cut a —— figure, figure sth/sb out, Gaelic or Goidelic, Report: Irene Quaile

Thanks to the financial crisis and Brexit, Britain has lost all of its global functions in one great rush. It has not cut such a pathetic figure on the global stage since Suez




The New York Times leads with a look at how a top agenda item for lawmakers this week will be to try to figure out what to do about the 10.6 percent cut in doctors' Medicare fees that automatically went into effect earlier this month. The American Medical Association ran a series of advertisements targeting 10 Republican senators, most of whom are up for re-election, to pressure them to pass legislation that would prevent the cuts.

Insight | 02.08.2008 | 04:30

Keeping the Gaelic language alive in Scotland

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Rudha an Fhasaidh, Eigg, Scotland

After centuries of persecution, prejudice and neglect, Gaelic finally achieved a degree of official recognition in 2005.

In Scotland, the northern part of the United Kingdom, there are some 50,000 people who speak Gaelic. On the Outer Hebrides, to the north west of Scotland and in some parts of the mainland, the ancient Celtic language Gaelic is still in everyday use. But, according to the U.K. census figures, the number of Scottish Gaelic speakers has been falling for some years now - in spite of the widespread popularity of Gaelic folklore and music.

Report: Irene Quaile






Initial satellite development is being provided by French defense company Thales SA. The O3b business plan calls for regional ISPs and telecommunications providers to utilize the satellites for high-speed internet access in their respective regions. The company said the system's more than 2,000 transponder equivalents will be able to deliver Internet backhaul at speeds of 10 Gbps. The system has been configured so additional satellites can be added as needed.



In the context of broadcasting, backhaul refers to uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television or radio station, broadcast network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished TV show or radio show. The term is independent of the medium being used to send the backhaul, but satellite transmission is very common.

cut a —— figure

phrase of cut

1. 1.

   present oneself or appear in a particular way.

   
   

   "David has cut a dashing figure on the international social scene"

back haul

（貨物船・トラックなどの，荷を積んでの）帰路運送.
⇒back

tran・spon・der

━━ n. トランスポンダー ((自動送受信機)).

con・fig・u・ra・tion

 

━━ n. 構成, 配置; 形状, 輪郭; 天体の配置; ＝Gestalt; 【物】コンフィグレーション (((1)分子内での原子の配置. (2)原子内での電子の配置)); 【コンピュータ】（機器）構成, コンフィギュレーション.
 configuration file　【コンピュータ】構成（定義）ファイル, 環境設定ファイル.
 configuration management　【コンピュータ】構成管理.
 configuration space　【物】配位空間.
 con・fig・ure
　━━ vt. 【コンピュータ】コンフィギュレーションを行う.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Gaelic

(gā'lĭk) , or Goidelic, group of languages belonging to the Celtic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. See Celtic languages; Irish language.

Wikipedia article "Gaelic".

adj. - 蓋爾人的
n. - 蓋爾人, 蓋爾語
n. - ゲール語
adj. - ゲール人の

figure sth/sb out phrasal verb INFORMAL
to finally understand something or someone, or find the solution to a problem after a lot of thought:
[+ question word] I can't figure out why he did it.
I find him really odd - I can't figure him out at all.
Can you figure out the answer to question 5?