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By NINA BERNSTEIN
As part of an
effort to make health care pricing more transparent, the State Health
Department released an online trove of hospitals' median charges and
costs for 1,400 conditions and procedures from 2009 to 2011.
Still havering about the wretched crone!
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Taipei Times
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Crone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The crone
is a stock character in folklore and fairy tale, an old woman. In some
stories, she is disagreeable, malicious, or sinister in manner, often
with magical or ...in light of
Also, in the light of; in view of. In consideration of, in relationship to. For example, In light of recent developments, we're postponing our meeting, or In the light of the weather forecast we've canceled the picnic, or He got a special bonus in view of all the extra work he had done. The first two of these terms date from the late 1600s, the third from about 1800.
haver
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪvə/
Translate haver | into Italian verb
[no object]noun
[mass noun] (also havers) ScottishOrigin:
early 18th century: of unknown originshave
v., shaved, shaved, or shav·en (shā'vən), shav·ing, shaves. v.tr.
- To remove the beard or other body hair from, with a razor or shaver: The barber lathered his face and then shaved him.
- To cut (the beard, for example) at the surface of the skin with a razor or shaver.
- To crop, trim, or mow closely: shave a meadow.
- To remove thin slices from: shave a board.
- To cut or scrape into thin slices; shred: shave chocolate.
- To come close to or graze in passing. See synonyms at brush1.
- To limit the number of (points) scored by one's own team in an athletic contest by point-shaving.
- To purchase (a note) at a reduction greater than the legal or customary rate.
- To cut (a price) by a slight margin.
To remove the beard or other body hair with a razor or shaver.
n.
- The act, process, or result of shaving.
- A thin slice or scraping; a shaving.
- Any of various tools used for shaving.
[Middle English shaven, to scrape, from Old English sceafan.]
customary[cus・tom・ar・y]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[kʌ'stəmèri | -məri]
[形]
1 習慣的な, しきたりの, 通例の, 常習的な, 慣習［慣行, 慣例］の. ⇒USUAL[類語]
one's customary exercise
いつもやる運動
いつもやる運動
a customary practice
慣行
慣行
It is customary for ［with］ him to do
…するのが彼の習慣になっている.
…するのが彼の習慣になっている.
2 《法律》慣習（法）上の
a customary law
慣習法.
慣習法.
━━[名]（複-ies）慣習法集.
cus・tom・ar・i・ly〔k
st
mèrli；((強調))k
stmér- | kstmr-〕
stmèrli；((強調))kstmér- | kstmr-〕procedure
Line breaks: pro|ced¦ure
Pronunciation: /prəˈsiːdʒə
/
NOUN
Origin
late 16th century: from French procédure, from procéder(see proceed).
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