2020年5月27日 星期三

list, listed, waterig, blag, fumigation, frame nailer, Darkness at Noon (German: Sonnenfinsternis)



71-year-old Chicago man listed in fair condition after being robbed and shot by two men while he was watering his lawn.
$1,000 Reward Offered in Shooting of Chicago Man Watering Lawn
ABC7CHICAGO.COM|作者:ERIC HORNG ABC7


"It's a final thumbs up from me," he wrote, accompanied by a selfie of him lying in a sickbed, covered in drips, smiling cheerfully with his thumbs in the air. "I've done well to blag things as well as I have up till now, but unfortunately I think this is just one hurdle too far."

The Fumigation State

Reforming Illinois after the Blagojevich circus


fumigation
胡適用 "掃除害蟲" 1941/7/25 日記
燻蒸(くんじよう)、燻蒸消毒(法)

Fumigation is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides—or fumigants—to suffocate or poison the pests 




Darkness at Noon (German: Sonnenfinsternis 意思Solar eclipse 日蝕) is a novel by Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best known work, it is the tale of Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik who is arrested, imprisoned, and tried for treason against the government that he helped to create.
The novel is set in 1939 during the Stalinist Great Purge and Moscow show trials. Despite being based on real events, the novel does not name either Russia or the USSR, and tends to use generic terms to describe people and organizations: for example the Soviet government is referred to as "the Party" and Nazi Germany is referred to as "the Dictatorship". Joseph Stalin is represented by "Number One", a menacing dictator. The novel expresses the author's disillusionment with the Bolshevik ideology of the Soviet Union at the outset of World War II.
In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Darkness at Noon number eight on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century, even though Koestler wrote it in German.



list

VERB

1[WITH OBJECT] Make a list of:I have listed four reasons below
1.1Include or enter in a list:local offices are listed in the phone book
1.2[NO OBJECT] (list at/for) Be on a list of products at (a specified price):the bottom-of-the-line Mercedes lists for $52,050
1.3Give (a building, company, etc.) listed status.
2[NO OBJECT] archaic Enlist for military service:I listed myself for a soldier

listed 

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstɪd/ 


ADJECTIVE

1(Of a building in the UK) officially designated as being of architectural or historicalimportance and having protection from demolition or major alterations:a 15th-century Grade I listed building
2Relating to or denoting companies whose shares are quoted on the main market of the London Stock Exchange:listed securities
nailer

n.

1. One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.

2. One who fastens with, or drives, nails.
DEWALT Recalls Framing Nailers Due to Serious Injury Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: DEWALT D51825 and D51850 Framing Nailers

Units: About 9,000

Distributor: DEWALT Industrial Tool Co., of Towson, Md.

Hazard: The bump action trigger on the framing nailers could have been incorrectly assembled during production, which would allow the nailer to eject a fastener unexpectedly or cause the trigger lock-off not to function. This can pose a serious injury hazard to the user or bystander.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: DEWALT framing nailers with model numbers and date codes listed below:




Model Number

Description

Date Code Range


D51825

Clipped Head Framing Nailer

20080249-20082749


D51850

Full Round Head Framing Nailer

20080249-20082749


Sold at: Wholesale distributors and retailers nationwide from January 2008 through September 2008 for about $280.

Manufactured in: Mexico

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the framing nailers and contact DEWALT for instructions on receiving a free replacement bump action trigger.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact DEWALT toll-free at (877) 437-7181 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm�s Web site at www.DEWALT.com

fumigation
[fjúːməgèit]

n.

[Cf. F. fumigation.]

1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.

2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.


[動](他)…を(煙・蒸気で)蒸す, いぶす;…の燻蒸(くんじょう)消毒をする.

fù・mi・gá・tion

[名]



blag

Line breaks: blag
British informal

verb (blags, blagging, blagged)

[with object]
  • 1Manage to obtain (something) by using persuasion or guile: they blagged two free tickets to France
  • 1.1Manage to obtain (private or confidential information) by impersonation or another method of deception: they were often able to hack phones because they had blagged phone numbers and passwords (as noun blagging) blagging is an offence under the Data Protection Act
  • 2Steal (something) in a violent robbery or raid: I could lie in wait and blag her fur coat

noun

Back to top  
  • 1An act of using persuasion or guile to obtain something: raising the £6.5 million had been either a heroic achievement by selfless, dedicated humanitarians or the blag of the century

Derivatives


Origin

late 19th century: perhaps from French blaguer 'tell lies'.

沒有留言: