Ending of One-Child Policy Sets Off Clamor on Chinese Social Media
The Paris Review
Eeny, meeny, miny, mo
Catch a tiger by the toe
If he hollers, let him go
Eeny meeny miny mo
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He hangs in the hall by his black cravat,
The ladies faint, and the children holler:
Only my Daddy could look like that,
And I love my Daddy like he loves his Dollar.
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The cravat is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from 17th-century Croatia.[2]
bow-wow ,pooch, clamor, shortly
Last week, I sent an e-mail to a friend who had just lost his job. “I'm so sorry,” I wrote. “Your bosses are morons to have got rid of such a genius as you. I can only suppose a queue will shortly stretch round the block as less brain-dead employers clamour to take you on. Hope you are OK.”
The e-mail was heartfelt except for one word, and that was “shortly”.
verb [I]
to make a loud complaint or demand:
The children were all clamouring for attention.
[+ to infinitive] She clamours to go home as soon as she gets to school.
clamour UK, US clamor
noun [S or U]
1 a loud complaint about something or a demand for something:
After the bombing, there was a public clamour for vengeance.
2 FORMAL loud noise, especially made by people's voices:
the clamour of the city
a clamour of voices
shortly
adverb
1 soon:
We will shortly be arriving in King's Cross Station.
2 shortly after/before sth a short time after or before something:
Shortly after you left, a man came into the office looking for you.
The noun bow-wow has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1: the bark of a dog
Meaning #2: informal terms for dogs
Synonyms: pooch, doggie, doggy, barker
n.
- The bark of a dog.
- Informal. A dog.
- Outcry; clamor.
- An overbearing manner.
Commanding, especially in an arrogant manner; overbearing.
[Imitative.]
pooch
noun [C] INFORMAL MAINLY HUMOROUS
a dog:
a pampered pooch
a big cuddly/cute little pooch
Spa puts the wow in bow-wow
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BY NANCY NGO. Like their children, Belinda and Raymond Salden of Burnsville want only the best for their pooch, Nike. So they were ...
cre·ma·to·ri·um (krē'mə-tôr'ē-əm, -tōr'-) n., pl., -to·ri·ums, or -to·ri·a (-tôr'ē-ə, -tōr'-).
A furnace or establishment for the incineration of corpses.
holler
verb
To speak or say very loudly or with a shout: bawl, bellow, bluster, call, clamor, cry, halloo, roar, shout, vociferate, whoop, yawp, yell.
clamor[clam・or]
- レベル:社会人必須
- 発音記号[klǽmər]
[名][U]((またa 〜))
2 (群衆などの)大きな叫び, どよめき.
━━[動](自)(賛否を)叫ぶ, 騒ぎ立てる((for, against ...));[II to do](…するよう)やかましく要求する
clamor against the government's policy
政府の政策にやかましく反対する
政府の政策にやかましく反対する
━━(他)
1 〈人に〉やかましく言って(…)させる((into ...));うるさく騒いで〈人を〉(…から)追い出す((out of ...))
2 [III[名]/that節]〈演説者に〉どなる;…をやかましく言い立てる, 〈…と〉うるさく言う
[ラテン語clāmāre(叫ぶ)+-OR1=叫んでいる状態. △CLAIM]
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