【#逐字學英文國際日報】70：golden age, GOLDEN PARACHUTE, golden ticket, high-speed fiber, steeled himself, Golden Silence on the Silver Screen, silence is golden

Thousands on a cruise ship in Japan steel themselves for a second week in quarantine after another 39 test positive for #coronavirus, bringing total cases on board to 174.



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Golden Parachutes Are Still Very Much in Style By PRADNYA JOSHI Despite years of public outcry, chief executives who leave big companies often still receive millions in exit packages. Cities woo Google for trial of high-speed fiber San Francisco Chronicle More than a dozen Bay Area cities are jostling for Google's golden ticket, making their pitch to land an experimental broadband network that could deliver ...

Golden Silence on the Silver Screen French actor Jean Dujardin faced unusual challenges in preparing for his award-winning role as silent movie star George Valentin in 'The Artist.'

When Shinichi Tsutsumi's unwavering gaze begins to darken on the silver screen, you'd be advised to steel yourself for what comes next. It's a prelude to a forthcoming twist in the tale.

Definition of golden parachute

noun

informal

a large payment or other financial compensation guaranteed to a company executive should the executive be dismissed as a result of a merger or takeover.

steel
(stēl)
n.

1. A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties, and widely used as a structural material.
2. Something, such as a sword, that is made of steel.
3. A quality suggestive of this alloy, especially a hard, unflinching character.
4. Steel gray.

adj.

1. 1. Made with, relating to, or consisting of steel: steel beams; the steel industry; a bicycle with a steel frame.
   2. Very firm or strong: a steel grip.
2. Of a steel gray.

tr.v., steeled, steel·ing, steels.

1. To cover, plate, edge, or point with steel.
2. To make hard, strong, or obdurate; strengthen: He steeled himself for disappointment.

[Middle English stel, from Old English stȳle, stēl.]

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((the 〜))((古風))銀幕；((集合的))映画（産業）.

silence is golden

Keeping one's mouth shut is a great virtue, as in Don't tell anyone else about it--silence is golden. Although this precise phrase was first recorded only in 1848, it is part of a much older proverb, "Speech is silver and silence is golden."