unscathed, faint-hearted, halfheartedly
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s first-half results confirmed that Japanese banks, until now relatively unscathed by the credit crunch...
BUILDING a home, like getting married, is not for the faint of heart. It is a rare individual (or couple) who can manage the mix of high expectations, inexperience and a ballooning budget in service of a goal — a home! — so freighted with meaning, and come out unscathed.
halfhearted
adj.
Exhibiting or feeling little interest, enthusiasm, or heart; uninspired: a halfhearted attempt at writing a novel.
halfheartedly half'heart'ed·ly adv.
halfheartedness half'heart'ed·ness n.
faint-hearted
adjective [before noun]
describes someone who is not confident or brave and dislikes taking unnecessary risks:
The terrorist threat in the region has kept faint-hearted tourists away.
the faint-hearted plural noun
people who are not brave:
The drive along the winding coast road is not for the faint-hearted.
unscathed
adjective [after verb]
without injuries or damage being caused:
Her husband died in the accident but she, amazingly, escaped unscathed.
large-hearted
adjective
- sympathetic and generous."he was too large-hearted a man for that"
不知誰在30年前告訴我這 ROCK 是硬糖果
Brighton Rock is a novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938, and later made into a 1947 film. The novel is a murder thriller set in 1930s Brighton.
Plot summary
Fred Hale comes to Brighton on assignment to anonymously distribute cards for a newspaper competition (this is a variant of "Lobby Lud" in which the name of the person to be spotted is "Kolley Kibber"). The antihero of the novel, Pinkie Brown, is a teenage sociopath and up-and-coming gangster. Hale had betrayed the former leader of the gang Pinkie now controls. Ida Arnold, a kind-hearted and decent woman, is drawn into the action by a chance meeting with the terrified Hale, whom Pinkie murders in obscure circumstances shortly afterwards. Pinkie's attempts to cover his tracks lead to a chain of fresh crimes and to an ill-fated marriage to Rose, a waitress who unknowingly has the power to destroy his alibi. Ida pursues Pinkie relentlessly, in part to protect Rose from the remorseless, deeply disturbed boy she has married.Although ostensibly an underworld thriller, the book is also a powerful exploration of the nature of sin and the basis of morality (Pinkie and Rose are Roman Catholics, as was Greene, and their beliefs are contrasted with Ida's strong but non-religious moral sensibility).
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36 Hours in Brighton, England
rock
n.
- Relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter; stone.
- A relatively small piece or fragment of such material.
- A relatively large body of such material, as a cliff or peak.
- A naturally formed aggregate of mineral matter constituting a significant part of the earth's crust.
- One that is similar to or suggestive of a mass of stone in stability, firmness, or dependability: The family has been his rock during this difficult time.
- rocks Slang. Money.
- Slang. A large gem, especially a diamond.
- Slang. Crack cocaine.
- A varicolored stick candy.
- Rock candy.
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