If something leaves something else, a part or effect of it stays after it has gone or been used. His shoes left muddy marks on the floor. There's some food left over from the party. [+ two objects] If I give you £10 that won't leave me enough cash to pay the bill. [+ obj + adj ] Far from improving things the new law has left many people worse off (= they are now in a worse situation) than before.

Eg: Dakis Voultsis is a businessman. He agrees with Suzanna Steiner. He says the government should have been left to do its work. But, he says, now that early elections are set for January 25, Greeks will have to decide whom to vote for. To find, catch or attack someone when they are not expecting it. The robbers had just opened the safe when they were surprised by the police. [+ -ing verb] His mother surprised him helping himself to her gin.

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Eg:This resistance did not stop government efforts to get the Black Hills for the miners. The War Department sent General George Crook to punish the Indians and force them back to their reservation. Crook led a large force into Sioux country. He surprised an Indian village, capturing hundreds of horses. 1.used to show that you think a person deserves a lot of praise for something that they have done. [C or U] money in your bank account. I was relieved to see from my statement that my account was in credit.

Eg: One time, Swanson's bicycle was not returned on time. He was happy with Spinlister's response. 'They were so good about it, they gave me a credit, and they were very helpful, like immediate responses.

Part of that might be the size; they're still pretty small, I believe, and you get a lot more personal attention with that.' 3.to pay money into a bank account. They credited my account with $20 after I pointed out the mistake. Having the necessary qualities or satisfying the necessary conditions.

Are you eligible for early retirement/maternity leave? You might be eligible for a grant. Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.

Eg: This year, like last year, the U.S. Government is refusing to consider people from 19 countries for a visa. That is because more than 50,000 people from each of those nations have come to the United States legally in the past five years. Included on the list are Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. Sean Cooper says the same countries have been on the 'not eligible' list for years. 'Well, it changes from time to time.

But actually, many of these countries that are included on the list that are not eligible for the diversity visa program this year -- and weren't last year as well -- are from traditionally large sources of immigration to the United States. So for some of them, it's not likely that they're going to fluctuate again and become less than 50,000 over the last five years. For others, it might be. And each year what the law requires is that we review 'Alright how many people emigrated?'

And if they fall into that they would then join the 'eligible' list.' 1.bring (a person or country) under one's control or jurisdiction, typically by using force;cause or force to undergo (a particular experience of form of treatment). 2.a person who lives in or who has the right to live in a particular country, especially a country with a king or queen. He is a British subject. Eg:He also arrested two British subjects.

The two men were tried by a military court. They were found guilty of spying and giving guns to the Indians. Both were executed.

President Monroe called a cabinet meeting as soon as he learned of Jackson's actions. All the ministers, except Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, believed that Jackson had gone too far. But they decided not to denounce him in public. Secretary Adams prepared messages to Britain and Spain about the incidents. His message to Britain carefully stated the activities of the two British subjects in Florida and explained why they were executed. Britain agreed not to take any action.

In danger of being damaged or destroyed; eg: The lives of thousands of birds are in _ as a result of the oil spillage. Businessman who was held captive by his Chinese employees for nearly a week has been allowed to leave a suburban Beijing factory after the two sides settled a wage dispute. Chip Starnes, the co-owner of Specialty Medical Supplies, said his company has agreed to give severance packages to about 100 workers who had trapped him in the factory since Friday. The workers demanded the severance packages after a series of recent lay-offs at the factory led them to believe their own jobs were also in jeopardy, despite Starnes' insistence this was not the case. A planned group of especially political, business or military activities which are intended to achieve a particular aim. The protests were part of their campaign against the proposed building development in the area. This is the latest act of terrorism in a long-standing and bloody campaign of violence.

The endless public appearances are an inevitable part of an election campaign. She's the campaign organizer for the Labour Party.

The government have just launched (= begun) their annual Christmas campaign to stop drunken driving. A controversial new advertising campaign. Eg: On national issues, President Kennedy supported efforts to guarantee a better life for African-Americans. One man who pushed for changes was his younger brother, Robert. Robert Kennedy was attorney general and head of the Justice Department at that time. The Justice Department took legal action against Southern states that violated the voting rights acts of 1957 and 1960. The administration also supported a voter registration campaign among African-Americans.

The campaign helped them to record their names with election officials so they could vote. As attorney general, Robert Kennedy repeatedly called on National Guard troops to protect black citizens from crowds of angry white citizens. Incidents took place when blacks tried to register to vote and when they tried to attend white schools.

President Kennedy said the situation was causing a moral crisis in America. He decided it was time to propose a new civil rights law. The measure would guarantee equal treatment for blacks in public places and in jobs. It would speed the work of ending racial separation in schools. Kennedy wanted the new legislation badly. But Congress delayed action. It did not pass a broad civil rights bill until 1964, after his presidency.

Eg: in 1957, Communist rebels -- Vietcong -- began a campaign of terrorism in South Vietnam. They were supported by the government of North Vietnam and later by North Vietnamese troops. Their goal was to overthrow the anti-Communist government in the South.

A state of total confusion with no order. Eg:The head of Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, Alexei Pushkov, says Russia has never and will never interfere directly in Ukrainian affairs. Pushkov told a news conference in Moscow that the European Union, the United States and former Ukrainian opposition parties should be held responsible for the current chaos. Fighting between Ukrainian security forces and pro-Russia militants in eastern Ukraine has left at least five militants dead, with Russian President Vladimir Putin calling it a 'crime' and threatening 'consequences.' Ukraine's Interior Ministry said Thursday that its forces, together with army units, had killed five pro-Russia militants and destroyed three of their checkpoints in the eastern city of Slovyansk.

A reciprocal action or arrangement involves two people or groups of people who behave in the same way or agree to help each other and give each other advantages. Eg: The point of hedging a position is to reduce the volatility of the overall portfolio. Hedge accounting has the same effect except that it's used on financial statements. For example, when accounting for complex financial instruments, such as derivatives, the value is adjusted by marking to market; this creates large swings in the profit and loss account. Hedge accounting treats the reciprocal hedge and the derivative as one entry so that the large swings are balanced out.

When something is advertised and discussed in newspapers, on television, etc. All the time in order to attract everyone's interest; eg:Thursday marks the first time that Xiaomi had revealed the number of phones it sold, in response to criticism that its popularity here might be more gimmick than real as it did not reveal Singapore sales numbers previously. Some netizens had said that the Chinese firm might have been hyping up its sales here by releasing very small batches of phones, which can then sell out quickly. Eg: Council on Foreign Relations analyst Economy says U.S.

Media often portray China with a lot of hype, emphasizing its status as the largest foreign holder of U.S. 'The media also have a tendency to frame U.S.-China economic issues as competitive,' she says. 'So (they ask,) 'who is winning the clean energy race?' , or 'whose infrastructure is better?'

When you guess possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain Rumours that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation. Speculation about his future plans is rife. [+ that] The Prime Minister's speech fuelled/prompted speculation that an election will be held later in the year. Eg: So the numbers, while worrying (air bags should ideally work all of the time), may not be directly tied to the ignition switch issue that this recall specifically addresses—only to the models that were recalled. A spokesperson for GM said that 'without rigorous analysis, it is pure speculation to attempt to draw any meaningful conclusions.'

Eg:'We ask that the privacy of Michael's family continue to be respected, and that speculations about his state of health are avoided.' A spokesman for the university hospital in Lausanne, confirmed that the 45-year-old German, a seven-times world champion, had been discharged earlier in the day. No details were given on Schumacher's condition. To take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission; eg: Analyst Laurenti says there have been several annexations since the U.N.

Was established in 1945 that have lingered unrecognized by the international community, and Crimea is likely to be added to the list. A building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodations. [As Islamist militia groups in Libya say] An Islamist militia group in Libya says it's taken control of the residential annex of the vacated U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, that is, a month after American diplomats fled to escape the violent clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital. News agencies reported on Sunday that the Dawn of Libya, an umbrella group for Islamist militias, said it had been in control of the U.S.

Compound for about a week, seizing it from a rival militia after weeks of fighting for control of Tripoli and its international airport. (especially of governments or organizations) to make an agreement official.

Eg: Once signed, the bill must be approved by the constitutional court and then ratified by parliament. The process is expected to be completed this week. Eg:China said on Saturday it backed IMF financial support for Ukraine, but expressed concern about the global lender's funding capacity given the failure of the U.S.

Congress to ratify a program of reforms for the institution. Eg: During his administration, for example, a separate Department of Labor was established.

Two Constitutional amendments won congressional approval and were sent to the states for ratification. An unusual and mysterious event that is thought to have been caused by a god, or any very surprising and unexpected event. Eg:Most passengers on board were Chinese.

For nearly three weeks, the Chinese families of passengers have been hoping for a miracle. Eg: can't promise a miracle cure, but I think we can improve things.eg: In Niger, during a trial in 2013, the anti-malaria compounds were made available in remote locations at health facilities, in the homes of village chiefs and in areas where public health workers go door-to-door. The organization deployed some 2,000 community health care workers to educate families about the benefits of chemoprevention and to encourage them to take their children to a distribution site. Lasry says MSF chemoprevention campaigns do not use artemisinin-based drugs that are currently the 'gold standard' to treat malaria infection. 'We try to use different drugs so that even if we can potentially cause resistance, we are not causing resistance to the most effective drugs we have for treatment,' she said. If they find malaria in any of the children, Lasry says they treat it. But she says there's a shortage of rapid diagnostic tests in Niger, for example, hampering efforts to treat malaria in endemic regions.

While not a 'miracle cure,' officials say prevention drugs complement other malaria control strategies, including insecticide-treated bed nets. 1.certain or extremely likely to happen. Eg:These two young musicians are bound for international success (= are certain to be successful). Murray said the U.S.

Needs to have stronger laws about teaching children to use guns safely. She adds that American movies, video games and language create a culture of gun violence. 'Given that there are many societal influences on violence, I mean, it's bound to happen, you know, something like Newtown shooting is bound to happen with all that influence and easy access to guns and assault rifles.' 2.DIRECTION,going to eg: he was on a plane bound for Moscow when she became ill. Eg:Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott earlier described the sightings as 'significant' in the search for the Malaysian flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew, bound for Beijing on March 8. Very much respected and admired, usually because of being important. Eg: Obama made the comments Tuesday during a speech to Chinese students at a prestigious high school in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

She said that in America, hard-working people can succeed 'no matter where you live or how much your parents have.or what race, religion, or ethnicity you are.' Eg: Michelle Obama Tours School, Forbidden City on First Day of China Trip. First lady Michelle Obama, accompanied by her Chinese counterpart, Peng Liyuan, visited a school on the first day of Mrs. Obama's five-day trip to China.The two participated in a calligraphy demonstration Friday before visiting the former Imperial Palace in Beijing's Forbidden City.

During their travels, the first lady, along with her mother and two daughters, will also visit the Great Wall of China, the famed Terra Cotta Warriors and a panda preserve. Obama is scheduled to deliver a speech Saturday at the Stanford Center of the prestigious Peking University.

She will also meet the staff and families of the American embassy in Beijing. Extremely beautiful or attractive. Eg: Ms Tymoshenko, known for her sharp tongue and peasant-style braid, was a leader of the 2004 Orange Revolution that thwarted Mr Yanukovych's first run at the presidency. He staged a stunning comeback in to defeat her after a bitter campaign. She was then jailed in October 2011 for abuse of office for allegedly ordering a subordinate to sign a natural gas deal with Russia in 2009, which prosecutors said led to huge losses for Ukraine. She has denied any wrongdoing, calling the case part of a political witch-hunt. A share or a financial involvement in something such as a business.

If you have a stake in something which is important to you, you have a personal interest or involvement in it. Eg: What is at stake for the EU and Russia?Ukraine, a country of 46 million, straddles Western and Eastern Europe and has become a battleground for political and economic influence from the European Union and Russia. Having Ukraine as a clear political ally is critical for Russian President Vladimir Putin's quest to integrate and regain influence over ex-Soviet states. Ukraine has been an important target for an EU program aimed at encouraging democratic change in the region in return for free-trade agreements. Liquid transfer; Separation techniques.

Eg: Ukraine hosts a number of key pipelines that funnel Russian natural gas to Europe. Russian state-owned gas company OAO Gazprom meets a quarter of the EU's gas needs, the bulk of which flows via Ukraine. Ukraine itself receives the bulk of its natural-gas supplies from Russia, and Ukrainian officials have accused Moscow of using its control over gas pipelines that lead Ukraine as a political bargaining chip. Payment disputes led Gazprom to cut flows to Ukraine in 2006 and 2009, which also interrupted the flows of gas to other European countries. Eg:Davutoglu said Turkey was open to dialogue about funneling Russian gas onward to southeast Europe. If you say that someone or something fares well or badly, you are referring to the degree of success they achieve in a particular situation or activity. ⇒ [v adv] It is unlikely that the marine industry will fare any better in September.

Eg: How is Ukraine's economy faring during this turmoil? Ukraine is currently in recession, and it suffers from a wide current-account deficit, which means it buys more goods from abroad than it sells.

The Ukrainian government said one reason it turned down the EU deal was that it needed to fix relations with its former Soviet master to avoid significant economic hardship. The political turmoil has put markets in Ukraine under pressure.

Describes speech or writing which is intended to seem important or influence people. Eg:'You want to know what courage is?' He asked rhetorically. Eg: THE United States has once again twisted itself a rhetorical pretzel. As when it threatened military action against Syria if a 'red line' was crossed, the Obama administration's rhetoric about Russia and Ukraine goes far beyond what it will be willing and able to enforce. Earlier this month, President Obama warned that America would 'isolate Russia' if it grabbed more land, and yesterday, he suggested that more sanctions were possible.

Likewise, Secretary of State John Kerry said the Group of 7 nations were 'prepared to go to the hilt' in order to isolate Russia.But Washington's rhetoric is dangerously excessive, for three main reasons: Ukraine is far more important to Vladimir V. Putin than it is to America; it will be hard for the United States and Europe to make good on their threats of crippling sanctions; and other countries could ultimately defang them. To officially agree that someone, often a young person, will work for someone else, especially in order to learn a job. Eg:He was indentured to a carpenter. Eg:In Project a summary line is a line that has other task lines indentured under it. In your example, Major task 1 and minor task 1 are both summary lines. Minor task 2 may or may not be a summary depending on whether there are other tasks indentured under it.

If you import the outline level the indenture will be automatically picked up by Project. A summary line is not really a task even though it is called that. It simply summarized the data from the indentured tasks under it.

For the most part, Project calculates the values for a summary line (e.g. Start and finish dates).

That's why start and finish dates should NOT be imported for summary lines. As a best practice summary lines should have neither dependencies nor resources assigned to it. Project will allow either and in some very unique circumstances a summary line may have dependencies and/or resources but generally using those attributes on a summary line causes problems. One of those problems is circular relationships. Because Project has some very unique structural rules, importing data must be done with a lot of thought and care. A person who is believed to have a special power which allows them to say what a god wishes to tell people, especially about things that will happen in the future.eg:an Old Testament prophet. Eg:Malaysia has joined other Muslim nations in banning the biblical motion picture Noah, saying actor Russell Crowe's visual depiction of the prophet is against the laws of Islam.

The chairman of Malaysia's Film Censorship Board, Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, said in a statement Monday that the movie could not be shown in the country because Islam prevents the visual depiction of any prophet. Noah is an important figure in Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Some Christian organizations in the U.S.

Have also been angered by the film, saying the plot strays too far from the biblical portrayal of Noah. Eg:Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims are in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala. They are gathered there for the annual Ashura observance.

They have done so even though there is a continuing threat of Sunni extremist attacks. Iraq's security forces have deployed tens of thousands of troops to protect the travelers, or pilgrims. They are observing the 7th century death of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein. He is one of Shi'ite Islam's most respected people. His death marks the split between Shi'ite and Sunni Islam.

(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.eg: Since its inception in 1968, the company has been at the forefront of computer development. Eg:Not every project is the same. In fact, most of them are very different. But they all have the common components of Inception, Elaboration, Construction, and Transition (depending on the methodology used by your company, the names vary but the purposes are the same). By spending some of your time creating a few basic templates, you can decrease the time needed to set up the fundamentals over and over. This lets you focus on outlining what you need to get done.

Microsoft even has some templates, available for download, to get you started. Click here to see some of the templates. Illegal use of political influence for personal gain.eg: China Corruption Case Against Zhou Yongkang Exposes Scale of Graft. Graft, a form of political corruption, is the unscrupulous use of a politician's authority for personal gain. The term has its origins in the medical procedure where by tissue is removed from one location and attached to another for which it was not originally intended. Similarly, political graft occurs when funds intended for public projects are intentionally misdirected in order to maximize the benefits to private interests.

Eg: So far, it looks like he is going to be successful in combating a lot of corruption and graft. If someone in authority catches up with you, they discover that you have been doing something wrong and often punish you for it: They had been selling stolen cars for years before the police caught up with them.eg: Zhou is the highest ranking former Chinese official caught up in President Xi's anti-corruption crackdown. He has been under house arrest since late 2013, and multiple reports indicate that formal charges against him may be brought up in coming weeks.One of the most recent officials allied with Zhou caught up in this probe is Ji Wenlin, just removed as vice governor of Hainan province. A person who is blamed for something that someone else has done.eg: The captain was made a scapegoat for the team's failure.

Eg:'There is a Chinese proverb about 'killing the chicken to scare the monkeys,' which suggests that scapegoating one of many may send a signal to others to clean up their acts,' said Feinerman. 'The campaign against him [Zhou] also stems from a wider effort by Mr.

Xi to eliminate powerful interest groups within China's state owned enterprises, which are key opponents of the [president's] economic reform agenda.' Schwarck said. 'Given Zhou's former role as 'Godfather' of China's 'Big Oil,' he has been left vulnerable on this front as well.' Without money, food, a home or possessions.The floods left thousands of people destitute. Eg:About 6,000 asylum seekers live in Hong Kong, perhaps hoping one day to share in the prosperity of a city in which the World Bank calculates per capita GDP exceeds that of the United States. Barred from seeking employment even if granted refugee status, Refugee Union leader Saeid Mohammadi says asylum seekers in Hong Kong are marginalized and destitute.

In 21 years, he says, the government has approved asylum for only 11 out of 13,000 victims of torture. He says he has been in a stateless limbo since fleeing Afghanistan seven years ago. 'Hong Kong signed the [U.N.] torture convention. But their policy is to keep refugees in extreme poverty, destroy them mentally so they will commit some crime.

Then the police will arrest them and reject their case because they broke the law - this is what [they] want,' said Mohammadi. (of butter, oil, etc.) tasting or smelling unpleasant because not fresh. Lama Inu, 30, and dozens of her peers occupy a protest camp outside Hong Kong's Social Welfare Department. Their aim is to highlight the plight of refugees forced to choose between living in poverty in Hong Kong or returning to countries where their lives may be in danger. In a city often cited as the most expensive in the world, most refugees survive on a rental allowance of $200 a month, and three monthly food parcels from the Social Welfare Department. Food and rent are provided under a $26 million contract won by Swiss-headquartered NGO, International Social Services. The food is cheap and often rancid, the refugees allege.

And last month, a judge issued an injunction ordering International Social Services to fulfill its obligations when its staff failed to pay Inu's rent. 'My landlord kicked me out.

I begged them: we had no home, clothes, nothing. For four days I did not change my dress or take a shower. The doctor admitted me to hospital because I might have a problem with my baby. We are suffering. But I will fight,' said Inu.

While International Social Services did not comment, a Social Welfare Department statement said its contractor has been providing [refugees] with in-kind services on its behalf since 2006. It said this was 'to prevent [refugees] becoming destitute. While not creating a magnet effect' that draws more refugees to Hong Kong.

The Social Welfare Department added that before providing rent, 'ISS would also conduct spot checks and home visits to premises to assess the hygiene, home environment and safety condition [sic].' But traveling into the countryside with advocacy group Vision First, VOA was introduced to South Asian refugees housed in a run down pigsty. Asylum seeker Shahzad Khan, from Pakistan, points to his mattress lying beside a feeding trough.

Electrical wires dangle under a holed roof and an open sewer runs nearby. 'We do not need anything from them, money or food. We just want work. When I came here I went to work, but spent 15 months in prison [as a result].

You can see, this place is for animals. There is no future here,' said Khan. Angered by our presence, we are set upon by the landlords of the pigsty Khan shares with 15 other refugees. While we are forced to leave, like thousands of other asylum seekers, Khan does not know how long he will be trapped in one of the wealthiest cities on Earth. (of a person) receiving a lot of public attention.eg:The senator has been in the spotlight recently since the revelation of his tax frauds. Eg:Hong Kong Demo Shines Spotlight on Refugee Suffering.In downtown Hong Kong, refugees continue a six-week protest outside the social welfare department of the semi-autonomous Chinese city.

Denied the right to work, living on food handouts and apparently housed in accommodations unfit for humans, the protest is focusing attention on the harsh conditions faced by refugees and asylum seekers in the one of the world's wealthiest cities. About 6,000 asylum seekers live in Hong Kong, perhaps hoping one day to share in the prosperity of a city in which the World Bank calculates per capita GDP exceeds that of the United States. Barred from seeking employment even if granted refugee status, Refugee Union leader Saeid Mohammadi says asylum seekers in Hong Kong are marginalized and destitute.

In 21 years, he says, the government has approved asylum for only 11 out of 13,000 victims of torture. He says he has been in a stateless limbo since fleeing Afghanistan seven years ago.

'Hong Kong signed the [U.N.] torture convention. But their policy is to keep refugees in extreme poverty, destroy them mentally so they will commit some crime. Then the police will arrest them and reject their case because they broke the law - this is what [they] want,' said Mohammadi. Early morning commuters rush to offices in downtown skyscrapers as a pregnant Nepali refugee emerges from a tent pitched on the sidewalk. Lama Inu, 30, and dozens of her peers occupy a protest camp outside Hong Kong's Social Welfare Department.

Their aim is to highlight the plight of refugees forced to choose between living in poverty in Hong Kong or returning to countries where their lives may be in danger. In a city often cited as the most expensive in the world, most refugees survive on a rental allowance of $200 a month, and three monthly food parcels from the Social Welfare Department.

Food and rent are provided under a $26 million contract won by Swiss-headquartered NGO, International Social Services. The food is cheap and often rancid, the refugees allege. And last month, a judge issued an injunction ordering International Social Services to fulfill its obligations when its staff failed to pay Inu's rent. 'My landlord kicked me out. I begged them: we had no home, clothes, nothing. For four days I did not change my dress or take a shower.

The doctor admitted me to hospital because I might have a problem with my baby. We are suffering. But I will fight,' said Inu. While International Social Services did not comment, a Social Welfare Department statement said its contractor has been providing [refugees] with in-kind services on its behalf since 2006. It said this was 'to prevent [refugees] becoming destitute. While not creating a magnet effect' that draws more refugees to Hong Kong.

The Social Welfare Department added that before providing rent, 'ISS would also conduct spot checks and home visits to premises to assess the hygiene, home environment and safety condition [sic].' But traveling into the countryside with advocacy group Vision First, VOA was introduced to South Asian refugees housed in a run down pigsty. Asylum seeker Shahzad Khan, from Pakistan, points to his mattress lying beside a feeding trough. Electrical wires dangle under a holed roof and an open sewer runs nearby. 'We do not need anything from them, money or food. We just want work.

When I came here I went to work, but spent 15 months in prison [as a result]. You can see, this place is for animals. There is no future here,' said Khan. Angered by our presence, we are set upon by the landlords of the pigsty Khan shares with 15 other refugees. While we are forced to leave, like thousands of other asylum seekers, Khan does not know how long he will be trapped in one of the wealthiest cities on Earth.

A person who pays rent for the use of land or a building. Eg: the current tenant is breaking the lease and needs someone to take over the lease. The liable tenant may be willing to offer concessions to whoever takes over the lease. Eg:Reconstruction changed the economy of the South, too. White land-owners broke up their big farms into smaller pieces of land. They rented these to black farmers. With the land came seed, tools, and enough supplies for a year.

In exchange for this, the owner would get a large share of the crop raised by the tenant farmer. Kindly advise lease breakage and applicable fees since I will be moving out of the apartment earlier than planned. The lease is the agreement you made with the apartment owners, set down in legal terms (contract) and signed by both sides of the agreement. 'Breaking the lease' is another term for 'breaking the agreement'. As part of the agreement, you said you would stay in the apartment for a certain length of time. If you are moving out earlier, you are breaking the agreement you signed. The lease contract will contain info on fees.

Some lease contracts have ways that you can get out early. One often found is that you are moving more than some distance away - often 50 miles or more. If you don't fit into any of those lease cancellation terms, then you are probably going to get hit with the fees listed in the contract. A structure made of metal rods or wires which receives or sends out radio or television signals. Eg: In its latest purchase of high-tech companies, Google has acquired a manufacturer of solar-powered drones that can stay in the air almost indefinitely, relaying broadband Internet connection to remote areas.

It is seen as yet another step in the U. Nokia Installer Download. S.-based Web giant's bid to bring Internet to the whole world. Even as it experiments with self-driving cars on the ground, Google has been acquiring companies that manufacture pilotless flying vehicles - aircraft that can stay aloft for very long periods of time, such as solar-powered balloons and drones.

The Internet giant aims to bring Web access to remote areas of the world, which it says could help speed disaster relief or monitor environmental damage. And it says atmospheric satellites could also provide high-resolution aerial images for its Google Earth service.

Its newest acquisition, the 20-employee, New Mexico-based company Titan Aerospace, plans to manufacture a larger version of its successful solar-powered drone Solara. Chief Technical Officer, Maximus Yaney, says it will be as efficient as a satellite, but much less expensive to operate - just one-hundredth of the cost. 'What we're focusing on from a capability perspective is being able to provide these kinds of services as an alternate or adding to satellite platform capabilities,' he said. He says the new drone, Solara 50, will be able to fly almost 20 kilometers above the earth, providing the Internet signal in a radius of almost 420 kilometers. And stay aloft for almost five years.

'Solar-powered, you have the capability of staying up there effectively indefinitely, you're simply limited by the rechargeable batteries,' he said. Other technology companies are also interested in the potential of drones. Earlier this year, Internet-based giant Facebook acquired the British drone manufacturer Ascenta, while the Internet retail company Amazon is experimenting with drones for package deliveries. Aerial photography is the taking of photographs of the ground from an elevated position. The term usually refers to images in which the camera is not supported by a ground-based structure. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, multirotor Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), balloons, blimps and dirigibles, rockets, kites, parachutes, stand-alone telescoping and vehicle mounted poles. Mounted cameras may be triggered remotely or automatically; hand-held photographs may be taken by a photographer.

The force which makes it difficult for one object to slide along the surface of another or to move through a liquid or gasWhen you rub your hands together the friction produces heat. Eg:Following Tibetan riots in 2008 that left parts of Lhasa in ruins, Frenchmen Eric Meyer and Laurent Zylberman were the only freelance journalists Beijing allowed into Tibet. They witnessed the friction between Han Chinese helping to usher in a modern culture and Tibetans seeking to hold on to centuries-old traditions.Through a day-to-day narrative of their visit, analysis of what they saw, and in stunning black and white photographs, they portray changes, clashes and emotions in a new book: Tibet, The Last Cry. Eric Meyer told VOA's Jim Stevenson of both what he sees as lament and optimism for the future of Tibet.

If someone's manner or speech is curt, it is rude as a result of being very quick.Steve answered curtly and turned his back on me.Claire's curtness made him wonder what he'd done wrong.eg: The decision was delivered in a curt, one-sentence letter from Dmitry Kiselyov, who heads the Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today) Information Agency, responding from the BBG's request to renew its long-standing contract to broadcast in Russia. Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of media conglomerate Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today) smiles as he attends a joint session of Russian parliament on Crimea's incorporation into Russia at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18, 2014.

AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV 'We are not going to cooperate,' the letter read. This means that the last VOA programming, which includes news and English-language lessons-has stopped airing on local Moscow frequency 810 AM. 'Moscow has chosen to do the wrong thing and restrict free speech,' said BBG Chairman Jeff Shell. 'This is a fundamental value shared by many countries around the world.' Shell pointed out that Russian programming, including Russia Today television, continues to air in the United States.

Kiselev and other Russian authorities to open Russian airwaves to more of our programs and those of other international broadcasters,' Shell added. 'We're asking for an even playing field.' A situation in which everyone has the same chance of succeeding. Economic and legal environment in which all competitors, irrespective of their size or financial strength, follow the same rules and get equal opportunity to compete.If the tax systems are different in each European country, how can industries start on a level playing field? Eg: 'We urge Mr.

Kiselev and other Russian authorities to open Russian airwaves to more of our programs and those of other international broadcasters,' Shell added. 'We're asking for an even playing field.' Happening by coincidence.The highest scorers, coincidentally, were all women.

Eg:Kiselyov's letter to the BBG was dated March 21-which, coincidentally, was the same day that the EU froze his assets and banned his travel. The EU called him a 'central figure of the government propaganda supporting the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine,' according to a list published today in Brussels. This is the same gentleman who, on his recent television show, boasted that Russia has the capability to turn the US into 'radioactive ashes.' Information, ideas, opinions or images, often only giving one part of an argument, which are broadcast, published or in some other way spread with the intention of influencing people's opinions.political/wartime propaganda.At school we were fed communist/right-wing propaganda. One official dismissed the ceasefire as a mere propaganda exercise. Eg: The EU called him a 'central figure of the government propaganda supporting the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraine.

Vietnamese now believe it is important for children to drink milk in addition to eating more-traditional foods like rice and noodles. People were happy that milk had vitamin D and calcium. But they did not talk about other things that milk had, such as hormones, antibiotics, allergens, fat and sugar. And it had lactose, which causes problems for some people. Roger Mathisen is a nutrition specialist for UNICEF in Hanoi.

He said part of the problem is people in Vietnam believe advertising is a source of facts. He said they do not realize that sometimes it is, in his words, 'propaganda.' A boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service.We're going across to France by/on the ferry. Eg: Nearly 300 people remain missing after a ferry capsized off the southern coast of South Korea Wednesday with more than 462 people on board, most of them high school students.

Coast guard officials say 174 people have been rescued, and four are confirmed dead. Many are feared trapped in the submerged ship or stranded in 12 degree (C) water. South Korean Navy SEALs are continuing their search inside the sunken vessel, but officials warn those trapped inside may not have survived. Dozens of helicopters and ships are involved in the search and rescue effort. Officials from the U.S.

Navy say an amphibious assault vessel is on standby and ready provide support as requested. The boat set off from Incheon city Tuesday night for a 14-hour trip to the resort island of Jeju when it capsized. Officials say they are not sure what caused the ship to sink, but some survivors reported hearing a loud impact before the vessel rolled to its side. A substance which flows and is not solid.

Bodily fluids. The strain of Ebola virus that has killed 121 people in West Africa may have been circulating there undetected for some time, according to a new study. This is the first reported outbreak of Ebola in West Africa.

But the new study in the New England Journal of Medicine said this strain of the virus may not be new to the area. Researchers from Africa and Europe compared viral DNA from this outbreak to previous episodes.

They confirmed that it is a member of the Zaire species, which kills most of its victims. Strains of that virus have caused outbreaks previously in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. But this virus is a new strain, a previously unknown sister in the Zaire family. Virologist Jens Kuhn at the National Institutes of Health said there may be more. 'There might be a lot of variety in these viruses. They might be in many different countries in West Africa and East Africa where we have not heard anything of outbreaks so far,' said Kuhn. Kuhn was not part of this research.

He leads the top NIH lab studying the world's most dangerous viruses, and he is working on ways to treat and prevent infection with them. Kuhn said there is a lesson in this outbreak. 'This is a warning that the variability of these viruses is greater than we knew.

And so it's very important that we develop something that is broadly based and not protects only against a particular virus that we knew of before,' said Kuhn. Right now, the best protection is to avoid contact with blood or bodily fluids from an infected person. To make a government, area or political group lose power or control, or to make a political or economic situation less strong or safe, by causing changes and problems.eg:They uncovered a plot to destabilize the government. Eg:The United States says it will look for any signs Russia is serious about de-escalating the tensions in Ukraine at Thursday's emergency talks on the crisis in Geneva. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. Is prepared to impose new sanctions on Russia. In an interview Wednesday with CBS, President Barack Obama said there will be consequences each time Russia takes steps to destabilize Ukraine and violate its sovereignty.

But Obama said he is convinced Russia is not looking for a war. Moscow has said it has the right to protect Russian speakers in Ukraine. It accuses the new Ukrainian leadership of being anti-Russian and anti-Semitic and of threatening the rights of pro-Russians. But senior U.N. Human rights official Ivan Simonvic told the Security Council Wednesday that during two trips to Ukraine in March, his team found no widespread attacks against ethnic-Russians. To arrange something carefully, and sometimes unfairly, so as to achieve a wanted result.eg:Their victory was largely a result of their brilliantly orchestrated election campaign.eg:U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power dismissed the Russian criticism, saying there is substantial evidence of Russian involvement in the unrest in eastern Ukraine.

She called it a well-orchestrated professional campaign of incitement and sabotage. Masked pro-Russians seized armored vehicles from the Ukrainian army Wednesday near Slovyansk. The Ukrainian troops did not resist. There are reports of some Ukrainian soldiers switching sides when confronted by the pro-Russians. Russian speakers have taken over Ukrainian government buildings in nearly a dozen eastern towns and cities.

The Ukrainian army has launched what it calls an anti-terrorist operation to retake the buildings, but it is unclear how much fighting is actually taking place. Eg: He also expressed concern over apparent efforts to disrupt Ukraine's presidential elections, scheduled for May 25, saying that international efforts should now be centered on allowing Ukraine to hold a free and fair poll. Carney gave credit to Kyiv authorities for what he said were efforts to address grievances of residents of Ukraine's east through negotiations. Holding 'illegal referendums' and 'annexing parts of countries' is not a way forward, he added. Kyiv and Western governments have been accusing Moscow of orchestrating the current unrest in Ukraine's east and south. (US endeavor) 1.noun an attempt to achieve a goal.

2.verb try hard to do or achieve something. An attempt to do something. Artistic endeavour. Crossing the North Pole on foot was an amazing feat of human endeavour. Eg: Wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

Eg:Crossing the North Pole on foot was an amazing feat of human endeavour. Eg:'The popular focus on China's vast economic endeavors in Africa. Seems to suggest that Africa is somehow 'critical' for China. In reality, Africa accounts for only a tiny percentage of China's overall foreign economic activities: China's investment in and trade with Africa represents 3 percent and 5 percent of its global investment and trade, respectively.' Housing available for people to live in. A room or house that has been provided, especially for servants or soldiers and their families, to live in.The army's married quarters are just outside the town. Eg:But crew members told traffic controllers that their attempts to order an evacuation were stymied by a faulty announcement system.

Tracking data shows the ship took a sharp turn while navigating a group of small islands off South Korea's southwestern coast. There are 174 known survivors, with no one rescued since Wednesday. South Korean prosecutors say the ferry was being steered by a 26-year-old third mate who was navigating the area for the first time. Authorities have confirmed that the ship's captain was in his quarters, leaving the inexperienced third mate at the helm. 1.verb.to leave the armed forces without permission and with no intention of returning.Soldiers who deserted and were caught were shot.

Eg:Authorities have confirmed that the ship's captain was in his quarters, leaving the inexperienced third mate at the helm. The captain, the third mate and one other crew member were arrested Saturday on charges of deserting their passengers as the ferry was sinking. 2.noun.an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants.

Eg: We had to cross a large area of arid, featureless desert. Eg: Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island. To (cause to) move into a sloping position.He tilted his chair backwards and put his feet up on his desk.The front seats of the car tilt.Anna looked up at him with her head tilted to one side. Eg:Authorities have not established the cause of the disaster, but some survivors report hearing a loud impact noise before the vessel tilted and began sinking.

On Friday, Yonhap quoted investigators as saying the ferry's sudden turn may have caused 180 vehicles and nearly 1,200 tons of freight to shift, causing the vessel to tilt to one side. Ability to work as intended or to succeed. Specialized ability to continue to exist or develop as a living being., Ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb. Eg:Rising costs are threatening the viability of many businesses. Eg: As the world population of Hawaiian geese has shrunk to very small numbers, the bird's continuing viability is in doubt. Eg: A deadly shootout in eastern Ukraine has cast doubt on the viability of an accord between Russia, Ukraine, the United States and the European Union aimed at pacifying Ukraine's restive eastern territories.

The parties reached the deal in Geneva on Thursday. (a formal) agreement.On 31 May the two leaders signed a peace accord. Eg: Kislyak said Russia remains committed to last week's international accord that called for disarming militants in eastern Ukraine. Even before Sunday's shootout, U.S.

President Barack Obama said he was not sure the deal would work. Eg: In this March 26, 1979 file photo, from left, Egyptian President Anwar, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands after signing the Camp David Accords. The historic agreement negotiated by Carter ended the hostilities between Israel and Egypt. Making you feel frightened or nervous.She can be very intimidating when she's angry.

President Barack Obama said he was not sure the deal would work. 'My hope is that we actually do see follow-through over the next several days,' Obama said. 'But I don't think given past performance that we can count on that, and we have to be prepared to potentially respond to what continue to be efforts of interference by the Russians in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.' Lawmakers are urging the administration to take additional steps to pressure Russia. Appearing on NBC, Republican Senator Bob Corker said U.S. Sanctions have had no effect on Moscow. 'To me, unless they [Russia] immediately begin moving the 40,000 troops on the border, which are intimidating people in Ukraine, unless they begin immediately moving them away, I really do believe we should be sanctioning some of the [Russian] companies in the energy sector -- Gazprom and others,' Corker said.

'I think we should hit some of the large banks there. And certainly we should beef up our security relationships with Ukraine.' To remove or stop using something gradually or in stages.

Eg: After the government's move to phase out the English Schools Foundation's annual HK$283 million subsidy takes effect in 2016, schools under the foundation will become more expensive for middle-class expatriate families who are not too well-off, Chapman said. 'The government's argument that it should not have to support a non-local curriculum is nonsense when you consider that senior civil servants' children are educated either overseas or in international schools here at taxpayers' expense,' she said. The subjects studied in a school, college, etc. And what each subject includes; an integrated course of academic studies;eg: The government's argument that it should not have to support a non-local curriculum is nonsense when you consider that senior civil servants' children are educated either overseas or in international schools here at taxpayers' expense。 The effort is being led by a group called Scholarism, which was established three years ago by 15- and 16-year-old high school students in opposition to nationalistic curriculum. To allow someone to enter a place.The Education Bureau's website lists 83 direct subsidy schools under the category 'Education services for non-Chinese-speaking students'. Direct subsidy schools, unlike government-funded ones, can charge fees and have greater freedom to implement different curriculums.

The South China Morning Post called all the schools on the list to find out their admission requirements for non-Chinese-speaking children. Of the 62 secondary schools, 38 said they did not admit such pupils because either most of their lessons were taught in Chinese, or the subject was compulsory in their curriculum. Ten out of the 21 primary schools said the same, but many of the remaining 11 that did enrol non-Chinese-speaking pupils said parents should expect their children to encounter difficulties in the subject. Making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something.A bureau spokesman said the list was meant to give expatriate parents information on all types of schools to facilitate their decision-making in applying for places for their children. All public-sector schools, including direct subsidy ones, will receive extra resources to give their non-Chinese-speaking pupils school-based support, he said.

But even if these children do enter the local school system, they face daunting challenges in handling the language. Eg: AutoHotkey scripts are a great way to customize your computer, but may seem daunting at first. Don't worry - getting started is much easier than it looks! Read on to see. To persuade someone forcefully to do something which they are unwilling to do.

Eg:Joao Vitor Passos dos Santos is an exchange student at CUHKFAA Chan Chun Ha Secondary School in Ma On Shan. The 16-year-old came from Brazil last year hoping to learn Cantonese but has not managed to pick up much so far. Most people in his school are too afraid to communicate with him using English and to teach him Cantonese, he said. He cannot learn much about his other school subjects either, because most of his teachers - except his maths teacher - use Chinese as their teaching medium, Santos said. Tanya Hart, who came to the city from Australia 12 years ago, has put her seven-year-old son through the local school system since kindergarten, because the boy was interested in learning Cantonese. Although her son has been doing well, Hart said she felt a lack of support from the school for non-Chinese-speaking parents, citing Chinese-only school reports, notices and homework.

Hart and Chapman agreed that it was possible for non-local children to study in local schools if the schools made more effort to respect and understand their cultures and languages rather than coercing them to integrate into the local system. 'There will come a point where it is impossible for us to pay those international school fees,' Chapman said. 'We have a choice, because we can leave Hong Kong. But many local people don't have the option of good English-language education because they cannot afford it.'

In a particular position.The school is situated near to the station. Eg: The centre will be the tallest building in Guangzhou, complete with office, hotel and residential space. It will be situated on the Zhujiang East Road and will have a gross floor area of 398,000 square metres. At 530 metres tall, it is lower than China's current highest tallest building, the 632-metre-tall Shanghai Tower, and the proposed 700-metre-tall Suzhou Zhongnan Centre, which began construction this year.

These are all eclipsed by the world's current highest building, the 828-metre-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai, and the proposed 1000-metre-high Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, due to be completed in 2019. The world's fastest elevator uses a newly developed permanent magnet motor that achieves both a thin profile and a high output, the statement said.

It is also equipped with a braking system capable of withstanding the terrific heat that might be generated if a malfunction ever develops. China accounts for about 60 per cent of global demand for elevators and is at the centre of fierce competition among the world's elevator makers, a Hitachi official said. The world's fastest elevator currently in operation is the 60.6 kilometre per hour lift at Taipei 101, in Taiwan's main city, he said.

Showing love for your country and being proud of it.eg:Pro-Russian separatists have occupied the regional government offices in Donetsk since April 7. The Soviet-era music and patriotic Russian songs blaring out of speakers may give the feel of a festival, but inside, the militants are preparing in earnest for the government to try to oust them, and there is a sense here of foreboding. Eg:One of Ukraine's earliest monasteries once occupied the grounds.

Because of the religious importance many feel that the property should be kept as a national park. Henadiy works as a guide with Smile Tours. 'It is important for tourism because it gives a patriotic and religious education to people. Not only to Ukrainians but also because it started the spreading of our orthodox faith.' To be expected to happen in the future or to be expected to be or do something in the future.Geoff is slated to be the next captain of the football team.Tymoshenko, who also met with Donetsk business leaders, had planned to hold a news conference outside the regional government offices. But an air of menace from gathering masked militants, a scuffle and the arrival of pro-Russian babushukas (elderly women) persuaded her aides to move to a nearby hotel.

Eastern Ukraine is not a political stronghold for the former prime minister. And although Russian President Vladimir Putin has hinted that she is his favorite among all the candidates in Ukraine's presidential elections slated for next month, Tymoshenko remains unpopular here. Despite that, some political analysts suspect Tymoshenko, who is trailing badly in opinion polls, hopes to pick up votes in the east and to present herself as the only candidate who can appeal to both ethnic Ukrainians and Russians. Some pro-Ukrainian activists are angry she held talks with pro-Russian separatists. Their disappointment increased later Tuesday when news broke that a local politician and member of Tymoshenko's own Fatherland Party was found dead, with his body showing signs of torture. The Kyiv government suspects that pro-Russian militants were behind the killing. The murder has prompted Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov to threaten to re-launch an anti-terrorist operation in the east of the country and forcibly evict pro-Russian separatists from the buildings they have occupied.

Tymoshenko says it is important to continue to negotiate. However, negotiations don't appear to be resolving the crisis. Vladimir Makovich, speaker of the presidium of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic, remains adamant. He says the only way he and his men will leave peacefully is if the government in Kyiv resigns. To force someone to have sex when they are unwilling, using violence or threatening behaviour.

Eg:She was pulled from the car and raped.eg:South African President Jacob Zuma has been described by many as the luckiest head of state. Throughout his career, Zuma has been able to escape serious scandals, including rape charges, corruption charges and now misuse of state funds for developments at his private home. Popularly known for his singing and dancing talent, Zuma's art of escaping serious scandals have left many people dumbfounded. Control over something or someone.2.to hold very tightly. Eg:The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.Rebels have tightened their grip on the city.eg:Susan Booysen, political analyst and senior lecturer at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, said Zuma's ability to escape scandals has baffled everyone.

'President Zuma has had an amazing act of escaping charges, from years ago hundreds of charges relating to South Africa's infamous arms deal to personal charges about sexual behavior. Yet each time he has escaped it,' she said. Stephen Grootes, political reporter at Eye Witness News, argues that having a tight grip on state security organs might have helped President Zuma to survive this long. 'He has tight control over the Justice Department, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Intelligence Services and there has always been a suspicion that he is so interested in those parts of government because he is worried the charges that were withdrawn against him could be lodged against him again, in other words he could still face a trial,' said Grootes.

Lodge something against someone,to place a charge against someone. The neighbors lodged a complaint against us for walking on their grass. I want to lodge an assault charge against Randy.

Eg:'He has tight control over the Justice Department, the National Prosecuting Authority, the Intelligence Services and there has always been a suspicion that he is so interested in those parts of government because he is worried the charges that were withdrawn against him could be lodged against him again, in other words he could still face a trial,' said Grootes. An unwillingness to do something.I accepted his resignation with great reluctance.eg:Prince Mashele, executive director at the Center for Politics and Research, a think tank and research institute, said Zuma has strategically made the survival of those around him, dependent on him, hence their reluctance to act against him. 'There is a great deal of loyalty towards the ANC, So people will be voting for the ANC even though they don't like Zuma. But Zuma will benefit from that,' said Mashele. 'Secondly, a majority of them by the way, they know that if Zuma were to go down, they will also go down, so they will protect Zuma.

By protecting Zuma they are protecting themselves.' Booysen said, however, President Zuma's scandals are hurting his party in a big way. 'The ANC is losing much credibility which in due course will be reflected in the electoral support as well,' he said.

With the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), still pushing for the reinstatement of corruption charges against President Zuma, Grootes said the charges will certainly catch up with him someday. 'I think that they will certainly hang around him until he has his day in court which he said so many times he wanted and yet he has tried not to have,' he stated. Many agree that when he is gone, President Zuma will always be remembered as a giant who survived scandals that brought all others down. If you say that something will happen in due course, you mean that it will happen at a suitable time in the future You will receive notification of the results in due course. Eg:Prince Mashele, executive director at the Center for Politics and Research, a think tank and research institute, said Zuma has strategically made the survival of those around him, dependent on him, hence their reluctance to act against him.

'There is a great deal of loyalty towards the ANC, So people will be voting for the ANC even though they don't like Zuma. But Zuma will benefit from that,' said Mashele. 'Secondly, a majority of them by the way, they know that if Zuma were to go down, they will also go down, so they will protect Zuma. By protecting Zuma they are protecting themselves.' Booysen said, however, President Zuma's scandals are hurting his party in a big way.

'The ANC is losing much credibility which in due course will be reflected in the electoral support as well,' he said. Hang around (with someone) and go around (with someone),to spend a lot of time with someone; to waste away time with someone. Eg:With the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), still pushing for the reinstatement of corruption charges against President Zuma, Grootes said the charges will certainly catch up with him someday. 'I think that they will certainly hang around him until he has his day in court which he said so many times he wanted and yet he has tried not to have,' he stated. Many agree that when he is gone, President Zuma will always be remembered as a giant who survived scandals that brought all others down.

Involving only one group or country. Eg:The party leader has actually declared her support for unilateral nuclear disarmament (= giving up her country's nuclear weapons without first waiting for other countries to do the same).eg: President Barack Obama has reaffirmed the U.S. Treaty commitment to defend Japan, including a group of East China Sea islands claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing. Following a Thursday meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Obama explicitly stated the Senkaku Islands fall under the treaty obliging the United States to defend Japan if attacked. Obama stressed the U.S. Does not take a position on the sovereignty of the islands, known in China as Diaoyu, but noted that they are administered by Japan and that should not be changed unilaterally.

Extremely important or necessary. Eg: It is crucial that the problem is tackled immediately. Eg:Earlier Thursday, Obama held a private meeting with Emperor Akihito at Tokyo's Imperial Palace. A military honor guard, and children holding U.S. And Japanese flags, greeted the president. He will later attend a state dinner and tour the historic Meiji Shrine before heading to Seoul, where his talks are expected to focus on North Korea's nuclear program. In Tokyo, Obama said North Korea represents 'the most dangerous, destabilizing situation in all of the Asia-Pacific region.'

He said Japan, South Korea and the United States should work together to pressure Pyongyang, noting that China's participation is crucial. Eg:The Pentagon said it carried out 15 more airstrikes Monday against Islamic State militants near the dam, destroying more of their fighting positions and weapons. The Mosul Dam is crucial to northern Iraq, providing electricity and irrigation for much of the region. The United States first launched airstrikes earlier this month against the insurgents, in part to prevent the killing of thousands of minority Yazidis stranded on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq. To hurt someone or do something harmful to them because they have done or said something harmful to you.

Eg:Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state television that Russia would retaliate against threats to its interests the same way as it did in South Ossetia in 2008, which led to a brief war between Russia and an overmatched Georgia. Hundreds of U.S. Army paratroopers landed in Poland Wednesday to, in the words of the Pentagon, 'send a message' to Moscow and reassure nervous U.S. Ukraine has also decided to resume what it calls 'anti-terrorist' operations against pro-Russians in the east.

Pro-Russian gunmen are demanding the right to hold referendums on splitting with Ukraine and joining Russia. A vote last month in Crimea led to the Russian annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula. To make someone less confident, less powerful or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually The President has accused two cabinet ministers of working secretly to undermine his position/him.eg: Obama told the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper that islands fall under the U.S.- Japan Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty and Washington opposes any 'unilateral attempts to undermine Japan's administration of the islands.'

Eg: One observer, Chris Phillips of Queen Mary University, London, says Russia is defending Syria's right to govern itself. 'The Russians have always backed the principle of state sovereignty. As they see it, the Syrians have the right to conclude their affairs inside Syria as they wish. Russia itself is an autocratic regime and his not very keen on any major attempts to undermine the principle of state sovereignty, and they are going to stand by that.' Eg: On Tuesday, Iraqi forces halted an advance designed to retake the hometown of executed former dictator Saddam Hussein after facing fierce resistance from Islamic State militants, officers in the operations room told Reuters. Iraqi forces came under heavy machinegun and mortar fire south of Tikrit, while to the west landmines and snipers undermined efforts to get closer to a town they have tried to retake several times, said the officers. Resident of central Tikrit said by telephone Islamic State fighters were firmly in control of their positions and were running patrols along main streets.

Eg:The political agreement solved the current situations but undermined the credibility and all the achievements regarding the technical process. It hurt the process; it hurt the transparency and it hurt the principles for the elections.' Something that makes it difficult to think or pay attention. Something that amuses or entertains you so that you do not think about problems, work, etc. A state in which you are very annoyed or upset. When you are very bored or annoyed.That dreadful noise is driving me to distraction. Eg: Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia is 'stoking instability' in Ukraine, and the Obama administration will impose additional sanctions against Moscow if it does not keep promises made last week to help de-escalate the crisis.

Kerry says the world has rightly judged that authorities in Kyiv are working in good faith to de-escalate the crisis, while Moscow 'has put its faith in distraction, deception and destabilization.' Eg: Dealing with Distractions and Overreactions. Adj.seriously bad. Eg:I made a grave mistake when I ate that Haggis. It looked good, but it tasted like ass. Eg: In an interview with VOA, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Nations, Yuriy Sergeyev, says it is time for tougher sanctions against Russia for its interference in Ukraine.

'Naturally, we expect that the reaction of the democratic world will be solid, and the action could be done, including the serious economic sanctions, including the political sanctions,' said Sergeyev. Speaking to reporters at the State Department, Kerry said if Russia continues to destabilize Ukraine, 'it will not just be a grave mistake, it will be an expensive mistake.' 'President Putin and Russia face a choice. If Russia chooses the path of de-escalation, the international community, all of us, will welcome it. If Russia does not, the world will make sure that the costs for Russia will only grow,' said Kerry. But Duma chief Pushkov says sanctions are a mistake.

Sanctions he says will bring huge losses not only to Russia, but also to European countries that have close economic and trade cooperation with Russia. What's more, he says, sanctions cannot help resolve the crisis in Ukraine.

A zone separating two states in which neither state exercises political control.a border between two countries. Eg: Some of the frontier between Germany and Poland follows the course of the river Oder. Eg: The non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, has launched a new, malaria prevention campaign in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa aimed at protecting the illnesses' most vulnerable population - children under the age of five. Eg: In a telephone call with Putin, Germany's Angela Merkel said reports of a new Russian military incursion into Ukrainian territory had to be cleared up, a spokesman for the chancellor said in a statement. 'The latest reports of the presence of Russian soldiers on Ukrainian territory must be explained,' Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said Wednesday. 'She emphasized Russia's major responsibility for de-escalation and watching over its own frontiers.'

Eg:A group representing hundreds of French students sent this message: 'In President Lincoln we mourn a fellow citizen. There are no longer any countries shut up in narrow frontiers. Our country is everywhere where there are neither masters nor slaves. Wherever people live in liberty or fight for it. We look to the other side of the ocean to learn how a people which has known how to make itself free.knows how to preserve its freedom.' To carry and move something to a place.

Eg: At Christmas the family descend on the house bearing gifts. Eg: Countless waiters bore trays of drinks into the room. Eg: The sound of the ice-cream van was borne into the office on the wind.

Eg: During the campaigns at the height of malaria season - from July to October - young children will be offered so-called chemoprevention drugs. Small children are at highest risk of dying from malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic illness that claimed the lives of some three-quarters of a million people in 2012, most of them children and babies in sub-Saharan Africa. Cause the loss of (someone's life).[for something] to take the life of someone. Eg:the attacks claimed the lives of five people. Eg: The killer tornado claimed the lives of six people at the trailer park.

Eg: The athlete's life was claimed in a skiing accident. Eg: During the campaigns at the height of malaria season - from July to October - young children will be offered so-called chemoprevention drugs. Small children are at highest risk of dying from malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic illness that claimed the lives of some three-quarters of a million people in 2012, most of them children and babies in sub-Saharan Africa.

A warm air mass that forms in the tropics and has low air pressure.(extremely hot and feeling wet).tropical fish; eg:The Amazon river basin contains the world's largest tropical rainforest. Eg:The weather was positively tropical last summer.eg: Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is planning to roll out mass seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns, known as SMCs, in the Sahel sub-region to prevent new cases of the disease in countries where malaria is widespread. These nations include Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Burkino Faso and Mali. In a 2013 SMC trial in Niger, the organization treated more than 200,000 children between the ages of three and 59 months with chemoprevention drugs. Trials of the chemoprevention strategy in the last two years have shown a reduction of up to 83 percent in simple malaria cases; there's a similar percentage reduction in the number of cases of severe malaria. Estrella Lasry, tropical medicine adviser for the group, says the campaign was launched at the urging of the World Health Organization.

To make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it. Eg: Strawberries and cream complement each other perfectly. Eg:The music complements her voice perfectly. Eg: The non-governmental organization Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, has launched a new, malaria prevention campaign in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa aimed at protecting the illnesses' most vulnerable population - children under the age of five. During the campaigns at the height of malaria season - from July to October - young children will be offered so-called chemoprevention drugs. Small children are at highest risk of dying from malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic illness that claimed the lives of some three-quarters of a million people in 2012, most of them children and babies in sub-Saharan Africa. Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, is planning to roll out mass seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaigns, known as SMCs, in the Sahel sub-region to prevent new cases of the disease in countries where malaria is widespread.

These nations include Senegal, Gambia, Niger, Burkino Faso and Mali. In a 2013 SMC trial in Niger, the organization treated more than 200,000 children between the ages of three and 59 months with chemoprevention drugs. Trials of the chemoprevention strategy in the last two years have shown a reduction of up to 83 percent in simple malaria cases; there's a similar percentage reduction in the number of cases of severe malaria. Estrella Lasry, tropical medicine adviser for the group, says the campaign was launched at the urging of the World Health Organization. 'And what we do is we give drugs once a month that protect and they protect the children for about a month during those four months of high transmission,' said Lasry. In Niger, during a trial in 2013, the anti-malaria compounds were made available in remote locations at health facilities, in the homes of village chiefs and in areas where public health workers go door-to-door.

The organization deployed some 2,000 community health care workers to educate families about the benefits of chemoprevention and to encourage them to take their children to a distribution site. Lasry says MSF chemoprevention campaigns do not use artemisinin-based drugs that are currently the 'gold standard' to treat malaria infection. 'We try to use different drugs so that even if we can potentially cause resistance, we are not causing resistance to the most effective drugs we have for treatment,' she said. If they find malaria in any of the children, Lasry says they treat it.

But she says there's a shortage of rapid diagnostic tests in Niger, for example, hampering efforts to treat malaria in endemic regions. While not a 'miracle cure,' officials say prevention drugs complement other malaria control strategies, including insecticide-treated bed nets. Especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area;eg: Malaria is endemic in many of the hotter regions of the world. Eg: The disease is endemic among British sheep/to many British flocks.

Eg: There is endemic racism/poverty/violence in many of the country's cities. Eg:'We try to use different drugs so that even if we can potentially cause resistance, we are not causing resistance to the most effective drugs we have for treatment,' she said. If they find malaria in any of the children, Lasry says they treat it. But she says there's a shortage of rapid diagnostic tests in Niger, for example, hampering efforts to treat malaria in endemic regions. While not a 'miracle cure,' officials say prevention drugs complement other malaria control strategies, including insecticide-treated bed nets. A ruler with unlimited power, or someone who demands that people completely obey them; eg: One observer, Chris Phillips of Queen Mary University, London, says Russia is defending Syria's right to govern itself. 'The Russians have always backed the principle of state sovereignty.

As they see it, the Syrians have the right to conclude their affairs inside Syria as they wish. Russia itself is an autocratic regime and his not very keen on any major attempts to undermine the principle of state sovereignty, and they are going to stand by that.' 1.a group of musicians who play modern music together.a jazz/rock band. Eg: Flamenco music is often associated with Spain. Gypsies from north India brought the music to Europe in the 18th century. But one American band is adding Arabic traditions, too.

La Ruya includes sounds from Turkey, the Black Sea, Persia and North Africa. Christopher Cruise tells about their music. Can you hear the Spanish guitar and heeled shoes in this music? They are some of the classic sounds of flamenco music. But a California band called La Ruya is transforming flamenco. One of the band's founding members is Sam Foster.

He is a drummer who became interested in Arabic and Turkish drumming. From there, he learned about flamenco. He brought in flamenco dancer Melissa Cruz and other musicians to create the unusual sound of La Ruya.

Eg: The former president still has a small band of supporters. Eg: A small band of guerrillas has blown up a train in the mountains.

Eg: Lincoln's supporters organized a loud and colorful campaign. It included marching bands and signs. But Lincoln was silent. He said, 'It has been my decision since becoming a candidate to make no speeches. I am here only to see you and to let you see me.' 2.a thin flat piece of cloth, elastic, metal or other material put around something to fasten or strengthen it, or a long narrow piece of colour, light, etc.

That is different from what surrounds it. Eg: Tracey Avant is Curator of Exhibitions at Ford's Theatre. She says one of the objects on display shows that tender side. It is his signature top hat.

The hat is in the exhibit 'Silent Witnesses: Artifacts of the Lincoln Assassination.' She says, 'It's a beautiful, iconic piece; everyone thinks of Abraham Lincoln with a top hat.

But what I love about it is it's got this beautiful band that he put on it to remember his son Willie who had died in 1862 of typhoid fever. It still remained on the hat in 1865 and to me, I'm a parent, it speaks to how deeply he felt that loss.' United and working together effectively.a cohesive group.cohesive forces. Eg: Flamenco music is often associated with Spain. Gypsies from north India brought the music to Europe in the 18th century. But one American band is adding Arabic traditions, too.

La Ruya includes sounds from Turkey, the Black Sea, Persia and North Africa. Christopher Cruise tells about their music. Can you hear the Spanish guitar and heeled shoes in this music?

They are some of the classic sounds of flamenco music. But a California band called La Ruya is transforming flamenco. One of the band's founding members is Sam Foster.

He is a drummer who became interested in Arabic and Turkish drumming. From there, he learned about flamenco. He brought in flamenco dancer Melissa Cruz and other musicians to create the unusual sound of La Ruya.

'We are taking forms and in some cases actual songs from other parts of the world and flamenco-izing them, so you have something new, a sound I haven't heard before.' 'We have oud, which is the Middle Eastern lute. We have a flute player. The cajon, the box drum. And darbouka, the gourd drum, also known as dumbek.' And, says Melissa Cruz, they have the palmas. 'Palmas are flamenco hand claps.

And typically it is the flamenco singer and the flamenco dancer who are doing the palmas.' Wherever La Ruya performs, they find an interested audience. 'Flamenco is really improvisational, so there aren't any strict rules or regulations. The point is to create one cohesive piece of music.'

Some say traditional Spanish flamenco should stay the way it is. But Melissa Cruz says La Ruya's style -- with its Arabic rhythms and instruments -- is not changing flamenco. Instead, it is bringing the music back to its Moorish roots. Eg:Good writing consists not only of a string of varied, correctly-structured sentences. The sentences must also lead from one to the next so that the text is cohesive and the writer's ideas are coherent.

Someone who is captured and kept as a prisoner;someone who is captured and kept as a prisonera person or animal whose ability to move or act freely is limited by being closed in a space; a prisoner, especially a person held by the enemy during a war.captive soldiers.hold/take sb captive. To keep someone as a prisoner or make someone a prisoner.

Eg: The terrorists were holding several British diplomats captive. Businessman who was held captive by his Chinese employees for nearly a week has been allowed to leave a suburban Beijing factory after the two sides settled a wage dispute. Chip Starnes, the co-owner of Specialty Medical Supplies, said his company has agreed to give severance packages to about 100 workers who had trapped him in the factory since Friday. The workers demanded the severance packages after a series of recent lay-offs at the factory led them to believe their own jobs were also in jeopardy, despite Starnes' insistence this was not the case. Eg:Human Rights Watch said the boys described beatings given to anyone who tried to escape or did anything their captors considered misbehavior.

The boys were also barred from speaking Kurdish, forced to pray five times a day and to watch videos of captives being killed. The planet fourth in order of distance from the Sun, after the Earth and before Jupiter.Mars is sometimes called the Red Planet because of its distinctive colour.On the show today, we look into the future of space exploration. The American space agency NASA has announced plans for a new effort to study the sun. And, NASA scientists are considering new technologies for a possible human trip to the planet Mars. Newly released information about space radiation means the trip needs to take less time than is currently possible. 1.an object shaped like a round ball.eg: The American space agency is making final preparations for a project to study the sun. NASA scientists hope to observe the way solar material gathers energy and heats up as it moves through the sun's lower atmosphere.

Katherine Cole has more about the Interface Regional Imaging Spectrograph, also called IRIS. The outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, known as the corona, is thousands of times hotter than the surface of the sun. Solar material heats up as it rises through the inner atmosphere to the corona.

Researchers want to know why this is. So they are preparing a mission to study what scientists call the sun's 'interface region.'

This is the area between the corona and the sun's photosphere. 2.a subject or area of knowledge, work, etc. The political sphere. Exchanges with other countries, particularly in cultural, scientific and economic spheres.

Eg: Other countries were interested in this market, too. Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia all claimed special rights in parts of China.

They began to divide the country into areas called 'spheres of influence. ' It seemed these areas could become foreign colonies. Then the United States would be cut off from trading directly with China. 1.relating to the universe and the natural processes that happen in it.2.very great. Eg: Humans traveling on a spacecraft to Mars would be exposed to two kinds of radiation.

One is low-energy particles called Galactic Cosmic Rays, or GCRs. The other is solar particle radiation, which depends on sun spot activity. Zeitlin says improvements in protective equipment might help keep astronauts safe from the solar radiation. But he says the cosmic rays are a bigger problem.

'They can typically go through several inches of solid matter shielding without being attenuated (reduced) very much. So astronauts in deep space will get a continuous low radiation dose.' The set of colours into which a beam of light can be separated, or a range of waves, such as light waves or radio waves. Eg: The colours of the spectrum - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet - can be seen in a rainbow. Eg: The energy and matter, called plasma, that flow through the interface region have a major effect on Earth. This area is the source of the sun's ultraviolet radiation.

The radiation affects Earth's climate. It also can influence the space environment near our planet.

The energy that passes into the interface region is also responsible for solar wind. Scientists believe the Interface Regional Imaging Spectrograph can help them understand the process. IRIS is a small satellite that can perform complex solar observations. Alan Title is the IRIS lead investigator. He is based at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center in California. 'What we want to discover is what the basic physical processes are that transfer energy and material from the surface of the sun out to the outer atmosphere to the corona.

And remember, the corona extends throughout the heliosphere. We live in the sun's outer atmosphere.' IRIS will provide highly detailed images that will show even individual structures of energy as they stretch away from the sun.

NASA officials say the images will be three to four times as detailed as those from the agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory. IRIS will also provide spectra. Spectra measures different wavelengths of light at once. Violent eruptions of particles and radiation from the surface of the Sun. Eg: On the show today, we look into the future of space exploration. The American space agency NASA has announced plans for a new effort to study the sun. And, NASA scientists are considering new technologies for a possible human trip to the planet Mars.

Newly released information about space radiation means the trip needs to take less time than is currently possible. The American space agency is making final preparations for a project to study the sun. NASA scientists hope to observe the way solar material gathers energy and heats up as it moves through the sun's lower atmosphere. Katherine Cole has more about the Interface Regional Imaging Spectrograph, also called IRIS. The outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, known as the corona, is thousands of times hotter than the surface of the sun. Solar material heats up as it rises through the inner atmosphere to the corona. Researchers want to know why this is.

So they are preparing a mission to study what scientists call the sun's 'interface region.' This is the area between the corona and the sun's photosphere. The energy and matter, called plasma, that flow through the interface region have a major effect on Earth. This area is the source of the sun's ultraviolet radiation. The radiation affects Earth's climate. It also can influence the space environment near our planet.

The energy that passes into the interface region is also responsible for solar wind. Scientists believe the Interface Regional Imaging Spectrograph can help them understand the process. IRIS is a small satellite that can perform complex solar observations. 1000 Most Important Words Norman Schur Pdf Merge. Alan Title is the IRIS lead investigator.

He is based at Lockheed Martin's Advanced Technology Center in California. 'What we want to discover is what the basic physical processes are that transfer energy and material from the surface of the sun out to the outer atmosphere to the corona. And remember, the corona extends throughout the heliosphere. We live in the sun's outer atmosphere.' IRIS will provide highly detailed images that will show even individual structures of energy as they stretch away from the sun. NASA officials say the images will be three to four times as detailed as those from the agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

IRIS will also provide spectra. Spectra measures different wavelengths of light at once.

NASA says IRIS will observe temperatures extending from about 5,000 to 65,000 degrees Celsius. That number will rise to about ten million degrees during solar flares. But, lead investigator Alan Title notes IRIS will keep a safe distance from the sun.

'IRIS flies around the Earth so it only gets about 600 kilometers closer to the sun than here we are on Earth, and that's only about 92 million miles away. So it's really not very much closer to the sun.' The IRIS mission is expected to last two years and cost more than 180 million dollars. But scientists say the solar explorer could keep going much longer. IRIS is set to launch on a Pegasus XL rocket from a military base in California on June 26. I'm Katherine Cole.

The chromosphere is the middle of the three regions that make up the sun's atmosphere. It is extremely wide and extends 1,200 miles (1,931 kilometers) above the photosphere. Temperatures in the chromosphere increase from 4,500 degrees Kelvin to about 10,000 degrees Kelvin.

Scientists believe that the chromosphere is heated by the friction caused by the turbulent convection currents in the photosphere. Accordingly, the churning gases in the photosphere produce spikes of hot gas called spicules that rise up to 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) into the chromosphere. (media) A publication or broadcast program that provides news and feature stories to the public through various distribution channels. Media outlets include newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet. Eg:Russia's State Duma has just adopted a new bill which if enacted would broadly restrict the rights of all high-profile bloggers and social media users by treating them, in essence, as mass media outlets. The new law, billed as a measure against terrorism, will apply to anyone whose blogs or personal websites attract 3,000 or more viewers a day. It passed a second reading by lawmakers this week and is expected to be adopted next week and handed to Russian President Vladimir Putin for signing.

If all goes according to plan, bloggers would be mandated to publish their last names and initials, as well as their email addresses. They would also be required to register with the government and follow the same rules as any other media outlet, i.e., verify the accuracy of anything they publish and set age guidelines for content.

Violators will face fines with a fine of as much as $1,000 for individuals and $10,000 for 'legal entities.' Repeat offenders would have their site's suspended. Local media says the purpose of the bill is to ensure that blogs and other personal websites are not used to commit crimes, divulge state secrets or promote extremism, pornography or violence.

Bloggers would also be banned from using foul language. 1.a short journey usually made for pleasure, often by a group of people.Next week we're going on an excursion.2. A short involvement in a new activity.A teacher by profession, this is her first excursion into writing.

Eg:Uri Tours expects no further difficulties in continuing its North Korea excursions, Dantzler-Wolfe said. The company had communicated with its North Korean tour partners and was cooperating with diplomatic authorities to resolve Miller's detention, he said. Eg:On this day, Mr. Tanner has paid to join a guided group called a 'swim excursion.' Most of the people wear wetsuits to cover more of their bodies than traditional swimsuits.

To continue with something; to continue with plans to do something. Can we go ahead with our party plans? Let's go ahead with it. Tourism company that organized a trip for the American citizen detained earlier this month in North Korea said it will go ahead with further trips there for Americans. 'Given the facts of the case, we have decided to just go ahead with all of our scheduled tours,' said John Dantzler-Wolfe, director of the New Jersey-based Uri Tours.

The detention of 24-year-old Matthew Todd Miller is 'a pretty unique situation,' Dantzler-Wolfe said. Dantzler-Wolfe said the company's tour partners in the communist country told him that Miller had ripped up his visa and declared he was not a tourist. Uri Tours expects no further difficulties in continuing its North Korea excursions, Dantzler-Wolfe said. The company had communicated with its North Korean tour partners and was cooperating with diplomatic authorities to resolve Miller's detention, he said. North Korea announced Friday that an American had arrived there April 10 and was being held for 'rash behavior' while passing through customs. The North Korean government also said Miller had demanded asylum. The State Department said it was aware of Miller's detention and was working with the Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang on the issue.

The Swedish Embassy often represents the interests of American citizens in the reclusive state, as Washington does not have diplomatic relations with Pyongyang. 1.An inherent mental or physical power:her critical faculties the faculty of sight 2. A group of university departments concerned with a major division of knowledge: the Faculty of Arts.the law faculty. Eg:'We deliberately invented a language that was almost devoid of many of the technical details that were present in other languages,' said Kurtz. BASIC translated English commands, such as IF.THEN, or GO.TO, into the numerical language computers could understand. Kurtz said the response was overwhelming.

'Not only our students loved getting onto the computer any time they wanted to, for whatever purpose they wanted to, but even the faculty got interested. Of course not everybody, but many of them,' he said. 2.(US)the people who teach in a department in a college. Eg: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently surprised Chinese students when he spoke to them in Chinese.

In a talk at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Zuckerberg spoke Chinese for about 30 minutes. Although his Mandarin was far from perfect, students and faculty cheered his effort.

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