2024年8月23日 星期五

totaled, punctured, China moves to squeeze Hong Kong’s freedoms. Alain Delon, Smoldering French Film Star, Dies at 88




Dale Rogers, director of the Center for Logistics Management at the University of Nevada at Reno, said the market for such goods in the United States totaled $223 billion last year.

umanity's Discomfort, Punctured With a Pen

By CAROL KINO
The cartoonist Daniel Clowes receives his first museum retrospective at the Oakland Museum of California beginning April 14. The show will then go on tour.


“Ugh I can’t sleep,” bossladyfaithdg wrote. “My husband just got into a car accident today. totaled and not covered by insurance. I need this stimulus.”


MEMO FROM TEHRAN
Reverberations as Door Slams on Hope of Change
By BILL KELLER
Iran’s election ended with smoldering anger, crushed hopes and punctured illusions on the ground in Tehran and in the policy centers of Western capitals.



Alain Delon, Smoldering French Film Star, Dies at 88

The César-winning actor was an international favorite in the 1960s and ’70s, often sought after by the era’s great auteurs.




smoulder
/ˈsməʊldə/
verb
gerund or present participlesmoldering
  1. burn slowly with smoke but no flame.
    "the bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock"
    Similar:
    burn slowly
    smoke
    glow
    reek
    • show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion.
      "Anna smouldered with indignation"
      Similar:
      seethe
      boil
      fume
      burn
      simmer
      be boiling over
      be beside oneself
      be livid
      be wild
      jump up and down
      froth/foam at the mouth
    • exist in a suppressed or concealed state.
      "the controversy smouldered on for several years"

puncture
verb
UK 
 
/ˈpʌŋk.tʃər/
 US 
 
/ˈpʌŋk.tʃɚ/
I or T ]
to make a small hole in something, or to get a small hole in something:
She had used a screwdriver to puncture two holes in the lid of a paint tin.
The knife went through his ribs and punctured his lung.
T ]
to suddenly make someone less confident or positive:
My positive mood was rather punctured by the news.


totaled


totaled

形容詞
1

the insurance adjuster declared the automobile totaled 保険査定人は、その全損だと断言した

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