clangor, thwack, tame, slugger, slither, rive, revelation, self-revelation,change-up. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities.

“I hear the Slugger’s clangor, feel the satisfying thwack.”

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.

Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities.

—Carl Sandburg with our #PoemOfTheDay.

Field of Dreams

Chasing down one grand slam.

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In a rare moment of self-revelation, he once told Mr Norman that he had had a dream. He was running from an unseen pursuer, carrying a precious load of silver fish in his arms. No matter how fast he ran, his pursuer was running faster, and no matter how tightly he tried to guard the fish, they slithered away. In life, though always running, he did better than that.

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Wall Street Journal
Tony Blanco's home run against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on April 30 was more than a big hit in a close game that his Yokohama DeNA Baystars ultimately won 5-4. It was the 32-year-old slugger's 14th home run in April, the most home runs anybody has ...

 

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Al Qaeda’s senior leadership was split by debates on tactics, strategy and even marketing in the months leading up to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

Bill Skowron, Slugger in Yankee Golden Era, Dies at 81

What a daunting revelation.

slither 

verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]

(of bodies) to move easily and quickly across a surface while twisting or curving:

She watched the snake slither away.

 thwack
 to hit (someone or something) hard with a loud sound

change-up

noun

Baseball

an unexpectedly slow pitch designed to throw off the batter’s timing: the pitcher can add a change-up to his fastball

revelation[rev・e・la・tion]

• 発音記号[rèvəléiʃən]

[名]

1 [U]暴露, 口外, すっぱ抜き.

2 暴露された事物；（人にとって；…という）意外な新事実, 驚嘆すべきもの［こと］, 驚異((to ...；that節))

What a revelation！
何と思いがけないことだろう.

3 [U]《神学》啓示, 天啓；お告げ

The Book of Revelation
黙示録.

4 ((the R-, しばしば略式でRevelations))ヨハネの黙示録（Revelation of St. John the Divine）.

rev・e・la・tion・al

[副]



  rive
 (rīv)

v., rived, riv·en (rĭv'ən), also rived, riv·ing, rives.
v.tr.

1. To rend or tear apart.
2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder.
3. To break or distress (the spirit, for example).

v.intr.
To be or become split.

[Middle English riven, from Old Norse rīfa.]

• 発音記号[ráiv]

[動]（〜d, 〜d or riv・en 〔rívn〕, riv・ing）((文))(他)((通例受身))

1 …をもぎ［むしり, ちぎり］取る；…を割る, 引き裂く；〈丸太を〉放射状に割る.

2 〈感情・心などを〉張り裂く.

━━(自)割れる, 裂ける.

daunt

tr.v., daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts.
To abate the courage of; discourage. See synonyms at dismay.

[Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitāre, frequentative of domāre, to tame.]

daunter daunt'er n.
dauntingly daunt'ing·ly adv.• GOP Aims to Tame Benefits Programs

tame
(tām)
adj., tam·er, tam·est.

1. Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state.
2. Naturally unafraid; not timid: "The sea otter is gentle and relatively tame" (Peter Matthiessen).
3. Submissive; docile; fawning: tame obedience.
4. Insipid; flat: a tame Christmas party.
5. Sluggish; languid; inactive: a tame river.

tr.v., tamed, tam·ing, tames.

1. To make tractable; domesticate.
2. To subdue or curb.
3. To tone down; soften.

[Middle English, from Old English tam.]

tamable tam'a·ble or tame'a·ble adj.
tamely tame'ly adv.
tameness tame'ness n.
tamer tam'er n.
馴服、順從。文明小史˙第四十六回：「然後服服貼貼的做他們的牛馬，做他們的奴隸，這就是無形瓜分了。」或作「服服帖帖」。




slugger
 【可算名詞】

《主に米国で用いられる》 (ボクシング・野球などの)強打者，スラッガー.

slug2

Pronunciation: /slʌg/

informal, chiefly North American

Definition of slug

verb (slugs, slugging, slugged)

[with object]

• strike (someone) with a hard blow:he was the one who’d get slugged
• (slug it out) settle a dispute or contest by fighting or competing fiercely:they went outside to slug it out

noun

• a hard blow.

Derivatives

slugger

noun

Origin:

mid 19th century: of unknown origin; compare with the verb slog