2016年11月17日 星期四

envious, turd, noxious, toilet bowl

Noxious appeals to ethnic or racial solidarity are hardly new in American politics. But no modern American president has matched Trump's displays of chauvinism. He is, however, being matched by fellow world leaders

Just 37% of French believe that "globalisation is a force for good"
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A psychoanalyst in Cologne has noticed that the migrant crisis forms the emotional backdrop for many of his patients’ complaints

Some become envious: why do the refugees get free bus tickets?
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You can't polish a turd, so the saying goes. But you can turn it into plates, tiles, flowerpots and, fittingly, toilet bowls



Shit furniture: the domestic objects made from dung
The new material combines clay and cow faeces, purged of urea and methane and baked at 1000 degrees
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envious 

Pronunciation: /ˈɛnvɪəs/ 


ADJECTIVE

Feeling or showing envy:I’m envious of their happinessan envious glance




turd 

Pronunciation: /təːd/ 



NOUN

vulgar slang
1lump of excrement.
2A person regarded as obnoxious or contemptible.


Origin

Old English tord, of Germanic origin.

toilet bowl 馬桶座組

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