contest, court, covet, coliseum, envy, enviable, stake out something, pleaded no contest, contests handwritten will

The widow of the US TV host has gone to court to contest a handwritten will that purportedly leaves the late star's $2m estate to his children.



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Larry King's widow contests handwritten will



The future of global e-commerce is being staked out in China, not the West. It is a market that is worth more than America's and Europe's combined



ECONOMIST.COM
Why retailers everywhere should look to China
Will the Chinese model of e-commerce go global?



How should European countries position themselves in the growing geopolitical and technological contest between America and China?







But European leaders want to stake out an independent position


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America urges Europe to join forces against China
But European leaders want to stake out an independent position

It happened one morning after I had tried to sit in on a court case in Guangzhou in which one of my characters, Ah Peng, was contesting his detention by police.

Japan Courts the Money in Reactors

By HIROKO TABUCHI

Japanese industrial conglomerates, with the cooperation of the government in Tokyo, are renewing their pursuit of multibillion-dollar nuclear projects, particularly in smaller countries.

On Oct. 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest 認罪to one count of federal income tax evasion and resigned his office.


But a long road lies ahead in rescuing recent architectural history. Kevin Roche's nearby Veterans Memorial Coliseum, a big brute of a building whose spiral ramps and rooftop parking have made it a cult favorite of architecture students, is being demolished. A few miles away Marcel Breuer's Pirelli Building has been partly dismantled to make way for a parking lot.


RockMelt Covets Browser Market

A Silicon Valley start-up called RockMelt is entering one of the most hotly contested software markets—Web browsers—with a strategy to integrate social networking and other features.

Samsung's Enviable Challenge: What to Do With Its Growing Cash Pile

stake out something

— phrasal verb with stake 

(CLAIM)

 

to claim ownership of or a particular interest in something:

All politicians will stake out lowering taxes as their very own idea.

stake out something

— phrasal verb with stake 

(WATCH)

 

to secretly watch a place, esp. for illegal activity:

A group of reporters staked out the hallway, hoping to catch the singer on her way out.

covet

v., -et·ed, -et·ing, -ets. v.tr.

1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See synonyms at envy.
2. To wish for longingly. See synonyms at desire.

v.intr.
To feel immoderate desire for that which is another's.

[動]((形式))(他)〈他人の物などを〉むやみに［不当に］望む；…を切望する.

━━(自)むやみに［不当に］望む.

［古フランス語←俗ラテン語cupiditare（cupidus切望している＋-are不定詞語尾）. △CUPID］

[Middle English coveiten, from Old French coveitier, from covitie, desire, from Latin cupiditās, from cupidus, desirous, from cupere, to desire.]

covetable cov'et·a·ble adj.
coveter cov'et·er n.

covetingly cov'et·ing·ly adv.

envy

Pronunciation: /ˈɛnvi/

Translate envy | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
noun (plural envies)

[mass noun]

•  a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck:she felt a twinge of envy for the people on board
•  (the envy of) a person or thing that inspires envy:France has a film industry that is the envy of Europe

verb (envies, envying, envied)

[with object]

•  desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable thing belonging to (someone else):he envied people who did not have to work at the weekends [with two objects]:I envy Jane her happiness
•  desire for oneself (something belonging to another):a lifestyle which most of us would envy

Derivatives

envier

noun

Origin:

Middle English (also in the sense 'hostility, enmity'): from Old French envie (noun), envier (verb), from Latin invidia, from invidere 'regard maliciously, grudge', from in- 'into' + videre 'to see'

enviable

adjective

•  arousing or likely to arouse envy:the firm is in the enviable position of having a full order book

enviably

adverb

court

v., court·ed, court·ing, courts. v.tr.

1. 1. To attempt to gain; seek: courting wealth and fame.
   2. To behave so as to invite or incur: courts disaster by taking drugs.
2. To try to gain the love or affections of, especially to seek to marry.
3. To attempt to gain the favor of by attention or flattery: a salesperson courting a potential customer.
4. Zoology. To behave so as to attract (a mate).

v.intr.

1. To pursue a courtship; woo.
2. Zoology. To engage in courtship behavior.

contest

(kŏn'tĕst')
n.

1. A struggle for superiority or victory between rivals.
2. A competition, especially one in which entrants perform separately and are rated by judges. See synonyms at conflict.

v., -test·ed, -test·ing, -tests. (kən-tĕst', kŏn'tĕst') v.tr.

1. To compete or strive for.
2. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: contest a will. See synonyms at oppose.

v.intr.
To struggle or compete; contend: contested with other bidders for the antique.

[Probably from French conteste, from contester, to dispute, from Old French, to call to witness, from Latin contestārī : com-, com- + testis, witness.]

contestable con·test'a·ble adj.
contestation con'tes·ta'tion (kŏn'tĕ-stā'shən) n.
contester con·test'er n.test | kn-〕

1 （勝利・優位獲得のための）争い, 抗争(struggle)；（賞を目ざしての）競走, 競争, 競技, コンクール((for ...))

a speech contest
弁論大会

a swimming contest
水泳競技

a hard ［a bitter］ contest
激しい競争

a contest over a will
遺言状をめぐる争い

win ［lose］ a contest
試合に勝つ［負ける］

enter a beauty contest
美人コンテストに参加する

be no contest
勝利まちがいなしだ

be in a contest for ...
…を目ざして争っている.

2 論争, 論議(dispute).

━━[動] 〔ktést〕 (他)

1 …を目ざして戦う, 争う

contest a seat in Congress
（国会の）議席を競う

The prize was hotly contested.
賞が激しく競われた.

2 …について議論を戦わせる, 論争する；…に異議［異論］を唱える

He contests my survey results.
彼は私の調査結果に異議を唱えている.

━━(自)［I（[副]）］（…と）論争［議論］する；争う, 戦う；競争する((with, against ...))

contest with ［against］ a person for ...
…を目ざして人と争う.

［ラテン語contestāri（con-共に＋testārī証言する）］

con・test・a・ble

[形]

con・test・er

[名]

Word of the Day:
coliseum (KOL-i-SEE-uhm)

noun
A large stadium, theater, or similar building for sports, cinema, exhibitions, etc.

Etymology
After Colosseum, name of the amphitheater in Rome, from Latin colosseus (gigantic)

The Roman Colosseum was completed c. 80 AD. This amphitheater's name is derived from the huge 130 foot colossus of Nero that once stood nearby. The Colosseum was the site of gory gladiatorial contests from which came the term Roman holiday: roman holiday. See pictures and learn more about the Colosseum at the-colosseum.net/.

Usage
"The [Arena Football League] is talking to coliseum officials in Bloomington about a franchise there in 2006." — Dave Eminian; Say Bye-bye, Bottom Line; Peoria Journal Star (Illinois); Jul 5, 2005.