Viewed from a distance, the scaffolding on the Capitol’s dome makes the building seem perpetually out of focus. The intentions of the congressmen sitting underneath it are similarly fuzzy. This Congress will be less destructive than its predecessor, which shut down the government and flirted with a sovereign default. But only justhttp://econ.st/14PBN6C
A huge year for democracy lies ahead. Voter turnout in the rich world has been falling slowly since the 1970s, from more than 80% to less than 70% by 2011. And around the world disillusionment with politicians and elections is running deep. In the coming year alarming numbers of voters will flirt with political extremes http://econ.st/1ayqiv4 #TheWorldin2014
A huge year for democracy lies ahead. Voter turnout in the rich world has been falling slowly since the 1970s, from more than 80% to less than 70% by 2011. And around the world disillusionment with politicians and elections is running deep. In the coming year alarming numbers of voters will flirt with political extremes http://econ.st/1ayqiv4 #TheWorldin2014
Apple Shares Flirt With $500
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The New Rise of a Summer Hit: Tweet It Maybe
By BEN SISARIO
This summer's pop hit, Carly Rae Jepsen's cheerfully flirty "Call Me Maybe," shows how much the hitmaking machine, and the music industry, has been upended by social media.
He
lingered upon the corner awhile, not pressed for time. Indeed, he found many
hours of these summer months heavy upon his hands, for he had no important
occupation, unless some intermittent dalliance with a work on geometry
(anticipatory of the distant autumn) might be thought important, which is
doubtful, since he usually went to sleep on the shady side porch at his home,
with the book in his hand. So, having nothing to call him elsewhere, he lounged
before the drug-store in the early afternoon sunshine, watching the passing to
and fro of the lower orders and bourgeoisie of the middle-sized midland city
which claimed him (so to speak) for a native son.
Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900. 269.
The Dalliance of the Eagles
SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,)
Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles,
The rushing amorous contact high in space together,
The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel,
Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling,
5
In tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling,
Till o’er the river pois’d, the twain yet one, a moment’s lull,
A motionless still balance in the air, then parting, talons loosing,
Upward again on slow-firm pinions slanting, their separate diverse flight,
She hers, he his, pursuing.
Stephen Colbert Ends GOP Campaign Flirtation
After a lackluster showing for Colbert-as-Cain in S.C., Comedy Central star calls off exploratory committee.
Analysis: Facebook's Test in China
What
to make of Facebook -- which holds itself up as an icon of openness --
and its flirtation with the largest authoritarian nation on earth?
dal·li·ance (dăl'ē-əns)
n.
Frivolous spending of time; dawdling.
Playful flirtation.
- [dǽliəns]
1 ぶらぶらして時を過ごすこと.
2 恋のたわむれ, いちゃつき.
flirtation
(flûr-tā'shən)
n.
- The practice of flirting.
- A superficial and usually temporary romance.
- A brief involvement.
[名]
1 [U]（男女の）戯れ；[C]（…との）戯れの恋, 浮気, 「火遊び」((with ...)).
2 （考えなどの）もてあそび, （…への）いいかげんな手出し((with ...)).
make time
1. Proceed rapidly, as in We have to make time if we don't want to miss the first part of the movie. This usage alludes to compensating for lost time. [First half of 1800s] Also see make good time.
2. make time for. Arrange one's schedule for doing something or seeing someone, as in Harold always manages to make time for tennis, or I'm pretty busy, but I can make time for you tomorrow morning.
3. make time with. Court or flirt with someone, as in Jerry is trying to make time with Beth. [Slang; first half of 1900s]
make a time
fuss
flirt
Syllabification: (flirt)
Pronunciation: /flərt/
Translate flirt | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish verb
noun
Origin:
mid 16th century: apparently symbolic, the elements fl- and -irt both suggesting sudden movement; compare with flick and spurt. The original verb senses were 'give someone a sharp blow' and 'sneer at'; the earliest noun senses were 'joke, gibe' and 'flighty girl' (defined by Dr. Johnson as 'a pert young hussey'), with a notion originally of cheeky behavior, later of playfully amorous behavior
1 （…と）戯れに恋［火遊び］をする, いちゃつく((with ...)).
2 （計画・危険などを）もてあそぶ, おもしろ半分に（…に）手を出す, （法律などを）軽視する, いいかげんに扱う((with ...))
3 〈羽のある小動物が〉飛び回る, ひょいと［ぴくっと］動く.
━━(他)
1 〈扇などを〉ぱたぱた動かす；〈尾などを〉ぱたぱたさせる；…を勢いよく［急速に］動かす.
2 〈物を〉ひょいと投げる.
━━[名]
1 恋をもてあそぶ者, 浮気者.
2 ひょいと投げること；ぱたぱた動かすこと.
［擬声語］
flirt・ing・ly
[副]flirty
adjective
- Given to flirting: coquettish, coy, flirtatious. Seesex/asexual.
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