2018年8月16日 星期四

conclave, Crepuscule, give you an earful



Tate Weather predicts a sky like Whistler's twilight scene 
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso 1866, on free display at Tate Britain https://bit.ly/2KUCXSS

Sherry Huang, a retired accountant and grandmother, is not someone you would expect to get worked up over international arms sales, but ask her why Taiwan needs advanced fighter jets from the United States and she will give you an earful.



Chinese elders appear to be giving Xi Jinping an earful.
https://s.nikkei.com/2BgynP8



Crepuscule 黃昏
conclaveの意味や使い方 【名詞】【可算名詞】1【カトリック】 コンクラーベ 《枢機卿(きよう) (cardinals) の教皇選挙会(の会場)》.2秘密会議.


earful definition: 1. to complain angrily to someone  2. angry, complaining speech: .

earful
[名]((略式))
1 (耳にタコができるほどの)長い忠告, 長話;きつい小言, 大目玉
get an earful from him
彼から大目玉を食らう
give a person an earful on [about] ...
…のことで人をしかる.
2 びっくりするようなニュース[うわさ].

earful

Syllabification: (ear·ful)
Pronunciation: /ˈi(ə)rˌfo͝ol/

noun

[in singular] informal
  • a loud blast of a noise:an earful of static
  • a prolonged amount of talking, typically an angry reprimand:he gave his players an earful at halftime




earful

Pronunciation: /ˈɪəfʊl/


noun

[in singular] informal
  • 1a prolonged and angry reprimand:executives got an earful about poor rail connections
  • 2a loud blast of sound:an earful of white noise

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