check something off. Chic Hydration. leatherette. to symbolize societal anxieties writ large

 

In my latest review I look at an early Yukio Mishima novel from 1956 that has never been translated into English, a tale of budding-love and premature-marital-engagement amongst postwar Tokyo youth, one in which new individual romantic freedoms writ small come to symbolize societal anxieties writ large...https://nihongobookreview.wordpress.com/....../%e6%b0....../

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The leatherette details of the Fujifilm Instax Square SQ40 make it an exceptionally handsome model for the category. And its square images have a classic look that is pleasingly colorful and creamy.

— Arriana Vasquez, Senior Updates Writer, Wirecutter

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Chic Hydration

Easy to ferry to a nightstand or patio table, the Nude Glass Mr. & Mrs. Night Water Set tidily fits a drinking glass — decorated with a winking face — in the mouth of a matching carafe. The svelte set is made with lead-free crystal in Turkey.

— Samantha Schoech, Staff Writer, Wirecutter

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leatherette

noun [ U ]

uk 

 /ˌleð.əˈret/ us 

 /ˌleð.əˈret/

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an artificial material that is made to look like leather

check something off

phrasal verb with check verb

uk 

 /tʃek/ us 

 /tʃek/

US

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to mark names or things on a list as correct or as having been dealt with:

writ large

very obvious

phrase [verb-link PHRASE, noun PHRASE] If you say that something is writ large, you mean that it is very obvious. [literary]