This is a complicated, compelling book with countless strands that would provide fodder for a plethora of novels or histories.*1 *1:これはありあまるほどの小説や歴史に素材を与えるかもしれない無数の要素をもつ複雑で魅力的な本だ。（OSD）

Among the humbugs of these times there is none so preposterous as this idea of subjugation, and yet there is no word in the English language upon which so many changes have been rung. If a fort threatened by secession is reinforced by the …

Headed as they were, and having no other special objective point in view, it was only natural for the two fugitives to drift into Sheridan. Source: Keith of the Borde

このところ聖書にからんで書いてきたつながりで、今回は、旧約聖書にからむ shibboleth を取り上げてみたい。ＴＶドラマの「ザ・ホワイトハウス」 The West Wing にも出てくるものだ。 私は中学生の時に聞いていたＮＨＫのラジオ講座「続基礎英語」で覚えた…

pyro-=火 pyrography＝焼き絵（リンク先参照；パイログラフィ） pyrolysis＝熱分解 pyromania＝放火癖 pyrometer＝高温計（パイロメーター） pyrotechnics＝花火の打ち上げ（のような華々しさ）；花火製造術 kleptomania＝窃盗壁

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Existential dilemma from the Japanese wasteland | The Japan Times This spiritual, Sisyphean effort at poetic creation in the face of ineluctable failure moves Takano to press on and lends this tome a profound wisdom. The clear, concise ren…

The truculent aggression and stiff-necked unilateralism of both teams are already well known.*1 One of the lads took umbrage at this public affront to his manliness and duly acknowledged the driver with a hand signal that wasn't too friend…

A gusher of cash flow is giving businesses the wherewithal to increase their capital outlays. (OSD)*1 He drew his saber, whetted to a razor-edge.*2 mandrill = a large West African baboon with a red and blue face, the male having a blue rum…

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Cadmean は「カドモス（Cadmus）の（ような）」。カドモスの勝利……（って言い方あるのか知らん。） A.Word.A.Day --Cadmean victory 「ピュロスの勝利（Pyrrhic victory）」と同義。

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自分の姿を左右前後から、よくよく見なければならない。これが「離見の見（りけんのけん）」です。これは、「見所同見（けんじょどうけん）」とも言われます。見所は、観客席のことなので、客席で見ている観客の目で自分をみなさい、ということです。 実際に…

As we know, no presidency was more crisis-ridden and hectic than Lincoln’s. His surface calm and good-natured demeanor do not suggest how totally engaged he was by the job. While never well organized or systematic, he was an energetic, han…

The world's most awesome Rube Goldberg ... ……9分も観てられねェよ Rube Goldberg てのはアメリカの漫画家の名前で彼の漫画のように「馬鹿げたほど複雑な；複雑過ぎて実際的でない」*1とかいう意味を表し、動画のようなピタゴラスイッチ的なものを一般…

Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy: Scientific American How important is reading fiction in socializing school children? Researchers at The New School in New York City have found evidence that literary fiction improve…

'I, Frankenstein' Trailer Offers Look At Action-Heavy Adaptation That Might Not Get Mary Shelley's Stamp*1 The newest iteration of Frankenstein's monster, played by a buff*2 Aaron Eckhart, is "like no other" -- unless you're familiar with …