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Meltdown
Earlier, Trump collected troops from Syria, Turkey surrounded and suppressed The Kurdish armed forces, the world witnessed the United States abandoning its allies, and a large number of Republican lawmakers defected to support the bill condemning Trump. After the Democratic leader entered the White House to discuss the Syrian issue with Trump, the two sides broke out in a verbal dispute, and House Speaker Pelosi told the media that he had witnessed the president meltdown. However, Trump tweeted back, and the real meltdown was Pelosi. What exactly is meltdown? English decode, decipher for you.
Meltdown meltdown, collapse, before 1922 meltdown refers to the process of melting metal, but after entering the nuclear energy era in 1956 meltdown refers to meltdown, is the nuclear energy reactor overheating melting, resulting in furnace core melting, nuclear material leakage and caused by disaster. The extended meaning is some catastrophic or collapse events, especially some sudden, completely out-of-control situations, especially financial disasters, such as economic or market collapses, and if applied to a person, it means that the person behaves abnormally and has a mental breakdown.
Earlier media reports that Burger King has major meltdown (of its toys) Burger King (of its toys) has melted, cleverly used puns, at first glance think that the chain of fast food restaurants financial problems, originally in response to environmental protection, Burger King melted a giant plastic toy, to show that the company's future meals will no longer be attached to toys, do not create garbage for the earth.
Strong Arm
Outside a convenience store in a small town in Illinois, the United States, someone reported that he was attacked by two people in the parking lot, snatched the mobile phone property and fled the scene, the police then arrested the two suspects, the police returned the victim's property, and prepared to prosecute the two suspects strong arm robbery. What is strong arm robbery? What is a strong arm? English decode, decipher for you.
Strong-arm high-pressure strategy, coercive means. If you add the word robbery, strong arm robbery is violent robbery, and from a legal point of view, violent robbery is a theft with a specific intent, and the perpetrator must threaten, threaten or intimidate with violence while armed. The weapons used by the attacker are not limited to firearms, the use of knives, baseball bats, bombs and even fake guns and toy guns, as long as it is any weapon or prop held by the attacker during the robbery will be regarded as a weapon by the court, enough to constitute a violent robbery crime, generally a felony, each state law is different, but usually the sentence of treason ranges from 3 to 20 years, fines, and the loss of the gun has the privilege.
Russian RT TELEVISION reported on Lebanese social unrest, leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Hariri, in looking ways to strong-arm Iran, has realized that the financial support given to Hezbollah that comes from the Lebanese banking reveals a vulnerability. As the United States sought to exert high pressure on Iran, it found weaknesses in the Lebanese banking system, which financed the Allah Party.
Around the Clock
A major double-span bridge in maryland, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge connecting the east coast countryside with the west coast urban area, is undergoing repair works. Maryland Governor's Office announced that in order to improve traffic flow in the area without being affected, engineers will work around the clock. What does this sentence mean? English decode, decipher for you.
Work works. The meaning of round around, around, nearby. Clock clock. Around the clock or round—the-clock is hyphenated, literally near the clock? Running around time? The actual meaning is 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round, day and night. So working around the clock is working day and night, rushing to work. The provenance is ominous, people are not robots are not iron, of course, it is impossible to work from morning to night, so this idiom is a more exaggerated way to describe the workload is much more than usual average, or to ensure that the task will be successfully completed and give people a feeling of speeding up and increasing efficiency.
Autumn high season means dry and windy mountain fire season for California, and this year is no exception, earlier in Southern California there were wildfires, more than 8,000 acres of fire, local media reported Thatousands of firefighters work around the clock to battle blazes. Thousands of firefighters worked around the clock to extinguish the fire.
Mayday
On March 23 this year, Viking Sky, a cruise ship owned by Viking Cruises, encountered windy weather on the west coast of Norway, the sea was turbulent, the four engines of the cruise ship suddenly all failed, the cruise ship began to drift, and the wind and waves gradually pushed the cruise ship to the shallow beach on the coast and ran aground at any time. At 2 p.m., Captain Viking Sky sent out a day for 19 hours, the largest helicopter in Norwegian history, and all 1,300 trapped passengers and crew members were safely rescued, only slightly frightened. Why did the captain call out the name of the Taiwan Heavenly King Band Mayday? English decode, decipher for you.
Mayday Mayday, which is actually an international radio call distress signal, must call Mayday three times in a row to avoid mishearing, confusion or noise interference, and then say the details of the aircraft or ship and the things encountered. The Mayday distress signal was coined by The Englishman Frederick Stanley Mockford. In 1923 he was appointed senior radio correspondent at London's Croydon Airport, where he was asked to present a simple and clear word to all pilots and ground crews as an emergency distress signal. At that time, most of the airport's routes flew to Paris, France, so he took the French "venez m'aider come to my aid" and changed the nearby English word mayday as a help signal.
Earlier, New Zealand media reported qatar Airways flight to Auckland declares mayday. Qatar Airways flights to Auckland issued distress signals, and shortly after takeoff the plane had technical problems with its engines, it circled the air several times and discharged oil before returning safely to Doha.
KIA/MIA
An American pilot who was shot down during a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War, officially identified first as M.I.A., then changed to K.I.A., was finally identified earlier this year as his remains and identity, and the pilot finally returned to his homeland after more than half a century of flying an airplane as his son, a civil aviation pilot. What does it mean to be M.I.A. and K.I.A. in this news? English decode, decipher for you.
M.I.A. or K.I.A. is an abbreviation for American military terms. M.I.A. is missing in action combat operations, refers to military personnel who are reported missing in the course of a mission, the word must be read separately or people will think which girl you are calling. K.I.A., on the other hand, killed in action, refers to soldiers who are killed by enemy attacks or friendly mistaken strikes in war, and also score points, otherwise people will think that you are calling a Korean car brand. Although both are military terms, but are also integrated into everyday life, M.I.A. can describe a person as inactive, unreliable, and suddenly disappearing or not contributing to important plans, while K.I.A. can describe a person as completely disappointed when the person is dead and does not exist.
Earlier, local media in the United States reported that Vets honor KIA/MIA with balloon release during Veterans Day program Veterans release balloons on Veterans Day to commemorate soldiers who lost or lost their lives in the war.
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