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Notes of a word-watcher, Hanching Chung. A first port of call for English learning.

2019年1月19日 星期六

Neediness, binned, sense of possibility, low ambition



The sense of possibility that dominated the early months of Emmanuel Macron's presidency has all but evaporated. This is reflected in the low ambition of a new Franco-German treaty
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Are Andrew Lansley's controversial NHS reforms quietly being binned? The BBC's health correspondent Nick Triggle investigates...




OPINION

The Wall Is a Symbol of Donald Trump’s Neediness
By FRANK BRUNI


Seldom has a president’s ego required so much shoring up. There’s not enough concrete in creation for that job.







 Neediness



1. Being in need; impoverished; a charity that helped needy immigrants. 2. Wanting or needing affection, attention, or reassurance, especially to an excessive degree.


Neediness - definition of neediness by The Free Dictionary





bin
/bɪn/
BRITISH
verb
past tense: binned; past participle: binned
  1. 1.
    INFORMAL
    throw (something) away by putting it in a bin.

    "piles of junk that should have been binned years ago"


  2. 2.
    store (something, especially wine) in a bin.

    "paint on the bottles indicated which way up they should be binned"
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