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One myth being busted for good: That Greece can count on Russia for help.

Busting the Myth of Russian Aid to Greece
As Greece grapples with its European creditors over a third bailout in dramatic negotiations, one myth is being busted for good: That the beleaguered southern European country can count on Russia for help.

WSJ.COM|由 PAUL SONNE IN MOSCOW AND MATINA STEVIS IN ATHENS 上傳



The photos say it all: Man busted for trying to smuggle 94 iPhones strapped to his body http://cnn.it/14tOq67

Not very smart: Man busted for smuggling 94 iPhones strapped to body

When it comes to smuggling, not all mules are created equal.

CNN.COM|由 BY <​A HREF="/PROFILES/STEVEN-JIANG" TARGET="_BLANK"><​STRONG>STEVEN JIANG<​/A><​/STRONG>, CNN 上傳


Before the credit crisis, lenders lent with unimaginable foolishness and made incredibly risky bets. And the bets busted.

"If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it. If you give up drinking, don't go moaning about it; go back on the bottle. Do. As. Thou. Wilt."



 It was before the age of the  radio masts.


Southern Democrats were masters at bottling up legislation they hated, particularly bills expanding civil rights for black Americans.



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 radio mast

(′rād·ē·ō ′mast)
(engineering) A tower, pole, or other structure for elevating an antenna.

mast[mast¹]

• 発音記号[mǽst | mɑ'ːst]

[名]

1 《海事》マスト, 帆柱, 前檣(ぜんしょう), 大檣.

2 高い柱；旗ざお；((英))アンテナの柱.

before the mast

水夫として.
▼水夫は前檣の前で寝起きすることから

a man before the mast
（平）水夫.

━━[動](他)…にマストを立てる.

 bottle up
 Repress, contain, hold back; also, confine or trap. For example, The psychiatrist said Eve had been bottling up her anger for years, or The accident bottled up traffic for miles. This idiom likens other kinds of restraint to liquid being contained in a bottle. [Mid-1800s]

 bottle

noun

• a container, typically made of glass or plastic and with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks or other liquids:a bottle of soda pop
• the contents of a bottle:he managed to put away a bottle of wine
• (the bottle) informal used in reference to heavy drinking:more women are taking to the bottle
• a bottle fitted with a nipple for giving milk or other drinks to babies and very young children:a bottle of formula
• a large metal cylinder holding liquefied gas.

 

 bust

Pronunciation: /bʌst /

informal

VERB (past and past participle busted or bust)

[WITH OBJECT]

1Break, split, or burst:they bust the tunnel wide openfigurative the film bust every box office record[NO OBJECT]: the colour control had bust

1.1[NO OBJECT] (bust up) (Of a group or couple)separate, typically after a quarrel:now they’ve bust up, she won’t inherit the house

1.2Violently disrupt:men hired to bust up union rallies

1.3North American Strike violently:Tamara bust him in the eye

1.4[NO OBJECT] (bust out) Escape:she busted out of prison

1.5[NO OBJECT] (In blackjack and similar card games)exceed the score of 21, so losing one’s stake.

2chiefly North American (Of the police) raid or search(premises where illegal activity is suspected):my flat got busted

2.1Arrest:two roadies were busted for drugs

2.2(be/get busted) Be caught in the act of doing something wrong:I sneaked up on them and told them they were busted

2.3chiefly US Reduce (a soldier) to a lower rank;demote:he was busted to private

NOUN

1

A period of economic difficulty or depression:the boom was followed by the present bust

2A raid or arrest by the police:a drug bust

3A worthless thing:cynics remain convinced the political process is a bust

4chiefly North American A violent blow:a bust on the snout

ADJECTIVE

21British Damaged or broken:the vacuum cleaner’s bust

Bankrupt:six of their sponsors have gone bust

Origin

mid 18th century (originally US, as a noun in the sense 'an act of bursting or splitting'): variant of burst.

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bust
[動]（((主に米))〜ed；((英)) 〜ed, 〜）(自)((米略式))

1 ＝burst.

2 破産する；破滅する.

3 倒れる, つぶれる

Pikes Peak or bust.
倒れてのちやむ, 万難を排して目的を貫徹する（▼19世紀の開拓者のスローガン）.

━━(他)（←(自)）

1 ((略式))こわす, だめにする. ⇒BREAK[類語]

bust the door down
戸をこわす.

2 ((通例受身))((略式))〈人を〉（…の罪で）逮捕する((for ...))；〈場所を〉捜索する, 手入れする

The police busted him for robbery.
警察は窃盗の容疑で彼を逮捕した.

3 ((主に米略式))〈兵士を〉格下げする(demote).

4 …を破産させる

The financial panic busted many firms.
金融パニックで多くの会社がつぶれた.

5 〈野生馬などを〉ならす.

6 〈トラストを〉解体して小会社に分ける.

7 …を打つ, なぐる.

bust out

(1) 脱獄する；退学［落第］する.
(2) 急に（…）し始める. doing)). ⇒BURST out doing
(3) ((米略式))((進行形))にわかに発芽［開花］する.

bust up

(自)
(1) 破産する；つぶれる.
(2) 別れる, 仲たがいする；離婚する.

━━(他)

［bust ... up/bust up ...］

(1) …をこわす；…を台なしにする.
(2) …をけんか別れさせる.

... or bust

((おどけて))（…するかくたばるかで）がんばる

Straight A's or bust！
なんとしても全優を取るぞ.

━━[名]

1 破裂；失敗；破産.

2 飲めや歌えの騒ぎ

a beer bust
ビールパーティー

make a bust
どんちゃん騒ぎをする.

3 びんた, 殴打, パンチ；けんか

give a person a bust
人をさんざん殴る.

4 不景気, 不況.

5 ((略式))逮捕, 手入れ.

━━[形]((略式))

1 破産した, 一文なしで

The firm went bust.
その会社は倒産した.

2 〈物が〉こわれた.


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Don’t use these jar caps. They do not
have vent holes and pressure can cause
the jars to explode and injure consumers.




Use only these jar caps with vent holes to avoid injury.



A jar is a rigid, approximately cylindrical container with a wide mouth or opening. Jars are typically made of glass, ceramic, or plastic. They are used for foods, cosmetics, medications, and chemicals that are relatively thick or viscous. They are also used for items too large to be removed from a narrow neck bottle.
jar

[動]（〜red, 〜・ring）(自)

1 ぶつかり合う；（…に当たって）（ギーギー・ガタガタ）きしる((against, on, upon ...)).

2 （人・耳・神経などに）さわる, 不快な感じを与える, （感情などを）乱す((on, upon ...))

jar on a person's nerves
人の神経にさわる.

3 激しく言い争う；〈意見などが〉（…と）食い違う；〈色などが〉調和しない((with ...))

His account jars with the facts.
彼の報告は事実と矛盾する.

━━(他)

1 …をきしらせる, ガタガタ震動させる, …に耳ざわりな音を立てさせる.

2 〈体の一部を〉（衝撃で）傷つける；…にぶつかる.

3 〈人・神経などに〉不快な感じを与える；〈感情などを〉乱す.

━━[名]

1 耳ざわりな音, きしるような音.

2 ((単数形))（衝撃などによる）揺れ, 震動.

3 ((単数形))（精神的な）衝撃, ショック

get a jar
ショックを受ける.

jar・ring・ly

[副]きしるように

〜 different
ひどく食い違った.

A closure applied to the mouth of a jar can be a screw cap , cork stopper, or other suitable means.