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BBC

ICYMI: Doctor Who returns Fall 2015!

Get the scoop on the premiere and its guest stars.

Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell, ‘the Tudor embodiment of not giving a toss’. Photograph: Giles Keyte

Hidden Haunts: 10 Scariest Movies You May Have Never Seen
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Brunete Journal

Delivery for Pet Owners Who Won’t Scoop

By SUZANNE DALEY 4:14 PM ET

In its battle to get dog owners to clean up after their pets, a town in Spain found vast improvement by boxing up a vivid reminder for wayward residents. 

A Special Delivery, of Sorts, to Warn Pet Owners

“Much more civilized. Up here in Western New York, I’m aware of home owners going out, picking it up with a shovel and tossing the poop at the dog owner,” writes J.M..

Tabloid to Close Amid Scandal

News Corp. said it would close its News of the World tabloid, a dramatic bid to cap a scandal centered on the paper's controversial reporting tactics in pursuit of racy scoops.

The News of the World, which sells about 2.8million copies a week, is famed for its celebrity scoops and sex scandals, earning it the nickname, the News of the Screws.

The man who screwed Italy

The Berlusconi era will haunt Italy for years to come

Chinese farmers sell their pigs for twice as much as their British peers, partly because of the country's insatiable appetite for all things pork and “because they are not being screwed by the supermarkets – yet”, said Mr Jackson.
中國農民賣豬的價格比英國同行高一倍，這在一定程度上是因為中國對各種豬肉的胃口難以饜足，還“因為中國農民還沒有被超市左右——至少目前沒有”，傑克遜指出。



scoop
(skūp)
n.

1. 1. A shovellike utensil, usually having a deep curved dish and a short handle: a flour scoop.
   2. The amount that such a utensil can hold.
2. 1. A thick-handled cuplike utensil for dispensing balls of ice cream or other semisoft food, often having a sweeping band in the cup that is levered by the thumb to free the contents.
   2. A portion of food gathered with this utensil.
3. A ladle; a dipper.
4. An implement for bailing water from a boat.
5. A narrow, spoon-shaped instrument for surgical extraction in cavities or cysts.
6. The bucket or shovel, as of a dredge or backhoe.
7. A hollow area; a cavity.
8. An opening, as on the body of a motor vehicle, by which a fluid is directed inward: "The [sports car] has . . . enough scoops and spoilers to get you a citation just standing still" (Mark Weinstein).
9. A scooping movement or action.
10. Informal. An exclusive news story acquired by luck or initiative before a competitor.
11. Informal. Current information or details: What's the scoop on the new neighbors?

tr.v., scooped, scoop·ing, scoops.

1. To take up or dip into with or as if with a scoop.
2. To hollow out by digging.
3. To gather or collect swiftly and unceremoniously; grab: scoop up a handful of jelly beans.
4. Informal. To top or outmaneuver (a competitor) in acquiring and publishing an important news story.

[Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōpe, bucket for bailing water.]

scooper scoop'er n.
scoopful scoop'ful' n.

screw

v., screwed, screw·ing, screws. v.tr.

1. To drive or tighten (a screw).
2. 1. To fasten, tighten, or attach by or as if by means of a screw.
   2. To attach (a tapped or threaded fitting or cap) by twisting into place.
   3. To rotate (a part) on a threaded axis.
3. To contort (one's face).
4. Slang.
   1. To take advantage of; cheat: screwed me out of the most lucrative sales territory.
5. Vulgar Slang. To have sexual intercourse with.

Merkel tightens the thumb screws on Greece
			German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stressed the need for a stable European currency, urging debt-ridden Greece to implement tougher measures to get its finances in order.

Thumbscrew can mean:

• Thumbscrew (torture), a screwed device formerly used for torture
• Thumbscrew (fastener), a type of screw with a tall head and ridged or knurled sides, or a flat vertical head, intended to be tightened and loosened by hand
• Wingnut, a nut with two large metal wings on, intended to be tightened and loosened by hand

n.

1. A screw designed so that it can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
2. An instrument of torture formerly used to compress the thumb.

n. - 翼形螺釘, 拇指夾

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つまみねじ, 親指締め具

haunt

Pronunciation: /hɔːnt/

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verb

[with object]

• (of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly:a grey lady who haunts the chapel
• (of a person or animal) frequent (a place):he haunts street markets
• be persistently and disturbingly present in (the mind):the sight haunted me for years
• (of something unpleasant) continue to affect or cause problems for:cities haunted by the shadow of cholera

noun

• a place frequented by a specified person:the bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time

Derivatives

haunter

noun

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'frequent (a place')): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home

give (or care) a toss

1

[USUALLY WITH NEGATIVE] British informal Care at all:I don’t give a toss what you think

toss

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Definition of toss in English:

VERB

1[WITH OBJECT AND ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] Throw (something) somewhere lightly or casually:Suzy tossed her bag on to the sofa[WITH TWO OBJECTS]: she tossed me a box of matches

1.1

[WITH OBJECT] (Of a horse) throw (a rider) off itsback.

1.2[WITH OBJECT] Throw (a coin) into the air in order to make a decision between two alternatives, basedon which side of the coin faces uppermost when itlands:we could just toss a coin[NO OBJECT]: he tossed up between courgettes and tomatoes and courgettes won

1.3[WITH OBJECT] Settle a matter with (someone) by tossing a coin:I’ll toss you for it

2Move or cause to move from side to side or back and forth:[NO OBJECT]: the trees tossed in the wind[WITH OBJECT]: the yachts were tossed around like toysin the harbour(as adjective, in combination -tossed) tempest-tossed and shipwrecked mariners

2.1[WITH OBJECT] Jerk (one’s head or hair) sharplybackwards:Paula pursed her lips and tossed her headshe stood up, tossing her hair out of her eyes

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2.2[WITH OBJECT] Shake or turn (food) in a liquid, so as to coat it lightly:toss the pasta in the sauce

3

[WITH OBJECT] North American informal Search (a place):I could demand her keys and toss her office

NOUN

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1An act or instance of tossing something:a defiant toss of her headthe toss of a coin

1.1(the toss) The action of tossing a coin as amethod of deciding which team has the right to make a particular decision at the beginning of a game:Somerset won the toss and chose to bat