2015年7月24日 星期五

unveil, yashmak, saddle up, be saddled with losses, sidesaddle

  "Far From Men, a film adapted by French director David Oelhoffen from one of Albert Camus' short stories. It takes place in Algeria in 1954, when the revolt that would eventually overthrow French rule was brewing."
Few actors can do stillness on screen with as much conviction as Viggo...
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Secretive Papal Voting Holds to a Detailed Script
VATICAN CITY — The conclave to elect a pope, which starts Tuesday, begins with prayers and ends with the unveiling of the supreme pontiff.

Before I knew it, the train pulled into a tiny station, and the touts and hawkers were replaced by a few young men meekly asking if I needed a taxi. We drove past a moving collage of small-town India: squat buildings, women in saris riding sidesaddle on motor scooters, men in rickshaws selling banners emblazoned with verses from the Great Poet, tailors working from sidewalk shops, a sign for the “Tagore Institute of Management for Excellence.” Fifteen minutes later, I entered the lush grounds of the Mitali inn — and exhaled. India often takes your breath away; rarely does it give it back.

Unveiling the Official President Bush Portrait | The White House

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11 hours ago – President Obama greets White House visitors ... George W. Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush for the unveiling of their official portraits.
China Explores a Frontier 2 Miles Deep
China has unveiled a submersible designed to go deeper than any other in the world, giving it access to 99.8 percent of the ocean floor and its minerals.

Memories of Peking is a serial of five books which unveil the mysterious yashmak of the ancient city of Beijing (Peking) in two aspects: the court life (in the Ch’ing dynasty) and the folklife during the Ch’ing(Qing) dynasty and the period of the Republic of China. What is noteworthy is that the authors of those books are all from the West; they had lived in Beijing for a time, long or short and some had even served as government officials. Their personal experiences give the serial great historic significance and documentary values.






Singapore Exchange posted its worst two-day drop in two years after its chief, Mr. Bocker, unveiled an $8 billion takeover of ASX this week. Australian Green party leader Bob Brown said he won't support the bid and Tokyo Stock Exchange warned it will be saddled with losses.

saddle


n.
    1. A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth. Also called rig.
    2. Similar tack used for attaching a pack to an animal.
    3. The padded part of a driving harness fitting over a horse's back.
    4. The seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
    5. Something shaped like a saddle.
    1. A cut of meat consisting of part of the backbone and both loins.
    2. The lower part of a male fowl's back.
    1. A saddle-shaped depression in the ridge of a hill.
    2. A ridge between two peaks.

v., -dled, -dling, -dles. v.tr.
  1. To put a saddle onto.
  2. To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.
v.intr.
  1. To saddle a horse.
  2. To get into a saddle.
idiom:
in the saddle
  1. In control; dominant.
[Middle English sadel, from Old English sadol.]



1. the act of climbing into one's ride(vehicle) 

2. The act of getting ready to go somewhere, especially the act of getting ready to drive somewhere 

3. The act of a woman climbing on top of a man to ride him
1.Damn Jimmy, let's saddle-up, we need to get there before all the ladies are gone. 

2. Aren't you ready to leave yet? Saddle-up, you slow be-yotch. 

3.Ralph: Oh baby, I want you so bad! 
Jenny: Sit back and relax hon, I'm about to saddle up.


sidesaddle
 (sīd'săd'l) pronunciation
n.
A saddle designed so that the rider sits with both legs on one side of the horse.

adv.
On a sidesaddle.




yashmak
also yash·mac (yäsh-mäk', yăsh'măk) pronunciation
n.
A veil worn by Muslim women to cover the face in public.

[Turkish yaçmak.]

ùnvéil[ùn・véil]

  • レベル:大学入試程度
[動](他)
1 …のベール[おおい]をはずす.
2 〈秘密を〉明かす, …を公表する.
3 …の除幕式を行う.
━━(自)ベール[おおい]を取る;正体を現す.

sub・mers・i・ble

  • 〔sbmrsbl〕

[形]
1 水中に沈められる.
2 水中用の;潜航[潜水]できる.
━━[名]潜水艇;深海潜水調査艇.
sub・mèrs・i・bíl・i・ty
[名]

submersible
adj.
Submergible.

n.
A vessel capable of operating or remaining under water.

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