Word: idiom
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...warrior state like Britain, Spain, Australia and others and is seeking for its bad fate," the statement said, adding: "Mujahids (holy warriors) have the right to kill their prisoners and behead them, no attention will be brought for who is alleging that prisoners are 'civilians,' there is no such idiom in our jurisdiction...
...spent six days sitting on the floor of Roth's New York City apartment, typing in French as he paced and read the text aloud. "She wanted to hear the cadences," says Roth, "and I wanted to know whether, at any point, she was at all unsure of my idiom and its precise connotation." When it was done, Kamoun and Roth celebrated over bowls of spaghetti at an Italian restaurant. Neither could muster a word during dinner. "We were exhausted, spent of language," she recalls. Roth and the other writers she translates know how valuable her contribution is. And discerning...
...focus group of more or less undecided voters. Focus groups are a powerful political aphrodisiac: civilians tell the wizards how to rub them the right way. But they are also an insidious reversal of the political process, turning followers into leaders. Watching Hart, a pioneer and master of the idiom, trying to elicit responses from a surly group of citizens, I began to wonder whether focus groups have outlived their usefulness. The group was almost entirely predictable. They said Bush was a regular guy and Kerry seemed aloof. They said they wanted more specifics from the candidates and more high...
...While something as subjective and ethereal as a national soccer idiom may be by nature impossible defend in scientific terms, it nonetheless shaped the sensibilities of fans for generations. Whenever the fans of a lowly English outfit such as Bristol Rovers see their players exhibit a flash of uncharacteristic individual skill or imagination, they sing "Brazil, it's just like watching Brazil...
...club level, there's no longer a national idiom in the top tier. The teams are an assembly of global all-stars, as are the coaches, often. And while that has greatly enriched the spectacle of club level football in Britain, Spain, Italy and elsewhere, it's effect on the national game may be double edged. On the one hand, greater efficiency has facilitated more championships by Brazil and previously unthinkable success for such relative outsiders as Greece, South Korea or Senegal. The idea that "there are no longer any easy games" at international level has become a mantra among...