The sheer volume of wealth and industry made America a terrible foe.
Perl Harbor was an event that at a stroke galvanized the American nation resolving all difference quelling all isolationist sentiment.
(the urgency of his voice galvanized them into action.)
Country after country are swamped by a tidal wave of Japanese might
the long slow endgame of Japan's defeat is already begun.
A war of increasing hardship and deprivation
an unstoppable tsunami of conquest swept across the eastern Pacific into Southeast Asia
inexplicably once more U.S. aircraft carrier were caught unawares on the ground
scarcely a day went by without some new attack begun
The new year brought no respite
Indonesia was attacked by Japanese paratroopers again
The morale amongst the US forces is high
Singapore was the mythology of the British Empire built into actuality
a center of maritime trade, a conduit for wealth
(the office acts as a conduit for ideas to flow throughout the organization)
battle must be fought to the bitter end
Japanese general Yamashita achieve the victory with less than 2000 casualties.
(Battlefield casualties were high)
The Japanese cloak their invasion in the language of anti-imperialism
the area produced rubber nickle and timber
a daring and ingenious plan was formulated ...
on-premise software
An edgy wit
he became edgy and defensive, she felt edge and unsettled
Really, any sort of Dependency Injection via Ambient Context
The cause of autism is unknown
Einstein and Newton may have had a form of autism
They're similar to Emacs key bindings (C-a for home), but with several concessions for UNIX (C-w for delete word).
(a concession to their shrill demands.)
Let's find the real culprit
sleuth or spy
I’d rather quench my thirst with castor oil than have to take a sip of water
Although it’s not so bad with bottled water, it’s enough to put me off
The taste is different everywhere you go, and it feels slimy going down my throat
(The steps were slimy with moss.)
chlorinated water.
versatile
I'm just saying he's a very versatile actor.
versatile person
The defector's handlers
A thorny situation; thorny issues
an overblown rose
overblown decorations
improvise a new verse
He improvised a song about the football team's victory.
It was no use bemoaning her lot.
arcane procedures for electing people.
Robbery is a penal offense
a former penal colony.
Hypocrisy that nauseated me
A horde of demonstrators
But don’t let its size fool you—it’s a dramatically different map from before, with a staggering amount of vegetation detail.
(a staggering achievement; a staggering defeat.)
US launches aggressive campaign to thwart China's economic attacks.
(bill of indictment, an indictment for conspiracy)
Last month Vice President Pence issued a broad indictment of the tactics China is using as it seeks to supplant the United States as the world’s dominant economic power
That's an "On the fly" interview
your sense of judgement is a bit wonky at the moment.
Faraday Future founder resigns, employees being furloughed amid cash crunch
Workers will be placed on unpaid leave, or a “furlough,” until new funding is secured, according to an email from CEO Jia Yueting obtained by The Verge
Yes, she was released on medical furlough
The only snag is, I can't afford it.
Strew a path with flowers
Autumn leaves strewed the lawn
Suddenly she was entangled in the seaweed
He became entangled in legal disputes
A spate of attacks on holidaymakers
potato crisp, crisp bacon.
You mobsters all suffer from such hubris
diminutive in stature
She'd bring real stature to the office
Cattle graze on the open meadows
The car grazed the garage door.
Most polymers are poor conductors
Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.
blood plasma
plasma display
I'd like to avoid a showdown with my boss if I possibly can.
But attackers can circumvent these measures by modifying or exploiting vulnerabilities in the source code
You might already be using our open-source version, ProGuard, which includes one layer of basic obfuscation
Grilled chicken breast is served atop a bed of red quinoa with raisins. Accompanied by a side of blanched kale, braised cabbage, and roasted carrots, tossed with garlic and extra-virgin olive oil.
Braising
Law and morality are the bulwark of society
That country is a bulwark of freedom.
His fever was allayed by the medicine
A propensity for exaggeration
a propensity to extravagence
I'm more of a glorified sysadmin that happens to automate deployments.
But that's a bit of a tangent; I'm finding that I'm liking the mindset and tools.
In our experience, hiring for a devops role was analogous to being on a dating app
(I think we can see something analogous.)
you realize that some these qualities may have been embellished or that what the other person offers is not the right mix for your own needs
(I asked him not to embellish the truth with ideas of his own.)
I had some general ideas for the type of candidate I wanted, but after a few months of endless resumes and phone screens I was pretty disparaged.
(he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors.)
There is a huge aquarium of seafood
Turn upside down
The defactor's handlers
precipitate a country into a crisis
They made a precipitate decision
as thin as a wafer
assorted wafer
Guys free cougar from foot trap.
The reactionary officer then ordered him arrested
rouge
(rouge et noire, rouged her cheeks, rouge box)
porter
(night porter, The hotel porter will help you)
Resumption of negotiations.
The tower is the centrepiece of the park.
be enrage by sb's conduct
the students were enraged at these new rules
Skeptics have contended that lateralization, also known as stereo separation
An impregnable fortress
The bedraggled troops threaded their way over the mountains of creeks to escape.
Ottoman Empire
Germans showing ferocious lack of pity no Western soldier had yet to face
therefore the commissar x' will be liquidated, German solders guilty of breaking international law will be excused.
Russian generals would rather wait surrender and annihilation
(Since the discovery of the vaccine, annihilation of the disease is at last cogitable.)
Historians will forever debate whether the wars in the south of Europe delayed the start of Barbarossa leaving too little time before the end of summer
third reich
Japan continues its ever more belligerent attacks upon the European powers in Asia
Japanese Emperor hirohito
the strain breaks and on what Roosevelt it to call the day infamy as the US flees lies at anchor
(lateral strain, strain a muscle, a strain of feminist thought )
As German forces sweep southwards bringing an avalanche of war to the Balkans, Yugoslavia and Greece collapse within days. In Yugoslavia the German attack reopens ancient enmities and wounds.
(An avalanche (also called a snowslide or snowslip) is a rapid flow of snow down a sloping surface. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack (slab avalanche) when the forces on the snow exceed its strength but sometimes only with gradually widening (loose snow avalanche))
American finally realizes that it cannot stand aloof from a war ...
The destruction of the Soviet system is Armageddon, the final battle the struggle of good and evil
They are drawn the Soviet command had been savagely targeted by Stalin's purges, a climate of fear pervaded the Russian army.
1941, the future of world civilizations stood poised in the balance
(The economy is poised for take-off, be poised on the brink of disaster, poised between life and death)
the summer countryside of Russia was ideal for armored warfare
Siberia
(It meant I was banished to Siberia.)
Bolshevik revolution
Moscow and Leningrad were to be systematically razed wiped from the map
Atlantic charter
Even though convoyed ships were more secure than lone sailings
Admiral brought up on surface action were reluctant to appreciate the strength of underwater forces
torpedo boat
She bought it on a whim.
I'm an ambivert.
precursor
the precursor of modern mathematics
I was super pumped.
cold turkey
(Gotta go cold turkey. - Can we talk about this)
self-esteem
(Boy. My self-esteem can't take this. - I'm sorry)
Mosquito incense, incense paper,
highly burnished armor
Do you have any ethical qualms regarding human experimentation
(He has no qualms about lying)
Wade was afraid but I didn't pamper him
The way you've been pampering the children
a palatable solution to the problem
a very palatable local red wine
omit an item from list
a momentous occasion; a momentous decision
a period of momentous changes in East–West relations
I believe that you may or may not be a child molester, that doesn't mean you are.
This cavalier attitude toward design rip-offs might fly in China, but it shouldn't fly here in the West, and Huawei should be called out for it in every single article until they stop doing it.
(Anne was irritated by his cavalier attitude.)
I read few articles this evening and I stumbled upon a nice github repo that has roadmaps for FrontEnd Dev, BackEnd Dev and DevOps.
China’s slide into deflation had been quelled.
(Aspirin will quell your headache, Police quelled the riot)
Those fears are well-founded.
A rising greenback has already helped propel Argentina and Turkey into trouble.
This week Pakistan asked the IMF for a bail-out
Their problems could soon wash back onto America’s shores, just as Uncle Sam’s domestic boom starts to peter out
The rest of the world could be in a worse state by then, too, if Italy’s budget difficulties do not abate or China suffers a sharp slowdown
(The storm began to abate slightly)
Emerging markets are inflicting losses on investors, but in the main their real economies seem to be holding up.
If America’s boom gives way to a shallow recession as fiscal stimulus diminishes and rates rise, that would not be unusual after a decade of growth.
Strike at night with high explosives and incendiary fire bombs.
(an incendiary slogan)
The attacks was switched from London to the provincial cities of the UK
suez canal
Britain that had been bombarded physically by air bombarded emotionally by news of British troops
Open fields of fire and action unimpeded by town natural barrier or civilian population
(an unimpeded view across the headland)
the pier was abustle with voyagers and well-wishers
British consolidated they had captured towns and ports to hold in garrison
halted .. to defend more precarious positions.
As British people struggled through rubble of the their towns and cities
Coventry became a stepping stone in the escalation of the humanity and savagery of war
Preseident Franklin Roosevelt had resolutely attempt to keep the United States neutral
The United Stats should become the arsenal of democracy
If we acquiesce in their defeat ...
(Mrs. Wilder has acquiesced to a divorce)
Malta as the British held island came under ferocious air attack from the German Luftwaffe
It was a fortress with several airfields and a huge Naval Dockyard and was an outpost in every sense
axis alliance
Incessant raids drove the island civilian population of over a quarter of a million to live underground
Yugoslavia
outflanked
As Churchill sacked general Wavell, his commander in the Middle East
China had been the scene of a protracted war since the 1930s
(The war was protracted for four years)
guerrilla warfare
war of words
lend-lease bill
government used its powers to conscript women into industry
tunnel vision
It's so long overdue.
She is a very good homemaker.
There is so much emphasis in our culture romance is sort of glamorized everything is like a chick flick and everything is perfect.
(the lyrics glamorize drugs)
Guys are increasingly not caring to jump through your hoops.
Hoop skirts were once the vogue
be in vogue
a prudish attitude to sex
burj al arab hotel
arid dessert
This contract with IBM proved the watershed in Microsoft.
I will VOID and shred this one
I shall recoup all my losses.
Oil companies are keen to recoup their investment
Her efforts were met with a sharp rebuff
Her rebuff thoroughly deflated him
creep rupture, eyeball rupture, fatigue rupture
The tyrant was deposed by popular demonstrations
he had been deposed by a military coup
Dollar Hegemony
the shift from Soviet-American hegemony to a polycentric world
This belief was exploited with success by neoconservatives and others in the Bush government, who hoped to cement a permanent US global hegemony
Bunker
(bunker station, bunker clothing, coal bunker)
Burmese food combines Indian, Chinese, and Thai influences into a unique and bold flavor profile. This dish combines Burma's national dish of fried garlic, yellow beans, roasted peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, fresh diced tomato, deseeded jalapeno peppers, and romaine lettuce with an oyster sauce marinaded chicken. Side of lemon tea leaf dressing with fermented green tea leaves. Contains caffeine.
Our goalie deflected their shot
deflect a stream from its original course
They complain that the monstrous edifices interfere with television reception
The congregation knelt to pray
The congregation processed into the church
Aisle seat
dope fiend
(street name for marijuana, dope room)
(slang terms for inside information)
Tract
(alimentary tract, digestive tract, genital tract, respiratory tract, intestinal tract)
Tug of war
(Tug: a sudden abrupt pull)
Extrapolates
antagonistic
(an antagonistic group of bystanders)
incarceration
(Thirty years later, the incarceration rate has increased 500 percent)
dollar-denominate
(Emerging-world economies may struggle to pay off dollar-denominated debts)
The negative protagonists in the play inspire hate in me
Buckwheat hulls are firm yet highly malleable and breathable, which makes them ideal pillow fill.
Perennial grasses, perennial plant, A perennial grump
He spruced himself up for the interview.
He looked spruce in his best clothes
This itinerary leaves us plenty of leeway
There is little leeway if anything goes wrong
we're looking for three young fellows who've mitched from school
Over-the-counter medication
toss-up
thucydides trap
destined for war
The hypocrisy is overwhelming
The double standard is palpable
SEC tightens the noose on ICO-funded startups
It's so stupid and arbitrary, isn't it
military personnel
blockading China
A form of neocolonialism
NATO
The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional, that process is over.
Things might seem pretty bleak right now.
So the vote was essentially US's sphere of influence versus the world.
All the 43 other African countries either abstained or voted along with China.
China also build a $526 million dam in Guinea
General Assembly
China touts the fact that their foreign investment and aid is "no strings attached".
Trump’s greatest superpower is his ability to wield victimhood.
Catcalled
(Street harassment is a form of sexual harassment that consists of unwanted comments, wolf-whistlings, "catcalling", and other actions by strangers in public areas.)
lewd comment at work.
(lewd whisperings of a dirty old )
We had apartheid.
(the policy of apartheid was morally indefensible)
Second axis
Nothing like a steamy bowl of udon to power your afternoon. This Tonkotsu udon with Chicken includes udon, shredded napa cabbage, soy-marinated chicken and shiitake mushrooms, and chopped green onions. Comes with a pork tonkotsu soup base - just add hot water and mix
rest the case
on-demand request
whole number
sampling rate
It's using wedge issues like trading tariffs to advance Beijing's political influence.
We will continue to stand strong until Beijing stop the predatory practice of forced technology transfer.
(predatory bird)
Beijing's malign influence and interference in American politics and policy.
Follow suit
More universities and think tanks are mustering the courage to turn away Beijing's easy money.
American people are growing in vigilance with a newfound appreciation for our administration's actions.
I can assure you, American will stay the course.
The great storyteller Lu Xun often lamented that his country and he wrote has either looked down at foreigners as brutes or up to them as Saints but never as equals.
(lament a death)
We hope soon China will reach back with deeds not words.
But be assured we will not relent until ... to our sovereignty
In recent years, automated malware has wreaked havoc across the globe, from NotPetya to WannaCrypt, shutting down everything from an average user's PC to entire hospital networks.
(The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city)
As well as hacking systems and grabbing sensitive information, miscreants have also managed to create huge global networks of compromised devices to carry out denial-of-service attacks.
LED: light emitting diodes
And when I say that registers "1 - "9 only record deletions, I have to add a further caveat
I can’t find any redeeming features in the behavior of Vim’s numbered registers, which makes me think they’re just plain bad
Who is a crazy hoarder.
Rhimes jumped at the chance to free herself from the limitations of broadcast TV—where overt politics, nudity, and swear words are all prohibited.
Plot twist: after saving the dog, they bring it for dinner.
Decisive action
China's estrangement from the United States ended in 1972 and soon after we re-established diplomatic relations.
While Beijing still pays lip service to reform an opening, Deng xiaoping's policy now rings hollow.
Over past 17 years, China's GDP has grown nine fold
The islands are called the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
China's rulers aim to implement an Orwellian system premise on controlling virtually every facet of human life.
Beijing is now reached a deal with the Vatican that gives the avowedly atheist Communist Party a direct role appointing Catholic Bishops for China's Christians ther are desperate times.
In government camps where they endure round the clock brainwashing
As history attests though, a country that oppresses its own people rarely stops there
Yet the terms of those loads are opaque at best and the benefits invariably flow overwhelmingly to Beijing.
Within our own hemisphere, Beijing has extended a lifeline to the corrupt and incompetent Maduro regime in Venezuela that's oppressing its own people.
Chinese Communist Party has convinced three Latin American nations to sever ties with Taipei and recognize Beijing.
Take action to authorize increased capability in the cyber world to build deterrence against our adversaries.
Our nation's most cherished ideals
It's employing this power and more proactive and coercive ways to interfere in the domestic policies of this country.
think tanks
Beijing itself circulated a sensitive document entitled propaganda and censorship notice, it laid out its strategy.
What Russian was doing pales in comparison to what China is doing
ground beef
Gary goes in for a job interview. A bathroom mishap ruins everything... OR DOES IT?
In the beginning, there was a playa.
Oh, it's like a barter system.
Do you see me walking around with a duffel bag full of beaver pelts and it's spices from the Orient.
Explain burning man to you would like to explain that Bhagavad Gita to jar of sand
It sounds a lot like Coachella??.
It's like comparing jello to ice hockey. One is coldplay concert to feel another is a metamorphosis
I've to send some emails if you know of anybody looking to hire some of the pains with his dick, let me know.
Aristotle defined tragedy as a terrible outcome arising from person's fatal flaw.
hearing pitch
linear thinker vs lateral thinker
When I discovered it, it turned out to be my holly grail.
so that together we could hash thing out to discover what's true.
This approach led me to create a company with a unique idea meritocracy.
Inferior decision
The bones at the top of your spine, along with your muscles and ligaments, support your head, which weighs about 11 pounds
Ms. Trump, a student at Georgetown Law School, is generally considered the least seen or acknowledged member of the Trump clan by the public at large, as well as the family patriarch.
under the weather
It will sound just like the alerts you get for severe weather, with a sort of piercing loud noise
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