2015年1月19日 星期一

invoice,noble,right stuff, make out

 

A five year old boy in Cornwall has been sent an invoice for failing to turn up to schoolmate's birthday party. http://bbc.in/1BsIdGi

 

Amazon.com: That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the ...

- [ 翻譯此頁 ]Amazon.com: That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession (Ideas in Context) (9780521357456): Peter Novick: Books.
但是,「科學派史學」對於歷史客觀性(objectivity)過份樂觀的態度、甚至試圖尋求歷史定律(law)之高貴的夢想(the Noble Dream),卻也一再遭遇各方的質疑與挑戰--從二十 ...

Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

Plutarch's works


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The Right Stuff. Wolfe's biggest-selling nonfiction book covers the background, selection, and training of the first seven U.S. astronauts and the fraternity of test pilots. The book makes a cultural hero out of Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, and adds the phrases the right stuff and pushing the envelope to the popular lexicon.




make out
1. To discern or see, especially with difficulty: I could barely make out the traffic signs through the rain.
2. To understand: could not make out what she said.
3. To write out; draw up: made out the invoices.
4. To fill in (a form, for example).
5. Informal To represent as being: made me out to be a liar.
6. Informal To try to establish or prove: He made out that he was innocent.
7. To get along in a given way; fare: made out well in business.
8. Slang
a. To neck; pet.
b. To have sexual intercourse.


right stuff


n. Informal
Essential abilities or qualities, such as self-confidence, dependability, and knowledge, necessary for success in a given field or situation.



Pronunciation: /ˈɪnvɔɪs 
  
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Definition of invoice in English:

NOUN

list of goods sent or services provided, with astatement of the sum due for these; a bill.

VERB

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1Send an invoice to (someone).
1.1Send an invoice for (goods or services provided).

Origin

mid 16th century: originally the plural of obsolete invoy, from obsolete French envoy from envoyer 'send' (seeenvoy).

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