lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
I thought Jodie's speech was bizaare--totally confusing--disjointed, self-absorbed, even a little vapid.
=showing no intelligence or imagination, ex. a vapid television programme; vapidity,n;
synonyms: tasteless,insipid, dull, boring;
1. блудкав, безвкусен, изветрял (за питие и пр.);
2. банален, изтъркан, безинтересен; плосък, скучен, вял, безсъдържателен (за разговор и пр.)
grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Shide, white paper strips, are hung on ropes at Shinto shrines to mark the division between the sacred and profane. —The Guardian (Nov 9, 2012) Funny, profane and fearless, she has become one of America's biggest television celebrities.
=showing no respect for a god or a religion, often through language, ex. profane language;
=not connected with religion or spiritual matters; secular; ex. sacred and profane art;
synonyms: desecrate, outrage, violate;
1. светски, мирянски;
2. (рел) непосветен
3. езически
4. нечестив, богохулен, сквернен;
v, осквернявам, профанирам
Beauty is recognition, mastery, a scale that we can comprehend; the sublime remains mysterious, metaphysical, difficult to take in all at once. —Slate (Nov 30, 2012) The book contains sublime descriptive passages.
=extremely good, beautiful or enjoyable; ex. sublime beauty;
=very great; ex. sublime self-confidence;
=something exaled, noble, lofty; inspiring wonder or awe; splendid; ex. the sublime beauty of the night;
1. благороден, издигнат, възвишен;
2. грандиозен, величествен, поразителен, несравним;
3. чист, пречистен, висококачествен;
The characters featured in the drawings include macho men with attitudes, children in staged postures, girls with dreaming expressions and bourgeois ladies.
=belongig to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the rich and the poor), especially in supporting existing customs and values, or in having a strong interest in money and possessions;
=materialistic, conventional, middle class;
=(according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class;
1. човек от средната или търговската класа, буржоа;
2. идейно ограничен човек;
As the LA Times reported, “Public Defender Matthew Hardy focused on the boy’s abusive home life, where gunplay and neo-Nazi gatherings were commonplace.
Salon
(Jan 14, 2013)
=completely ordinary and unremarkable;
=repeated too often, overfamiliar through overuse; happening often or often seen or experienced and so not consideret to be special;
=a trite or obvious remark;
synonyms: banal, trivial;
1. обикновен, всекидневен, безинтересен, изтъркан, банален, прост;
2. известен/често цитиран пасаж;
At every step volleys of musketry were fired and flags waved, while sixteen drums beaten together kept up a horrible din.
Headley, Joel Tyler
=the act of making a noisy outburst;
=make a resonant sound, like the artillery;
=instill (into a person) by constant repetition;
1. врява, глъчка, трясък, грохот;
2. вдигам врява/глъч;
3. проглушавам, кънтя;
4. опявам/повтярам на някого до втръсване;
a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
We first see her sitting in the park, looking almost like a vagrant, accepting a cigarette from a passing stranger.
New York Times
(Mar 20, 2012)
= a person who is poor and doesnt have a home or job; a tramp;
= continually changing as from one abode to another;
synonyms: drifter, vagabond, floater;
1. скитник, празноскитащ;
2. вагабонтин;
Republicans believe the special election augurs well for them in November. —BusinessWeek (Jan 21, 2010) The company's sales figures for the first six months augur well for the rest of the year.
=to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future;
Do you think that this recent ministerial announcement augurs (= is a sign of) a shift in government policy?
1. вещая, предвещавам, предсказвам, предугаждам, соча към;
Much to the Yankees' chagrin, the game ended up being made up in September. —New York Times (Jun 24, 2012) My children have never shown an interest in music, much to my chagrin.
=disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake;
study of the technique for using language effectively
His rhetoric will strongly echo Obama’s campaign stump speech. —Time (Feb 5, 2013) How far the president will be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen. I was swayed by her rhetoric into donating all my savings to the charity.
=speech or writing which is intended to be effective and influence people;
= (disapproving) clever language which sounds good but is not sincere and has no real meaning;
1. реторика, красноречие;
In reply to the question, he just produced a lot of empty (= meaningless) rhetoric.
The domestic confessor of stately Madame Eglantine is possibly accustomed to sudden and peremptory commands; in any case, he obeys readily enough here.
Coulton, G. G.
=not allowing contradiction or refusal;
=offensively self-assured or exercising unwarranted power;
=ecpecting to be obeyed immediately and without asking questions;
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
Sales of luxury villas in Thailand have boomed, with many British owners using offshore companies to circumvent Thai foreign ownership laws.
=avoid something especially cleverly or illegally;
1. надхитрям, изигравам;
2. заобикалям (закон);
3. изплъзвам се, избягвам (от трудности и т.н.);
4. разстройвам, осуетявам, провалям (планове и т.н.);
5. воен. обграждам;
But it also attracted fervid fans and racked up close to $100 million in sales last year.
= extremely hot;
= feeling something too strongly; showing feelings that are too strong;
= describes beliefs that are strongly and sincerely felt or people who have strong and sincere beliefs;
Donahoe’s surprise move, announced Wednesday, to shore up Postal Service finances by cutting Saturday mail delivery was bold, aggressive, perhaps even audacious.
= unrestrained by convention or propriety;
= unvulnerable to fear or intimidation;
an extended communication dealing with some particular topic
Jennifer Horn, chairman of the state Republican Party, said Hansen's comments "are crude, offensive and have no place in public discourse."
= extended verbal expression in speech or writing; a long and serious treatment or discussion of a subject;
= an address of a religious nature
= to consider or examine in speech or writing
= talk at length and formally about a topic
= carry on a conversation
It was like strolling through a time capsule: dusty streets, sandbags, bullet-riddled derelict buildings.
Salon
(Apr 30, 2013)
= a ship abandoned on the high seas
= worn and broken down by hard use
= in deplorable condition
= failing in what duty requires
= forsaken by owners or inhabitants