multiple bowls, cirque, bowl someone over, Toilet Bowl Restorer

Fearless, original, striking and, in those early days before she broke with her mother and the money ran out, rich; no wonder Cunard bowled over so many of the writers and artists of the period.



 CBS News hears word that the NCAA sanctions will involve “unprecedented” penalties against both the university and its football team. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the source said. Yet ESPN hears from one source that the university won’t receive what has come to be known as the “death penalty,” which would have involved the suspension of the football program for at least one year. Still, Penn State shouldn’t celebrate just yet, as the ESPN source claims the punishment, likely to include loss of scholarships and multiple bowls, is so harsh that the “death penalty” might have been preferable.





Toilet Bowl 馬桶座
Toilet bowls and tanks are made from a special clay called vitreous china. Vitreous china is a mix of several kinds of clay, called ball clay and china clay, silica, and a fluxing agent. Clays are hardened by first drying in air, then being fired (baked) in a very hot oven called a kiln. Usually a shiny, waterproof coating called a glaze is applied only after a first firing, and the clay is fired a second time. Vitreous china is an exception, in that clay and glaze can be fired together. The whole clay body vitrifies, or turns glassy, so the toilet is actually waterproof and stainproof through its entire thickness.

bowl

(bōl)
n.

1. 1. A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.
   2. The contents of such a vessel.
2. A drinking goblet.
3. A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.
4. 1. A bowl-shaped topographic depression.
   2. A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.
5. Football. Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

[Middle English bowle, from Old English bolla.]

verb

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• 1 [with object and adverbial of direction] roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground: she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her
  

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• 2 [with object] Cricket (of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once: Lillee bowled another bouncer [no object]: Sobers bowled to Willis
  

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• 2.1 (also bowl someone out) dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with the ball which one has bowled: Stewart was bowled for 33
  

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• 2.2 (bowl a side out) get an entire team out: they bowled Lancashire out for 143
  

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• 3 [no object, with adverbial of direction] British move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction: they bowled along the country roads
  

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Phrasal verbs

bowl someone over

knock someone down: he was almost bowling people over in his haste

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• informal greatly impress someone by one’s good qualities, looks, or achievements: when he met Angela he was just bowled over by her

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Radio City Is Transformed Into a Cirque Tent

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Cirque de Gavarnie, France
Photo: Jean-Christophe Benoist

 cirque

(suhrk)

noun:
1. A bowl-shaped semicircular mountain basin carved by glacial erosion. Also called cwm.
2. A ring; a circle.

Etymology
Via French from Latin circus (circle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend) which is also the source of other words such as ranch, rank, shrink, circle, crisp, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, and circa.

Usage
"In the Snowies, cirques only occur on sheltered mountain faces where the snow first fell and slowly compacted into glacial ice." — Peter Veness; Australia: Peak-Time Perfection Just Across the Ditch; The New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Feb 22, 2009.

cirque[cirque]

• 発音記号[sə'ːrk]
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[名]

1 円形の場所, すりばち形の地形；《地質学》（氷河地形の）圏谷, カール(cwm)；（古代ローマの）円形競技場(circus).

2 ((詩))輪, 環, 円.

3 ((フランス語))サーカス：カナダのCirque du Soleil「太陽のサーカス」など.

Scotch Corporation Recalls Instant Power Toilet Bowl Restorer

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. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Instant Power® Toilet Bowl Restorer™
Units: About 74,760
Distributor: Scotch Corporation, of Dallas, Texas
Hazard: The contents can leak from the cap when the bottle is turned on its side. When this happens, the cleaner can come into contact with consumers and property, posing a risk of chemical burns and irritation to the skin and eyes.
Incidents/Injuries: Scotch has received seven reports of bottles leaking, resulting in property damage. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves Instant Power Toilet Bowl Restorer cleaner with model number 1803. The model number is printed the back of the bottle next to the barcode. The toilet bowl restoring product was sold in a grey plastic bottle with an orange cap. The words "Guaranteed" and "Toilet Bowl Restorer" are printed on the bottle.
Sold at: True Value Hardware, Ace Hardware, GEBO's and other retail stores nationwide between February 2009 and January 2010 for about $5.
Manufactured in: USA
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Toilet Bowl Restorer and contact Scotch for disposal instructions and a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Scotch Corporation at (800) 613-4242 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.scotchcorp.com