turbine
Attaching "eco - bling" such as wind turbines
or solar panels to buildings will not help the UK
cut the carbon emissions from building fast enough to
meet the government' s ambitious targets.
turbulent
Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger
in America?
Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything.
But particularly
when viewed against America's turbulent past,
today's social indices hardly suggest a dark
and deteriorating social environment.
whirlwind
Barbie turned 50 this year,
and she' s been celebrating her birthday
with a whirlwind world tour,
christening a new store in Shanghai
and strutting the runways of New York' s Fashion week
cardinal
"I'm happy where I am and would love to be a Cardinal
for the rest of my career," Pujols says. "
If it's time for me to move on, I'll let God show me."
caress
Or he would saunter into an animal pen,
mistaking it for a doctor's office,
and caress a tiger in the belief
that he was petting a kitten
and jungle beast would purr and nuzzle.
cordial
George Bush, U.S. President,
on his first official visit to Canada,
calling the reception warm and cordial despite
the crowds of demonstrators
who marched in Ottawa to protest his trip.
enthusiasm
Eno emerges as an inspiring figure nonetheless:
full of enthusiasm and curiosity for things
he doesn't yet know about,
constantly searching for the ways human emotion emerges
through technological systems
beforehand
A: Tim, remember to call me beforehand
when you want to come.
B: OK, no problem.