blanch, leached, peel away. Keep your eyes peeled for its release.

Colorless Food? We Blanch

On either side of the road stretches a leached landscape under a leaden sky. The air is too dry for more than a light dusting of snow.





Two armed thieves escape on a motorbike after a daring jewellery raid in Manchester city centre. As the men peel away, several members of the public give chase. Warning: strong language.

Historians at Hever Castle have discovered the Book of Hours featured in this famous portrait of Thomas Cromwell by Holbein. This incredible book is thought to be the only object from any Tudor portrait to survive to this day.

History Hit is excited to be granted special access to film a documentary covering this extraordinary discovery, presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. Keep your eyes peeled for its release

Phrasal verbs

peel off

1

Leave a formation or group by veering away:the pace was much too hot for Beris, and he peeled off after five laps

peel out

2

North American informal Leave quickly:he peeled out down the street

Line breaks: leach

Pronunciation: /liːtʃ /

Definition of

 leach 

in English:

VERB

[WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION]

1(With reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater:[WITH OBJECT]: the nutrient is quickly leached away[NO OBJECT]: pesticides and fertilizers that leach into rivers

1.1 [WITH OBJECT] Subject (soil, ash, etc.) to a leachingprocess:

ash is readily leached

Origin

Old English leccan 'to water', of West Germanic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

blanch

Line breaks: blanch

Pronunciation: /blɑːn(t)ʃ /

Definition of blanch in English:

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Make white or pale by extracting colour:the cold light blanched her face

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESSYNONYMS

1.1Whiten (a plant) by depriving it of light:blanch endive by covering plants with largeflowerpots

2 [NO OBJECT] Flinch or grow pale from shock, fear, or asimilar emotion:

he visibly blanched at this reminder of mortality

3 Prepare (vegetables) for freezing or further cookingby immersing briefly in boiling water:

blanch corn in boiling water for one minute

3.1(often as adjective blanched) Peel (almonds) by scalding them:blanched almonds

Origin

Middle English: from Old French blanchir, from blanc'white', ultimately of Germanic origin.

[動](他)

1 〈果実・野菜に〉熱湯を通す, …を湯がく.

2 〈葉・茎などを〉（光をさえぎって）白く育てる.

3 …を漂白する, 白くする

blanch sheets
シーツを漂白する

Old age blanchs hair.
年をとると髪が白くなる.

4 〈病気・恐怖などが〉〈顔などを〉青白くする.

━━(自)白くなる；（…に）青ざめる((at ...；with ...))

She blanched at the bad news.
その悪い知らせに青くなった.

blanch ... over/blanch over ...

〈過失などを〉つくろってごまかす.

［中フランス語blanchir（blanc白い＋-ir使役の動詞語尾＝白くする）. △BLANK, BLEACH, BLEAK］

blanch・er

[名]