암기단어(단어-문장) Flashcards
(247 cards)
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edge /edʒ/
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And we turn now to an ominous turn today as America’s economy edges closer to a cliff and the squabble over the debt.
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squabble /ˈskwɑb(ə)l/
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And we turn now to an ominous turn today as America’s economy edges closer to a cliff and the squabble over the debt.
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thunderous /ˈθʌnd(ə)rəs/
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Late today, widely watched Moody’s credit firm sent out a thunderous warning.
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top-notch
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America’s top-notch credit rating is now on notice about the possibility of downgrade, which could crash markets and kill the creation of jobs.
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on notice /ˈnoʊtɪs/
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- America’s top-notch credit rating is now on notice about the possibility of downgrade, which could crash markets and kill the creation of jobs.
- What about this, our credit rating now on notice, Jim?
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living off
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- Paul Rollins and Jan Moran, retired in Asheville, North Carolina, living off their 401(k) fund and now concerned that it could take a massive hit in four years.
- We are living hand to mouth off the meager wages my little hubby brings in everyday.
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401(k) /ˌfɔr oʊ wʌn ˈkeɪ/
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- Paul Rollins and Jan Moran, retired in Asheville, North Carolina, living off their 401(k) fund and now concerned that it could take a massive hit in four years.
- 60 million Americans have a 401(k)-type plan, $4.7 trillion worth or about $74,000 per account.
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take a hit
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- Paul Rollins and Jan Moran, retired in Asheville, North Carolina, living off their 401(k) fund and now concerned that it could take a massive hit in four years.
- My national pension fund took a massive hit.
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in short order
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If we got hit the same way we did before, we would lose our house, and we would be looking for a rental apartment in very short order.
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IRA(Indiviual retirement account) /ˌaɪ ɑr ˈeɪ/
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Like most families, Paul and Jan’s 401(k) and IRA accounts are their biggest investment after their home.
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cruch time /krʌntʃ/
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But if there’s no agreement as the August 2nd crunch time approaches, what triggers should you look for as a warning?
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figuratively /ˈfɪɡjərətɪvli/
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Pulling everything out and figuratively putting it in the mattress would certainly be a protection.
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Donald Trump
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You’ve got to give Donald Trump credit:
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take exception /ɪkˈsepʃ(ə)n/
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As a single working mother of two, I take exception to that attitude.
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en masse /ɑn ˈmæs/
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Four decades after women entered the U.S. workforce en masse, a woman still makes 77￠ for every dollar earned by a man.
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lower-paying
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Some of this gap is due to women’s choosing lower-paying and more portable careers in order to support a spouse or allow for more time to care for children or elders.
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hold back
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So when women choose the power track, what is holding them back?
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maven /ˈmeɪvən/
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(In fact, the book is filled with them, from media maven Arianna Huffington to Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz.)
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bifurcated /ˈbaɪfərˌkeɪt/
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While Brzezinski makes some valid points, the wage gap is an econoic issue that, like so many others today, is bifurcated.
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snowball /ˈsnoʊˌbɔl/
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He believes this is the beginning of a generational shift that will snowball as older woman retire and younger women, who started out with equal education and more pay parity, rise through the ranks.
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pay parity /ˈperəti/
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He believes this is the beginning of a generational shift that will snowball as older woman retire and younger women, who started out with equal education and more pay parity, rise through the ranks.
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the game changer
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One of the most compelling parts of Brzezinski’s book is a chapter titled “Motherhood: The Game Changer.”
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relentless /rɪˈlentləs/
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They are the ones keeping the number of useless meetings to a minimum in a relentless effort to be home for dinner.
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toil /tɔɪl/
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They toil diligently and efficiently from 9 to 6.
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laggards /ˈlæɡərd/
Perhaps rather than being the laggards described by the Donald, working moms are actually at the vanguard of a smarter way to work.
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at the vanguard of
Perhaps rather than being the laggards described y the Donald, working moms are actually at the vanguard of a smarter way to work.
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par /pɑr/
The 2009 World Health Statistics compiled by the WHO says that as of 2007, TFR(total fertility rate) here marked 1.2, among the lowest numbers on a par with those of Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech and Poland.
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mint /mɪnt/
We took a journey to the heart of the US Mint in Philadelphia.
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hot off the press(es)
Hot off the press, literally, these coins are still warm.
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manganese brass /ˈmæŋɡəˌniz/ /bræs/
Made of manganese brass, they cose 32 cents a pop to make.
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do the math
Do the math.
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pulling the plug on
Senator Reed now says Congress should consider pulling the plug on the dollar coin.
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prelude (to) /ˈpreljud/
A crackdown on internet poker may be a prelude to legalisation "FOREIGN firms that choose to operate in the United States are not free to flout the laws they don't like simply because they can't bear to be parted from their profits."
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flout /flaʊt/
A crackdown on internet poker may be a prelude to legalisation "FOREIGN firms that choose to operate in the United States are not free to flout the laws they don't like simply because they can't bear to be parted from their profits."
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mince (your) words /mɪns/
Preet Bharara, the US attorney in Manhattan, did not mince his words on April 15th as he indicated PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, three of the world's biggest online-gambling companies, on charges of operating illegal gambling businesses, concocting an "elaborate criminal fraud scheme", involving tricking and bribing banks, and "massive money laundering".
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indict /ɪnˈdaɪt/
Preet Bharara, the US attorney in Manhattan, did not mince his words on April 15th as he indicated PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, three of the world's biggest online-gambling companies, on charges of operating illegal gambling businesses, concocting an "elaborate criminal fraud scheme", involving tricking and bribing banks, and "massive money laundering".
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concoct /kənˈkɑkt/
Preet Bharara, the US attorney in Manhattan, did not mince his words on April 15th as he indicated PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, three of the world's biggest online-gambling companies, on charges of operating illegal gambling businesses, concocting an "elaborate criminal fraud scheme", involving tricking and bribing banks, and "massive money laundering".
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on the face of it
On the face of it, this is a devastating blow to those who hoped that online gambling would soon be made fully legal in America and to the estimated 10m Americans who have been gambling online even as their government has insisted that it is illegal.
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christen /ˈkrɪs(ə)n/
In response to the indictment, outraged poker players swiftly christened April 15th Black Friday.
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tack onto
A law, hastily tacked onto the end of unrelated legislation, bans American banks from handling money related to internet gambling.
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go to great lengths (to do something)
The indictment against the poker sites accuses them of going to great lengths to hide the flow of payments to them, such as by disguising them as purchases of jewellery or golf balls, implying that they must have known they were on the wrong side of the line.
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on the wrong side of the line
The indictment against the poker sites accuses them of going to great lengths to hide the flow of payments to them, such as by disguising them as purchases of jewellery or golf balls, implying that they must have known they were on the wrong side of the line.
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confining to /kənˈfaɪn/
By confining access to residents (or at least going through the motions of doing so), it hoped not to fall foul of federal legislation, which only applies to interstate commerce.
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go through the motions (of doing something)
By confining access to residents (or at least going through the motions of doing so), it hoped not to fall foul of federal legislation, which only applies to interstate commerce.
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fall foul of
By confining access to residents (or at least going through the motions of doing so), it hoped not to fall foul of federal legislation, which only applies to interstate commerce.
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with a view to (doing) something
On March 24th Wynn Resorts, a casino operator, had formed a partnership with PokerStars with a view to operating online sites jointly.
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predicate /ˈpredɪkeɪt/
Both deals were predicated on online gambling becoming legal.
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scrap /skræp/
Both firms scrapped their deals within hours of their partners' indictment.
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chips are down
Although it would appear that the chips are down for internet gambling, the prosecutors' crackdown may in fact turn out to be the last before Congress reverses itself and scraps prohibition.
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press for
There are prominent supporters of legalisation in both parties pressing for such a change.
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fold
| /foʊld/
An attempt to pass new legislation late last year looked promising at first, but folded when Harry Reid, a senator for Nevada, misplayed a good hand.
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a good hand
An attempt to pass new legislation late last year looked promising at first, but folded when Harry Reid, a senator for Nevada, misplayed a good hand.
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punter /ˈpʌntə(r)/
With lobbying from 10m disconnected punters and the big casino companies (which have belatedly realised how much money there is to be made online) plus the enticing prospect of much-needed tax revenues, Congress has plenty of reasons to get its act together, despite the inevitable moral objections of a minority of members.
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enticing /ɪnˈtaɪsɪŋ/
With lobbying from 10m disconnected punters and the big casino companies (which have belatedly realised how much money there is to be made online) plus the enticing prospect of much-needed tax revenues, Congress has plenty of reasons to get its act together, despite the inevitable moral objections of a minority of members.
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liquidity crisis /lɪˈkwɪdəti/
On April 19th, as fears grew of a liquidity crisis at PokerStars, the privately owned market leader, the price of shares in Bwin.party Digital Entertainment (formed in March by merging Bwin, a sports-betting firm, and PartyGaming, a gamble website) jumped by nearly 30%, restoring some of the value lost last month when Germany proposed steep taxes on online gambling
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pull out
PartyGaming had pulled out of America after the passage of the 2006 law.
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pay off
It has been paying off a penalty of $105m under a non-prosecution settlement with the American authorities, for offences it admits to committing before it withdrew.
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keep your nose clean
Because it has kept its nose clean of late, will its successor be one of the main beneficiaries if prohibition is ended in the near future?
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no stranger
In fact, we're no stranger to the dismal ferility figures.
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ensue /ɪnˈsu/
When the population grows older a lot of serious social problems ensue.
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as in
- When they talk about all this at Wright-Patterson, somebody might say it's down in the future stuff, as in - who knows, maybe 30 years out.
- But the key phrase is "working on the development of," as in, those additives don't exitst yet and may never.
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fuselage /ˈfjuzəˌlɑʒ/
If your listeners are free with their hands and not driving, your pinky finger is about the size of the fuselage.
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agility /əˈdʒɪləti/
These are, indeed, gentle images of nature but the micro vehicles would be used by what the research lab calls "the war fighter, to improve total weapon agility," end quote.
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bank /bæŋk/
It's a flat helicopter platform. It has four motors, they work in oppisition so it can rise and dip and bank.
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UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)
These little tiny UAVs are great for things like surveillance, or looking around, or collection data that way, but they're very short on battery power.
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short on
These little tiny UAVs are great for things like surveillance, or looking around, or collection data that way, but they're very short on battery power.
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tanker /ˈtæŋkər/
Hang a couple of them on a power line to recharge batteries, send one of them on site, and then you just like, like you're coming off of a tanker, and you can keep one guy on station all the time and have a continuos presence.
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on station
Hang a couple of them on a power line to recharge batteries, send one of them on site, and then you just like, like you're coming off of a tanker, and you can keep one guy on station all the time and have a continuos presence.
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tout /taʊt/
First came the press releases: In March, PepsiCo touted the "World's First 100 Percent Plant-Based, Renewably Sourced PET Bottle," prompting CocaCola to stammer, "Odwalla First to Market with up to 100 Percent PlantBottle™ Packaging."
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stammer /ˈstæmə(r)/
First came the press releases: In March, PepsiCo touted the "World's First 100 Percent Plant-Based, Renewably Sourced PET Bottle," prompting CocaCola to stammer, "Odwalla First to Market with up to 100 Percent PlantBottle™ Packaging."
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subsequent /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/
The subsequent headlines bumped the hype up a notch.
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up the ante /ˈænti/
"Pepsi ups Ante on Planted-Based Bottles with 100% Non-Plastic Bottle"(GreenBiz),
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biodegrade /ˌbaɪəʊdɪˈɡreɪd/
And once the inputs become plastic, they carry all the same environmental impacts as plastic made from fossil fuels: They don't biodegrade, they pollute the world's oceans and soils, and still leach potentially harmful chemicals into your food.
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mistake /mɪˈsteɪk/
Eriksen's team and other researchers have also found larger chunks of plastic on the various islands scatterd throughout the gyres, and in the bellies of dead birds, fish, and animals who fill themselves up with plastic bits what they mistake for fish and eventually die because they can't digest the stuff.
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pliability /ˌplaɪəˈbɪləti/
But since the traditional PET and HDPE manufacturers tend to use them to produce the right level of pliability and clarity, there's a very good chance that plant-based versions of PET and HDPE contain them, too.
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kernel /ˈkɜː(r)n(ə)l/
That said, there's a kernel of real progress amid the plant-plastic hype.
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technically /ˈteknɪkli/
While all bioplastics are technically "recyclable," current recycling systems are not set up to recycle those that don't mimic existing plastics.
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opt /ɒpt/
In this sense, Coke and Pepsi opting to create plant-based HDPE and PET instead of other bioplastics is applaudable.
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applaudable /əplɔ́ːdəbl/
In this sense, Coke and Pepsi opting to create plant-based HDPE and PET instead of other bioplastics is applaudable.
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fraction /ˈfrækʃ(ə)n/
Unfortunately, people still recycle only a small fraction of the plastic bottles they use, regardless of how those bottles are made.
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put at
(Manufacturers typically put the recycling rate for PET at 27 percent while recycling advocates suggest it's more like 21 percent.)
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evolve /ɪˈvɒlv/
Jeffrey Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut, now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says the shuttle plans evolved.
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versatile /ˈvɜː(r)sətaɪl/
- The shuttle was designed to be an extremely versatile spacecraft, which it has been.
- When you say that they tried to design the shuttle to be versatile, it's almost as if you're telling me that the NASA engineers were told to design a car that is a sport car but with the carrying capacity of an SUV and the incredible energy efficiency of a hybrid and can also drive for half a million miles.
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decreed /dɪˈkriː/
I mean the fact that the shuttle was decreed from top down to be so safe that we didn't need a crew escape system, which all previous human spaceflight vehicles had had.
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top down
I mean the fact that the shuttle was decreed from top down to be so safe that we didn't need a crew escape system, which all previous human spaceflight vehicles had had.
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expendable /ɪkˈspendəb(ə)l/
- This was a decision that was made after the Challenger disaster when, you know, we could've launched those satelites on expendable rockets.
- So the original idea at the beginning of the shuttle was that expendable rockets would go away and the shuttle would do everything.
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payload
| /ˈpeɪˌləʊd/
And that included launching a lot of the very large military payloads.
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stubby /ˈstʌbi/
If you look at the very original sketches that NASA had done for a space shuttle, it was much smaller, it had two little stubby wings on it.
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in a heartbeat
If somebody offered me the flight, I'd go in a heartbeat.
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sky-high
In an effort to reduce both its sky-high alcoholism rate and its budget gap, Russia recently announced plans to quadruple the tax on the country's eternal vice, vodka, over the next three years.
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quadruple /kwɑˈdrup(ə)l/
In an effort to reduce both its sky-high alcoholism rate and its budget gap, Russia recently announced plans to quadruple the tax on the country's eternal vice, vodka, over the next three years.
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well-intentioned /ˌwel ɪnˈtenʃənd/
But while the move might be well intentioned, the long history of liquor taxation in Russia exposes a critical obstacle in the path of any anti-drinking campaign:
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derail /dɪˈreɪl/
: the Kremlin's own addiction to liquor revenues, which has derailed every previous effort to wean Russians from their tipple.
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wean /win/
: the Kremlin's own addiction to liquor revenues, which has derailed every previous effort to wean Russians from their tipple.
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wean off or wean from /win/
: the Kremlin's own addiction to liquor revenues, which has derailed every previous effort to wean Russians from their tipple.
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tipple /ˈtɪp(ə)l/
: the Kremlin's own addiction to liquor revenues, which has derailed every previous effort to wean Russians from their tipple.
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cloak /kloʊk/
In Russia, the demand for vodka persists even when prices go up, so the state has an ever-present temptation to raise taxes and fill the treasury under the political cloak of making vodka more dear.
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lament /ləˈment/
In 1590, for example, the English ambassador Giles Fletcher lamented that Ivan the Terrible encouraged his subjects to drink their last kopecks away in state-owned taverns where "none may call them forth whatsover cause there be, because he hindereth the emperor's revenue.
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denounce /dɪˈnaʊns/
Later, the ideological godfather of the Russian Revolution, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, denounced the state's abdication of its responsibilites of "promoting national honor, the moral welfare of the nation, justice and fairness," all of which he argued had been sacrificed to a system of hefty vodka taxes.
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abdication /ˌæbdɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Later, the ideological godfather of the Russian Revolution, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, denounced the state's abdication of its responsibilites of "promoting national honor, the moral welfare of the nation, justice and fairness," all of which he argued had been sacrificed to a system of hefty vodka taxes.
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hefty /ˈhefti/
Later, the ideological godfather of the Russian Revolution, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, denounced the state's abdication of its responsibilites of "promoting national honor, the moral welfare of the nation, justice and fairness," all of which he argued had been sacrificed to a system of hefty vodka taxes.
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the siren song
But the siren song of liquor-tax revenue proved too tempting for Stalin, who lifted the ban to suppor the communist autocracy.
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yoke /joʊk/
"What is better, the yoke of foreign capitalism, or the sale of vodka?" he said. "Naturally, we will opt for vodka."
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patch the budget hole
The Kremlin tried to patch the budget hole by printing more money, which worsened the hyperinflation that hastened the downfall of the communist state.
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pitfall /ˈpɪtˌfɔl/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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entrenched /ɪnˈtrentʃt/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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incremental /ˌɪŋkrəˈment(ə)l/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic
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public-service message
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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bombastic /bɑmˈbæstɪk/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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hollow /ˈhɑloʊ/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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pronouncement /prəˈnaʊnsmənt/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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predecessor /ˈpredəˌsesər/
To his credit, Mr. Medvedev seems to grasp the pitfalls of trying to tax an entrenched culture of drinking out of existence, and he favors incremental realistic policies like public-service messages and advertising restrictions rather than the bombastic and often hollow policy pronouncements of his predecessors.
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undo /ʌnˈdu/
Yet the proposed quadrupling of vodka taxes now threatens to undo this gradual progress, and return to not only the autocratic timbre of policymaking, but also the traditional harnessing of state finances to the vodka bottle.
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timbre /ˈtæmbər/
Yet the proposed quadrupling of vodka taxes now threatens to undo this gradual progress, and return to not only the autocratic timbre of policymaking, but also the traditional harnessing of state finances to the vodka bottle.
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harness /ˈhɑrnəs/
Yet the proposed quadrupling of vodka taxes now threatens to undo this gradual progress, and return to not only the autocratic timbre of policymaking, but also the traditional harnessing of state finances to the vodka bottle.
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allure /əˈlʊr/
It will be hard to avoid the allure of maintaining, or even increasing, the estimated $11.2 billion in extra revenue that the proposed taxes will bring in.
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flaccid /ˈflæsɪd/
It definitely seems so: in the fall of 2010 Russia's finance minister, Aleksei L. Kudrin, told reporters that the best thing that his fellow citizens could do to help the country's flaccid national economy was to somke and drink more, thereby paying more in taxes.
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surrogate /ˈsʌrəɡət/
Not only will the government be tempted to dial back its anti-drinking campaigns to preserve its liquor tax revenues, but the higher prices for legal alcohol - from about $3.50 for a half-liter bottle today to $14 - will, if experience holds true, drive Russians to drink dangerous and unregulated homebrews, as well as poisonous surrogates like eau de cologne, shoe polish and even jet fuel.
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hang in the balance
Alas, things are turning the other way, and the decade-old pilot project is hanging in the balance.
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loom large /lum/
But looming larger than any birthday wish, wishes for retirement, now rapidly changing and here's why.
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sock away /sɑk/
I worry about if we socked up, socked away enough to look after each other.
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envision /ɪnˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
She doesn’t envision an extravagant for retirement by any stretch.
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extravagant /ɪkˈstrævəɡənt/
She doesn’t envision an extravagant for retirement by any stretch.
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not by any stretch (of the imagination) /stretʃ/
She doesn’t envision an extravagant for retirement by any stretch.
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pad /pæd/
They're now considering downsizing their home to pad their savings.
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head on
They tackled it head-on.
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plow into =plough into
| /plaʊ/
He's going to work about five years longer and plow it right into the savings accounts and lastly, they pared down expectations.
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pare down
He's going to work about five years longer and plow it right into the savings accounts and lastly, they pared down expectations.
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wilfully /ˈwɪlfəli/
"Trolling"-posting wilfully inflammtory, off-topic or simply stupid remarks-plagues blogs and other online forums.
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inflammatory /ɪnˈflæməˌtɔri/
"Trolling"-posting wilfully inflammtory, off-topic or simply stupid remarks-plagues blogs and other online forums.
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plague /pleɪɡ/
"Trolling"-posting wilfully inflammtory, off-topic or simply stupid remarks-plagues blogs and other online forums.
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mischief /ˈmɪstʃɪf/
A way now exists to curb such mischief, but the remedy may be worse than the disease.
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antics /ˈæntɪks/
But their antics at best degrade discussion and at worst bring mayhem.
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drown /draʊn/
Quiet and reasonable voices get drowned out.
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mutilate /ˈmjut(ə)lˌeɪt/
In a particulary nasty case in 2006 online bullies e-mailed photographs of a teenager's corpse, badly mutilated in a car accident, to the grieving family.
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malign /məˈlaɪn/
Many in the online world cherish freedom of speech and hesitate to exclude even the malign.
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hangout
Anonymity and pseudonymity are prized too: many online hangouts shy away from insisting on the use of real names, which tends to make people behave better.
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shy away (from something)
Anonymity and pseudonymity are prized too: many online hangouts shy away from insisting on the use of real names, which tends to make people behave better.
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to hand /hænd/
At last an effective troll-busting weapon is to hand: Facebook.
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take off
Facebook's comment service initially failed to take off, but a new version, launched on March 1st, is already used by more than 17,000 websites.
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spell /spel/
Internet purists lament that the new service spells the end of anonymity.
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repository /rɪˈpɑzəˌtɔri/
The result is a giant step towards Facebook becoming, in effect, the repository of identity for much of the internet.
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rebellion /rɪˈbeljən/
And now a rebellion by passangers who say their pockets are being picked.
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windfall /ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔl/
Major airlines are keeping a $200-million-a-week windfall from taxpayers.
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-the last straw -the last/final straw
| or the straw that broke the camel's back
The last straw for travelers who are already paying fees for everything from bags to blankets and pillows.
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set out
ABC's aviation expert Lisa Stark set out to get answers.
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gobble up /ˈɡɑb(ə)l/
Today, at the airport, passengers were surprised to learn that airlines are gobbling up money that they could have been saving on their tickets.
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bickering /ˈbɪkəriŋ/
Congressional bickering has partially shut down the FAA.
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the FAA /ˌef eɪ ˈeɪ/
Congressional bickering has partially shut down the FAA.
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chump change /tʃʌmp/
It's not chump change.
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blast /blæst/
Today lawmakers blasted the airlines for profiting off the tax holiday.
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pull a fast one over
But isn't this really pulling a fast one over the passengers?
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bottom line
Here's the bottom line for travelers.
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arouse /əˈraʊz/
Although young children are likely to arouse their groggy parents every morning, with no respect for weekends, after puberty the tables turn.
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groggy /ˈɡrɑɡi/
Although young children are likely to arouse their groggy parents every morning, with no respect for weekends, after puberty the tables turn.
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the tables turn / turn the tables (on someone)
Although young children are likely to arouse their groggy parents every morning, with no respect for weekends, after puberty the tables turn.
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able and willing / ready, willing, and able
Or, if they are able and willing, ask them to do it themselves.
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lights-out time/ light-out
In one column, record lights-out time during the school week and on weekends or vacation days.
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latency /ˈleɪt(ə)ntsi/
In a second column, record sleep latency- that is, how long it takes them to fall asleep.
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douse /daʊs/
And in the third column, record wake-up time, noting whether arousal occurs naturally or with an alarm (or dousing with cold water!)
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curtail /kɜrˈteɪl/
In years past, TV got all the blame for curtailing the sleep of the younger set.
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younger set
In years past, TV got all the blame for curtailing the sleep of the younger set.
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back burner / put something on the back burner
And for far too many youngsters, sleep takes a back burner to staying in touch, whether by cellphone, e-mail-, instant or text messages or Skype.
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shut-eye
I suspect, though, that relatively few fourth and fifth graders get 10 hours of shut-eye.
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mesh /meʃ/
Not only do teenagers need more sleep than adults- eight and a half to nine and a quarter hours a night, according to the sleep foundation- but the times at which they get sleepy and are able to awaken naturally and feel rested shifted in a way that does not mesh with the start times at most schools.
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deprivation /ˌdeprɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
Even in 1998, before smartphones and ipads could be blamed for teenagers' sleep deprivation, a study of more than 3,000 adolescents by two sleep specialists, Amy R. Wolfson of the College of the Holy Cross and Mary A. Carskadon of Brown University, found that high school students who got poor grades slept an average of 25 minutes less and went to bed 40 minutes later that those who got A's and B's.
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cash cow
The Mt. Gumgang tourism, a cash cow for the North that used to mean $30 million in extra cash every year, has been on hold for almost two years now.
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on hold /hoʊld/
The Mt. Gumgang tourism, a cash cow for the North that used to mean $30 million in extra cash every year, has been on hold for almost two years now.
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at the height of/ height /haɪt/
And back here at home, the height of the summer harvest season.
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stoop /stup/
They're stooping over to pick those berries.
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invoked / invoke /ɪnˈvoʊk/
In this new crackdown on the strawberry fields of Washington State, the Department of Labor invoked what is called 'Hot Goods' rule, meaning that all of the fruit picked illegally by children could not be sold to stores.
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long overdue / overdue /ˌoʊvərˈdu/
Human rights groups say that's a move that is long overdue, Diane.
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put somebody to work
They take them there because those little fingers bring more berries into the buckets and they all get paid for that and they say they can't survive without putting their children to work.
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engross /ɪnˈɡroʊs/
He was so engrossed that when the policeman later asked him what colour the traffic light had been, the driver said he had not even seen one.
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bereavement /bɪˈrivmənt/
Her bereavement prompted Ms Smith to start FocusDriven, a group modelled on Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), which began in 1980.
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model on
| or model after
Her bereavement prompted Ms Smith to start FocusDriven, a group modelled on Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), which began in 1982.
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come a long way
Through a combination of laws, education and cultural change, the struggle against drunk driving has come a long way since the 1970s.
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fatality /fəˈtæləti/
This is one reason why traffic fatalities have been falling in America- to some 32,800 deaths in 2010, the lowest since the Truman administration.
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pernicious /pərˈnɪʃəs/
But mobile phones pose the biggest risk, for research show that these gadgets distract in a more pernicious way.
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spatial /ˈspeɪʃ(ə)l/
A study by Carnegie Mellon University using brain imaging found that merely listening to somebody speak on the phone led to a 38% decrease in activity in the parietal lobe, where spatial tasks are processed.
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fiendishly /ˈfindɪʃli/
But these laws are fiendishly difficult to enforce, says MR Farrow.
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as opposed to
For instance, his officers must directly observe a driver texting (as opposed to just looking down) for several seconds to pull him over, which is not easy on a freeway.
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citation /saɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Syracuse, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut, last year tried an experiment in which cops issued dramatically more citations for two weeks and mobile-phone use fell sharply in both places.
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hold steady
How a kid performed at six would hold steady at age 12 or 18, even as tests get harder.
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unravel /ʌnˈræv(ə)l/
But in recent years, this theory has unraveled a bit.
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late bloomer
Sometimes it's the academic environment that changes or sometimes kids are just late bloomers.
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administer /ədˈmɪnɪstər/
Researchers at the University College London administered IQ tests to a group of healthy schoolchildren between the ages of 12 and 16.
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inch up / inch /ɪntʃ/
Researcher Cathy Price says she expected to see IQ's inching up or down a few points, but what she documented were dramatic fluctuations.
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percentile /pərˈsenˌtaɪl/
We had individuals that changed from being on the 50th percentile, you know, with an IQ of 100, right the way up to being on the third percentile with an IQ of 127.
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fluke /fluk/
But to confirm that these swings were not random or just a fluke of kids having a paricularly good or bad day, the researchers did MRI scans of the teens' brains.
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proportional /prəˈpɔrʃən(ə)l/
And we were able to see that the degree to which their IQ had changed was proportional to the degree to which their different part of their brain had changed.
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nail down
There are lots of factors that may explain changes, though this study did not attempt to nail them down.
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obstreperous /ɑbˈstrepərəs/
If you know what the word obstreperous means, raise your hand.
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dial in
Some teens are just defiant or obstreperous at age 13, but by 19 or 20 they've dialed in.
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innate /ˈɪˌneɪt/
There's still plenty of evidence that over time IQ tests do measure something innate about a person's intellectual gifts.
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peddle /ˈped(ə)l/
Investment in alternative energy technologies like solar and wind is no longer peddled on environmental grounds.
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purported /pərˈpɔrtəd/
Instead, we are being told of the purported economic payoffs - above all, the promise of so-called "green jobs."
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payoff /ˈpeɪˌɔf/
Instead, we are being told of the purported economic payoffs - above all, the promise of so-called "green jobs."
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measure up (to something/someone)
Unfortunately, that does not measure up to economic reality.
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offset /ˈɔfˌset/
In fact, the number of jobs that these policies create is likely to be offset -or worse- by the number of jobs that they destroy.
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fuzzy /ˈfʌzi/
In other cases, the definition of a "green" job is so fuzzy that it becomse virtually useless.
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rest on / or rest upon
More disturbing is Gulen's finding that some claims of job creation have rested on assumptions of green-energy production that go far beyond reputable estimates.
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swath /swɑθ/
Of course, if you assume that vast swaths of the countryside will be covered in wind turbines and solar panels, you will inevitably predict that a large number of construction jobs will be required.
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disposable income /dɪˈspoʊzəb(ə)l/
Increasing the cost of electricity and fuel will hurt productivity, reduce overall employment, and cut the amount of disposable income that people have.
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end user
Yet many studies used by advocates of green jobs have not addressed these costs at all - overlooking both the cost of investment and the price hikes to be faced by end users.
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stand to / stand to do something
The companies calling for political intervention to create jobs tend to be those that stand to gain from subsidies and tariffs.
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imply /ɪmˈplaɪ/
But, because these policies increase the cost of fuel and electricity, they imply layoffs elsewhere, across many different economic sectors.
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outlay /ˈaʊtˌleɪ/
Despite a significant outlay, government efforts to create green jobs could end up resulting in net job losses
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blithely /ˈblaɪðli/
In addition to job creation, some researchers have blithely claimed that all sorts of other economic benefits will accrue from investment in alternative energy, including increased productivity, higher disposable incomes, and lower operating costs for businesses.
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accrue /əˈkru/
In addition to job creation, some researchers have blithely claimed that all sorts of other economic benefits will accrue from investment in alternative energy, including increased productivity, higher disposable incomes, and lower operating costs for businesses.
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FDA
Food and Drug Administration, 식품의약국
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FAA
Federal Aviation Administration, 연방항공국
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DEA
Drug Enforcement Administration,마약단속국
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EPA
Environmental Protection Agency, 환경보호청
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FTC
Federal Trade Commission, 연방거래위원회
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FRB
Federal Reserve Board,연방준비위원회
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CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 질병통제예방센터
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CIA
Central Intelligence Agency, 중앙정보국
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FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 연방수사국
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NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 원자력 규제 위원회
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beat /bit/
ABC's Jim Sciutto has the story on our "Washington Watchdog" beat tonight.
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in the event of something / in the event that something happens
Even more troubling, the AP found in the event of a serious accident, like the one at Japan's Fukushima, evacuation plans for some of those communities are unchanged in 30 years, even as populations around them have exploded.
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hearty /ˈhɑː(r)ti/
Those who plan a night (or day) of hearty St. Patrick's Day drinking don't have to sacrifice their eco-consciences along with their motor skills.
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St. Patrick’s Day /ˌseɪnt ˈpætrɪks ˌdeɪ/
Those who plan a night (or day) of hearty St. Patrick's Day drinking don't have to sacrifice their eco-consciences along with their motor skills.
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motor skill
Those who plan a night (or day) of hearty St. Patrick's Day drinking don't have to sacrifice their eco-consciences along with their motor skills.
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pub crawl
in March 2008, Brendan I. Koerner pub-crawled his way through the environmental virues of bottled, canned, and draught beer.
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gear up
I've been gearing up for next week's St. Patrick's Day drink-a-thone.
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intent /ɪnˈtent/
I’m intent on being an environmentally correct lush, should I plan on quaffing my suds from bottles or cans?
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lush /lʌʃ/
I’m intent on being an environmentally correct lush, should I plan on quaffing my suds from bottles or cans?
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quaff /kwɒf/
I’m intent on being an environmentally correct lush, should I plan on quaffing my suds from bottles or cans?
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suds /sʌdz/
I’m intent on being an environmentally correct lush, should I plan on quaffing my suds from bottles or cans?
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payload /ˈpeɪˌləʊd/
Without its liquid payload, the average beer can weighs less than an ounce, while an empty bottle clocks in at close to 6 ounces.
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clock in or clock on
Without its liquid payload, the average beer can weighs less than an ounce, while an empty bottle clocks in at close to 6 ounces.
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breakdown /ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn/
This intriquing breakdown, which relies on transport data compiled by Germany's Wuppertal Institute, claims that once a cross-country truck journey is factored into the equation, a bottle ends up emitting 20 percent more greenhouse gases than a can.
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hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪk(ə)l/
(In this example, the hypothetical can is made from 100 percent virgin aluminum; the recycled content of the glass bottle is not specified, but the energy required to mine the necessary silica included in the caculation.)
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erroneously /ɪˈrəʊniəs/
This is partly because consumers erroneously believe that bottles will biodegrade in landfills, so they toss them in with their regular trash.
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rid someone/something of someone/something
It takes a lot of energy to rid green galss, in particular, of the matals (such as iron and copper) that are used to tint it, and there's little market for the stuff once it's been recycled;
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on behalf of someone/ on someone’s behalf /bɪˈhæf/
But according to a 2001 study conducted on behalf of the European Commission, refillables still come out ahead of single-use bottles and cans.
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come out ahead of
But according to a 2001 study conducted on behalf of the European Commission, refillables still come out ahead of single-use bottles and cans.
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in lieu of /luː/
In lieu of waiting around (probably forever) for American brewers to adopt refillable bottles en masse, how about taking a pulled pint instead?
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pulled pint
In lieu of waiting around (probably forever) for American brewers to adopt refillable bottles en masse, how about taking a pulled pint instead?
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draught beer (=draft beer) /dræft/
Draught beer is the greenest means of getting your hops-and-barley fix, as kegs can last betwwen 15 and 20 years.
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smashed /smæʃt/
While you're preparing to get smashed, also give some thought to how your beer is created.
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crack up
Ah, but is wind power all it's cracked up to be?
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apocryphally /əˈpɒkrəf(ə)l/
That's fodder for a future column - until then, enjoy toasting the man who apocryphally drove the snakes out of Ireland, and take comfort in the fact that puke is fully biodegrade.
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take comfort
That's fodder for a future column - until then, enjoy toasting the man who apocryphally drove the snakes out of Ireland, and take comfort in the fact that puke is fully biodegrade.
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quandary /ˈkwɒndəri/
Is there an environmental quandary that's been keeping you up at night?
