After years of puttering along as the tiger economies in the region roared, the Philippines is finally showing some growl of its own. Between 2008 and 2012, GDP grew by an average of 4.7%, rising to 7.2% in 2013, higher than any East Asian country except China. But concerns remain http://econ.st/VJbucL
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Swedish
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comes as some relief for policy makers trying to boost foreign-investor
sentiment.
táblewàre[táble・wàre]
earthenware
(ûr'thən-wâr', -THən-)
n.
Pottery 陶器 made from a porous clay that is fired at relatively low temperatures. Faience, delft, and majolica are examples of earthenware.
éarthenwàre[éarthen・wàre]
[名][U][形]
1 ((集合的))（特に粗い光沢のない）陶器（の）, 土器（の）.
2 陶土（製の）.Although he is happy enough to promote Johnny English because he believes it's a good British comedy, Rowan Atkinson isn't hanging around. 'I'm very good at having time off. I tend to take whole years off - I had 1994 and 1997 off. I find it very easy; I just love pottering around doing normal things.' He sits back in the sofa and smiles. 'I'm not planning to do anything for the rest of this year or next. Or anything else. Ever.' He laughs. 'Well, maybe one more Mr Bean movie...'
potter1
Line breaks: pot¦ter
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒtə
/
(North American putter)[ NO OBJECT]
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VERB
NOUN
Origin
mid 16th century (in the sense 'poke repeatedly'): frequentative of dialect pote 'to push, kick, or poke' of unknown origin.
putter around and putter about
to do little things of little consequence; to do small tasks as found around the house. I spent all of Saturday just puttering around, not really getting anything done. I stayed home and puttered about during my vacation.
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