lost his leg to diabetes, understand, outdistance

  Islamic State fighters besieging the Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border have been targeted by air strikes, the BBC understands: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29390781

The French lingerie market is the biggest in Europe, according to beancounters at the Institut Français de la Mode, a fashion school, and France is also the biggest European exporter of bras, knickers and the like. French women spend more per head on their scanties than others, just beating the Germans and outdistancing the cheap and cheerful British by a country mile http://econ.st/J3L7IV

iPad '4G' claims face UK scrutiny

Apple is facing a wider inquiry over its "4G" advertising of the latest iPad in the UK, the BBC understands.

Blame Photoshop, Not Diabetes, for This Amputation

By PATRICK McGEEHAN

A poster being put up in the subway system shows a man who lost his leg to diabetes. But he really didn’t.

lose
(lūz)

v., lost (lôst, lŏst), los·ing, los·es. v.tr.

1. To be unsuccessful in retaining possession of; mislay: He's always losing his car keys.
2. 1. To be deprived of (something one has had): lost her art collection in the fire; lost her job.
   2. To be left alone or desolate because of the death of: lost his wife.
   3. To be unable to keep alive: a doctor who has lost very few patients.
3. To be unable to keep control or allegiance of: lost his temper at the meeting; is losing supporters by changing his mind.
4. To fail to win; fail in: lost the game; lost the court case.
5. To fail to use or take advantage of: Don't lose a chance to improve your position.
6. To fail to hear, see, or understand: We lost the plane in the fog. I lost her when she started speaking about thermodynamics.
7. 1. To let (oneself) become unable to find the way.
   2. To remove (oneself), as from everyday reality into a fantasy world.
8. To rid oneself of: lost five pounds.
9. To consume aimlessly; waste: lost a week in idle occupations.
10. To wander from or become ignorant of: lose one's way.
11. 1. To elude or outdistance: lost their pursuers.
    2. To be outdistanced by: chased the thieves but lost them.
12. To become slow by (a specified amount of time). Used of a timepiece.
13. To cause or result in the loss of: Failure to reply to the advertisement lost her the job.
14. To cause to be destroyed. Usually used in the passive: Both planes were lost in the crash.
15. To cause to be damned.

v.intr.

1. To suffer loss.
2. To be defeated.
3. To operate or run slow. Used of a timepiece.

phrasal verb:
lose out

1. To fail to achieve or receive an expected gain.

idioms:
lose it Slang.

1. To lose control; blow up.
2. To become deranged or mentally disturbed.
3. To become less capable or proficient; decline.

lose out on

1. To miss (an opportunity, for example).

lose time

1. To operate too slowly. Used of a timepiece.
2. To delay advancement.

[Middle English losen, from Old English losian, to perish, from los, loss.]

understand[un・der・stand]

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• 発音記号[ʌ`ndərstǽnd]

[動]（-stood）（▼進行形不可）(他)

1 ［III[名]/wh-節/wh- to do］…を理解する, の考えをつかむ, 〈…ということを〉了解する, …がわかる

understand Chinese ［a poem］
中国語［詩］がわかる

I don't understand you ［what you say］.
あなたの言うことがわかりません

I cannot understand why she is in Mexico. ［＝I cannot understand her being in Mexico. ］
彼女がなぜメキシコに住んでいるか解せない（▼前者のほうがくだけた言い方）

English isn't understood in that country.
その国では英語は通じない

He doesn't understand friendship ［what friendship is］.
彼には友情というものがどういうものかわかっていない.

2 ［III[名]/that節/V[名]to do］((話・形式))…を聞いて知っている, と理解している

I understand (that) I was drunk last night.
昨夜は酔いしれていたようで

We understand you to be arriving tomorrow.
あなたはあす到着なさるそうですね

I understand from your letter that he is not coming.
あなたの手紙によれば彼は来ないわけですね

I understand that he is a distant relation. ［＝I understand him to be a distant relation. ］
彼は私の遠縁にあたると思っています.

3 ［III[名]/that節］…と解釈する, 見なす；［V[名]to do］…が（…することと）解する；［V[名]as ［to be］[名]［[形]］］…を（…であると）解する

What do the English understand by patriotism？
愛国心というとイギリス人はどういうものだと解しますか

I understood his remark as a threat.
私は彼の意見はおどしだと受け取った.

4 ((しばしば受身))…を（特定の方法で）解釈する；〈語句などを〉補って解釈する；〈語を〉略す

the understood subject
省略された主語.

━━(自)（←(他)）

1 （言おうとすることを）理解する；理解力がある

You still don't understand.
まだわかっていないね

Do ［Can］ you understand？
いいですね［か］, わかりましたか

Now I understand.
ああ, わかった（▼^×Now, I understood. とはいわない）.

2 ［I（[副]）］（特定の問題などの）知識がある, 背景を知っている((about ...))

He understands about horses.
馬のことをよく知っている.

3 寛大［同情的］に受け取る, 理解を示す

I can't help you. I hope you understand.
あなたをお助けできません. おわかりいただけますね.

give a person to understand

((形式))
(1) 〈人に〉それとなくわからせる.
(2) 〈人に〉（…ということを）わからせる, はっきり言ってやる((that節))

I was given to understand that only by cutting it could my novel be published.
私の小説は短くしなければ出版できないとはっきり言われた.

make oneself understood

自分の考え［言葉］を人にわからせる

Can you make yourself understood in French？
フランス語で用が足せますか.

understand each other

(1) 了解している, わかり合っている

They have not reached an agreement yet, but they understand each other.
合意には達していないが, 相手の意向はお互いにわかっている.

(2) 結託している, 共謀する.

［古英語understandan （under-下に, 間に＋standan立つ＝間に立つ→理解する）. △STAND］

understand

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Pronunciation: /ʌndəˈstand 

  

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VERB (past and past participle understood /-ˈstʊd/)

[WITH OBJECT]

1Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker):he didn’t understand a word I saidhe could usually make himself understood[WITH CLAUSE]: she understood what he was saying

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1.1Perceive the significance, explanation, or causeof:she didn’t really understand the situation[WITH CLAUSE]: he couldn’t understand why weburst out laughing

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2Interpret or view (something) in a particular way:as the term is usually understood, legislation refersto regulations and directives

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2.1[WITH CLAUSE] Infer something from information received (often used as a polite formula inconversation):I understand you’re at art school[WITH OBJECT]: as I understood it, she was flyingback to the States tomorrow

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2.2Regard (a missing word, phrase, or idea) aspresent:‘present company excepted’ is always understood when sweeping generalizations are being made

2.3[WITH CLAUSE] Assume to be the case; take forgranted:he liked to play the field, that was understood

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3Be sympathetically or knowledgeably aware of thecharacter or nature of:Picasso understood colour[WITH CLAUSE]: I understand how you feel

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Origin

Old English understandan (see under-, stand).

Derivatives

understander

NOUN

outdistance

Syllabification: (out·dis·tance)

Pronunciation: /ˌoutˈdistəns/

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verb

[with object]

leave (a competitor or pursuer) far behind:she could maintain a fast enough pace to outdistance any pursuers