After noticing that someone had been rummaging through the rubbish outside her restaurant one morning, Ashley Jiron decided to post a note on her skip, letting the person know that if they were hungry, they should simply come inside for a free meal
http://bbc.in/1J1R0z2
The standard depiction of oil theft in Nigeria shows a young man, knee-deep in a swamp, with a bucket or wooden canoe full of pilfered thick black sludge. But a besuited banker in Geneva or a slick shipping trader in London might provide an equally apt image. A report by Chatham House, a London think-tank, unravels a complex network that arranges the theft of oil worth billions of dollars a year
http://econ.st/1a2pEY6
By JUAN GABRIEL VASQUEZ
Reviewed by EDMUND WHITE
Juan Gabriel
Vásquez's new novel, built on Colombia's tragic history, features the
cold, bitter poetry of Bogotá and the hushed intensity of young married
love.
Indeed, Ota has been hit hard as big Japanese companies shifted
production abroad in search of lower labor costs. Locals bemoan how
neighborhoods that once pulsated with the clanging of metal presses and
bustle of workers have grown deserted, or become filled with hushed,
cookie-cutter apartment complexes known as
“mansions.”的確，日本大企業為了尋求更低的勞動力成本，把生產向海外轉移，大田因此遭受重創。當地人為變化感到悲哀：那些充滿金屬壓床有規律的聲音和忙碌工人的街區或已被遺棄，或被千篇一律的寧靜“公寓”樓取代。
Wal-Mart Hushed Up Vast Mexican Bribery Case
By DAVID BARSTOW
Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top
Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out
wrongdoing, an examination by The New York Times found.
Merkel backs President Wulff as he prepares to address criticism
Hours before German President Christian Wulff is scheduled to address allegations he tried to hush up a loan scandal, Chancellor Merkel has given her backing. Other politicians, however, are not following suit.
besuited
Pronunciation:
/bɪˈs(j)uːtɪd/
adjective
(of a man) wearing a suit:a quiet, besuited bank manager
- hushed
- 発音
- hʌ'ʃt
- レベル
- 社会人必須
[形]((通例限定))静まりかえった；静かな.
hush up
Keep from public knowledge, suppress mention of. For example,
They tried to hush up the damaging details.
[First half of 1600s]
verb
1 [no object, with adverbial] (of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food:stray dogs rooting around for bones and scraps
search unsystematically through an untidy mass or area; rummage:she was rooting through a pile of papers
[with object] (
root something out)
find or extract something by rummaging:he managed to root out the cleaning kit
noun
[in singular]
an act of rooting:I had a root through the open drawers
rummage
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verb
[no object]
search unsystematically and untidily through something:he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief [with object]:he rummaged the drawer for his false teeth
[with object] find (something) by rummaging:Mick rummaged up his skateboard
[with object] (of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel):our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible
noun
an unsystematic and untidy search: open up the box and have a rummage around
a thorough search of a vessel by a customs officer: a rummage of the vessel revealed eighty cases of cigars
Derivatives
rummager
noun
Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French
arrumage, from
arrumer 'stow (in a hold)', from Middle Dutch
ruim
'room'. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such
as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th century) to the
verb sense 'make a search of (a vessel')
suit
Translate suit | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
noun
1a
set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn
together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and
skirt: a pinstriped suit
a set of clothes to be worn for a particular activity:a jogging suit
a complete set of pieces of armour for covering the whole body: a suit of armour
informal a high-ranking executive in an organization, typically one regarded as exercising influence in an impersonal way:maybe now the suits in Washington will listen
2any
of the sets into which a pack of playing cards is divided (in
conventional packs comprising spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs).
4the process of trying to win a woman’s affection with a view to marriage:he could not compete with John in Marian’s eyes and his suit came to nothing
literary a petition or entreaty made to a person in authority: he sought a passage to Christian lands, but they spurned his suit
5a complete set of sails required for a ship or for a set of spars: they went ashore and changed to another suit of sails
verb
[with object]
1be convenient for or acceptable to:what time would suit you? [no object]:the flat has two bedrooms—if it suits, you can have one of them
(
suit oneself)
[often in imperative] act entirely according to one’s own wishes (often used to express the speaker’s annoyance):‘I’m not going to help you.’ ‘Suit yourself.’
(
suit something to)
archaic adapt something to:they took care to suit their answers to the questions put to them
2enhance the features, figure, or character of (someone):the dress didn’t suit her
3 [no object] North American put on clothes, especially for a particular activity:I suited up and entered the water
Phrases
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