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Today's #Dailychart reveals that ethnic-minority pupils in England are storming ahead. In much of Europe, pupils from many ethnic minorities struggle at school. That used to be true in Britain too, but not any more http://econ.st/1bsWa53

Léa Seydoux takes the silver screen by storm

Police Storm Park in Istanbul, Setting Off a Night of Chaos

By TIM ARANGO, SEBNEM ARSU and CEYLAN YEGINSU

After 18 days of protests, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered his riot police to storm Gezi Park. As people fled the tear gas and water cannons, the police pursued them in the streets. 

Many Chinese blamed the West, particularly America, for the financial mess and began speaking of the Communist Party with renewed respect for helping China weather the storm.



2011

South China Sea matters not a whit to Philippines, US
Xinhua
By Li Hongmei The Philippines has been playing an active hand in roiling the South China Sea of late. It has not only renamed some water areas as “West Philippine Sea,": following its President Aquino's lead, the Philippine weather bureau has adopted ...


Zimbabwe's 30th birthday is not much of a celebration
FEW Zimbabweans are excited by the 30th anniversary of independence from Britain. The southern African country was born in turmoil: a civil war, international sanctions and an economic slump in the 1970s had followed an earlier declaration of independence by Ian Smith, who led a regime of white settlers. Turmoil has continued under Smith's successors, Canaan Banana until 1987, and now Robert Mugabe. The 1980s and 1990s saw relative success for the economy, as commercial farmers boosted exports of tobacco, maize and other crops and small manufacturers prospered. But as Mr Mugabe came under pressure to quit, his seizure of farms, reckless printing of money and the emigration of the most educated and productive workers led to economic collapse. Hyperinflation and the destruction of the Zimbabwean dollar as a viable currency culminated in 2009 with the dollarisation of the economy.


whit
(hwĭt, wĭt)
n.
The least bit; an iota: doesn't give a whit what was said; not a whit afraid.

[Middle English, amount, from Old English wiht. See wight¹.]

much
adj., more (môr, mōr), most (mōst).
Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection.

n.

1. A large quantity or amount: Much has been written.
2. Something great or remarkable: The campus wasn't much to look at.

adv., more, most.

1. To a great degree or extent: much smarter.
2. Just about; almost: much the same.
3. Frequently; often: doesn't get out much.

idiom:
as much

1. Almost the same: I thought as much. She said as much.

[Middle English muche, short for muchel, from Old English mycel.]

weather[weath・er]

• レベル：最重要
• 発音記号[wéðər]

[名][U]

1 天気, 天候, 気象, 空模様；((the 〜))（特定の場所の）天気

good weather for a walk
散歩によい天気

in fine or foul weather
天気がよくても悪くても

weather conditions
気象状況

It's nice weather today.
きょうはいい天気だね

I like cold weather.
寒い天気が好きだ

How is the weather there？ ［＝What is the weather like there？］
そっちの天気はどうか.

[語法]
(1) 特定の場所や時間の天候をさすときは定冠詞をつけてthe weatherの形で用いる.
(2) 形容詞がついてもterrible ［bad］ weather（ひどい天候）のように無冠詞で用いる.
(3) 長期にわたる「気候」にはclimateを用いる.

2 ((the 〜))((略式))（ラジオ・テレビ・新聞などの）天気情報［予報］, 天気欄

watch the weather
天気予報を見る.

3 ((集合的))暴風雨, あらし, 荒天

in the weather
風雨のあたる場所に

be open to the weather
風雨にさらさている

The weather damaged the crops this year.
今年は荒天で作物がやられた.

4 ((通例〜s))（運命の）移り変わり, 変遷, 浮沈, 栄枯盛衰.

in all weathers ［((米))weather］

(1) どんな天気の時も, 降っても照っても.
(2) 幸運なときも不幸のときも

He remained optimistic in all weathers.
いついかなるときも楽観的だった.

▼in all kinds ［sorts］ of weatherともいう.

make heavy weather

(1) 〈船が〉荒天でひどく揺れる.
(2) （…を）おおげさに考える((of ...)).

under the weather

((略式))
(1) 少々かげんが悪い

What's the matter, Joe, under the weather？
どうしたのジョー, 具合が悪いの.

(2) 二日酔いで；多少酔って.

weather permitting

天気がよければ.
▼文頭・文中・文尾に置く.

━━[動](他)

1 〈あらし・危険・困難などを〉切り抜ける；((時にout))

weather the storm
あらしを乗り切る；難局を乗り切る

The company weathered the economic depression.
その会社は不景気に耐えた.

2 …を風雨［外気］に当てる；〈木材などを〉（外気に当てて）かわかす, 干す.

3 ((通例受身))〈岩石などを〉変色させる, 風化［崩壊］させる.

4 〈船・船員などが〉…の風上へ出る［航行する］.

5 《建築》…に水垂れ勾配(こうばい)をつける, 水切りの傾斜をつける.

━━(自)

1 （あらし・危険・困難などを）切り抜ける((through ...)).

2 外気の影響を受けない, 風化しない

boots that weather well
雨風に強い長ぐつ.

3 外気でいたむ［変色する］, 風化する.

Definition of storm

noun

• 1a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
• (also storm system) an intense low-pressure weather system; a cyclone.
• a wind of force 10 on the Beaufort scale (48-55 knots or 88-102 km/h).
• a heavy discharge of missiles or blows:two men were taken by a storm of bullets

• 2a tumultuous reaction; an uproar or controversy:the book caused a storm in America the manager is at the centre of a drugs storm in Germany
• a vehement outburst of a specified feeling or reaction:the disclosure raised a storm of protest

• 3 (storms) North American storm windows.

• 4a direct assault by troops on a fortified place.

verb

• 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction:she burst into tears and stormed off he stormed out of the house
• [with direct speech] shout (something) angrily; rage:‘Don’t patronize me!’ she stormed
• move forcefully and decisively to a specified position in a game or contest:Chester stormed back with two goals in five minutes

• 2 [with object] (of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a building or other place) by means of force:commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today (as noun storming)the storming of the Bastille

3 [no object] (it storms, it is storming, etc.) (of the weather) be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

verb

• 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction:she burst into tears and stormed off he stormed out of the house
• [with direct speech] shout (something) angrily; rage:‘Don’t patronize me!’ she stormed
• move forcefully and decisively to a specified position in a game or contest:Chester stormed back with two goals in five minutes

• 2 [with object] (of troops) suddenly attack and capture (a building or other place) by means of force:commandos stormed a hijacked plane early today (as noun storming)the storming of the Bastille

3 [no object] (it storms, it is storming, etc.) (of the weather) be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

take something by storm

(of troops) capture a place by a sudden and violent attack.

have great and rapid success in a particular place or with a particular group of people:his first collection took the fashion world by storm