"Foie gras hits you in your animal pleasure center with the force of a bullet train and gives you, experientially, a high closer to that of a narcotic than sexual gratification. But you can't argue that that gavage, the force-feeding process which produces the stuff, isn’t torture or, at at minimum, animal cruelty of a most hideous type."
via Guardian US
Quotation of the Day: "Frost has his moods, his enemies, the things that set him off. But mostly what you see is a generosity of spirit." – Donald Sheehy, an editor of a sweeping collection of Robert Frost’s correspondence that is said to provide a more balanced portrait of the artist.
Volume of Robert Frost’s Letters Renews Debate About His Character
nytimes.com
The
first volume in a set of Robert Frost’s correspondence is expected to
renew debate about his character, which has taken a hit
(Gen. Powell says he himself has been the victim of invasive photography to the extent that he always uses a stall in the restroom.)
But the bishop also drew laughter when he recalled her direct manner. He recalled that once, as he sat next to Mrs. Thatcher at a function, she grabbed his wrist and 'said very emphatically, 'Don't touch the duck pâté, Bishop─it's very fattening.' '但主教查特斯回憶撒切爾的直率風格時也在賓客中引發了歡笑。他回憶說﹐在一次重大聚會上﹐他坐在撒切爾旁邊﹐她握住他的手腕﹐語重心長地說：“主教﹐別碰鴨肝醬﹐非常容易讓人發胖。”
China’s Transition Stalls Overhaul for Its Economy
By ANDREW JACOBS
China’s Communist Party appears so distracted by its leadership
transition that it is not pursuing the bold agenda that may be necessary
to prevent severe economic pain.
Germany Stalls Bid to Expand EU Rescue Fund
Germany beat back bids for more expansive approaches to Europe's rescue of its fiscally troubled countries, leaving the euro zone to muddle through in the near term as markets warily watch Portugal and Spain.
It is absurd for China to think that any Taiwanese leader would not want to bolster his country’s defenses when Beijing is modernizing its arsenal and stationing more than 1,000 missiles across the Taiwan Strait.
Investigators Say Train Engineer Sent Text Messages Seconds Before Crash
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The engineer of a commuter train in Los Angeles was sending text messages on his cellphone seconds before a crash with a freight train that killed 25 people.
＝foie gras.
gavage 灌食
Line breaks: gav¦age
station
tr.v., -tioned, -tion·ing, -tions.
To assign to a position; post.
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Editorial
It’s Time to Set Up Exchanges
Republican-led states should stop stalling on implementing health care reform now that it is here to stay.
Federal Funds Called Vital for Many Public Stations
By ELIZABETH JENSEN
Eliminating
federal funds would make 54 public television stations and 76 public
radio stations, most in rural areas, likely to close.
Beijing Projects Power in South China Sea
By JANE PERLEZ
The long-dominant United States and fast-growing China are both seeking to bolster their naval power in the region.
It is absurd for China to think that any Taiwanese leader would not want to bolster his country’s defenses when Beijing is modernizing its arsenal and stationing more than 1,000 missiles across the Taiwan Strait.
set someone off
cause someone to start doing something, especially laughing or talking: anything will set him off laughingMore example sentences- Hunter barely managed to stifle a chuckle, but Brandon was set off into a full laugh.
- And he starts to laugh, and that sets me off too as I realise what I've just said.
- He gave a short laugh, which set her off on another stream of uproarious laughter.
bolster[bol・ster]
- レベル：大学入試程度
- 発音記号[bóulstər]
[名]
1 （枕の下に敷く）長枕；（一般に）枕(pillow).
2 枕状の物.
3 （摩擦・重圧をやわらげる）当て物, 受け台；補強材.
━━[動](他)
2 …を枕［物］で支える；補強する.
3 …に詰め物をする.
bol・ster・er
[名]Investigators Say Train Engineer Sent Text Messages Seconds Before Crash
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD The engineer of a commuter train in Los Angeles was sending text messages on his cellphone seconds before a crash with a freight train that killed 25 people.
pate
- pâ • té
- 発音
- pɑːtéi | pǽtei
- レベル
- 社会人必須
- pateの変化形
- pates (複数形)
[名]（複 〜s）
1 《フランス料理》パテ：パイ皮.
2 （またpâté de foie gras）＝foie gras.
- 音節
- foie gras
- 発音
- fwɑ'ː grɑ'ː
[U]フォアグラ：強制肥大させたカモ・ガチョウの肝臓.
［フランス語］gavage 灌食
Pronunciation: /ɡaˈvɑːʒ
/
station
tr.v., -tioned, -tion·ing, -tions.
To assign to a position; post.
en・gi・neer
━━ n. 工学家, 技術者, 技師; （機械などの）設計［製作］者; 〔米〕 機関手; 【陸軍】工兵; 【海軍】機関将校; 巧妙な処理者［管理者］.
━━ v. 設計［監督］する; 巧みに処理する, 工作する.
en・gi・neer・ing ━━ n. 工学, 技術; 機関術［学］; （土木）工事; 裏工作.
engineering work-station 【コンピュータ】エンジニアリング・ワークステーション ((略 EWS)).
stall
(stôl)
n.
v., stalled, stall·ing, stalls. v.tr.
━━ v. 設計［監督］する; 巧みに処理する, 工作する.
en・gi・neer・ing ━━ n. 工学, 技術; 機関術［学］; （土木）工事; 裏工作.engineering work-station 【コンピュータ】エンジニアリング・ワークステーション ((略 EWS)).
set someone/thing back
2 informal (of a purchase) cost someone a particular amount of money:that must have set you back a bit
station[sta・tion]
- レベル：最重要
- 発音記号[stéiʃən]
[名]
2 地域本部, 署, 局；事業所. ▼施設のこと；機構についてはChicago Police Departmentのようにdepartmentを用いる
a polling station
投票所
投票所
a nuclear station
原子力発電所
原子力発電所
5 [U][C]((古風))社会的地位, 身分, （職制などの）階級, 役目
7 ((豪))（特に羊の）大牧場.
8 《生物》（特）産地, 定住地.
9 《測量》測点, 3角点.
━━[動](他)((通例受身))…を配置する, 置く, 駐在させる((at ...))
［ラテン語statiōn （stāre立つ＋-tus過去分詞語尾＋-ION＝立っていること）. △STAND, STALL1, STABLE1］stall
(stôl)
n.
- A compartment for one domestic animal in a barn or shed.
- A booth, cubicle, or stand used by a vendor, as at a market.
- A small compartment: a shower stall.
- An enclosed seat in the chancel of a church.
- A pew in a church.
- Chiefly British. A seat in the front part of a theater.
- A space marked off, as in a garage, for parking a motor vehicle.
- A protective sheath for a finger or toe.
- The sudden, unintended loss of power or effectiveness in an engine.
- A condition in which an aircraft or airfoil experiences an interruption of airflow resulting in loss of lift and a tendency to drop.
v., stalled, stall·ing, stalls. v.tr.
- To put or lodge in a stall.
- To maintain in a stall for fattening: to stall cattle.
- To halt the motion or progress of; bring to a standstill.
- To cause (a motor or motor vehicle) accidentally to stop running.
- To cause (an aircraft) to go into a stall.
- To live or be lodged in a stall. Used of an animal.
- To stick fast in mud or snow.
- To come to a standstill: Negotiations stalled.
- To stop running as a result of mechanical failure: The car stalled on the freeway.
- To lose forward flying speed, causing a stall. Used of an aircraft.
[Middle English stalle, from Old English steall, standing place, stable.]
stall[stall1]
- レベル：大学入試程度
- 発音記号[stɔ'ːl]
[名]
3 （エンジン・車の）失速, エンスト；《航空》失速.
5 ((the 〜s))((英・豪))劇場の一階舞台前の特別席（⇒ORCHESTRA 2）.
6 ＝carrel.
8 ストール, 指サック.
9 ((米俗))（2人以上のスリのうち）被害者の注意をそらす係. ▼実際に盗む人間はhook.
━━[動](他)
1 〈車・エンジンに〉エンストを起こさせる, 失速させる；〈飛行機を〉失速させる.
2 〈馬・車などを〉立ち往生させる；…を行き詰まらせる
3 〈家畜を〉畜舎に入れる；〈牛を〉（太らせるために）牛舎に閉じ込める.
4 〈畜舎に〉仕切りをする.
━━(自)
2 行き詰まる；((米))〈馬・車などが〉立ち往生する((out)).
3 〈家畜が〉畜舎にはいっている.
［古英語steall. ラテン語stabulum（馬小屋）と同系. △STABLE1, STEAD, STILL1］beat back
Force to retreat or withdraw, as in His findings beat back all their arguments to the contrary. This phrase was often used in a military context (and still is), as in Their armies were beaten back. [Late 1500s]
stall
Pronunciation: /stɔːl/
Definition of stall
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