batik 臈纈, blisteringly contemporary, swaps old characters and exploits for new players and present upheavals

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Two years after his previous book and 58 years after his first, John le Carré’s 25th novel again swaps old characters and exploits for new players and present upheavals

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John le Carré’s 25th novel is blisteringly contemporary
The enemy within

exploit (ACT) 

noun [C usually plural]

something unusual, brave or funny that someone has done:

She was telling me about her exploits while travelling around Africa.

ex・ploit

 

━━ vt. 利用する; 食い物にする, 搾取する; 開拓［開発］する, 採掘する.
━━  n. 功績. military exploits
 ex・ploit・a・ble　━━ a.
 ex・ploi・ta・tion　━━ n. 利用; 搾取; 開発; 組織的宣伝, 広告.
 ex・ploit・a・tive　━━ a. 資源開発の; 搾取的な.

羊木臈纈屏風

羊木臈纈屏風

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蠟染，古稱蠟纈，是一種古老的手工防染工藝，與絞纈（扎染）、夾纈並列為中國古代染纈工藝的三種基本類型。

臈纈の英訳 - 小学館 プログレッシブ和英中辞典

ろうけつ（ぞめ）【×臈×纈（染め）・×蝋×纈（染め）】

1. batik [bətíːk]
• ろうけつ染めのテーブルクロス
• a batik tablecloth

Victoria and Albert Museum

Baggy trousers! Well actually, embroidered trousers made from batik-patterned cotton from early 20th century Indonesia.

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