fall out, fall to, fall through, huddle, smudge, dense

But the church ought to make an uncomfortable partner in all of this, and not allow itself to be conscripted into the spiritual arm of the Tory party. Especially as the church was one of the most vocal sources of opposition to Thatcherism during the 1980s. Indeed, it was in St Paul's that Thatcher fell out with Robert Runcie because he prayed for the Argentinians.


Sale of Jimmy Lai's Taiwan Newspapers Falls Through
Wall Street Journal
A group of Taiwanese buyers dropped plans to purchase newspapers on the island from Hong Kong publishing magnate Jimmy Lai, significantly paring back a nearly US$600 million deal that drew political scrutiny and put a spotlight on growing economic ...

 Honours nevertheless followed, as night follows day. A Nobel prize, shared with Hodgkin (and also with John Eccles, an Australian scientist) came in 1963, the year after Watson’s and Crick’s. The knighthood was somewhat delayed, until 1974. The British establishment, then as now, was dominated by arts men and could be a bit dense about the value of scientific advance.

North Korean officials huddle in Beijing

BEIJING--High-ranking North Korean officials visited China Tuesday to apparently discuss how to deal with the fallout from last week's deadly artillery attack on a South Korean island. (December 2) [more]

Virtual Keyboard Makes Smudges a Must

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fall through

(1) 抜け落ちる.
(2) ((略式))むだに終わる, 実現されない.

smudge

v., smudged, smudg·ing, smudg·es.v.tr.

1. To make dirty, especially in one small area.
2. To smear or blur (something).
3. To fill (an orchard or another planted area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from insects or frost.

v.intr.

1. To smear something as with dirt, soot, or ink.
2. To become smudged: Photo negatives smudge easily.

n.

1. A blotch or smear.
2. A smoky fire used as a protection against insects or frost.

[Middle English smogen.]

smudgily smudg'i·ly adv.
smudginess smudg'i·ness n.
smudgy smudg'y adj.

[名]

1 よごれ, しみ；輪郭のぼやけた形；汚点.

2 ((米))いぶし火, 蚊やり火, たき火；煙（▼その容器はsmudge-pot）.

━━[動](他)

1 …をよごす, にしみをつける；〈名声に〉傷をつける.

2 ((米))〈害虫を〉いぶし出す, 〈場所を〉（害虫駆除・霜よけのため）いぶす.

━━(自)

1 よごれる, にじむ, しみになる.

2 煙る, いぶる.

Phelps, Lochte and U.S. Fall to French

By KAREN CROUSE 43 minutes ago

An American team that included Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte came in second in the 400-meter freestyle relay. 

 fall to,

 Energetically begin an activity, set to work, as in As soon as they had the right tools, they fell to work on the house. This expression is also often used to mean "begin to eat." Charles Dickens so used it in American Notes (1842): "We fall-to upon these dainties." [Late 1500s]

fall to

(of a task) become the duty or responsibility of:it fell to me to write to Shephard

(of property) revert to the ownership of: land unclaimed after due notice given falls to the lord of the manor

fall out

• 1(of the hair, teeth, etc.) become detached and drop out: the chemotherapy made my hair fall out

• 2have an argument:he had fallen out with his family

• 3leave one’s place in a military formation, or on parade: the two policemen at the rear fell out of the formation

• 4happen; turn out:matters fell out as Stephen arranged

fall through

come to nothing; fail:the project fell through due to lack of money

huddle
(hŭd'l)
n.

1. A densely packed group or crowd, as of people or animals.
2. Football. A brief gathering of a team's players behind the line of scrimmage to receive instructions for the next play.
3. A small private conference or meeting.

v., -dled, -dling, -dles. v.intr.

1. To crowd together, as from cold or fear.
2. To draw or curl one's limbs close to one's body; crouch.
3. Football. To gather in a huddle.
4. Informal. To gather together for conference or consultation: During the crisis the President's national security advisers huddled.

v.tr.

1. To cause to crowd together.
2. To draw (oneself) together in a crouch.
3. Chiefly British. To arrange, do, or make hastily or carelessly.

[From huddle, to crowd together, possibly from Low German hudeln.]

huddler hud'dler n.



 dense
 (dĕns)
adj., dens·er, dens·est.

1. 1. Having relatively high density.
   2. Crowded closely together; compact: a dense population.
2. Hard to penetrate; thick: a dense jungle.
3. 1. Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter: dense glass; a dense fog.
   2. Opaque, with good contrast between light and dark areas. Used of a photographic negative.
4. Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity: a dense novel.
5. Slow to apprehend; thickheaded.

[Middle English, from Latin dēnsus.]

densely dense'ly adv.
denseness dense'ness n.