traduce, treachery, depiction, irk, languor

By Rupert Murdoch

Inheriting a legendary brand is both a burden and blessing. Bob Iger could have been haunted by the past, but he has instead created a powerhouse for the company’s future, diversifying the portfolio and yet not traducing the tradition.

Inheriting a legendary brand is both a burden and blessing. Bod Iger could have been haunted by the past, but he has instead created a powerhouse for the company’s future, diversifying the portfolio and yet not traducing the tradition.

Treachery becomes a principle with them, and mischief a conscience, that is, a livelihood. They not only damn the work in the lump, but vilify and traduce the author, and substitute lying abuse and sheer malignity for sense and satire.




Bavarians Irked About Ex-Leader's Depiction in Berlin

Bavarians are a friendly bunch -- as long as you don't question the
integrity of their late leaders, like one Berlin wax museum has.

The DW-WORLD Article
http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evyz3pI44va89pIb

Walled in! - The inner German border
			For the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Welle has developed a unique project in cooperation with the Berlin Wall Foundation: an animated depiction of the former German-German border. [more]

Monet, Flaubert and Sarah Bernhardt all loved Belle-Île-en-Mer in France. The island may have fallen out of fashion since the late 19th century—but it’s still the ideal place for a low-key holiday.

Our travel story from The Economist’s 1843 magazine

Belle-Île-en-Mer: good food, Breton cider and a languorous pace

There’s excellent sailing, diving and surfing to be had, too

ECON.ST

lean languorously

 A virile new Britain cannot continue indefinitely to be traduced in the eyes or rather ears, of the world by the effete languors of Langham Place, brazenly masquerading as "standard English." 

languor 

Pronunciation: /ˈlaŋɡə/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

1Tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable:her whole being was pervaded by a dreamy languor

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2An oppressive stillness of the air:the afternoon was hot, quiet, and heavy with languor

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languorous

Pronunciation: /ˈlaŋɡərəs/ 

ADJECTIVE

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languorously

Pronunciation: /ˈlaŋɡərəsli/ 

ADVERB

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Origin

Middle English: via Old French from Latin, from languere (see languish). The original sense was 'illness, distress', later 'faintness, lassitude'; current senses date from the 18th century, when such lassitude became associated with a romantic yearning.

irk
verb [T] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to annoy someone:
The negative reply to my complaint really irked me.

irksome
adjective SLIGHTLY FORMAL
The vibration can become irksome (= annoying) after a while.

depict
verb [T]
to represent or show something in a picture or story:
Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.
In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant.
[+ ing form of verb] People were shocked by the advertisement which depicted a woman beating her husband.

depiction
The painter's depictions of the horror of war won her a worldwide reputation.
I disapprove of the depiction of violence on television.


treachery


━━ n. 裏切り（行為）; 反逆.
treach・er・ous
 ━━ a. 裏切り［反逆］の ((to)); あてにならない.

treach・er・ous・ly　ad.
treach・er・ous・ness　n.

traduce

To cause humiliation or disgrace to by making malicious and false statements. See synonyms at malign.

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Pronunciation: /trəˈdjuːs/

Definition of traduce in English:

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

Speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as todamage their reputation:it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him