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After 91 Years, New York Will Let Its People Boogie

By ANNIE CORREAL

On Tuesday, the City Council is set to repeal the city's Cabaret Law, a Prohibition-era rule that made it illegal to dance in most nightspots.

chez

ʃeɪ/

preposition

1. at the home of (used in conscious imitation of French).

   
   

   "I spent one summer chez Grandma"

nightspot

ˈnʌɪtspɒt/

noun

informal

1. a nightclub.

boogie

1. to dance to, sing to or play boogie-woogie music
2. to engage in any lively or upbeat popular music or dance

especially rock and roll or 1970's disco
3. to party especially when drugs are involved4. (also BOOGIE-WOOGIE) to engage in habitual lifestyle of immoral or destructive vices

The rich couple had cocaine and other party favors and had their friends over at the mansion to boogie all night long.

#boogie-woogie#party#drugs#dance#disco

他〈太鼓などが〉〈規則正しいリズムを〉刻む（out）；《音楽》〈リズム・拍子を〉刻む，取る；自〈心臓が〉規則正しく打つ，鼓動する（⇒pulsate）

• beat (out) a rapid rhythm
• 早いリズムを刻む

• beat time
• 拍子を取る

• The news made my heart beat faster.
• その知らせを聞いてドキドキした

preparatory upbeat

upbeat

NOUN

• (in music) an unaccented beat preceding an accented beat.[名]〔the ～〕《音楽》上拍（の指示）

  • ‘The song has three stanzas of six lines, carrying four stresses downbeats separated by upbeats.’
  • ‘But havoc and harmony learn to coexist, most harmoniously on ‘Circle Square Triangle’, whose guitars punch thick upbeats despite an ungainly note count.’
  • ‘Movement is slowed with stops at percussive upbeats.’
  • ‘There are a lot of upbeats, up in the air, which is great for dancing but really hard for an orchestra.’

  
  

ADJECTIVE

informal 

• Cheerful; optimistic.━[形]((略式))楽天的な；陽気な

  ‘he was upbeat about the company's future’