flesh out, identity, cartilagen

Chinese Claim Forces Obama to Flesh Out His Asia Strategy 


  Seeking Identity, Shaping a Nation’s
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
A new biography of President Obama by David Remnick fleshes out the by-now-familiar outlines of his life.


In First Lady’s Roots, a Complex Path From Slavery
By RACHEL L. SWARNS and JODI KANTOR
A newly discovered story has fleshed out Michelle Obama’s family tree.



Cancer and wildlife conservation

Some myths die hard. One common misconception is, for instance, that sharks
do not get cancer. This is why they are being slaughtered by the thousands.
Their cartilage is then ground into powder and sold with dubious health
claims.

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cartilagen. - 軟骨 (kär'tl-ĭj)
n.
A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. A major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton, it is converted largely to bone with maturation.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cartilāgō, cartilāgin-.]

flesh out
Also, put flesh on the bones of. Give substance to, provide with details, amplify. For example, The editor told her to flesh out the story, or You need to put flesh on the bones of these characters. This metaphoric expression, alluding to clothing a nude body or adding flesh to a skeleton, was in the mid-1600s put simply as to flesh, the adverb out being added about two centuries later.

perusal, graciousness, the company

If Thanksgiving stress is starting to get to you, writer Corey Mintz urges you to remember that “the food is less important than the company and a little bit of graciousness.”

a single perusal

Your perusal of this column ''may be monitored for quality-assurance purposes.''

青覽，青鑒，青及 (in letters) for your gracious perusal;

perusal

[名][U][C]読書；熟読；吟味.

gracious

Syllabification: (gra·cious)

Pronunciation: /ˈgrāSHəs/

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adjective

• 1 courteous, kind, and pleasant:smiling and gracious in defeat
• elegant and tasteful, especially as exhibiting wealth or high social status:the British painter specialized in gracious Victorian interiors gracious living

• 2 (in Christian belief) showing divine grace:I am saved by God’s gracious intervention on my behalf

• 3 British a polite epithet used of royalty or their acts:the accession of Her present gracious Majesty

exclamation

• expressing polite surprise.

Derivatives

graciously

adverb

graciousness

noun

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin gratiosus, from gratia 'esteem, favor' (see grace)

amid, midmost, here we are, here we come

 
California, Here We Come?
 
By PAUL KRUGMAN November 27, 2013 
 

It goes without saying that the rollout of Obamacare was an epic disaster. But what kind of disaster was it? Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy? Or was it a demonstration that the Affordable Care Act is inherently unworkable?

To lead you out of all this strife and storm;
When of some beauty we are grown a part
Till from its very glory's midmost heart
Out leaps a sudden beam of larger light
Into our souls. All things are seen aright

 Amid the blinding pillar of its gold,
Seven times more true than what for truth we hold
In vulgar hours. The miracle is done
And for one little moment we are one
With the eternal stream of loveliness
That flows so calm, aloft from all distress

amid

Syllabification: (a·mid)

Pronunciation: /əˈmid/

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preposition

• surrounded by; in the middle of:our dream home, set amid magnificent rolling countryside
• in an atmosphere or against a background of:talks broke down amid accusations of a hostile takeover bid

Origin:

Middle English amidde(s)

midmost

Syllabification: (mid·most)

Pronunciation: /ˈmidˌmōst/

adjective & adverb

literary

in the very middle or nearest the middle.

here we are

said on arrival at one’s destination.

repository , castoffs, lymphoma

The world's rich are increasingly investing in expensive stuff, and "freeports" are becoming their repositories of choice. Their attractions are similar to those offered by offshore financial centres: security and confidentiality, not much scrutiny, the ability for owners to hide behind nominees, and an array of tax advantages http://econ.st/1iB6UoA



For now, Mr. Kovacs has elected to make his iPhone application available through Cydia, a popular repository for thousands of unauthorized iPhone applications and modifications. “I’d rather just make it available for free, instead of just not having it available to anyone,” he said.


In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material—at a time when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of the newspaper strips. What was initially considered to be disposable media for children was well on its way to becoming the mythology of our time—the 20th century’s answer to Atlas or Zorro. More than 40,000 comic books later, in honor of the publisher’s 75th anniversary, TASCHEN has produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting.


Managing Nuclear Waste
Scientists around the world are investigating safe and long-term solutions

to manage nuclear waste. One possible solution is to dispose of the

radioactive waste - produced by nuclear power plants - deep underground in

so-called geological repositories.




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Spectrum | 19.08.2008 | 04:30
Problems at Germany's Asse II Nuclear Waste Repository





Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:
A former salt mine in the German state of Lower Saxony is giving authorities and local residents cause for alarm.

In 1965 the Asse-II mine was turned into a temporary storage and research facility for nuclear waste. As the development of nuclear energy boomed, the 1000-metre-deep mine became a permanent disposal site for nuclear material. Between 1967 to 1978, hundreds of thousands of barrels of radioactive waste were disposed in the mine and remain there today. In June this year, news broke that brine, known to be leaking from the mine since 1988, is radioactive – at some eight times above safe levels. As Leah McDonnell reports, poor maintenance also means the mine is unstable and in danger of collapsing.



Google announced an online repository where consumers can store their health information -- a move that could boost the nation's fledgling efforts to adopt electronic medical records.




repository

noun ━━ n. 容器, 倉庫, 地下納骨所; （資源・情報の）宝庫 ((of)); 腹心.

1 [C] FORMAL a place where things are stored and can be found

2 [C usually singular] a person who has, or a book that contains, a lot of information or detailed knowledge:

She's a repository of knowledge about our family history.


re·pos·i·to·ry (rĭ-pŏz'ĭ-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)
n., pl., -ries.
A place where things may be put for safekeeping.
A warehouse.
A museum.
A burial vault; a tomb.
One that contains or is a store of something specified: "Bone marrow is also the repository for some leukemias and lymphomas" (Seth Rolbein).
One who is entrusted with secrets or confidential information.

Chinese Repository 19世紀澳門月報
repository
音節

re • pos • i • tor • y 発音

ripɑ'zətɔ`ːri | -pɔ'zitəri レベル

社会人必須 repositoryの変化形

repositories (複数形)


[名]


1 容器；集積所, 置き場, 貯蔵室, 収納庫；((主に英))倉庫

a repository for merchandise

商品置き場.

2 ((形式またはおどけて))（天然資源・知識・情報の）宝庫


a repository of knowledge

知識の宝庫.

3 埋葬所, 納骨堂.
4 （秘密などを）打ち明けられる人
a repository for one's sorrows

悩みの打ち明け相手.

Super heroes from the Atom to Zatara: 75 years of DC Comics




castoff
n.
One that has been discarded.
Printing. A calculation of the amount of space a manuscript will occupy when set into type.

adj. also cast-off

Discarded; rejected.


lymphoma
淋巴腺腫瘤 記号[limfóumə]


[名]《病理学》リンパ腫(しゅ).

to train, distraint, play the justices, fizzle, scotch

Trading Firm IPO Fizzles in Seconds 

The IPO of BATS Global Markets turned into a major debacle as a software glitch sent its shares plunging, leading it to scotch the IPO.

In Health Care Case, Lawyers Train for 3-Day Marathon

By ADAM LIPTAK

Practice sessions for the lawyers debating President Obama's health care law in Supreme Court arguments this week have stretched the supply of colleagues willing to play the justices.

Data Suggests Euro-Zone Recovery May Be Fizzling4

fizzle

Syllabification: (fiz·zle)

Pronunciation: /ˈfizəl/

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verb

[no object]

• end or fail in a weak or disappointing way:their threatened revolt fizzled out at yesterday’s meeting
• make a feeble hissing or spluttering sound:the strobe lights fizzled and flickered

noun

• a failure:in the end the fireworks were a fizzle
• a feeble hissing or spluttering sound:the electric fizzle of the waves

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'break wind quietly'): probably imitative (compare with fizz), but perhaps related to Middle English fist (see feisty). Current senses date from the 19th century

 train

━━[動](他)

1 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈人・動物を〉しつける, …に（…を）仕込む((up/to ...))；［V[名]to do］…に（…するよう）教え込む. ⇒TEACH[類語]

train a child
子供をしつける

train the dog to fetch the newspaper
犬に新聞を取ってくるようしつける

train a person to the law
人に法律を仕込む.

2 ［V[名]as ［to be］[名]］〈人を〉（…になるよう）養成する；［III[名][副]］〈人・動物を〉（…の点で）訓練する, 熟達させる((in ...))

train a person as ［to be］ a doctor
人に医者となる訓練を授ける

be trained in nursing
看護法を教わる.

3 （競技会などに備えて）〈人の〉体調を整える, 体を鍛える, 慣らす((for ...))

train oneself for a race
レースに備えて体調を整える.

4 （望ましい形・位置・方向になるように）〈物を〉扱う, 処理する；〈植木を〉整枝する；〈つるを〉一定の方向にはわせる.

5 〈武器・カメラ・視線・努力などを〉（…に）向ける((on, upon ...))

train the shotgun on the deer
シカに銃を向ける.

6 ((まれ))〈重い物を〉引きずる.

7 ((古))〈人を〉そそのかす, 誘い込む((away)).

8 ((米略式))〈子供・犬などに〉用便をしつける.

━━(自)

1 （…の）訓練を受ける, 仕込まれる((for ...))；訓練する, 仕込む；訓練を受ける

train as ［to be］ a teacher ［＝train for teaching］
教師になるための教育を受ける.

2 （競技会などに備えて）練習する, 体を鍛える((for ...)).

3 ((略式))（…へ）列車で行く, 鉄道旅行をする((to ...)).

distraint	(noun) The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim.
Synonyms:	distress
Usage:	Originally distraint was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage, but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien.

distrain
v. Law, -trained, -train·ing, -trains. v.tr.

1. To seize and hold (property) to compel payment or reparation, as of debts.
2. To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts; distress.

v.intr.
To levy a distress.

[Middle English distreinen, from Old French destreindre, destreign-, from Medieval Latin distringere, distrinct-, from Latin, to hinder : dis-, apart; see dis- + stringere, to draw tight.]

distrainable dis·train'a·ble adj.
distrainment dis·train'ment n.
distrainor dis·trai'nor or dis·train'er n.
━━ vt. 【法】（動産を）差押える （seize）.
━━ vi. 差押える ((upon)).
dis・traint　━━ n. 差押え.

distraint
n. Law
The act or process of distraining; distress.

[From DISTRAIN (on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint).]

click,display ads, wall off

Walling off banking systems will increase the costs of borrowing, especially in small or fast-growing economies that need to import capital. It will cut returns to savers in countries with excess saving. McKinsey, a consultancy, reckons that fragmented banking systems could trim global growth by almost 0.5 percentage points a year http://econ.st/1jqfV1w

Google Deepens Push Into Web Display Ads

Google, long labeled as a one-trick pony that sells Web-search text ads and little else, is quickly learning another trick: selling online display ads.

Display advertising is a type of advertising that typically contains text (i.e., copy), logos, photographs or other images, location maps, and similar items. In periodicals, display advertising can appear on the same page as, or on the page adjacent to, general editorial content. In contrast, classified advertising generally appears in a distinct section, was traditionally text-only, and was available in a limited selection of typefaces.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/display-advertising#ixzz1jwHfdpbZ

As Sony Clicks, Its Chief Aims for More
Wall Street Journal
For export-dependent companies such as Sony, which generates nearly three-quarters of its sales outside of Japan, a strong yen makes their products more ...

 wall off
由牆壁隔開.....
clickv., clicked, click·ing, clicks. v.intr.

1. To produce a click or series of clicks.
2. Computer Science. To press down and release a button on a pointing device in order to select an item on a display screen or activate a command or function.
3. Slang.
   1. To be a great success: The play clicked on Broadway.
   2. To function well together; hit it off.
   3. To become clear; fall into place.

variety, visage, cri de coeur, Canopus

20世紀80年代，萊辛放下她審視人類心理的顯微鏡，拿起指向遙遠星球和星系的望遠鏡，出版了《阿哥斯的老人星：檔案》(Canopus in Argos: Archives)，那是一系列以外太空為背景的幻想小說，受蘇菲神秘派信仰啟發。雖然這些小說含有一些抒情描寫的段落——這與她一貫的實用主義文風很不一致——但是這些故事幾乎完全沒有她早期作品中對人類學的強烈興趣。有些故事是關於善惡的道德寓言；還有些是喬納森·斯威夫特(Jonathan Swift)式的社會政治諷刺故事。萊辛1999年的小說《瑪莎和丹恩》(Mara and Dann)採用了類似的手法，這個寓言故事以遙遠的未來為背景，講述的是冰河紀毀滅人類文明幾百萬年之後的事。

Until now, experiments to try to determine the biological basis of beauty have been of the please-look-at-these-photographs-and-answer-some-questions variety. Some useful and not necessarily obvious results have emerged. But what makes for a beautiful visage, and why, may have been discovered accidentally on a Russian fur farm http://econ.st/1jiOdUd

The startling visage, called “Silence,” born as a cri de coeur against the censorship of the period after the Cultural Revolution in China, was shown briefly during an artistic spring in Beijing in 1979 and 1980, before being banished.

Adam Dean for The New York Times

A work called “Silence" was supposed to be a star attraction, but the center did not submit it to the authorities for review, believing it would be rejected.

Canopus

Pronunciation: /kəˈnəʊpəs/

Astronomy

• the second-brightest star in the sky, and the brightest in the constellation Carina. It is a supergiant, visible only to observers in the southern hemisphere.

Origin:

Latin, from Greek Kanōpus, the name of the pilot of the fleet of King Menelaus in the Trojan War

cri de cœur

Syllabification: (cri de cœur)

Pronunciation: /ˌkrē də ˈkər/

noun (plural cris de cœur /ˌkrē(z)/)

• a passionate appeal, complaint, or protest.

Origin:

early 20th century: French, literally 'cry from the heart'

visage

Syllabification: (vis·age)

Pronunciation: /ˈvizij/

noun

[usually in singular] literary

• a person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features:an elegant, angular visage
• a person’s facial expression:there was something hidden behind his visage of cheerfulness
• the surface of an object presented to view:the moonlit visage of the port’s whitewashed buildings

Derivatives

visaged

adjective

[in combination]:a stern-visaged old man

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin visus 'sight', from videre 'to see'

variety

Syllabification: (va·ri·e·ty)

Pronunciation: /vəˈrīətē/

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noun (plural varieties)

• 1the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity, sameness, or monotony:it’s the variety that makes my job so enjoyable
• (a variety of) a number or range of things of the same general class that are different or distinct in character or quality:the center offers a variety of leisure activities
• a thing that differs in some way from others of the same general class or sort; a type:fifty varieties of fresh and frozen pasta
• a form of television or theater entertainment consisting of a series of different types of acts, such as singing, dancing, and comedy:in 1937 she did another season of variety [as modifier]:a variety show

• 2 Biology a taxonomic category that ranks below subspecies (where present) or species, its members differing from others of the same subspecies or species in minor but permanent or heritable characteristics. Varieties are more often recognized in botany, in which they are designated in the style Apium graveolens variety dulce. Compare with form (sense 3 of the noun) and subspecies.
• a cultivated form of a plant. See cultivar.
• a plant or animal that varies in some trivial respect from its immediate parent or type.

Phrases

variety is the spice of life

proverb new and exciting experiences make life more interesting.

Origin:

late 15th century: from French variété or Latin varietas, from varius (see various)

means, achieve, underachiever,means test, means and ends,

  The French increasingly think Europe is the problem, not the solution. Four years after the start of the euro-zone crisis, with joblessness at a 16-year high and a recession-battered economy, disillusion has set in. In today's French mind, the EU has become too big, too distant, too focused on austerity and trade: a constraint, not a means of salvation http://econ.st/17kdISY


Ex-A.I.G. Chief Is Back, Luring Talent From Rescued Firm
By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
Maurice R. Greenberg’s new company may soon start to siphon off business from A.I.G., and, therefore, its means to repay its debt to the government.




means test

(mēnz'tĕst')
v., -test·ed, -test·ing, -tests.

1. To apply a means test to or require a means test for (a governmental program, for example).
2. To subject to a means test: The board means-tests all applicants for rent control.

（公費による扶助申請者に対する）資産［家計状態］調査；((英))（失業給付受給者の）収入調査.

mèans-tést

[動](他)((英))〈失業給付額を〉（所得調査により）決定する.



mean━━ n. 中間, 中位; 【数】平均（値）, 中項; 中庸; 【論】媒辞, 中名辞; 【楽】中音部; （pl.） ((普通単数扱い)) 手段, 方法; 機関; （pl.） ((複数扱い)) 収入, 資産, 富.
by all (manner of) means　ぜひとも; ((返事で)) よろしいとも, ぜひどうぞ ((承諾の返事)).
by any means　どうにかして; ((否定文で)) どうしても（…ない）.
by fair means or foul　手段を選ばずに.
by means of　…によって.
by no (manner of) means　決して…でない.
by some means or other　どうにかこうにか.
man of means　金持.
means


IN BRIEF: n. - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved; also - Intends, has in mind.

Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded — Nat Hentof

means

Syllabification: (means)

Pronunciation: /mēnz/

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noun

• 1 [usually treated as singular] (often means of something or means to do something) an action or system by which a result is brought about; a method:these pledges are a means to avoid prosecution resolving disputes by peaceful means

• 2money; financial resources:a woman of modest but independent means prospective students without the means to attend Cornell
• resources; capability:every country in the world has the means to make ethanol
• wealth:a man of means

Phrases

beyond (or within) one's means

beyond (or within) one’s budget or income:the government is living beyond its means

by all means

of course; certainly (granting a permission):“May I make a suggestion?” “By all means.”

by any means

(or by any manner of means)

(following a negative) in any way; at all:I’m not poor by any means

by means of

with the help or agency of:supplying water to cities by means of aqueducts

by no means

(or by no manner of means)

not at all; certainly not:the outcome is by no means guaranteed

a means to an end

a thing that is not valued or important in itself but is useful in achieving an aim:a computer is merely a means to an end

achieve[a・chieve]

• レベル：最重要
• 発音記号[ətʃíːv]
• 
  

[動](他)

1 〈仕事・目的・計画などを〉（努力して）達成する, なし遂げる（▼努力を伴う経過に重点がある. ⇒ACCOMPLISH）

achieve one's aim
目的を遂げる.

2 〈栄誉・名声などを〉（努力して）かち取る, 獲得する；〈功績などを〉あげる, 立てる

She went through many troubles but finally achieved success.
彼女は幾多の苦労を経てついに成功を収めた.

━━(自)（ある分野で）成果をあげる((at ...)).

[語法]achieveは「努力によって得る」なので, 「70ポンドの体重になる」を^×achieve the weight of 70 poundsのようにgetやreachの意味では使えないが, 減量のように「努力してその目方に達する」場合はachieveでよい.

［古フランス語a chef（頭へ）の合一形. 「頂点に達する→達成する」. △CHIEF, CAPTAIN］

a・chíev・er

[名]


林書豪和姚明的區別：一個是不該發生的發生了 (overachiever)，一個是該發生沒有發生 (underachiever)。
林書豪 (JeremyLin) 的故事究竟是被後人津津樂道的「林氏瘋」(LIN-sanity)﹖還是安迪‧華荷(AndyWarhol) 所謂的每個人的一生都會出十五分鐘的「臨時風(頭)」﹖一個事實不能否認：在2012年的二月的第二個星期﹐美國職業籃球 (NBA) 史上發生了一件史無前例的傳奇。

ùnderachíever[ùnder・achíever]

• 
  

[名]成績［実績］が能力以下にとどまる人（⇔overachiever）.

blood, benighted, idle tears, on a tear, legume, legumen, vale, vale of tears, Job's Tears

From late 2009 to mid-2012 the euro weakened as Europe's debt crisis deepened. But since July of last year the euro has been on a tear, and it is now back to 2007 levels. After half a decade of financial gyrations, investors seem as eager to hold euros as ever. If the European economy is still shaky, why is the euro so strong? http://econ.st/1inOwzC

Research In Motion's Stock Has Been on a Quiet Tear

Japan's Economic Woes Offer Lessons To US
NPR
In the 1980s, Japan appeared to be a world beater — the China of its day. Japanese companies were on a tear, buying up firms in the U.S. and property around the world. But these days, Japan is considered a cautionary tale for post-industrial economies ...

Forget Facebook: Google shares on a tear, gaining on Microsoft
Los Angeles Times
While shares of rival Facebook continue to struggle, Google's stock has taken off this quarter, up about 30%. Analysts say investors are shrugging off concerns about a decline in how much advertisers are paying every time users click on their ads, and ...


The world vegetable centre lobbies for legumes

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:

Are vegetables in competition with the meat industry for arable land? Do GM varieties offer hope for developing countries?

DW spoke to the director general of the World Vegetable Centre, Dyno Keating

legume, legumen

〔léɡju:m, liɡjú:m〕,
n.

1. 1. A pod, such as that of a pea or bean, that splits into two valves with the seeds attached to one edge of the valves.
   2. Such a pod or seed used as food.
2. A plant of the pea family.

[French légume, from Latin legūmen, bean.]

━━ n. マメ科の植物; そのさや, その豆.
le・gu・mi・nous
〔liɡjú:mənəs〕　━━ a. （さや）マメを生じる; マメ科の.

blood[blood]

• レベル：最重要
• 発音記号[blʌ'd]

[名][U]

1 血, 血液；活力の源泉；生命；樹液

a drop of blood
1滴の血

the circulation of the blood
血液の循環

let blood
放血する

shed blood
血を流す, 人を殺す（⇒BLOODSHED）

donate ［give］ blood
献血する

give ［shed］ one's blood for a cause
主義に殉じる

All the blood drained out of his face.
彼の顔から血の気が失せた.

2 血気, 激情；気質, 精神状態；適性

bad ［ill］ blood
敵意

a person of hot ［cold］ blood
情熱家［冷血漢］

in hot blood
かっとなって

in cold blood
落ち着きはらって；冷酷に

make a person's blood boil ［stir, tingle］
人を激怒させる

excite a person's blood
人の血を沸かせる

warm a person's blood
人の体を温める；((比喩))人を興奮させる；人の血をわかす

curdle ［freeze, chill］ a person's ［the］ blood ［＝make a person's blood run cold］
人をぞっとさせる

His blood was up.
彼はかんかんに怒った

After many years of war, fighting has got into their blood.
何年も戦争に明け暮れていたので戦いが彼らの習性となってしまった

Teaching is in his blood.
彼は教師に向いている.

3 血統, 家柄；血縁(lineage)；((通例the 〜))（王族などの）高貴な血統, 名門；((集合的))（家族・団体の）成員；《畜産》純血種

fresh ［new, young］ blood
若手；新進気鋭の人材

a prince ［a princess］ of the blood
王子［王女］, 親王［内親王］

a lady of (noble) blood
名門の婦人

be of mixed ［the same or one］ blood
混血［同族］である

They are not Japanese by blood.
純粋の日本人ではない

Teaching is ［runs］ in his family's blood.
彼の家は代々教師が多い

Blood will tell.
生まれのよし悪しはおのずと現れる, 血は争えぬもの

Ties of blood are heavy.
血のつながりは強い

Blood is thicker than water.
((ことわざ)) 血は水より濃い, 他人より身内.

4 流血, 殺人（罪）

a man of blood
残忍な人；人殺し

deeds of blood
殺人行為

fight one's way to power through blood
人を殺して権力の座に近づく

They demanded blood for blood.
彼らは血の報酬として血を要求した.

5 [C]((主に英))威勢のよいだて男, 冒険好きの青年；道楽者.

6 [C]((しばしば〜s))((英俗))スリラー小説.

7 ((俗))黒人（の男）；仲間の黒人(blood brother)；街の若いギャング.

after ［out for］ a person's blood

〈人を〉やっつけ［とっちめ］ようとして.

bay for a person's blood

〈人を〉やっつける.

blood and iron

（プロイセンの宰相Bismarckの）鉄血政策；（鉄と血に象徴される）軍事力.

blood on the floor

流血の跡, 感情的なしこり, 気まずい空気.

blood on the streets

(1) （戦争や殺りくの現場などの）流血の跡, 血の海.
(2) （一般に）さんたんたるありさま, ひどい状況, 目もあてられない状態.

blood, sweat, and tears

血と汗と涙；血の出るような努力；多大の犠牲.
▼第二次大戦でのChurchillの演説.

draw blood

誇り［評判］を傷つける.

get ［extract］ blood out of ［from］ a stone ［stones］

((否定文・疑問文))無理なことを引き出そうとする.

have a person's blood on one's hand

〈人の〉死［不運］に対して責任がある.

smell blood

((米略式))戦い［攻撃, 行動］のてぐすねを引く.
▼サメが血のにおいをかぐと凶暴になることから.

sweat blood

((略式))
(1) 汗水たらして働く, けんめいにがんばる.
(2) 冷や汗をかく.

taste blood

(1) 〈猟犬・野獣などが〉血の味を覚える.
(2) ((比喩))〈人が〉〈刺激の強いことを〉味わい知る, 初めて経験する；味をしめる；宿願を果たす.

too rich for one's blood

(1) 〈物・事が〉能力［資力］に余る, 及びもつかない, 手に負えない.
(2) （食物の）脂肪分が多すぎる.

with one's blood and guts

身を切るようにして, 多大の努力をして.

━━[動](他)((通例受身))

1 ((英))〈新兵に〉初めて実地の経験をさせる.

2 〈猟犬に〉獲物の血を味わわせる.

［古英語blōd（血）. △BLEED（出血する）］

on a tear

1. (slang) showing a sudden burst of energy

See tear² (sense 10)

Example Sentences Including 'on a tear'

) Final domestic demand, then, was on a tear Now plug in foreign trade, an important matter for Canada.

GLOBE AND MAIL (2003)

A call to Buckingham Palace revealed the Duchess had just had an operation on a tear duct.

SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (2000)

Shefflin needed surgery on a tear duct in his right eye after he was smacked in the face by Quinn's hurley.

SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (2004)

That sector has been on a tear lately, so the limit has weighed down her returns.

GLOBE AND MAIL (2003)

Urban Dictionary: on a tear

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=on...tear - Cached

On a streak or series, usually a winning streak. Will sometimes be used (semi-sarcastically) to define a losing streak. When used for a positive st...



 idle tears/ on a tear,

Hong Kong Stocks: Miserable to Sizzling

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index, one of the world's worst performers last year, is on a tear, posting its best start to the year since 1991.

idle tears 無由之淚

idle

━━ a. 怠惰な; 仕事のない, 暇な; 活用していない; むだな, くだらない (〜 gossip); （恐れ・心配など）いわれ［根拠］のない; 【コンピュータ】アイドルの ((コンピュータの電源は入っているが処理を行っていない状態)).
an idle compliment　巧言.
━━ v. 怠ける, ぶらぶらする［過ごす］ ((about, around, away)); から回りする［させる］.
idle capacity　【製造】遊休生産能力.
idle character　【コンピュータ】遊び文字 ((同期維持のための制御文字)).
idle money　【金融】（有効活用されていない）余剰資金.

tear[tear¹]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[tíər]
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[名]

1 ((通例〜s))涙；嘆き, 悲しみ；泣く行為

in tears
泣いて

between tears
涙にくれながら

with tears in one's eyes
目に涙を浮かべて

close ［near］ to tears
泣き（出し）そうになって

grammar without tears
（涙なしに）容易に学べる文法

burst［break］ into tears
わっと泣き出す

be easily reduced to tears
涙もろい

bathe［drown, dissolve］ in tears
ぼろぼろ涙をこぼす

bring tears to a person's eyes
人の目をうるませる

blink away［back］ one's tears
まばたきして涙を抑える［隠す］

It'll (all) end in tears.
((英話))あとで泣きを見るよ.

2 （水玉などの）涙状のもの［しずく］；（樹脂のような）涙状の固形物体.

3 ガラス器中の装飾用気泡；製品の小さな傷.

4 ((米俗))真珠.

━━[動](自)〈目が〉涙であふれる.



Job's Tears are known by many different names across the world:

• Chinese: The plants are called chuān gǔ (川谷) or yì yǐ (薏苡). The grains are called yì rén (薏仁).

Scientific classification

vale of tears

the world as a place of sorrow and difficulty; the expression dates from the mid 16th century, and earlier variants are vale of woe and vale of weeping.

On the Cover of Sunday's Book Review

'And So It Goes'

By CHARLES J. SHIELDS
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY

Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007, but one gets the sense from Charles J. Shields's sad, often heartbreaking biography, "And So It Goes," that he would have been happy to depart this vale of tears sooner.
Mr. Obama and the Rule of Law Some of the Obama administration’s statements on issues like state secrets and detainees sound a bit too close for comfort to the Bush team’s benighted ideas.

benighted	(adjective) Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.
Synonyms:	dark
Usage:	They felt it might be a being partially benighted in the vale of ignorance, but it could not be one who would willingly devote his rich natural gifts to the purposes of wanton treachery.

━━ a. 行き暮れた (a 〜 traveler); 無知な; 未開の.
be・night・ed・ly　━━ ad.
vale
1.
int. - 再見
n. - 塵世
2.
n. - 穀
idioms:

• vale of tears 現世, 塵世