈チームが〉攻撃（側）の

the in team
攻撃側のチーム.

(2) 《ゴルフ》インの（⇔out）.

You're in.

((略式))おまえは仲間だ；親切ありがとうよ.