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"The education arranged by the school can't meet our expectations, despite the expensive tuition," said one unhappy parent seeking a refund.

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Irate Chinese parents demand refunds from pricey private schools

Ken Blaze for The New York Times
Different people have drastically different ideas about pirated sheet-music.

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Middle-Aged Music Man

By JOSHUA HENKIN

My daughter finally persuaded me, a lifelong nonmusician, to take up the piano.

Netflix Stands by Plan to Split in Two

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is willing to take the short-term heat over a decision to separate the streaming and DVD businesses in order to usher Netflix into its new digital identity. Subscribers are irate, though.

irate[i・rate]

• 発音記号[airéit]

[形]

1 〈人が〉（不当な扱いに）激怒した. ⇒ANGRY[類語]

irate citizens
激高した市民.

2 〈行為が〉怒りによる.

i・rate・ly

[副]

(ī-rāt', ī'rāt')
adj.

1. Extremely angry; enraged. See synonyms at angry.
2. Characterized or occasioned by anger: an irate phone call.

[Latin īrātus, past participle of īrāscī, to be angry, from īra, anger.]

irately i·rate'ly adv.
irateness i·rate'ness n.

aged

adjective

• 1 /eɪdʒd/ [predic. or postpositive] having lived for a specified length of time; of a specified age:young people aged 14 to 18 he died aged 60
• (of a horse or farm animal) over a certain defined age of maturity, typically 6 to 12 years for horses, 3 or 4 years for cattle.

• 2 /ˈeɪdʒɪd/ having lived or existed for a long time; very old:aged men with white hair

3 /eɪdʒd/ having been subjected to ageing:replica guitar with aged finish