perver, pervert, prevarication, holiday fling, Highland Fling , Beat around the bush

Duterte’s Fling With China Could Prove Fleeting A2 Even if the Philippine president has dealt a hit to American prestige in East Asia, Beijing will soon discover that Manila’s political affection can be fickle.

While the world prevaricates, the crisis gets worse

Burundi is sliding towards anarchy

Burundi, a tiny green country of 10m people bounded by Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo, has become a place of fear

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Italians may be reluctant to wed, but they have also been reluctant to split up. In 2012, the number of divorces per 1,000 was still the second-lowest in the EU. The most-cited reasons: complexity and high legal costs. That is now changing: last November, parliament approved “do-it-yourself” divorces, which can be obtained without going to court. In a country plagued by bureaucratic delays, a rise in the divorce rate may perversely be encouraging http://econ.st/1A6gZpA

Arrivederci, darling

WHEN divorce was legalised in Italy in 1970, it followed a titanic parliamentary battle. Unwilling to accept defeat, conservative Catholics secured a referendum....

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Game of Thrones's Kit Harington may be too sexy for his shirt, but if he’s serious about this “art” stuff, he may want to consider keeping it on a bit more.

Can we all stop perving on Kit Harington’s body? The man’s an artist

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'His analysis of his fellow leaders is not charitable. Cameron, he suggests, had a good first year before becoming imprisoned by his right wing, losing control of events and party management. Miliband, he says, is more unelectable than Michael Foot, “and without any of Foot’s wonderful qualities or intelligence."'

Alex Salmond: ‘I’ve never had a problem with taking decisions, or been much of a man for prevarication’

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What with the birthday visitors, and what with the cards, and what with the fight, my stay had lasted so long, that when I neared home the light on the spit of sand off the point on the marshes was gleaming against a black night-sky, and Joe's furnace was flinging a path of fire across the road.

Top Murdoch Aide Is Charged in Hacking Case

By JOHN F. BURNS and ALAN COWELL

Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's newspaper outpost in Britain, and five others will face charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the case.

The United States stands at the end of an era when greed drove leaders and "rewards became perverted," General Electric's chief executive, Jeffrey Immelt, said in a speech at West Point on Wednesday.


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pervert
verb

Pronunciation: /pəˈvəːt/

[with object]

• 1 distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something):he was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

• 2lead (someone) away from what is considered natural or acceptable:Hector is a man who is simply perverted by his time
• (as adjective perverted) sexually abnormal and unacceptable:he whispered perverted obscenities

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈpəːvəːt/

•  a person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

Derivatives
pervertedly

adverb

perverter

Pronunciation: /-ˈvəːtə/

noun

Origin:

late Middle English (as a verb): from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere, from per- 'thoroughly, to ill effect' + vertere 'to turn'. The current noun sense dates from the late 19th century

pervLine breaks: perv

Pronunciation: /pəːv/

(also perve)informal
Definition of perv in English:

noun

1A sexual pervert.

2[IN SINGULAR] Australian /NZ A lustful or lecherous look:come out here for a perv

verb

[NO OBJECT] Australian /NZBack to top  

Gaze lustfully or lecherously:we perved on them from a distance

Origin

1940s: abbreviation of the noun pervert.

fling

Syllabification: fling

Pronunciation: /fliNG/
verb (pastand past participle flung /fləNG/)

[with object]

• 1throw or hurl forcefully: he picked up the debris and flung it away
  

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• • figurative I was flung into jail
• 1.1move or push (something) suddenly or violently: he flung back the bedclothes [with object]: Jennifer flung open a door
  

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• 1.2 (fling oneself) throw oneself headlong: he flung himself down at her feet with a laugh
  

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• 1.3 (fling oneself into) wholeheartedly engage in or begin on (an enterprise): the producer flung himself into an ugly battle with the studio
  

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• 1.4 (fling something on/off) put on or take off clothes carelessly or rapidly.
  

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• 1.5utter (words) forcefully: the words were flung at her like an accusation
  

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• 1.6 [no object] go angrily or violently; rush: he flung away to his study, slamming the door behind him
  

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noun

• 
  2short for Highland fling.1a short period of enjoyment or wild behavior: one final fling before a tranquil retirement
  

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• 1.1a short, spontaneous sexual relationship: I had a fling with someone when I was at college
  

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flinger

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Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'go violently'): perhaps related to Old Norse flengja 'flog'. sense 1 of the noun is based on an earlier sense 'reckless movement of the body' and dates from the early 19th century.

fling[fling]

• レベル：大学入試程度
• 発音記号[flíŋ]
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[動]（flung 〔fl〕）(他)

1 ［III[名]（[副]）］…を（荒々しく）投げる, ほうり出す；［V[名][形]］…を（ほうるように）動かして（…の状態に）する；〈ドア・窓などを〉乱暴に（…の状態に）する

fling rocks into a pond
池に石をほうる

fling one's money about ［away］
金をまき散らす［浪費する］

fling a door open ［shut］
戸を荒々しくあける［閉める］.

2 ［III[名]（[副]）］
(1) 〈腕・頭などを〉さっと伸ばす, 振り動かす

fling one's arms around a person's neck
さっと人の首に抱きつく

fling up one's hands in horror
ぞっとして両手を上げる

fling back one's hair
髪を後ろにやる.

(2) ((〜 -self))体を激しく［急に］動かす；（…に）身を投げ出す, すがる；（…に）没頭する, 打ち込む((into, on, upon ...))

fling oneself into a person's arms
人の腕に飛び込む

fling oneself on ［upon］ his mercy
彼の情けにすがる

fling oneself into one's task
自分の仕事に精を出す.

3 〈人を〉（刑務所に）ぶち込む, （不法に）投獄する((into, in ...))

fling a person into prison ［in jail］
人を投獄する.

4 …に〈言葉などを〉投げかける, 浴びせる, 〈命令などを〉下す, 〈視線を〉ちらりと送る；〈事実などを〉（人に）つきつける((to, at, against ...))

fling a person an order
人に命令を下す

fling down a challenge to a person
人に挑戦状をたたきつける

fling harsh words at ［against］ a person
人にひどい言葉を浴びせる.

5 …を（混乱などに）陥らせる；〈軍勢などを〉（戦闘などに）急派する, 〈武器などを〉（…に）急遽(きゅうきょ)投入する((into ...))

fling troops into battle
軍勢を急派する.

6 〈因襲・束縛などを〉かなぐり捨てる((aside, away, off))；〈物を〉処分する, 〈人を〉追い出す((out)).

7 （レスリングなどで）〈相手を〉投げ倒す((down))；〈政府などを〉倒す((down))；〈馬が〉〈乗り手を〉振り落とす((down)).

8 ((古))〈光・かおりなどを〉放つ, 発する；〈木などが〉〈影を〉落とす.

9 ((古))〈人を〉だます；〈金などを〉だまし取る.

━━(自)

1 〈人が〉荒々しく突っかかる, （怒って）（場所から）飛び出す((away, off/out of ...))；〈刀・やりなどが〉飛び出す

fling out of a room
部屋を飛び出す.

2 〈馬などが〉あばれだす((out))；あばれ回る((about)).

3 （…に）悪態をつく, ののしる((out/at ...)).

fling off

(自)⇒(自)1

━━(他)

［fling ... off/fling off ...］

(1) 〈服を〉さっと脱ぐ, 脱ぎ捨てる；〈おおいなどを〉ぱっと取る.
(2) 〈追っ手などを〉まく；〈人を〉見捨てる.
(3) ⇒(他)6

fling ... on/fling on ...

〈服を〉急いで着る, 引っ掛ける.

fling oneself at a person

人の気を引こうとする.

━━[名]((通例a 〜))

1 投げ飛ばすこと；向こう見ずな行動, 突進

a fling of the dice
さいころのひと振り

at one fling
一気に, 一挙に

in a fling
憤然として.

2 ((略式))（短期間の）勝手気まま, 浮気, 「火遊び」

have one's fling
したい放題にする, はめをはずして遊ぶ.

3 悪口, いやみ, あざけり；((略式))（軽い気持ちでの）試み

take ［have］ a fling at ...
（人を）ののしる；…をちょっとやってみる.

4 フリング(Highland fling).

(at) full fling

全速力で；思いきり, やけに.

vt. （尤指生气地）猛扔； 急派； 放肆地投入； 扔在一边，抛弃
vt.& vi. 猛扑； 猛冲； 急伸
n. 投掷； 〈美俚〉尝试； 恣意，一时的放纵

Campaign Spotlight

Ads for Lawn-Care Brand Take a Highland Fling

By STUART ELLIOTT

A campaign for Scotts products introduces a character named Scott who is Scottish.

The Highland Fling is one of the oldest of the Highland dances that originated in the Gaelic Highlands of Scotland. Returning from a victorious battle, male warriors would perform the dance in celebration of their success. It was performed on a small round shield, called a targe. Most targes had a sharp spike of steel projecting from the center, so the dancers learned to move with skill and dexterity to avoid injuring themselves.

Beat around the bush

Meaning

Prevaricate and avoid coming to the point.

prevaricate

Pronunciation: /prɪˈvarɪkeɪt/

Translate prevaricate | into French | into Italian | into Spanish

Definition of prevaricate

verb

[no object]

• speak or act in an evasive way:he seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions

Derivatives

prevarication

Pronunciation: /-ˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

noun

prevaricator

noun

Prevaricate[pre・var・i・cate]

• 発音記号[privǽrəkèit]
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[動](自)わざと紛らわしい言い方をする, 言葉を濁す；((婉曲))うそを言う.

pre・vàr・i・cá・tion

[名][U][C]言いのがれ, ごまかし.


prevarication
n.
[L. praevaricatio: cf. F. prévarication.]
1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.

The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail.

Cowper.
2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. (b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Cowell.

Meaning #1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
Synonym: lie
Meaning #2: intentionally vague or ambiguous
Synonyms: equivocation, evasiveness
Meaning #3: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Synonyms: lying, fabrication