quittance, acquittal, acquitted, path grew steeper

Fury over the acquittal — stoked by years of racial and economic inequality in the city — spilled over into the streets, resulting in five days of rioting in Los Angeles.

Kerry Faces Mounting Obstacles in Mideast Talks

By MARK LANDLER and JODI RUDOREN 6:11 PM ET

Secretary of State John Kerry’s path grew steeper as Israeli and Palestinian officials clashed over settlements and Avigdor Lieberman’s acquittal posed a new risk.

Rome Court Overturns Acquittal of Amanda Knox

By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO

ROME — The implications for the American exchange student, who was accused of murdering her roommate in 2007, were unclear, particularly whether she could face extradition.

I should have flung at him a quittance for my foolish stepfather's debts, and then dismissed him.


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Tim, ii290: 'no gift to him/ But breeds the giver a return exceeding/ All use of quittance'. The GIFT (of sex) given Timon by his sycophantic followers, ...



 On May 26, 1868, the Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.

On Feb. 24, 1868, the United States House of Representatives impeached President Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.

Bill Clinton: impeachment trial ended in Senate acquittal (1999)
acquittal ━━ n. （無罪）放免; 返済; 遂行.
⇒acquit


sycophant
n.
A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.

[Latin sȳcophanta, informer, slanderer, from Greek sūkophantēs, informer, from sūkon phainein, to show a fig (probably originally said of denouncers of theft or exportation of figs) : sūkon, fig + phainein, to show.]

sycophantic syc'o·phan'tic (-făn'tĭk) or syc'o·phan'ti·cal (-tĭ-kəl) adj.
sycophantically syc'o·phan'ti·cal·ly adv.

Literary usage of Quittance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary to the Works of William Shakespeare by Alexander Dyce (1902)
"133. quittance, a requital: Rendering faint quittance^ return of blows," ... 34; All use of quittance ("All the customary returns made in discharge of ..."

2. Roman Private Law in the Times of Cicero and of the Antonines by Henry John Roby (1902)
"An instance of a quittance on receipt of money (probably a loan) is given in ... As examples of a quittance or receipt may be taken those found in 1875 in a ..."

3. The Institutes of the Law of Nations: A Treatise of the Jural Relations of by James Lorimer (1884)
"A quittance d'usage is a document of debt somewhat resembling a bill which the ... Germany, for example, in granting a quittance d'usage to a French peasant ..."

4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"There are tenants who have paid a quittance in money for their rents altogether; and there are tenants who pay at a lower rate than others in consideration ..."

quittance

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

 Noun

quittance (plural quittances)

1. a release or acquittal
2. a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge
3. a recompense or reprisal

ronunciation: /əˈkwɪt(ə)l/Translate

 acquittal | into German | into Italian

noun

a judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged: the trial resulted in an acquittal [mass noun]:the women felt their chances of acquittal were poor

 

音節

ac • quit • tal

発音

əkwítl

acquittalの変化形

acquittals (複数形)

[名][C][U]

1 無罪（宣告）, （無罪）放免, 釈放

verdict of acquittal
無罪判決

two acquittals and three convictions
無罪2件と有罪3件

win an acquittal
無罪放免になる.

2 （義務・任務などの）免除, 解除.

all but, leverage, injunction, flip, demesne, summer stock

John Kasich's new book, "Two Paths: America Divided or United", can be summarised in a single, faith-tinged injunction: "Love your neighbour"

Musings of a vanquished Republican moderate

John Kasich's lament

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When she was 19 years old, Odetta landed a role in the Los Angeles production of Finian's Rainbow, which was staged in the summer of 1949 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. It was during the run of this show that she first heard the blues harmonica master Sonny Terry. The following summer, Odetta was again performing in summer stock in California. This time it was a production of Guys and Dolls, staged in San Francisco.

As a result, some smaller publishers in the United States have signed service agreements with Amazon. But a few refused Amazon’s demand to shift the instant printing of their books to BookSurge, which they say has been demanding a discount of as much as 52 percent on the retail price.
“They’re still threatening us and other publishers, but they haven’t flipped the switch yet,” said Angela Hoy, the co-owner of Booklocker.com, a print-on-demand publisher in Bangor, Me., which filed a lawsuit in May seeking an injunction to keep Amazon from imposing BookSurge’s services on publishers.

CAPITAL JOURNALU.S.-China Relations Get Trickier
North Korea's weekend shot tests Obama's ability to work with China, the country that has the most leverage on North Korea yet seems less willing to use it than it was just a couple of years ago.• Video: Missile Tests U.S.-China Ties

MercExchange sued eBay in September 2001, in a dispute that centered on eBay's online auctions and other ecommerce operations. The case attracted wide attention, highlighting controversies associated with the patents over methods of doing business on the Internet and the ability of patent plaintiffs to win injunctions in cases.

Plaintiffs had all but automatically been granted injunctions in patent cases, giving them strong leverage in pressing for large payments from defendants. The Supreme Court in May 2006 issued a ruling that put some limits on the practice, stating that judges should weigh such factors as the public interest in deciding whether to grant injunctions.

中國以經濟槓桿撬動世界中國在上週20國峰會上扮演的活躍角色向外界發出了強有力的信號：中國領導人希望在全球經濟轉型中發揮更大的作用。
leverage
槓桿作用
all but
almost:
The game was all but over by the time we arrived.

in・junc・tion 

━━ n. 命令; 【法】禁止命令, 履行命令.

flip (TURN QUICKLY)
verb [I or T; usually + adverb or preposition] -pp-
If you flip something, you turn it over quickly one or more times, and if something flips, it turns over quickly:
When one side is done, flip the pancake (over) to cook the other side.
I lost my place in my book when the pages flipped over in the wind.
You turn the television on by flipping (= operating) the switch at the side.
The captains flipped a coin into the air (= made it turn over in the air to see which side it landed on) to decide which side would bat first.

flip 
noun [C]
when something turns over quickly or repeatedly:
a flip of a coin
The acrobats were doing somersaults and flips (= jumping and turning their bodies over in the air).

stock

1. 1. A theatrical stock company.
   2. The repertoire of such a company.
   3. A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center: a small role in summer stock.

Demain

n.
[See Demesne.]
1. Rule; management. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Law) See Demesne.

Webster 1913 Dictionary edited by Patrick J. Cassidy

Wikipedia article "Demesne".

demesne

(dĭ-mān', -mēn')

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n.

1. Law. Possession and use of one's own land.
2. Manorial land retained for the private use of a feudal lord.
3. The grounds belonging to a mansion or country house.
4. An extensive piece of landed property; an estate.
5. A district; a territory.
6. A realm; a domain.

[Anglo-French, respelling (probably influenced by French mesne, variant of Anglo-Norman meen, middle, in legal phrase mesne lord, lord who holds a manor of a superior lord) of Middle English demeine, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French demaine. See domain.]

Tutor's tip: The lord of the manor protected his "demesne" (the possession of land) by making sure that his neighbors thought it was their "domain' (complete and absolute ownership of land) too.

de・mesne

,

━━ n. 【法】（不動産の）所有; 所有地; 領地; 範囲, 領域 ((of)).

arena-style, one-acts, age-old, émigré, emigré, playhouse, playwright

‘The Theatre no doubt stank on warm days. Standing room cost a penny, gallery space two pennies, and 'quiet standing' three. As open-air performances, the penny-audiences were at the mercy of the elements; rain, sleet, or sunshine beat down with equal fervor on the bare necks of those standing in the yard, unshielded by any sort of roof’

Professor Eric Rasmussen and Ian DeJong explore Elizabethan playhouses.

Via The British Library

Shakespeare's playhouses

From the open-air Globe to the candlelit Blackfriars, Professor Eric Rasmussen and Ian DeJong explore early modern playhouses.

BL.UK

The Washington Post leads with the latest he said, she said from the campaign trail as the candidates campaigned furiously before the critical Tuesday primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. The Wall Street Journal leads its world-wide newsbox with a look at how Sen. Barack Obama has gone back to addressing voters in a more intimate setting. Even though the large rallies draw lots of people, they don't necessarily help him gain new voters and Obama's campaign now sees the arena-style events as one of the main reasons why he lost the popular vote in Texas.



Mr. Foote spent two years studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse in California, then went to New York to become a Broadway star. He continued his studies there with Tamara Daykarhanova, a Russian émigré, and joined Mary Hunter’s American Actors Company. While rehearsing a production of one-acts, Ms. Hunter had her cast perform improvisations based on life in the actors’ hometowns. After Mr. Foote performed his, Agnes De Mille, who was doing choreography for another show, asked Mr. Foote if he had ever considered writing.
“No,” he replied. “What on earth would I write about?”
Ms. DeMille, who became a lifelong friend, gave Mr. Foote the age-old advice to every beginning playwright. “Write what you know about,” she said.
*****

émigré, emigré [C]
someone who has had to leave their country permanently, usually for political reasons

A one act play, or more commonly in the US "one act", or "one-act", is a play that takes place in one act or scene, as opposed to plays that take place over a number of acts.

age-old
adjective [before noun] LITERARY
very old:
an age-old story of love and betrayal
a・re・na

 

━━ n. （円形劇場の中央の）闘技場, アリーナ; 争いの場所; 土俵.
arena theater　＝theater-in-the-round.

Arena‐Style Theatre (Theatre‐in‐the‐Round). Although some hailed the proliferation after World War II of arena‐style playhouses, in which audiences surround the stage, as a revolutionary departure, others saw it as the extension of the more open, thrust‐stage playhouses that had characterized many Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres before the proscenium‐style auditoriums took over at the time of the Restoration.

an entr'acte, Having a blast

Having a blast with Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer on our "Bach Trios" tour!
(Chicago Symphony Orchestra, #SymphonyCenter)

Having a blast

Have a blast - Idioms by The Free Dictionary - The idiom dictionary

idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have+a+blast

to enjoy doing something very much Sky watchers are having a blast keeping track of the comet. They had a blast poking around the farmers' market looking at ...

tea for two 音樂作品
一譯"鴛鴦茶"

Song by Youmans, comp. for musical No, No, Nanette (1925). In 1928 orch. version was made by Shostakovich in, it is said, 45 mins. at the request of the cond. Malko who wanted something extra to perf. at a concert of Shostakovich's mus. at Moscow Cons. on 25 Nov. 1928. The cond. Aleksandr Gauk included it as an entr'acte in Shostakovich's ballet The Age of Gold. Shostakovich gave the arrangement the title Tahiti Trot (Taiti trot) because this was the Russ. name for the song.



 Orhan Pamuk; born 7 June 1952) 的父母是在電影院的幕間休息 (entr'acte)認識的。
n.

1. 1. The interval between two acts of a theatrical performance.
   2. Another performance, as of music or dance, provided between two acts of a theatrical performance.
2. An interval likened to the one occurring between two acts of a drama.

[French : entre, between (from Latin inter; see inter–) + acte, act (from Old French; see act).]

false start, flying start, running start, starting line, finishing line,cross the line

BBC Wales News

👏 This is incredible! Swansea Harrier Matthew Rees helps a struggling runner cross the line at the #LondonMarathon

It’s possible that the United States decided to strike Syria during Trump’s dinner with Xi in part to show China that it would not hesitate to act unilaterally against North Korea. http://ow.ly/GJEu30aJejX

A False Start for Trump and Xi

The first meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping went smoothly, but the United States and China did little to advance bilateral relations—and...

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false start
【スポーツ】フライング; 誤った第一歩.


flying start
n. In both senses also called running start.

1. Sports. A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they cross the starting line.
2. A quick or auspicious beginning.

An initial advantage, as in His background in biochemistry gave him a running start in the field of genetics. This expression alludes to track events such as the running broad jump, in which one begins moving before reaching the actual take-off point. [1920s] Also see under get off the ground.

Sailing

In sailing, the race committee decides at the preparatory signal (usually 4 minutes before the start) what the rules on false starting will be by display the P, I, Z or Black Flags.
A P Flag means any boat on the course side (OCS) of the start line at the starting signal must return, clear the start line and then re-start. The I Flag means a boat which is OCS must round either end of the start line by coming back to the pre-start side and then re-starting (the 'round the ends' rule). The Z Flag means a boat which is OCS in the minute leading up to the start or at the start itself is given a 20% scoring penalty. The Black Flag means a boat which is OCS in the minute leading up to the start or at the start itself is disqualified.
Failing to return to start correctly under the P or I Flag rules means the boat is scored OCS and receives points equivalent to disqualification.

hap, mishap, probe, bassinet, fly around the web,

Calvin Tompkins recalls kitchen mishaps and conversation at Ghost Ranch with the legendary painter.

Dinner with Georgia O’Keeffe

Remembering a long-ago meal at the New Mexico home of the celebrated artist.

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McDonald's started as a burger stall in 1948 and opened some 35,000 outlets across the world. But in 2015 it seemingly lost its sizzle. Not for our readers: this blog is among the year's five most popular explainers

Why McDonald’s sales are falling

Operational mishaps across the world and harsh competition at home makes life hard for McDonald's.

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將mishap (運氣不佳等意)翻譯成"悲劇"太沉重：

中國第一夫人英國＂現形＂記事；落後就要出醜出糗
「國母」！有事嗎？！中國國家主席習近平偕「國母」彭麗媛出訪英國，原本雍容華貴的彭麗媛卻在國宴上頂張「大花臉」見客？！原來是因為粉底中含二氧化矽（ silica）成份，雖然可以使妝容完美無瑕，但是照相機閃光燈一打就GG了，英國媒體紛紛揶揄彭麗媛的妝容是場不幸的悲劇（have suffered an unfortunate make-up mishap）。
中華人民共和國成立後，按照面貌身材儀態和文化素養水平，唯一帶得出場的第一夫人彭麗媛，在照相時被中國劣質化妝品給毀容了。

(這在緬甸居家生活或外出購物就屬平常，因為緬甸人塗的是天然植物防曬粉。)

 Hold It: Instagram’s Users Drop, but Terms of Service Mishap May Not Be to Blame »

There are many reports flying around the web today that Instagram has lost 25% of its users, according to an app-tracking firm AppData.

 

 Scientist warns of dangers of Taiwan nuclear mishap
Taipei Times
A Japanese nuclear scientist and researcher says that if a nuclear accident occurred at one of northern Taiwan's nuclear power plants, about 30,000 people would die within a short period of time and up to 7 million people could develop cancer from ...

 

 

Russians Fight to Save Mars Probe After Mishap

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

If space engineers cannot save it, the probe, which is loaded with toxic fuel, could re-enter the atmosphere within days or weeks.

Technology Leads More Park Visitors Into Trouble
By LESLIE KAUFMAN

As more bring digital devices to national parks, rangers are seeing an increase in mishaps involving technology.



mishap,
〔míshæp〕
n.

1. Bad luck.
2. An unfortunate accident.

IN BRIEF: A misfortune.

The adventurers had one mishap after another but they arrived at their destination intact.
Tutor's tip: The teen's "mishap" (misfortune or accident) managed to "misshape" (to provide a wrong or bad shape or form to an object) her father's car beyond repair.

[名][C][U]不幸な出来事, 事故, 災難；((古))不運

without mishap
無事に

The haps and mishaps of life are next-door neighbors.
((ことわざ)) 禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし.

noun

an unlucky accident:although there were a few minor mishaps, none of the pancakes stuck to the ceiling the event passed without mishap

 hap

Syllabification: (hap)

Pronunciation: /hap/

archaic

noun

• luck; fortune.
• a chance occurrence, especially an event that is considered unlucky.

verb (haps, happing, happed)

[no object]

• come about by chance:what can hap to him worthy to be deemed evil?
• [with infinitive] have the fortune or luck to do something:where’er I happ’d to roam

Origin:

Middle English: from Old Norse happ

bassinet[bas・si・net]

 

• 発音記号[bæ`sənét]
• 
  

[名]片側にほろのついた揺りかご；（ほろ付き）うば車.

reinforcement, payola, Athletic Cups, Carbon Fiber

his innovative reinforcement at Komatsu Seiren's showroom facility in Nomi, Japan, provides added stability to the building.

日本Nomi的小松Seiren展廳設施的創新型強化碳纖維幕，為建築物增添了穩定性。

Kengo Kuma’s Carbon Fiber Curtain Makes Buildings Earthquake-Proof

Earthquakes? No longer a problem for fabric manufacturer Komatsu Seiren

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Iraq Election Highlights Ascendancy of Tribes

RAMADI, Iraq -- In rugged western Iraq, once the bastion of the insurgency against the American occupation and now a freewheeling arena of electoral politics steeped in payola, the conversation in the tribal guesthouse in Anbar province was the equivalent of a stump speech. 
(By Anthony Shadid, The Washington Post)

[名詞]

1. 1強化，増強，補強，増援；(音の)増幅
   • for reinforcement of the party
   • 党の強化のために.
2. 2強化材，補強物，増補物；(コンクリートを強化する)鉄筋
   • leather reinforcements on the trouser pockets
   • ズボンのポケットにつけた補強革.
3. 3((しばしば reinforcements)) 援軍，援兵，増援隊
   • a reinforcement of two companies
   • 2中隊の援軍

   • receive reinforcements
   • 援軍が来る.
4. 4〔心理〕 強化.
5. (1)賞や罰を与えて，刺激に対する反応を変えるための手続き.
6. (2)反応を強くすること.

 reinforcement
payola

payola

n.

1. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records.
2. A bribe or a number of bribes given to an influential person in exchange for a promotion of a product or service: “I do not mean to imply that most Wall Street analysts typically receive payola for touting particular stocks” (Burton G. Malkiel).

[Probably PAY(OFF) + -ola, suff.; see crapola.]

Under Armour Recalls Athletic Cups Due To Injury Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Under Armour Athletic Cups
Units: About 211,000
Importer: Under Armour Inc, of Baltimore, Maryland
Hazard: The cups can break if hit, posing a risk of serious injury hazard to athletes.
Incidents/Injuries: Under Armour has received five reports of cups breaking, including an injury involving cuts and bruising.

Description: This recall involves all athletic cups that have the Under Armour logo, including adult, teen, and youth sizes. The cups were sold individually and as part of a set with compression, slider, or jock shorts.
Sold at: Sporting good stores and Under Armour outlets nationwide and at www.underarmour.com from January 2006 through March 2009 for about $15.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the athletic cup and contact Under Armour for a $20 voucher for use online or at any Under Armour specialty or outlet store.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Under Armour toll-free at (888) 823-0343 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm’s Web site at www.underarmour.com/productsafety

CPSC is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about it by visiting https://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/incident.aspx

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CUP

An athletic supporter having a protective reinforcement of rigid plastic or metal.