December 31, 2008

Budge

budge



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(毛向外翻的) 羔羊皮(舊時常作裝飾用)

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–verb (used without object) 
1. to move slightly; begin to move: He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge
2. to change one's opinion 
or 
stated position; yield: Once her father had said "no," he wouldn't budge.  

–verb (used with object) 
3. to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock. 
4. to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer.  

–noun
 
1. a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used esp. as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns. 

–adjective 
2. made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
3. Obsolete. pompous; solemn.


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There's a hopeless sense that McDonald's R Us: After two months in the States, one Mexican couple saves enough money to treat themselves to a food-franchise dinner. 

It's one of the wonders of America: "Next week, we'll try pizza." (Later, the coyote who managed their border crossing will welcome two kids to America with a bag of Mickey Bits.) 

Linklater provides his own auto-critique when a frustrated cadre of student environmentalists attempts to liberate a pasture—or "prison camp"—filled with contented cows. The [animals] won't budge. "We should have brought a cattle prod," one kid concludes. 

coyote
【俚】引外國人從墨西哥偷渡進入美國的不法分子


refractory 
a refractory [child]. 
bigotry
which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to [Proposition 8] in California.
intransigence
British government's intransigence over recognizing convicted IRA members as [political] prisoners
persevere
Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to [spread] good will — at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient — Sister Luke [perseveres].
Nubile








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