stereo
The device is positioned to appeal to the users who are
out-and-about rather than compete directly against the TV,
stereo and game console in the living room.
string
They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa
to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings
attached. That's one reason why the idea of a national list
hasn't gone anywhere, while drug costs keep rising fast.
tempo
It almost sounds like he's singing in a different time
signature or tempo, and yet he's very deliberately placing
his phrases in all of these bizarre upbeats.
tempt
Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return.
vest
"I went over to the wardrobe department, picked out
a brocaded vest, looked in the mirror, and there was this
elegant gentleman," he recalled in 1999.
vice
"On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp
increase in our traffic," says Seth Peets, vice president of
marketing for CareerSite.
reign
"We are still finding mass graves from the time of his
reign," he said. "Recently, we discovered one near Kirkuk
and most of the bodies were women and children…"
polar
Australian polar explorer and geologist Douglas
Mawson led two expeditions to Antarctica in the early
1900s, on the first one bringing along a single-propeller
Vickers plane.
hardware
A: Excuse me, ma'am, can I get some information on
where I can find the nearest hardware store?
B: Just go along the road, and turn left at the first traffic
light, and you will see it on your right.