2016年10月12日 星期三

snitch, finished, one's part, rat on/ rat someone out

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Donald J. Trump’s attack on his fellow Republicans broadened to all of Capitol Hill, the Department of Justice and the FBI Wednesday.

When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring. So when the syndicate orders Carter's death and Weiland's ID'd as a snitch, the two team up to take down the mob and the crime boss who ordered the hit.



The Wall Street Journal
Overheard at Xiaomi's Mi 4i smartphone launch in India where enthusiasts queued in the heat for two hours: "Apple is finished man."

How India Welcomed Xiaomi’s Mi 4i
Xiaomi Corp.’s ardent Indian fans lined in the mid-day heat for more than two hours to get a get a glimpse of the Chinese company’s latest mobile phone on Thursday.
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(one's part) 
The appropriate or expected behaviour in a particular role or situation; one’s duty:in such a place his part is to make good


Definition of finished in English:

adjective

1(Of a task or activitybrought to an end; completed:preparatory drawing for the finished painting
1.1(Of a person) no longer useful or valuedruined:he was told he was finished at the club

2(Of a person’s work) expert or accomplished:his highly finished craftsmanshipshe gave a fine finished performance

finished adjective (NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE)


[ after verb ] not able to continue, after a failure of some kind:

This financial crisis means that the government's economic policy is finished.


rat on

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(also North American rat someone out)informal Inform on (someone):he refused to rat on his buddies





Line breaks: snitch
Pronunciation: /snɪtʃ/

informal

Definition of snitch in English:

verb

1[WITH OBJECT] Steal:he snitched the umbrella for when he went fishingfigurative she was snitching a look out of the window
2[NO OBJECT] Inform on someone:she wouldn’t tell who snitched on me

noun

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An informer:they thought he was a plant or a snitch
Yale Alumni Magazine 在 The Daily Snap 相簿中新增了 1 張相片。
Prospective Yalies in town for Bulldog Days have been greeted with gray skies, but the daffodils outside the Art Gallery are doing their part.

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