brushland, lock horns, brush area, brushed off a statement. brushes with death. "the judge brushed off his pleas for leniency"

The U.S. State Department on Thursday brushed off a statement from the senior Chinese diplomat in Hong Kong warning the recently appointed U.S. consul general there against interference in the affairs of the Chinese-ruled city by colluding with anti-China forces.


Sharon Stone Is Telling Her Side of the Story

The star of films like “Basic Instinct” and “Casino” writes about her life and brushes with death in a new memoir, “The Beauty of Living Twice.”


Los Angeles Fire Department investigators found that a camping stove used for cooking at an encampment in a canyon brush area, near a freeway underpass, was the cause of the fire.



Illegal Cooking Fire in Homeless Encampment Sparked Bel Air Blaze, Officials Say
The blaze that ripped through sprawling estates in the hillsides of Bel Air was sparked by an illegal cooking fire at a nearby homeless encampment…




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Not all trade tension is made in America













China is suing the European Union at the World Trade Organisation
Hearings began this week


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brush noun (TOUCH)

 

[ C usually singular ]

a quick, light touch:

He felt the brush of her hand on his.

 a brush with sth

 

a situation in which you experience something, or almost experience something, especially something unpleasant:

Jim had a brush with death (= was nearly killed) on the motorway.

Was that your first brush with the law (= experience of being in trouble with the police)?

brush
 Also called brushland. land or an area covered with thickly growing bushes and low trees.

 definition: If two people lock horns , they argue about something.
  lock horns: to begin to argue or fight 〔…と〕争う, 格闘する 〔with〕《★【由来】 鹿などが角を組み合わせて戦うことから》.

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brush off

/ˌbrʌʃ ˈɒf/

phrasal verb of brush

1. dismiss someone or something in an abrupt way.

   "the judge brushed off his pleas for leniency"