upfront, shift, in shift, go figure, sequin, tiara. figure skating, tutu. was "upfront, open and honest" with. draw the characters out more? The U.S. had vetoed previous resolutions to stop fighting in Gaza. In a shift, the measure it proposed called for an “immediate and sustained cease-fire.”

Russia and China Veto U.S. Resolution on Gaza Cease-Fire at U.N.

The U.S. had vetoed previous resolutions to stop fighting in Gaza. In a shift, the measure it proposed called for an “immediate and sustained cease-fire.”

“It was pretty academic, so she asked, ‘Can you rework this and draw the characters out more?’ and I got a contract,” Mr. Taylor recalled in a phone interview. “It was the first time I got paid upfront for anything.”

Australia was "upfront, open and honest" with France about its concerns over a deal for French submarines, its defence minister said on Sunday, as a new deal with the United States and Britain continued to fuel a multinational diplomatic crisis.

Whereas Mr Davis painted an idyllic vision of Brexit, Mr Raab has been upfront about the fact that the process may be difficult

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Dominic Raab takes the Brexit helmA former housing minister takes over the Brexit negotiations after David Davis’s departure

 BBC England 都分享了 1 條連結。

Primary school boys & girls should be free to dress up in a tutu & tiara or helmet & superhero cloak without comment, the Church of England says.

Church of England: Let girls and boys wear tiaras

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Interpublic to Shift $250 Million in TV Ad Spending to YouTube - WSJ

www.wsj.com/.../interpublic-to-shift-250-million-in-tv-ad-spending-to-yout...

6 days ago - Magna Global signs upfront deal with YouTube for October 2016 through December 2017, as TV ratings remain under pressure. ... Magna Global, the ad buying arm of Interpublic Group of IPG 1.11 % Cos., has signed an upfront advertising deal with YouTube, shifting spending from television ...

Forget the tiaras and sequinned gowns - this Sao Paulo beauty pageant was looking for the city's "Most Handsome Elderly Man''

http://bbc.in/1KUQJ39

Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.

Would figure skating be taken more seriously if they wore uniforms instead of costumes? http://wapo.st/1dMfMlA

Enough with the Ice Capades. Let’s issue skating uniforms.

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COLUMN | The costumes — especially ones with sequins — mask the real athletic prowess of figure skaters.

Two-time world champion Asada wins women's short programSA TODAY
Mao Asada of Japan competes in the women's short program during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Asada, a two-time world champion, won the event. Mao Asada of Japan competes in the ...

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In Shift, Iran's President Calls for End to Syrian Crackdown

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

In a surprising turn, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is calling for Syria to end its crackdown on antigovernment protesters.

up-front 

• 音節úp-frónt

[形容詞]

1. 1((話)) 前もっての，あらかじめの，事前の；〔金融〕 先払いの，前払いの，原始資本として投資された，期首投下資本としての
   • an up-front fee of five percent and an additional five percent when the job is done
   • 5%の先払い手数料，仕事完了時に5%の追加手数料.
2. 2((話)) 率直な，正直な；あけっぴろげな，隠し隔てのない，大胆な；偏見のない
   • up-front behavior
   • あけっぴろげな振る舞い

   • He's very up-front about discussing his past.
   • 自分の過去を論じるのに少しも包み隠そうとするところがない.
3. 3((話))
4. (1)顕著な，傑出した，目立つ；重要な，主要な；最新流行の
   • The company has an up-front position in its industry.
   • その会社は業界でぬきんでた地位を占めている.
5. (2)(会社などの)経営陣に関する［の］，重役［管理職］の
   • an up-front job
   • 管理職

   • the people up-front
   • 経営陣.
6. 4((話)) 前部［前方］に位置する，最前列の
   • request up-front seats on a plane
   • 飛行機の前部座席を求める.
7. (また up・front)

━━ [副詞] (また up front)

1. 1((話)) 〔金融〕 先払いとして，前金で，原始投下資本として，期首投資額として
   • They'll need a half-million dollars up-front before opening the business.
   • 事業発足前に原始資本として約50万ドルの投資が必要になろう.
2. 2((話)) (他の支払い，諸控除または利益の還元よりも)優先して，最優先払いで
   • Estimated operating expenses will be deducted up-front.
   • 前もって営業費用の見積額が差し引かれることになろう.
3. 3((話)) 隠し立てなく，正直に.
4. 4((話)) 正面に，(デモなどの)最前列に
   • Chicks up-front.
   • 女は前列に出ろ（◆デモを規制する警官の矛先をかわすために行われる常套じょうとう手段）.

語源

c1967

tiara (tɪˈɑːrə  ) 

noun

1. a woman's semicircular jewelled headdress for formal occasions
2. a high headdress worn by Persian kings in ancient times
3. (Roman Catholic Church) tiara （ L. ）：三重冠；教宗冠：象徵教宗之訓誨、聖化、治理三項神權，今已廢止，只戴一層冠，與主教所戴者相同。
1. a headdress worn by the pope, consisting of a beehive-shaped diadem surrounded by three coronets
2. the office or rank of pope

Alexandra Ansanelliwearing a pancake tutu

The modern tutu is a dress worn as a costume in a ballet performance, often with attached bodice.^[1] It may be made of tarlatan, muslin, silk, tulle, gauze, or nylon. Modern tutus have two basic types: the Romantic tutu is soft and bell-shaped, reaching the calf or ankle; the Classical tutu is short and stiff, projecting horizontally from the waist and hip.^[2]

sequin

Line breaks: se¦quin

Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkwɪn/

noun

1a small shiny disc sewn on to clothing for decoration: satin dresses trimmed with pearls and sequins


shift

• 音記号[ʃíft]

[動](他)

1 ［III[名]（[副]）］〈物・視線などを〉（…へ）移す, 移動する((to ...))；…を（…から）転じる((from ...))

The hunter shifted his gun from one shoulder to the other.
ハンターは猟銃をもう一方の肩に移した

He shifted his gaze to the mountains.
山なみへ眼を移した.

2 〈責任などを〉（人に）なすりつける((on/onto, to ...))

She tried to shift the responsibility to him.
彼女は責任を彼に転嫁しようとした.

3 …を取り替える, 変える

shift one's position ［ground］
（議論で）立場を変える

shift the scene
（小説・劇などで）場面を変える.

4 ((米))〈車のギヤを〉変える.

5 ((英))〈しみなどを〉取り除く, 落とす；〈在庫を〉さばく, 売る.

6 《言語学》…を（体系的に）音変化させる.

━━(自)（←(他)）

1 ［I（[副]）］移動する, 転じる, 場所［住所など］を変える；変化する

shift from place to place
住所を転々と変える

The breeze shifted (round) to the north.
風向きが北へ変わった.

2 なんとかやっていく, 自力でうまくやる

Let him shift for himself.
ひとりでやらせておけ.

3 ((古))ごまかす, いんちきをする.

4 ((米))ギヤを（…に）入れ替える（((英))change）((up, down/into, to ...))

shift into second
セカンドにギヤを入れ替える.

5 （タイプライターなどの）シフトキーを押し下げる.

6 ((俗))着替える.

shift (one's weight) from one foot to the other

体重を一方の足から他方に移す.

━━[名]

1 移動, 転換, 変化, 変更, 転移

a shift in attitude ［policy］
態度［政策］の変化

a shift of capital
遷都.

2 交替, （交替制の）勤務時間；交替（勤務）組

the morning shift
朝組

in ［on］ two shifts
2交替で

in staggered shifts
時間差交替で（▼多人数で交替し, 24時間常にだれかが任務についているもの）

off shift
非番で

be on an early shift
早番である

The men work 12-hour shifts.
男たちは12時間交替で働く.

3 （…の）代用((of, for ...)).

4 [C][U]一時しのぎの手段.

5 ((古))ごまかし, ずるい手段；言い抜け.

6 （タイプライター・コンピュータのキーボードの）シフトキー；((米))（自動車の）変速装置.

7 《服飾》シフトドレス；((古))シュミーズ, スリップ.

8 《採鉱》断層.

9 《言語学》（音の）推移, 変化.

10 《農業》輪作（作物）；輪作用の土地.

11 《アメフト》シフト：プレー直前の攻撃側の位置移動.

12 《音楽》（弦楽器の演奏で）左手の移動.

13 《コンピュータ》（記憶装置の）桁(けた)移動.

make shift

（…で）間に合わせる((with ...)).

［古英語sciftan. 原義は「分ける」. △SHIVER²］

shift・a・ble

[形]移動［取り替え, 変更］可能な.

go figure!

North American INFORMAL Said to express the belief that something is amazing or incredible:there’ll even (go figure) be an Elvis impersonator

Go Figure (Lyrics - Everlife),

figure

━━ n. 形, 姿; 体型; 肖像; 外観; 風采; 人物, 名士; 象徴; 図面; 図案; 図解; （アラビア）数字; けた (three 〜s 3けた）; 合計額; 値段; （pl.） 算数, 計算; 【スケート】フィギュア ((一連の動作)); （フィギュアスケートで）氷上に描く図形; 【数】図形; ことばのあや; 【楽】音型; 【ダンス】（ひと）旋回.
cut [make] a (…) figure　異彩を放つ; （…に）見える (cut a poor [sorry] 〜 （姿が）みすぼらしい; cut no 〜 問題にならない).
figure of fun　おかしな（様子の）人.
go the whole figure　〔米〕 徹底的にやる.
keep [lose] one's figure　体型をスマートに保つ［太って体型がくずれる］.
put a figure on　…の数値を正確に言う.
━━ vt. かたどる; 図示［表象・想像・計算］する; 模様を施す; 比喩(ひゆ)で示す; 〔話〕 …だと思う, 決める.
━━ vi. （…として）現れる ((as)); 目立つ ((in)); 計算する; 計算が合う; 話が分かる.
figure in　…を計算［考慮］に入れる.
figure on　…をあてにする; 計算に入れる.
figure out　〔話〕 算出［解決・了解］する.
figure out at …　（合計が）…になる.
figure up　合計する.
That figures.　それは当然だ, もっともなことだ.
fig・ured　━━ a. 形で表した; 模様のついた.

figured bass　【楽】通奏低音.
figure eight knot　8字型結び.
figure・head　船首像; 名目だけの首領.
figure (of) eight　8の字型; 【スケート】8の字型滑走.
figure of speech　修辞, ことばのあや, 比喩; 誇張.
figure shift　【コンピュータ】数字シフト（キー）.
figure skating　フィギュアスケート.