用法学习： 1. A bistro [ˈbi:strou], sometimes spelled bistrot, is, in its original
Parisian incarnation, a small restaurant serving moderately priced 价格适中的
simple meals in a modest setting. Bistros are defined mostly by the
foods they serve. French home-style cooking, and slow-cooked foods like
cassoulet, a bean stew, are typical. Kafana (Serbia, Montenegro, and
Bosnia and Herzegovina, pronounced [kafǎna]), kafeana (Macedonia),
kavana (Croatia, IPA: [kaʋǎna]) are terms used in the former Yugoslav
countries for a distinct type of local bistro which primarily serves
alcoholic beverages and coffee (and occasionally light snacks), and
which sometimes also has a live band. The concept of a
social gathering place for men to drink alcoholic beverages and coffee
originated in Ottoman Turkey and spread to Southeast Europe during
Ottoman occupation, further evolving into the contemporary kafana. 2. like a dog on heat (simile) Very energetic and enthusiastic, especially when sexually aroused. in/on heat in estrus; receptive to mating. in
a period of sexual excitement; in estrus. (Estrus发情期( [ˈɛstrəs ˈi:strəs]. the usual US spelling of oestrus). is the period of time
in which females are most willing to breed. This expression is usually
used for animals. It has been used for humans in a joking sense.
be ~; get [into] ~; go [into] ~.) Our dog is in heat. She
goes into heat every year at this time. on somebody's (own) head be it 自负其责 (slightly formal) something
that you say in order to tell someone what they intend to do is silly
and they must accept the blame or responsibility if it goes wrong. If you
don't want to take out any insurance, ok, but on your head be it. on someone's head 落在...头上 Fig.
[for something negative] belonging only to one person or group. All the
blame fell on their heads. I don't think that all the criticism should
be on my head. 3. find one's way (around) Fig.
to be able to move about an area satifactorily without getting lost. I
can go downtown by myself. I can find my way around. I know the area
well enough to find my way. find one's way (somewhere) [for someone] to discover the route to a place. Mr. Smith found his way to the museum. Can you find your way home? pine away (after someone or something) to
waste away in melancholy and longing for someone or something. A year
later, he was still pining away after Claire. Still, he is pining away.
short相关的词组: stop short 骤停, 突然停下来 to stop suddenly She ran toward him but stopped short when she saw the gun. bring/pull somebody up short/sharply
to cause someone to suddenly stop what they are doing. to surprise or
shock someone; to make someone face something unpleasant, suddenly. The slap in the face brought me up sharply. The loud bang brought me up short. A sharp stab of pain in my right knee brought me up short. My scream pulled him up short. The sudden thought that everything might not be all right pulled Tom up short. stop (somebody) [dead] in their tracks
if something stops someone in their tracks, or if they stop in their
tracks, they suddenly stop what they are doing because they are so
surprised. A loud scream stopped me dead in my tracks. He opened the door and stopped in his tracks. A complete stranger was sitting in his office. When I heard the loud scream, I stopped dead in my tracks. fall short of something I. to lack something; to lack enough of something, such as money, time, etc. We fell short of money at the end of the month. Tom fell short of cash and had to borrow from me. II. 未达到. if something falls short of a particular level or standard, it does not reach it. Sales for the first half of the year fell short of the target. be caught short I. (British & Australian informal) to have a sudden urgent need to go to the toilet. You should go to the toilet before you leave. You don't want to be caught short on the journey. II. (American & Australian informal) to suddenly find you are not prepared for a situation, especially to be without money when you need it. I'm caught short. Can you you lend me some money so I can pay for my lunch? short end of the stick Fig. the smaller or less desirable part, rank, task, or amount. (get ~; have ~; give someone ~; end up with ~.) to feel that you are being treated particularly badly in comparison with other people. When
the mayor cut our budget almost in half, I felt like we were getting
the short end of the stick. I always feel like I'm getting the short
end, that I'm being cheated out of something. Why do I always get the
short end of the stick? I want my fair share! She's unhappy because she
has the short end of the stick again. long and the short of it and short and the long of it 重点是 Fig. the most important point; the summary of the matter. Jill:
Is there some reason that you've spent the last half hour complaining
about Fred? Jane: The long and the short of it is, I hate working with
him so much that I'm going to resign. Dad keeps saying that he can't
spend the rest of his life in mourning for Mother. I finally asked him
if he was thinking of getting married again. "That's the long and the
short of it," he admitted. on/at short notice 仓促之下, 短时间内 quickly and without a timely notification of other people; with very little lead time. with little warning. It's
hard to find someone to take care of the kids on short notice. She
called the meeting on such short notice that we had no time to prepare. stop short of a place not to go as far as something. The bus stopped short of the end of the road. The speeding car stopped short of the sidewalk where children were playing. stop short of doing something 险险没有, 差点没有, 就差...了 I. to decide not to do something. I stopped short of telling him what I really felt about him. II. to almost do something, or partly do something without completing it. The punishments are quite severe but they stop short of losing your job. Usage notes: sometimes used in the forms stop well short of or stop just short of: The government is stopping just short of threatening to go to war. give somebody/something short shrift
to give very little attention to someone or something, either because
you are not interested in them or because you are annoyed with them
(usually passive) A planning application for a new nightclub in the town centre was given short shrift by the council. Sue gave Robert short shrift when he turned up drunk for her party. in the short/long run 短期内 for a short period of time. Although gasoline prices may rise in the short run, they should begin to fall again by the end of the year. longest way round is the shortest/nearest way home
Prov. It may seem as if it will take too long to do something carefully
and according to directions, but in fact it will take less time than
doing something carelessly, because you will not have to fix it afterwards. I
would advise you to read the instructions before trying to use your new
stereo. It takes some time, but the longest way round is the nearest
way home. short with someone abrupt and a little bit rude in speaking to a person. (be ~; become ~; get ~.) Please don't be short with me. I am doing the best that I can. (little) short on one end 有点矮 Rur. short. You'll
recognize Bill right away. He's got red hair, and he's a little short
on one end. He's not small; he's just short on one end. The barber cut
my hair a little short on one end. Short reckonings make long friends.( reckoning I The act of counting or computing. II. An itemized bill or statement of a sum due. III. A settlement of accounts: a day of reckoning. IV. a. The act or process of calculating the position of a ship or an aircraft. b. The position so calculated.) Prov. If you borrow something from a friend, pay it back as soon as possible so that the two of you remain friendly. Now that you've finished using Bert's saw, take it right back to him. Short reckonings make long friends. short-change somebody 少找零钱 (informal) I. to give less than correct change to. II. to cheat someone by giving them less than they expected (usually passive). No one told me the film was only an hour long - I was short-changed! sell someone or something short 妄自菲薄, 低估, 贱卖, 随便卖掉 Fig. to underestimate someone or something; to fail to see the good qualities of someone or something. This
is a very good restaurant. Don't sell it short. When you say that John
isn't interested in music, you're selling him short. Did you know he
plays the violin quite well? (often reflexive) 'Who'd employ me at my
age?' 'Don't sell yourself short别妄自菲薄! You're intelligent and you've got loads of experience.'. short selling 卖空, 做空 Finance
the practice of selling commodities, securities, currencies, etc. that
one does not have in the expectation that falling prices will enable one
to buy them in at a profit before they have to be delivered. wiki: In finance, short selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling assets, usually securities, that have
been borrowed from a third party (usually a broker) with the intention
of buying identical assets back at a later date to return to the lender. It is a form of reverse trading. The short seller卖空着 hopes to profit from a decline in the price of the assets between the sale and the repurchase, as the seller will pay less to buy the assets than the seller received on selling them. Conversely, the short seller will incur a loss if the price of the assets rises. Other costs of shorting may include a fee for borrowing the assets and payment of any dividends paid on the borrowed assets. "Shorting" and "going short"
also refer to entering into any derivative or other contract under
which the investor profits from a fall in the value of an asset. Going
short can be contrasted with the more conventional practice of "going long囤货居奇", whereby an investor profits from any increase in the price of the asset.
新闻故事: 1. NZ rules love doesn't span ages for Indian student Balwinder Singh, 22, and his wife Glyn Kessell, 59: The Indian man is an international student and applied for a work visa claiming partnership but had his application rejected申请被拒. (NEW Zealand has denied a man's visa application.) We have noted that you and your partner have a significant age gap巨大年龄差距, we are not convinced that you and your partner have demonstrated that this relationship is likely to endure. Mrs Kessell-Singh, who has a 37-year-old son, was asked by Immigration NZ how she felt about being older than her in-laws, who are 46 and 45. "I don't give a stuff ... I am 21 in my mind. It's not about the age, it's about who you like. Age is not relevant没有关系的, 不相干的," she said. "The couple got married after an uncommonly short three-month courtship. It was noted during a visit to the couple's home that their living arrangement appeared to be akin to a boarding situation," Immigration NZ area manager Michael Carley said. 2. The Sydney Morning Herald ran an ad in today's racing section "The Form" promoting the radio station's sports program with the headline, "Another reason to let her go shopping this weekend". Seriously, where do you start with this thing怎么想出来的? Obviously a stunt噱头 to get people talking about the station and the program, which worked, but will it gain them listeners? You can imagine the creative workshop / think tank / pow wow(A pow-wow (also powwow or pow wow) is a gathering of North America's Native people. The word derives from the Narragansett word powwaw, meaning "spiritual leader". A modern pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American/First Nations and non-Native American/First Nations people meet to dance, sing, socialize, and honor Native American/First Nations culture. There is generally a dancing competition, often with significant prize money awarded. Pow-wows vary in length from one day session of five to six hours to three days. Major pow-wow or pow-wows called for a special occasion can be up to one week long. The term also has been used to describe any gathering of Native Americans of any tribe, and as such is occasionally heard in older Western movies. The word has also been used to refer to a meeting, especially a meeting of powerful people such as officers in the military. However, such use is sometimes viewed as disrespectful to Native culture.) - "We need to come up with something that'll get social media buzzing". "Yep, I reckon we cash in on the whole misogyny thing - I dunno, maybe something like women and shopping? You know, inferring that if the little woman goes shopping, her bloke'll be free to listen in peace, preferably in his shed, with a bottle of KB". "You've nailed it!" You can smell the Dencorub(Dencorub products offer you a full range of pain relieving creams and gels, standard gheat rubs, rubs to help soothe the pain of Arthritis. ) from here. You would have thought 2UE would have had more sense than going for a cheap shot (An unfair or unsporting verbal attack on a vulnerable target. any mean or unsportsmanlike remark or action, esp. one directed at a defenseless or vulnerable person.) like this, considering the dramas its mortal enemy 死敌 2GB has been embroiled in - think "chaff bag" and "shame" and so on. Also, the latest radio ratings came out this week, and to borrow from the racing vernacular, it was 2GB first by a good length, 702 ABC up there as well, with 2UE almost bringing up the rear. The ad was an interesting attempt to try and claw back ( clawback I. (US law of evidence) A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party, but to which the other party would not have been entitled. II. (US taxation law) Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision, but which is taken from them by another tax provision. III. (US, business) 回溯条款 Any recovery of a performance-related payment based on discovery that the performance was not genuine. The airline got a clawback provision in the event of failure of the engines to meet fuel-consumption targets. ) some of that dead air ( Dead air 死寂, 无话说 is an unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which no sound (i.e. an unmodulated carrier wave) is transmitted. The term is most often used in cases where program material comes to an unexpected halt, either through operator error or for technical reasons, although it is also used in cases where an individual broadcaster has lost their train of thought. Among professional broadcasters, dead air is considered one of the worst things that can occur. Dead air can also apply to television broadcasting, generally when a television channel has an interruption to its output, resulting in a blank screen or in the case of digital television, a frozen image, until output is restored or an apology message is broadcast. Having dead air during commercials or sponsorship announcements can cost networks considerable advertising revenue. ) between them. If 2UE want to continue promoting the station with lumbering ( lumbering adj I. awkward in movement. II. moving with a rumbling sound. lumber1 n. I. To walk or move with heavy clumsiness. II. To move with a rumbling noise. lumber2 n. I. Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length. II. Something useless or cumbersome. III. Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles. v.tr. I. a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber. b. To cut down the timber of. II. Chiefly British To clutter with or as if with unused articles. ) dinosaur views like that, maybe it should change the frequency from "954" to "1954". 3. Budget airline Tigerair's facelift comes unstuck ( come unstuck 掉漆, 喷漆剥落, 粘不住 (British & Australian) if a person or something they are trying to achieve comes unstuck, they have problems which cause them to fail. to start to fail after some progress had been achieved. His plans for the company came unstuck when there wasn't enough money to buy new machinery. Athletes who don't prepare properly for the humid conditions will certainly come unstuck. The negotiations came unstuck over disagreements about the wording. ) as new logo starts to peel off剥落, 掉皮 Airbus A320: BUDGET airline Tigerair’s bid to shake off its old reputation has come unstuck after less than 48 hours. On Wednesday the struggling airline - formally known as Tiger Airways - unveiled its new name and logo emblazoned on one of its Airbus A320 aircraft. But by Thursday night the new logo had already begun to peel off. An image posted to photo-sharing website imgur showed the large sections of 'g' 'e' and 'r' had already come away from the redesigned plane. At Wednesday's launch of the re-branded airline Tigerair chief executive officer Rob Sharp said it was the start of a new era but: "you don't just flick a switch 按一个开关 and all of a sudden you are a new airline". A Tigerair spokeswoman said a manufacturing fault was to blame for the flaky signage and the logo had already been replaced. 4. The Duchess of Cambridge, nee Kate Middleton, stayed true to her polished, conservative style for public appearances during her pregnancy. She avoided traditional maternity wear孕妇装, mostly keeping the clean dress coats and simple pumps that have been a staple of her wardrobe. Catherine chose a custom light pink Alexander McQueen dress coat with wide collar宽领 and pearl buttons. She paired it with a hat by Jane Corbett and Annoushka pearl earrings. Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, will soon give birth to a baby girl named Alexandra who will one day study at the University of St Andrews in Scotland and whose first boyfriend will be named Robert. Or at least that's what the crystal-ball gazing ( crystal ball gazing 源自瞪着水晶球以求激起透视能力的行为 I. Crystal-gazing (also known as crystal-seeing, crystallism, crystallomancy, gastromancy, and spheromancy) is a form of divination or scrying achieved through trance induction by means of gazing at a crystal. the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc. II. The making of determinations or predictions using questionable or unscientific means. staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events. ) British public are telling bookmakers here, who are relishing the frenzy of betting related to the royal baby, the heir to the heir to the heir of the British throne. Britons can – and do – bet on anything赌任何事情, with some 9,000-plus betting parlors 下赌注的 dotted around the country. And with the birth of Britain's most anticipated baby since Prince William expected this month – or July 17, odds-on favorite(odds-on I. (of a chance, horse, etc.) rated at even money or less to win. More likely than others to win; having a good chance of success: "I was the odds-on favorite to become the next president of the Ford Motor Company". II. regarded as more or most likely to win, succeed, happen, etc. odds-on favorite 人人看好的大热门 the most popular choice of a wager. Fred is the odds-on favorite for president of the board of trustees. ) — wager-happy Britons are queuing up to try and make a royal buck. "There's a royal bump of excitement across the country," said Rory Scott, a spokesman for Paddy Power, a bookmaker. "Betting and the royal family are two of our favorite pastimes in the U.K., along with talking about the miserable weather, and people are really into it," he said. Bookies here are taking bets on everything下赌注 from the baby's weight to its hair color to whether Kate will be "too posh to push." Bookmakers say that around $1.5 million has already been wagered and that the biggest flurry of bets will flood in once Buckingham Palace announces that Kate has gone in to labor. "We expect it will go through the roof爆棚, 爆顶(go through the roof I. Fig. Inf. to become very angry. She saw what had happened and went through the roof. My father went through the roof when he saw what I did to the car. II. Fig. Inf. [for prices] to become very high. These days, prices for gasoline are going through the roof. The cost of coffee is going through the roof.) then," said James Dirs, a spokesman at bookmaker Coral. The big money is on the baby's name, with Alexandra, the queen's middle name, and Charlotte, Pippa Middleton's middle name and the name of King George III's wife, leading the pack. Other favorites include Victoria, Elizabeth and Diana. "The name is a massive talking point, and there's a long list, all with attractive odds. It's like the Grand National," said Ladbrokes' spokesman Alex Donohue, referring to Britain's most famous horse race and the granddaddy鼻祖 of all betting events here. Ladbrokes started taking bets on the royal baby the day William and Kate got hitched 喜结连理 (get hitched with) and have so far handled about $150,000, or double the amount they took on the royal wedding. The betting public is convinced the baby is a girl. Palace officials have said that the couple themselves don't know the gender, but the thinking here is: Yeah, right. Punters like to point to an incident in March when Kate accepted a teddy bear from a well-wisher and reportedly said "thank you – I will take that for my d. . .," the wide assumption being she stopped short of 差点说出 saying daughter. Paddy Power was so certain she meant daughter — and not, say, "dog" — that it paid out winnings of about $10,000 to the 700 people who had already bet on girl. If it is a boy, gamblers are backing the names George and James. Reflecting the global fascination with the baby, William Hill, Britain's largest bookmaker, said that it has taken around $150,000 in bets from people in 103 countries — although not from the United States, where betting on such events is illegal. Tony Kenny, a spokesman, said that many of the Britons who are betting are placing small sums on their own name or friends' names and "giving it as a little present, or using it as a joke to share down at the pub." He added that this helped to explain bets placed on non-regal names like Madonna and Waynetta. While betting is largely done online, Kenny said about 500 people a day are walking in to their shops and dropping a pound or two to fill out a "royal baby" form with six questions including "Will William be holding the baby when they first emerge from the hospital?" (Most people check yes). Bookies also encourage people to dream up their own bets(dream something up to invent or imagine something. She's dreamed up a great new way to waste time. The Gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team - who dreamed it up? ), even long-term ones like the name of the baby's first boyfriend (Robert, 33-1 odds) or girlfriend (Camilla, 50-1). And one need not wander into a parlor to catch some of the betting buzz: it's enough just to tootle around London. To publicize its offerings, Paddy Power this week sent four plump 圆乎乎的, 胖乎乎的 men dressed as giant babies wearing only diapers and crowns on the subway en route to Buckingham Palace. Like the thousands of people who have placed a wager, Scott Moorhead, a 34-year-old Londoner who works in advertising, is eagerly awaiting the official announcement of the baby. By tradition, the announcement will be placed on an easel ( easel ['i:zəl] a frame, usually in the form of an upright tripod, used for supporting or displaying an artist's canvas, blackboard, etc. An upright frame for displaying or supporting something, such as an artist's canvas. ) outside of the gates of Buckingham Palace. He recently bet $60 on Victoria — "a royal name of good pedigree(august adj. I. Inspiring awe or admiration; majestic: the august presence of the monarch. II. Venerable for reasons of age or high rank. of noble birth or high rank. an august lineage['lainidʒ]. She was of (an) aristocratic lineage. of blue/noble blood. pedigree ['pɛdi,gri:] I. 血统纯正的. the line of descent of a purebred animal. II. derivation or background the pedigree of an idea.)," he said — and is considering placing another on the baby's hair being red (9-to-4), like its Uncle Harry. Betting on current events like the royal baby "makes reading the news a little more interesting," he said. 5. But, what exactly is permeate渗入, 渗透, 弥漫, 渗透物? For starters, it's nothing to worry about. Permeate is simply a collective term for the natural lactose, vitamin and mineral components which are separated from fresh milk by a process called ultrafiltration. Because milk is a natural food (and tastes different from cow to cow) filtering the permeate out (before putting it back in) allows processors to regulate their milk so they can control the taste, protein and fat content. While it sounds new, this standardisation has been happening since the '80s, according to Dr Frank Sherkat, a food scientist at RMIT University. Yet milk brands are suddenly scrambling to promote 'permeate-free' milk, which means the permeate's been filtered out completely, and not added back into the mix. There are two schools of thought 两种意见, 两种看法 "permeating" the permeate debate. Dairy Australia's stance is that adding permeate to milk as part of the standardisation process is no biggie, since permeate is a natural byproduct of milk. On the other hand, many manufacturers say that, because permeate-free milk undergoes less processing, it's closer to the way it is on the farm—and its current popularity is simply a response to consumer demand for more natural products. Consumer watchdog group Choice found all milks meet minimum nutritional requirements for fat and protein content. So, in terms of your health, it makes absolutely no difference.
And permeate or not, Food Standards Australia New Zealand ensures all
milk products are safe and nutritious. So, try a glass of each, and see
what you prefer. The choice is entirely up to you.
