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How a puddle in Newcastle became a national talking point
Almost 20,000 people watch #DrummondPuddleWatch in awe as people in the north of England attempt to cross a giant puddle, in what may be the best use of Periscope yet
  Some of the biggest laugh lines or slides from the night were too bawdy to be described in a family newspaper. In one PG-rated presentation, Zynga employee Anshul Dhawan, on stage wearing a “Zynga Analytics” T-shirt, was challenged to give a fake business pitch to fake venture capitalists about a fake tech startup called Cuddle Puddle.


He suffered from tuberculosis as a teenager, prompting his parents to send him to Swiss sanitariums where enforced rest enabled him to dabble in photography.
 他在少年時代罹患肺結核，父母被迫把他送到瑞士的療養院，強制性的休養讓他有時間去嘗試攝影。

BusinessWeek notes that takeover rumors have dogged Lehman ever since the bank went public in 1994. But the magazine suggests that Lehman's business model -- dabbling in everything from bond trading to equity underwriting to M&A but dominating none of these areas -- may not work in an environment that requires either strength or size.




He said the Japanese claim is more “watertight,” using methods that everyone can agree on. But he said it’s not much of a change from a similar finding by the same team last year.

 Still, “it’s the most distant bullet-proof one that everybody believes,” Ellis said.




 Amazon Dabbles in Lab Supplies

Expanding beyond its core consumer market, Amazon.com said it is launching AmazonSupply.com, a site for business and industrial customers where it will sell hard-to-find items including lab centrifuges.

Every path has its puddle.

Tagore dabbled in primitivism: a pastel-coloured rendition of a Malagan mask from northern New Ireland

puddle
(pŭd'l)
n.

1. 1. A small pool of water, especially rainwater.
   2. A small pool of a liquid.
2. A tempered paste of wet clay and sand that serves as waterproofing when dry.

v., -dled, -dling, -dles. v.tr.

1. To make muddy.
2. To work (clay or sand) into a thick watertight paste.
3. To process (impure metal) by puddling.

v.intr.
To splash or dabble in or as if in a pool of liquid.

[Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd, ditch.]

puddly pud'dly adj.(dăb'əl)

Definition of cuddle in English:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Hold close in one’s arms as a way of showing love oraffection:he cuddles the baby closethey were cuddling each other in the back seat[NO OBJECT]: the pair have been spotted kissing and cuddling

1.1[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL] Lie or sit close:Rebecca cuddled up to Mumthey cuddled together to keep out the cold

1.2[NO OBJECT] (cuddle up to) informal Ingratiate oneself with:they start cuddling up to the Liberals for support

noun

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A prolonged and affectionate hug:he just wanted a comforting kiss and a cuddle

dabble
v., -bled, -bling, -bles. v.tr.
To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid: "The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold" (Katherine Mansfield).

v.intr.

1. To splash liquid gently and playfully.
2. To undertake something superficially or without serious intent: "The restaurant business entails more than . . . dabbling in interior design" (Andy Birsh).
3. To bob forward and under in shallow water so as to feed off the bottom.

[Possibly from Dutch dabbelen, frequentative of dabben, to strike, tap.]

• [dǽbl]

[動](他)

1 〈手・足・靴などに〉（水などを）はねかける((with ...)).

2 …を（水の中で）ばちゃばちゃさせる((in ...)).

━━(自)

1 （手などで）水遊びする.

2 （道楽などで）（…に）ちょっと手を出す, （…を）かじってみる((in, at ...))

dabble in Latin
ラテン語をかじってみる.


watertight
(wô'tər-tīt', wŏt'ər-)
adj.

1. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
2. Having no flaws or loopholes; impossible to fault, refute, or evade: a watertight alibi; a watertight contract.

bullet-proof

centrifuge

[名]遠心（分離）機.━━[動](他)…を遠心（分離）機で分離する.