Given a choice of window to stare out of for seven hours, many people would choose a train's. There is something mesmerising about the way that towns and countryside whoosh past. Few, on the other hand, would choose a plane window. Which is why British Airways must be applauded for its decision to broadcast footage of a seven-hour train journey on some of its long-haul flights from next month
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The
guardians of Chinese language purity are challenging the French in
their bid to keep out dastardly English words. A recent rant in the
People's Daily, a Communist Party mouthpiece, said intruders such as
"MBA", "CEO", and "iPhone" were not welcome in Chinese when written in
their Romanised form
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William Kentridge: Listening to the Image -- Neubauer Collegium Inaugural Lecture at the UChicago
(also woosh)
VERB
Move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound:[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION]: a train whooshed by
NOUN
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A sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound:there was a big whoosh of air
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Used to imitate sudden movement accompanied by a rushing sound:the starlings gather, then suddenly—whoosh!—flocks rise and swirl
Origin
mid 19th century: imitative.
dastardly
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adjective
• dated or • humorous
Wicked and cruel: pirates and their dastardly deeds
Origin
mid 16th century (in the sense 'dull or stupid'): from
dastard in the obsolete sense 'base coward'.
collegium
[名]（複 -gi・a 〔-dʒiə〕, ～s）
1 （学校・病院などに勤務する）聖職者たちの一団；相互信頼と相互尊敬の中で共通の目標を追求する集団.
2 （旧ソ連で）同等役職者の集まり.
NOUN (plural collegia /kəˈliːdʒɪə, -dʒə/)
1(in full collegium musicum) (plural collegia musica) A society of amateur musicians, especially one attached to a German or US university.
2•
historical An advisory or administrative board in Russia.
Origin
late 19th century: from Latin, literally 'association'.
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