ineluctable, on a limb, flip for, renaissance, flio out, limbed, inescapable

War-Weariness

By CHARLES M. BLOW

The president is out on a most precarious limb on the Syria issue.

The ineluctable middlemen

Everyone else in the travel business makes money off airlines. The carriers are trying to fight back

Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Clinton Sees Reminders of Vietnam in Laos

By JANE PERLEZ

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a brief stop in Laos, a visit marked by the legacy of the Vietnam War. Above, Mrs. Clinton at an artificial limbs center.

Miss the Hiss? Fanatics Flip for Tunes on Cassette Tapes

Some audiophiles find the flat tones and fuzzy hiss of cassette tapes comforting. They see cassettes following their analog brethren, vinyl records, which are currently enjoying a renaissance.

to avoid flip out at work.

flíp-òut[flíp-òut]

[名]((米俗))刺激的な体験.

Nobel Peace Prize Speculation Rampant
The committee went out on a limb by awarding the prize to President Obama in 2009. Whom will they choose next?

Oct 28th 2010

Coping with life’s little problems

THE tree’s gnarled and heavy limb stretches diagonally across the painting. It is held up by two supports that look like giant, handmade mallets. Dappled light dances over it and the surrounding grass. “Cherry Tree, Spring” (below) is a large, almost square painting by Leon Kossoff, one in a series of paintings of the tree that he began in 2002. They form the core of his current London show; his first solo gallery exhibition in almost ten years.
There is something sad about this tree (that limb is surely in serious trouble) but it has not given up. Though it may need crutches, it will shed its leaves in autumn and bloom again next spring. Inescapably, it seems a metaphor for the artist himself. Mr Kossoff will soon be 84. Nobody gets to be an octogenarian without sometimes feeling heavy-limbed and in need of a prop (usually in the form of a chair).

inescapable
adj.
Impossible to escape or avoid; inevitable: inescapable consequences. See synonyms at certain.
in·es·cap·a·ble (ĭn'ĭ

ineluctable[in・e・luc・ta・ble]

• 発音記号[ìnilʌ'ktəbl]
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[形]((形式))避けられない, 不可避の, 免れがたい

an ineluctable destiny
避けられない運命.

-skā'pə-bəl)
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1: impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
Synonyms: ineluctable, unavoidable




limbed
a. (lĭmd)
Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed.

Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms,
Limbed and full grown.

Milton.



limb

n.

1. One of the larger branches of a tree.
2. One of the jointed appendages of an animal, such as an arm, leg, wing, or flipper, used for locomotion or grasping.
3. An extension or a projecting part, as of a building or mountain range.
4. One that is considered to be an extension, member, or representative of a larger body or group.
5. Informal. An impish child.

tr.v., limbed, limb·ing, limbs.
To dismember.

idiom:
(out) on a limb Informal.

1. In a difficult, awkward, or vulnerable position.

out on a limb

1Isolated:Aberdeen is rather out on a limb

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2In or into a position where one is not joined or supported by anyone else:I wouldn’t go out on a limb like this if I didn’t have the data to justify it

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limb[limb¹]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[lím]

[名]

1 （頭部・胴体と区別して）肢；手, 腕, 足（▼legの婉曲語法）；（鳥の）翼；（ペンギンなどの）ひれ足（▼対になったものをいう）

the upper limbs
上肢

be torn limb from limb
ばらばらにされる

the limb of the law
((比喩))((英))法の力.

2 （木の）大枝；突き出た部分（山の突出部・十字架の手など）.

3 実際に動く部分；手足にたとえられる人

a limb of the Federal Government
連邦政府の手足（警官・裁判官など）.

4 ((略式))((まれ))いたずら小僧.

out on a limb

危険な状況に, 危うい立場に；のっぴきならないはめに；（議論などで）孤立して

When a fellow is in trouble you want to go out on a limb for him.
困っている人を見たら危ない橋を渡ってみたくもなるじゃないか.

━━[動](他)〈体の〉四肢を断ち切る；〈倒した木の〉枝を切る.

limbed

[形]((時に複合語))…の手足［枝］のある.

limb・less

[形]