Busts of Virginia and Leonard Woolf in the garden of Monk's House
Virginia Woolf and her husband lived together in Monk’s House, a serene 17th-century clapboard cottage in East Sussex, England, from 1919 until her untimely death in 1941. Here she worked on such novels as Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse and also held her famous Bloomsbury Group meetings, entertaining such luminaries as T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and Lytton Strachey.
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midcentury, haptic, ill-timed
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hap·tic (hăp'tĭk) pronunciation
adj.
Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.
ill-timed
(ĭl'tīmd')
adj.
Done or occurring at an inappropriate time; untimely. Clapboard, also known as bevel siding, lap siding or weatherboard (with regional variants as to the exact definitions of these terms) is wooden siding of a building. Siding and wall cladding is the exterior material applied to the walls of a house or other building meant to shed water, protect the walls from the effects of weather, insulate, and is a key in the aesthetics of the structure.
untimely
ʌnˈtʌɪmli/
adjective
1.
(of an event or act) happening or done at an unsuitable time.
My dad was a D.C. policeman, and I would like to apologize (not “recalibrate”) to the Cambridge police for the president’s assumption that they “acted stupidly.” You would think that Mr. Obama would have afforded the police the same consideration he gave to the mass-murdering Muslim Army major when he said: “I would caution against jumping to conclusions.”
They embody a certain version of femininity: dainty, sexualised and uncomfortable. But until the middle of the 17th century, high heels were mainly practical footwear worn by men. From 1843
有一首「打油歌」看不懂，尚望高人指點。 Of monarchs who e’en have merry been the something I have reckoned For never was seen a King or Queen as potty as Charles the Second. The something is fine in wenches and wine Whatever their age or shade is And none can surpass our play with the glass Or out-tickle us with the ladies 說明： wenches and wine是「酒色」 查理二世縱情享樂，外遇不斷，有「快樂王」外號 我最不懂是頭兩句，還有potty 我清算/處理過的君王行樂
BY ANY reckoning today is a crucial moment in the extraordinary Greek debt-crisis drama, as two deadlines pass, with fateful consequences. The first is a payment... ECON.ST
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Having known for months that America's debt ceiling had to be raised in the autumn to avoid a default, and having known for a few weeks that the Treasury reckoned that October 17th was the magic day, Senators have struck a deal. Disaster appears to have been averted, for now http://econ.st/1bXk3I7 The bishop of London, Richard Chartres, presiding at the funeral, said that while Mrs. Thatcher had become “a symbolic figure — even an ‘ism’ ” in her 11 years in power, the funeral was “neither the time nor the place” for a political reckoning. 主持葬禮的倫敦主教理乍得·查特斯(Richard Chartres)說，在11年的執政生涯中，撒切爾夫人已經成為了“一位具有象徵意義的人物，甚至誕生了撒切爾主義”，葬禮不是“合適的時機或場所”來 對她進行政治上的評判。
Japan could face "the day of reckoning" sooner than expected if the government fails to raise the sales tax and investors demand higher returns on government bonds, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday, ...
Take no pleasure in Toyota's reckoning St. Louis Post-Dispatch As recounted in David Halberstam's 1988 book "The Reckoning," this was the company, inspired by the post-war quality-control theories of W. Edwards Deming, ... "Early Christmas shopping could explain part of the strength, but it doesn't really tally with the weakness in consumer confidence nor the data seen in the CBI and British Retail Consortium (BRC) surveys," said James Knightley, an economist at ING. BRC director general Stephen Robertson said the rise in the official figure for November was "hard to explain".
Mr Reader's tale ends with the modern efforts to understand the genetics of the potato, which could lead to more disease-resistant varieties. The propitious esculent, he explains, is likely to feature in the diets of space-farers who will have to grow their own food.
tale
A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation: told us a long tale of woe.
A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
tell tales (out of school) 告げ口する, 秘密を言いふらす; うそをつく.揭人隱私, 散佈流言 Thereby hangs a tale. それにはいささかわけがある. tale・bearer, tale・teller 告げ口屋. tale・bearinga., n. old wives' tale たわいもない話［考え，迷信］.
Archaic. A tally or reckoning; a total.
TALE 【古‧文】計算;總計,總額 《例句》 • The shepherd tells his tale [the tale of his sheep]. 牧羊人點清他的羊數. • The tale is complete. 數目不錯 ,並無短缺. 2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated.
The ignorant, . . . who measure by tale, and not by weight. --Hooker.
And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthornn in the dale. --Milton.
In packing, they keep a just tale of the number --Carew.典故：There shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.「強人所難」「逼人做無米之炊」
tall taleほら話.說大話。
a teller of tall tales.
reck·on·ing(rĕk'ə-nĭng) n.
The act of counting or computing.
An itemized bill or statement of a sum due.
A settlement of accounts: a day of reckoning.
The act or process of calculating the position of a ship or an aircraft.
The position so calculated.
━━ n. 計算; 勘定（書）; 清算; 【海事】船位推算. out in one's reckoning 計算を間違えて; 当てが外れて. the day of reckoning 悪事の清算日; 最後の審判の日.
reckoning |美國名校生的“清算時刻”
大學招生舞弊醜聞持續在美國名校發酵，許多大學正在考慮，捲入這起事件的學生們是應該繼續學業，還是接受懲罰？時報報導稱，這些學生如今正面臨一場“清算”(face a reckoning)。
Reckoning一詞有計算、清算和算總賬之意，在新聞報導中常取清算、審判之意。如時報關於中國“我也是” 報導的英文標題：“A #MeToo Reckoning in China's Workplace Amid Wave of Accusations”（指控浪潮中，中國職場“我也是”運動的清算）。
A moment of reckoning（清算時刻）是一種常見用法。去年，美國最高法院大法官候選人、耶魯校友卡瓦諾面臨性侵指控之際，一些耶魯學生對自己所在的這間名校的文化與傳統進行了反思 。一些人表示，這是“我們所有人的清算時刻”。 (a moment of reckoning for all of us.)
reckon v., -oned, -on·ing, -ons. v.tr.
To count or compute: reckon the cost. See synonyms at calculate.
To consider as being; regard as. See synonyms at consider.
Informal. To think or assume.
v.intr.
To make a calculation; figure.
To rely with confident expectancy. See synonyms at rely.
Informal. To think or assume.
phrasal verbs: reckon with
To take into account or deal with: a man to be reckoned with.
reckon without
To fail to consider or deal with; ignore.
[Middle English reknen, from Old English gerecenian, to recount, arrange.]
reckon with someone or something
to dealwithsomeone or something; to copewithsomeone or something.I have to reckonwiththetroublesomeMr.Johnsonthisafternoon.Maryknewjustexactlyhowshehad to reckonwiththebillcollector.
noun[C usually singular]SLIGHTLY OLD-FASHIONED a record or count of a number of items: Will you keep a tally of the number of customers going in and out?
tally(AGREE) verb[I] to match or agree with something else: Our figures don't tally - you've made it twenty pounds more than me. Your plans don't tally with mine.
tale・bearer, tale・teller 告げ口屋.
