Jeeves, valet, at one's disposal, untoward, unseemly

In 1994, he dropped his longtime agent, Pat Kavanagh, the wife of his friend Mr. Barnes, for the rival agent Andrew Wylie, whom the British press nicknamed “the Jackal,” and a larger advance on a novel. The amount Mr. Amis wanted, a reported $794,500 (about $1.6 million today), was deemed unseemly. The episode ended his friendship with Mr. Barnes, although a decade later Mr. Amis said they had reconciled.

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A Robot Valet Will Park Your Car at This German Airport

A Robot Valet Will Park Your Car at This German Airport

The first robot valets have started work at an airport in Germany.

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Disposal 是清除、處理、抛棄。所以廢棄物處理叫做garbage disposal。 The sanitation department is in charge of garbage disposal. 環境衛生部門負責 ...

at one's disposal

phrase of disposal

1. available for one to use whenever or however one wishes.

   "a helicopter was put at their disposal"

valet

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Pronunciation: /ˈvalɪt

  

, ˈvaleɪ

  

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NOUN

1A man’s personal male attendant, who is responsible for his clothes and appearance.

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1.1A hotel employee who attends to the clothes of guests:[AS MODIFIER]: a valet service

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2North American A person employed to clean or park cars:he handed his keys to the parking valet[AS MODIFIER]: valet parking

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VERB (valets, valeting, valeted)

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1Act as a valet to (a particular man):one evening when I was valeting him, Mr Charles told me he had met my father

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1.1[NO OBJECT] Work as a valet.

2Clean (a car), especially on the inside:try not to spill anything on the seat—I just had the thing valeted

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Origin

late 15th century (denoting a footman acting as an attendant to a horseman): from French; related tovassal.

Jeeves (jeevz)

noun: A personal servant, especially one who is resourceful and reliable.

Etymology
After Reginald Jeeves, a valet in the stories by P.G. Wodehouse. Jeeves first made his appearance in a short story in 1915. Earliest documented example of the word used allusively: 1952.

Usage
"When you've got a billion dollars at your disposal, and a Jeeves to take care of your travel arrangements, nothing untoward is going to happen to you." — Nicholas Barber; The Bucket List; The Independent (London, UK); Feb 17, 2008.


untoward
(ŭn-tôrd', -tōrd')
adj.

1. Not favorable; unpropitious.
2. Troublesome; adverse: an untoward incident.
3. Hard to guide or control; unruly.
4. Improper; unseemly.
5. Archaic. Awkward.

untowardly un·to·ward'ly adv.
untowardness un·to·ward'ness n.

unseemly

adjective

1. (of behaviour or actions) not proper or appropriate.

   "an unseemly squabble"