2024年11月9日 星期六

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'Where the magazines had once been he put in the vape display cases and the knick-knacks for the tourists'
An elegy for Vijay’s paper store
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The last proper shop | Ian Sansom
Vijay’s gone. He was there for twenty-four years and now he’s gone. Everyt


Lance Reddick, known for his roles in The Wire, Fringe and the John Wick film franchise, has died at the age of 60. He "passed away suddenly" from "natural causes," the actor's publicist, Mia Hansen, said. Reddick's death comes just days before his latest film, "John Wick: Chapter 4," is released in theaters on March 24.



Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum is hosting an extensive tribute to
the all-embracing impresario in the form of a multi-media exhibition.


Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010)[2] was an English[3][4] performer, impresario, self-publicist and former manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls.[5]





move familiarly amid the intellectal elit of his day.



proper
adjective
  1. 1.
    BRITISH
    denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.
    "she's never had a proper job"
    Similar:
    real
    genuine
    actual
    true
    bona fide
    kosher
  2. 2.
    of the required or correct type or form; suitable or appropriate.
    "an artist needs the proper tools"
    Similar:
    right
    correct
    accepted
    orthodox
    conventional
    established
    official
    formal
    regular
    acceptable
    appropriate
    suitable
    fitting
    apt
    due
    de règle
    meet
    Opposite:
    inappropriate
    wrong
adverb
INFORMALDIALECT
  1. satisfactorily or correctly.
    "my eyes were all blurry and I couldn't see proper"



impresario
(ĭm'prĭ-sär'ē-ō', -sâr'-) pronunciation
n., pl., -os.
  1. One who sponsors or produces entertainment, especially the director of an opera company.
  2. A manager; a producer.

[Italian, from impresa, undertaking, from feminine past participle of imprendere, to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprēndere. See emprise.]


[名](複〜s)
1 (オペラ・バレエ・音楽会などの)興行主, 座元.
2 監督;指揮者.

familiar
adj.
  1. Often encountered or seen. See synonyms at common.
  2. Having fair knowledge; acquainted: was familiar with those roads.
  3. Of established friendship; intimate: on familiar terms.
  4. Natural and unstudied; informal: lectured in a familiar style.
  5. Taking undue liberties; presumptuous: Students should not be familiar toward an instructor.
  6. Familial.
  7. Domesticated; tame. Used of animals.
n.
  1. A close friend or associate.
  2. An attendant spirit, often taking animal form.
  3. One who performs domestic service in the household of a high official.
  4. A person who frequents a place.

[Middle English, from Old French familier, from Latin familiāris, domestic, from familia, family. See family.]

familiarly fa·mil'iar·ly adv.

publicist

Meaning #1: someone who publicizes
Synonyms: publicizer, publiciser

schoolwork
n.
Lessons done at school or to be done at home.

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