term limits, time off, by fits and starts

DEALBOOK

After Big Bet, Google Is to Sell Motorola Unit

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and DAVID GELLES

Though not a total financial loss, the announced sale of the smartphone unit for $2.91 billion, less than two years after Google paid $12.5 billion for it, is a sign of fits and starts at the company in the mobile age.

 He had beed writing the book by fits and starts

Live: Hearings on Term Limits

By SEWELL CHAN and JONATHAN P. HICKS 1 minute ago

The City Council is hearing testimony on a change to the term limits law that would allow Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to run for a third term.

Safety Is Issue as Budget Cuts Free Prisoners
By MONICA DAVEY
Complaints and new arrests have prompted some states to reconsider giving prisoners time off for good behavior.

time off

Meaning #1: a time period when you are not required to work
Antonym: work time (meaning #1)
A break from one's employment or school, as in I need some time off from teaching to work on my dissertation, or He took time off to make some phone calls. [First half of 1900s]

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term (TIME) Show phonetics
noun
1 [C] the fixed period of time which something lasts for:
He received a prison term for drunk driving.
The Government's term of office (= The period in which they have power) expires at the end of the year.
See also terms.

2 [C] MAINLY UK (US USUALLY semester or quarter) one of the periods into which a year is divided at school, college or university:
In Britain, the spring term starts in January and ends just before Easter.
We're very busy in term-time (= during the term).

3 [C] FORMAL the period of time which a legal agreement lasts for:
The lease on our house is near the end of its term.

4 [U] SPECIALIZED the end of a pregnancy when a baby is expected to be born:
Her last pregnancy went to term (= The baby was born after the expected number of weeks).
a full-term pregnancy

-term Show phonetics
suffix
long/medium/short-term lasting a long/medium/short time:
The project will have long-term benefits.

fit[fit²]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[fít]

[名]

1 （病気の）発作, ひきつけ, けいれん, 差し込み((of ...))

a hysterical fit
ヒステリーの発作

cough oneself into a fit
せき込んで止まらない

be seized by ［＝be taken with］ a fit of coughing
せき込む.

2 （感情・行動などの）一時的激発, 興奮（状態）, 高まり；気まぐれ((of ...))

a fit of rage
発作的激怒

in a fit of conscience
急に気がとがめて

in fits (of laughter)
笑いころげて.

beat ［knock］ a person into fits

((略式))〈人を〉さんざんやっつける.

give a person a fit

((略式))〈人を〉びっくり［むっと］させる, ひどく怒らせる.

have a fit/have forty ［a thousand］ fits

((略式))
(1) 発作を起こす, 卒倒する.
(2) 動転する；かんしゃくを起こす, かっとなる.

in ［by］ fits and starts

発作的に, ときどき思い出したように, 断続的に.

throw a fit

((略式))かんしゃくを起こす.

in (or by) fits and starts

with irregular bursts of activity:the economy was recovering in fits and starts

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• The poetry is moving forward in fits and starts.
• Like my wife's slimming programme, this year's harvest is going in fits and starts, punctuated by incredibly hot days of activity and frustrating rest periods.
• The improvement came slowly, sporadically, in fits and starts.

start

━━[名]

1 出発, 門出；（行為・競走などの）スタート, 始まり, 開始, （事の）始め, 最初；始動；出発の合図, 起動力, はずみ；((the 〜))出発点, 開始点

(right) from the start
（そもそもの）初めから

from start to finish
最初から最後まで；終始一貫して

get off to a good ［a bad］ start
出足がよい［悪い］

have ［get］ a lucky start in one's career
幸運な人生の門出をする

make a start on ...
…を始める

The Nancy festival got its start twelve years ago.
ナンシー祭は12年前に始まった.

2 最初の部分, 始めのほう

at the start of winter
初冬に.

3 （競走への）参加, 出場, 出走；（競技・試合の）先発メンバーであること；（競技での）先発（権）, 優先（権）；（…に対しての）リード, 先進（距離）((over, on ...))

Our team had a start on the opposition.
相手チームに差をつけた.

4 ((通例a 〜))（ある位置から）突然動き出すこと；はっとする［驚く］こと

give a person a sudden start
人をびくっとさせる

awake with a start
はっと目をさます.

5 門出の祝い, 勇気づけ, 励まし.

6 （材木・部品などの）ずれ, 緩み, 外れ, それ, ゆがみ；（縫い物などの）ほつれ；破れ目, 漏れ穴.

7 ((古))（感情・機知・幻想などの）突発, 激発, ほとばしり.

relax, eased off, ease up, stance, detach

“Extreme inequality, it turns out, creates a class of people who are alarmingly detached from reality — and simultaneously gives these people great power,” writes Paul Krugman in Opinion:http://nyti.ms/1cqbx39

Is China relaxing its Taiwan stance? The Nation They also said the Communist Party chief, who cut his political teeth in Fujian and Zhejiang, coastal provinces closest to Taiwan and thriving with Taiwanese businesses, knows the island better than his predecessors and hence also knows which buttons ... G.M. Shares' Big Day

Shares of General Motors surged on their debut, but eased off earlier highs. DealBook spoke to Jonathan Corpina, a floor trader at the New York Stock Exchange, about the stock.

EASY OFF
1. Also, ease up. Lessen in severity, relax; abate. For example, I wish you'd ease off on Harold; he's doing the best he can, or The wind's eased up so I think the storm is just about over. [Late 1800s] Also see let up.
2. Fall away, gradually decrease, as in The market's easing off, so we may get some stocks more cheaply. [Late 1800s]

節

re • lax

発音

rilǽks

レベル

大学入試程度

relaxの変化形

relaxed (過去形) • relaxed (過去分詞) • relaxing (現在分詞) • relaxes (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)

1 〈人・心などを〉くつろがせる, 休ませる

The music will relax you.
その音楽を聞けば緊張がほぐれますよ.

2 〈緊張・こわばりなどを〉ゆるめる, 和らげる, ほぐす, （…の）力を抜く

relax one's features
表情を和らげる

relax the bowels
通じをつける

relax one's grip on the club
クラブの握りをゆるめる.

3 〈決意・能力などを〉弱める；〈努力・警戒心などを〉ゆるめる, 減じる

relax one's efforts
努力を怠たる.

4 〈法・制限などを〉緩和する, 寛大にする

relax traffic regulations
交通規則を緩和する.

━━(自)

1 〈人が〉くつろぐ, 息抜きをする, 緊張を解く, ほっとする

relax over coffee
コーヒーでくつろぐ.

2 ゆるむ, 和らぐ, 衰える, 解ける

The heat has relaxed.
暑さが弱まった.

3 〈規則・規律が〉緩和される.

［ラテン語relaxāre （re-再び＋laxāreゆるめる）. △LAX, RELEASE］

stance

 

音節

stance

発音

stǽns

レベル

大学入試程度

stanceの変化形

stances (複数形)

[名]

1 （物事に対する思想的・心情的な）立場, 姿勢, 態度

take ［adopt］ a detached stance
超然とした態度をとる.

2 （立った）姿勢, 構え

a fighting stance
戦う構え.

3 （ゴルフ・野球などの）スタンス, 打者の足の構え.

［中フランス語←イタリア語STANZA］

the pond, under fire, pairing,founder, pertinent, seed-cake, frog pond

Downton Abbey returned to record ratings in the US, Doctor Who is packing convention centres, and British actors like Jonny Lee Miller, Damian Lewis and Tom Mison are popping up all over American-made TV. Ken Tucker explains why Americans have such great affection for entertainment from across the pond.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140127-american-tvs-british-invasion

Evan Sung for The New York Times
There’s Good Money in Cheap Chic
By ERIC WILSON 6:13 PM ET

More than a decade after Target popularized mass-retail lines by high-end designers, the pairings have become a reliable business. Above, Donatella Versace for H&M.

Peasant farmers in Nepal are being encouraged to switch to biogas burners
to save themselves - and the forest - from trouble, but the financing
mechanism is coming under fire.

Overheard

Is Bordeaux a good pairing for mooncake? Collectors, particularly in Asia, have paid record-breaking sums for fine wines over the past couple of years. But market turmoil threatens to put a cork in soaring prices for all sorts of alternative investments.

The next clue on the future of wine prices could come with an Asian festival in early September, according to Gary Boom, founder of wine merchant and investment tracker Bordeaux Index. The celebration is marked by the consumption of round pastry mooncakes filled with lotus-seed paste and a salted duck egg, as well as the exchange of generous gifts, including, in recent years, expensive bottles of Bordeaux.

For the wine-investment industry, "the festival will, as usual, be the most illuminating indicator of [second-half 2011] activity," notes Mr. Boom. And if the prices don't pick up, investors can always wash down their duck eggs with a decent red.




 Banks Don't Bank on Their Euro Peers

If banks don't trust each other, why should an investor? That was a troubling question for U.S. banks back in 2007 and 2008, and it is again pertinent as Europe founders.

 She set out to analyze the omissions. By examining a random sample of 10 percent of the words in the four-volume Burchfield supplement and comparing those entries with those in the 1933 supplement, she concluded that Dr. Burchfield deleted 17 percent of words that she broadly categorized as borrowed from regional dialects of English or coming from another language. Among his favorite targets were American words that had crept into the dictionary, like frog-pond and seed-cake, and other foreign-sounding words like danchi (Bengali for a tropical shrub) and boviander (from British Guiana for people of mixed race who live on river banks).

 她開始分析這些刪略的內容。她從伯奇菲爾德編纂的四卷附錄中隨機抽取10%的詞條與1933年版本的附錄進行對比，之後得出結論，伯奇菲爾德刪除了 17%她大致歸類為從英語方言或是其他語言來的詞。他刪除最多的，是慢慢被收入詞典的美國詞，比如“frog-pond”（青蛙池塘）和“seed- cake”（一種加入植物籽實烘焙的麵包）以及其他一些聽起來像外語的詞，比如“danchi”（孟加拉語，熱帶灌木叢）以及“boviander”（英 屬幾內亞語，指濱河而居的混血人種）。

The Boston Common Frog Pond

www.bostonfrogpond.com/ - Cached

The Boston Common Frog Pond is nestled in the heart of America's oldest public park. The Frog Pond is a special jewel of the City of Boston offering a place to ...

pertinent[per・ti・nent]

• レベル：社会人必須
• 発音記号[pə'ːrtənənt]

[形]((形式))〈事・物・言動が〉適切［妥当］な；（当面の問題に）関係がある((to ...))

pertinent details
関連項目

His comments were pertinent to the issue.
彼の意見は問題の要点をついていた.

━━[名]((通例〜s))((英))付属物.

-nence, -nen・cy

[名]

per・ti・nent・ly

[副]

founder

[名]創設［創始, 設立］者；基金寄付者；（風習などの）元祖, 開祖 a founder member((英))設立関係者（((米))founding ［charter］ member）.

founder[found・er²]

• 発音記号[fáundər]

[動](自)((形式))

1 〈船が〉浸水して沈む.

2 〈事業・計画などが〉失敗する, 破たんする；〈人が〉ひどい目にあう.

3 〈建物が〉倒壊する；〈土地が〉陥没［沈下］する.

4 〈馬が〉馬蹄(ばてい)炎にかかる.

━━(他)

1 〈船を〉浸水沈没させる

2 〈馬を〉（馬蹄炎で）倒れさす.

━━[名][U][C]《獣病理》（胸筋萎縮(いしゅく)性）馬蹄炎.



under fire
Criticized or held responsible, as in The landlord is under fire for not repairing the roof. This expression originally referred to being within range of enemy guns; its figurative use dates from the late 1800s.

pond

Syllabification: pond

Pronunciation: /pänd

 

/

noun

• 1a small body of still water formed naturally or by hollowing or embanking.

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• 1.1 (the pond) • informal the Atlantic ocean: he’s relatively unknown on this side of the pond

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verb

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• 1hold back or dam up (flowing water or another liquid) to form a small lake.

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• 1.1 [no object] (of flowing water or other liquids) form a small lake: (as noun ponding) where a path goes down into a dip, you’ll have to ensure that ponding doesn’t occur

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Origin

Middle English: alteration of 3) in Oxford Dictionaries (US English)">pound³, commonly used in dialect in the same sense.

up-and-coming, upcoming, up and running

 Organizing committee for 2020 Tokyo Olympics up and running

EU brings Russia and Ukraine together for gas talks

International lenders have met in Brussels in an attempt to come up with a
rescue plan to help Ukraine to pay its upcoming gas bill, avoiding a gas
cut off such as the one that left millions in the cold last winter.

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Can Europeans influence the upcoming American election?


But people have not. Power has been cheap in many places, so companies are not incentivized to be more efficient. Companies have been more anxious to get up and running, and thought about power efficiency later. And many IT managers say they are responsible for the computers in the datacenter, but not the building, said Teetzel.




The House passed the $700 billion financial bailout package by a comfortable margin on Friday, after rejecting the measure earlier in the week. President Bush signed the bill into law and the Treasury is expected to have the program up and running in about six weeks. Even so, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sank over 150 points, signaling that the financial crisis isn't going to evaporate just yet.

Arts on the Air | 24.09.2008 | 05:30

A journey through the golden artistic era of Paris’s Montparnasse

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Gare Montparnasse (1914), a painting by Giorgio de Chirico1914

Paris was the centre of the art world during the first half of the 20th century. And the neighbourhood of Montparnasse was the heart of this rich artistic life.

Up and coming writers, painters, sculptors and early photographers came from around the world to enjoy the creative atmosphere and cheap rents Montparnasse offered. The situation changed after the Second World War, but traces of this artistic energy remain today. Arts on the Air took a walking tour of the neighbourhood on the trace of those who turned photography into a respected art form.

Report: Genevieve Oger

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up and running
If something, especially a system or a machine, is up and running it is operating:
The engineer soon got the air-conditioning up and running again.
(especially of a computer system) in operation; functioning: the new computer is up and running

upcoming MAINLY US Show phonetics
adjective [before noun] (UK USUALLY forthcoming)
happening soon:
Tickets are selling well for the group's upcoming concert tour.

up-and-coming Show phonetics
adjective [usually before noun]
likely to achieve success soon or in the near future:
Playing the role of Tanya is Sylvia Roberts, one of our up-and-coming young actresses.

Amazon, hoot with, not give (or care) a hoot

. The Rights of a Deposed Despot: Libyans Don't Really Give a Hoot

By Vivienne Walt / Benghazi

While Western countries are still stunned at the way Gaddafi met his end, most in Libya are ecstatic that he is gone and impatient to begin their country anew

 They have not let us know what the youngster whispered to the grandmother that made her hoot with startled indignation and go rushing to the telephone . . .

hoot
(hūt)

v., hoot·ed, hoot·ing, hoots. v.intr.

1. To utter the characteristic cry of an owl.
2. To make a loud raucous cry, especially of derision or contempt.

v.tr.

1. To shout down or drive off with jeering cries: hooted the speaker off the platform.
2. To express or convey by hooting: hooted their disgust.
3.  
4.  [no object] Back to top  
5. 1(of an owl) utter a hoot.

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6. 1.1(of a person) make loud sounds of scorn, disapproval, or merriment: she began to hoot with laughter

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7. 1.2 [with object] (hoot something down) express loud scornful disapproval of something: his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely

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8. 1.3(with reference to a horn, siren, etc.) make or cause to make a hoot.

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n.

1. 1. The characteristic cry of an owl.
   2. A sound suggesting the cry of an owl, especially the sound of a horn.
2. A cry of scorn or derision.
3. Informal. One that is hilariously funny: "Emmett, that skirt is a hoot!" (Bobbie Ann Mason).

idiom:

not give (or care) a hoot

1. To be completely indifferent to: I don't give a hoot what you think.

[Middle English houten, of imitative origin.]

amazon
n.

1. Greek Mythology. A member of a nation of women warriors reputed to have lived in Scythia.
2. often amazon A tall, aggressive, strong-willed woman.
3. A small green parrot of the genus Amazona, having a short tail and red-and-blue wings, native to Central and South America.

[Middle English, from Latin Amāzōn, from Greek Amazōn, probably of Iranian origin.]

WORD HISTORY In classical legend the Amazons were a tribe of warrior women. Their name is supposedly derived from Greek a-mazos, "without a breast," because according to the legend they cut off their right breasts so as to be better able to shoot with a bow and arrow. This folk etymology, like most folk etymologies, is incorrect, but the Amazons of legend are not so completely different from the historical Amazons, who were also warriors. The historical Amazons were Scythians, an Iranian people renowned for their cavalry. The first Greeks to come into contact with the Iranians were the Ionians, who lived on the coast of Asia Minor and were constantly threatened by the Persians, the most important of the Iranian peoples. Amazōn is the Ionian Greek form of the Iranian word ha-mazan, "fighting together." The regular Greek form would be hamazōn, but because the Ionians dropped their aitches like Cockneys, hamazōn became amazōn, the form taken into the other Greek dialects.

Amazon.com: The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body ...

- [ 翻譯此頁 ]From the hair down to the feet, Morris contrasts woman's anatomy to man's, ... 5.0 out of 5 stars The Naked Woman review. For me as a Photography, ...

這本書可以學許多英文單字 譬如說WORD HISTORY In classical legend the Amazons were a tribe of warrior women. Their name is supposedly derived from Greek a-mazos, "without a breast," because according to the legend they cut off their right breasts so as to be better able to shoot with a bow and arrow.

The Naked Woman: A Study of the Female Body

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翻譯者也有許多疏忽 譬如說 不知道The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.
而將
Daily Mirror Beauty Book
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bandy, spate , spar, multiply, bandy words with

Explosions and Clashes With Police Kill 12 in China

By ANDREW JACOBS 3:01 PM ET

The incident is the latest in a spate of violence in strategically vital area of Xinjiang, home to most of China’s 10 million Uighurs.

Ever since drones took to the air, entrepreneurs have been working overtime to find ways in which to make money from a technology originally developed for military use. The notion of using squadrons of tiny flying machines to deliver packages to companies and people has been bandied about a lot. Now Amazon has given folk a glimpse into that future http://econ.st/IBvJ5T

Day of the drone

econ.st

In an interview on December 1st on 60 Minutes, an American current affairs TV programme, Jeff Bezos, the boss of Amazon, revealed that the company is experimenting with a service called Amazon Prime Air.

Challenges Multiply for Presidential Winner in Egypt

By KAREEM FAHIM 9:20 PM ET

Mohamed Morsi will have to spar with the generals and overcome the doubts of those who chose his opponents or didn’t vote.

France's finance minister voiced her support for France Telecom's chief executive, who is coming under increased pressure over a recent spate of suicides at the company.

ETA steps up its campaign as Spain’s holiday season reaches its
peak

As the holiday season reaches its peak, the armed, separatist group ETA has
targeted Spain’s Balaeric Islands with a spate of recent bombings on the
island of Mallorca.

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Meanwhile, Microsoft's chief executive told The Financial Times his company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed Yahoo bid.



Berlin's police chief has sparked outrage for warning owners of luxury cars
not to park overnight in the city's Kreuzberg district after a spate of
incidents in which expensive cars have been set on fire.



spate Show phonetics
noun [C usually singular]
an unusually large number of events, especially unwanted ones, happening at about the same time:
Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

Meanwhile, Microsoft's chief executive told The Financial Times his company will not seek to make a spate of other Internet acquisitions in the wake of its failed Yahoo bid.


in the wake of
If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it:
Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's bomb attacks.





 spar² (spär)
intr.v., sparred, spar·ring, spars.

1. 1. To fight with an opponent in a short bout or practice session, as in boxing or the martial arts.
   2. To make boxing or fighting motions without hitting one's opponent.
2. To bandy words about in argument; dispute.
3. To fight by striking with the feet and spurs. Used of gamecocks.

n.

1. A motion of attack or defense in boxing.
2. A sparring match.

[Middle English sparren, to thrust or strike rapidly, perhaps from obsolete French esparer, to kick, from Old Italian sparare, to fling : s-, intensive pref.; see sforzando + parare, to ward off; see parry.]

bandy2

Syllabification: (ban·dy)

Pronunciation: /ˈbandē/

Translate bandy | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

verb (bandies, bandying, bandied)

[with object] (usually be bandied about/around)

• pass on or discuss (an idea or rumor) in a casual or uninformed way:$40,000 is the figure that has been bandied about

Phrases

bandy words with

argue pointlessly or rudely:don’t bandy words with me, Sir!

Origin:

late 16th century (in the sense 'pass (a ball) to and fro'): perhaps from French bander 'take sides in a tennis match', from bande 'band, crowd' (see band²)

bobsledding, homecoming reception, suitability, enshrined in

1209:

There will be two receptions following the funeral service. Foreign Secretary William Hague will host a reception at the Mansion House for representatives from foreign states and other distinguished foreign VIPs.


It is never entirely clear how much of these initiatives have been taken by Mr Wang himself. Guangdong in general and Shenzhen in particular have long enjoyed unusual freedom to experiment. This year Mr Wang has been promoting the goal of a “happy Guangdong” (the pursuit of which is enshrined in the province’s new five-year plan). Public happiness, assessed by opinion polls, is being introduced as a new criterion for judging local leaders’ suitability for promotion.




Munich uses Olympic homecoming party to push 2018 bid

Think beer and bobsledding don't mix? Think again! The city of Munich used
the homecoming reception for its Olympic athletes to showcase its
suitability to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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bobsledding

Sport of sliding down a winding ice-covered run on a large metal sled (bobsled). The sled is equipped with two pairs of runners, a long seat for two or more (usually four) people, a steering wheel or steering ropes, and a hand brake. Bobsledding originated in Switzerland in the 1890s and was included in the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924. Championship competitions are held each year. Bob runs are typically about 4,920 ft (1,500 m) long, with 15 – 20 banked turns. Four-person sleds attain speeds approaching 100 mph (160 kph).

bobsled/ bobsleigh

Line breaks: bob|sleigh

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒbsleɪ

 

/

noun

British a mechanically steered and braked sledge, typically for two or four people, used for racing down an ice-covered run.

suitableness[suit・a・ble・ness]

• 
  

[名][U]適して［向いて］いること.

⇒suitableの全ての意味を見る

 reception

noun

• 1 [mass noun] the action or process of receiving something sent, given, or inflicted:sensation is not the passive reception of stimuli
• [count noun] the way in which a person or group of people reacts to someone or something:the election budget got a stony reception in the City
• the process of receiving broadcast signals:a microchip that will allow parents to block reception of violent programmes
• the quality of broadcast signals received:I had to put up with poor radio reception
• American Football an act of catching a pass: his 49 receptions included six touchdowns

• 2 [mass noun] the action of admitting someone to a place, group, or institution or the process of being admitted:their reception into the Church
• the formal or ceremonious welcoming of a guest:his reception by the Prime Minister
• [count noun] a formal social occasion held to welcome someone or to celebrate an event:a wedding reception

• 3chiefly British the area in a hotel or organization where guests and visitors are greeted and dealt with:wait for me downstairs in reception [as modifier]:the reception desk

• 4 [usually as modifier] British the first class in an infant school:the reception class

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin receptio(n-), from the verb recipere (see receive)

multiple bowls, cirque, bowl someone over, Toilet Bowl Restorer

Fearless, original, striking and, in those early days before she broke with her mother and the money ran out, rich; no wonder Cunard bowled over so many of the writers and artists of the period.



 CBS News hears word that the NCAA sanctions will involve “unprecedented” penalties against both the university and its football team. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the source said. Yet ESPN hears from one source that the university won’t receive what has come to be known as the “death penalty,” which would have involved the suspension of the football program for at least one year. Still, Penn State shouldn’t celebrate just yet, as the ESPN source claims the punishment, likely to include loss of scholarships and multiple bowls, is so harsh that the “death penalty” might have been preferable.





Toilet Bowl 馬桶座
Toilet bowls and tanks are made from a special clay called vitreous china. Vitreous china is a mix of several kinds of clay, called ball clay and china clay, silica, and a fluxing agent. Clays are hardened by first drying in air, then being fired (baked) in a very hot oven called a kiln. Usually a shiny, waterproof coating called a glaze is applied only after a first firing, and the clay is fired a second time. Vitreous china is an exception, in that clay and glaze can be fired together. The whole clay body vitrifies, or turns glassy, so the toilet is actually waterproof and stainproof through its entire thickness.

bowl

(bōl)
n.

1. 1. A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.
   2. The contents of such a vessel.
2. A drinking goblet.
3. A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.
4. 1. A bowl-shaped topographic depression.
   2. A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.
5. Football. Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

[Middle English bowle, from Old English bolla.]

verb

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• 1 [with object and adverbial of direction] roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground: she snatched her hat off and bowled it ahead of her
  

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• 2 [with object] Cricket (of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once: Lillee bowled another bouncer [no object]: Sobers bowled to Willis
  

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• 2.1 (also bowl someone out) dismiss (a batsman) by knocking down the wicket with the ball which one has bowled: Stewart was bowled for 33
  

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• 2.2 (bowl a side out) get an entire team out: they bowled Lancashire out for 143
  

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• 3 [no object, with adverbial of direction] British move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction: they bowled along the country roads
  

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Phrasal verbs

bowl someone over

knock someone down: he was almost bowling people over in his haste

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• informal greatly impress someone by one’s good qualities, looks, or achievements: when he met Angela he was just bowled over by her

Theater Review | 'Zarkana'

Radio City Is Transformed Into a Cirque Tent

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Cirque de Gavarnie, France
Photo: Jean-Christophe Benoist

 cirque

(suhrk)

noun:
1. A bowl-shaped semicircular mountain basin carved by glacial erosion. Also called cwm.
2. A ring; a circle.

Etymology
Via French from Latin circus (circle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend) which is also the source of other words such as ranch, rank, shrink, circle, crisp, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, and circa.

Usage
"In the Snowies, cirques only occur on sheltered mountain faces where the snow first fell and slowly compacted into glacial ice." — Peter Veness; Australia: Peak-Time Perfection Just Across the Ditch; The New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Feb 22, 2009.

cirque[cirque]

• 発音記号[sə'ːrk]
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[名]

1 円形の場所, すりばち形の地形；《地質学》（氷河地形の）圏谷, カール(cwm)；（古代ローマの）円形競技場(circus).

2 ((詩))輪, 環, 円.

3 ((フランス語))サーカス：カナダのCirque du Soleil「太陽のサーカス」など.

Scotch Corporation Recalls Instant Power Toilet Bowl Restorer

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Instant Power® Toilet Bowl Restorer™
Units: About 74,760
Distributor: Scotch Corporation, of Dallas, Texas
Hazard: The contents can leak from the cap when the bottle is turned on its side. When this happens, the cleaner can come into contact with consumers and property, posing a risk of chemical burns and irritation to the skin and eyes.
Incidents/Injuries: Scotch has received seven reports of bottles leaking, resulting in property damage. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves Instant Power Toilet Bowl Restorer cleaner with model number 1803. The model number is printed the back of the bottle next to the barcode. The toilet bowl restoring product was sold in a grey plastic bottle with an orange cap. The words "Guaranteed" and "Toilet Bowl Restorer" are printed on the bottle.
Sold at: True Value Hardware, Ace Hardware, GEBO's and other retail stores nationwide between February 2009 and January 2010 for about $5.
Manufactured in: USA
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Toilet Bowl Restorer and contact Scotch for disposal instructions and a full refund.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Scotch Corporation at (800) 613-4242 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's website at www.scotchcorp.com

postulate, petrichor, expostulate, round up, dissuade, postulator

Cardinal Angelo Amato, head of the Vatican's department that assesses prospective saints, recently announced that a "reference price list" for the various services involved in preparing a canonisation had been introduced. In particular, there would now be a guide price for the services of a "postulator", a person who prepares a detailed biography of the proposed saint http://econ.st/1fLgpmx

QUOTATION OF THE DAY

"You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful."

LOU REED, the influential rock musician who died on Sunday, in a review exploring an artist's motives.

Health Site's Woes Could Dissuade Vital Enrollee: the Young and Healthy

By ANNIE LOWREY

Officials worry that insurance risk pools could become too risky if not enough younger people sign up for coverage, causing premiums to escalate.

Round Up the Usual Scapegoats

By FRANK BRUNI

Jews, gays and others are worrying about Hungary's tilt.

 round-up
n.
1. The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. [Western U.S.]
2. A rounding up, or upward curvature or convexity, as in the deck of a vessel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A gathering in of scattered persons or things; as, a round-up of criminals. [Colloq., U. S.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]



petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr)

noun
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.

Etymology
From petro- (rock), from Greek petros (stone) + ichor (the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology). Coined by researchers I.J. Bear and R.G. Thomas.

Usage
"Petrichor, the name for the smell of rain on dry ground, is from oils given off by vegetation, absorbed onto neighboring surfaces, and released into the air after a first rain." — Matthew Bettelheim; Nature's Laboratory; Shasta Parent (Mt Shasta, California); Jan 2002.

"But, even in the other pieces, her prose breaks into passages of lyrical beauty that come as a sorely needed revivifying petrichor amid the pitiless glare of callousness and cruelty." — Pradip Bhattacharya; Forest Interludes; Indianest.com; Jul 29, 2001. 

Petrichor | Writings in the Sand
2011年1月4日 ... Petrichor一詞相當少見，是由希臘文petros（石頭）和ichor（希臘神話中眾神的血液）組成，指雨水落在乾燥泥土上所產生的幽香。 ...



expostulate (ik-SPOS-chuh-layt)

verb intr.: To reason earnestly with someone in order to dissuade.

Etymology
From Latin expostulare (to require), from ex- (intensive prefix) + postulare (to demand). Ultimately from the Indo-European root prek- (to ask), which is also the source of words such as pray, precarious, deprecate, postulate, and precatory. Earliest documented use: 1548.

Usage
"'Oh come on,' I expostulated, a shade too loudly. 'That's not fair.'" — Sarabjit Jagirdar; Amar's Little Secret; Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); Feb 7, 2010.


expostulate
(ĭk-spŏs'chə-lāt')
intr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.
To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate. See synonyms at object.

[Latin expostulāre, expostulāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + postulāre, to demand.]

expostulation ex·pos'tu·la'tion n.
expostulator ex·pos'tu·la'tor n.
expostulatory ex·pos'tu·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) or ex·pos'tu·la'tive adj.

postulate

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verb

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt

 

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• 1suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes [with clause]: she postulated that the environmentalists might have a case

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• 2(in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority: the chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstjʊlət

 

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• 1a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect

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• 1.1 Mathematics an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning.

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Derivatives

postulation

Pronunciation: /pɒstjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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postulational

adjective

Origin

late Middle English (in sense 2 of the verb): from Latin postulat- 'asked', from the verb postulare.