hark, um and ah hark bac, k to,harken back

How to fly like a spy: have your cover story down, make lots of eye-contact, and don't um and ah at passport control



In Trump’s Immigration Remarks, Echoes of a Century-Old Racial Ranking

By VIVIAN YEE

The president’s vulgar comments about certain countries harken back to complaints about “undesirable nationals” that led to severe restrictions in 1924.

Tebbit, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, said: "A large proportion of Britain's Asian population fail to pass the cricket test. Which side do they cheer for? It's an interesting test. Are you still harking back to where you came from or where you are?"^[2]

中文應該是「心繫著的是出生的地方或是現在所處的地方」

um and ah. To be hesitant or indecisive, especially when speaking out loud about a decision. "Um" and "ah" are common filler words used by habit or when one is deciding what to say. Try not to um and ah so much when you're considering a counter-proposal—it's not professional.

Um and ah - Idioms by The Free Dictionary

harken

See also: Harken

Contents

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• 1English
  • 1.1Pronunciation
  • 1.2Verb
    • 1.2.1Usage notes
  • 1.3References
  • 1.4Anagrams
• 2Dutch
  • 2.1Etymology
  • 2.2Pronunciation
  • 2.3Verb
    • 2.3.1Inflection
    • 2.3.2Related terms

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹkən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːkən/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kən

Verb[edit]

harken (third-person singular simple present harkens, present participle harkening, simple past and past participle harkened)

1. Alternative spelling of hearken ‘to listen, hear, regard’, more common form in the US. quotations ▼
2. (figuratively, US) To hark back, to return or revert (to a subject etc.), to allude to, to evoke, to long or pine for (a past event or era). 

Definition of hark in English:

verb

[NO OBJECT]

1[USUALLY IN IMPERATIVE] literary Listen:Hark! He knocks

1.1(hark at) British informal Used to draw attention to someone who has said or done something considered to be foolish or silly:just hark at you, speaking all lah-de-dah!

Definition of hark back to in English:

1Mention or remember (something from the past):if it was such a rotten holiday, why hark back to it?

[Originally a hunting term, used of hounds retracing their steps to find a lost scent]

1.1Evoke (an older style or genre):paintings that hark back to Constable and Turner