desperate
A cover of Bobby Bland's beautiful I'll Take Care of You
sounds like desperate pleading through
the bottom of a glass; Robert Johnson's Me
and the Devil is rendered as horror-flick collision of
dubstep and primitive electro.
despite
More recently, while examing housing construction,
the researchers discovered that illiterate,
non-English- speaking Mexican workers in Houston, Texas,
consistently met best-practice labor productivity
standards despite the complexity of the building
industry's work.
destructive
Most immediately, as President Obama
and the other G20 leaders warned,
restrictive trade measures in response
to the current crisis could lead to
highly destructive trade wars.
detach
I wish I could sell my house （that I worked 30 yrs for）
& move to an island in the pacific
& completely detach from our pathetic
so called civilization. In the mean time I'll see you
at the local gun store.
deviate
These Arsenal graduates sense the opportunity
to exploit instability and vulnerability elsewhere
in the league. They have no excuse to
deviate from the simple task of trying to
play the best football in England.
diligent
They've been great, they've been diligent,
punctual and they're, I have to say,
probably the most enjoyable bunch of volunteers
I've ever worked with,'' he said in an interview with
The Canadian Press.
disable
She claims that including IE "meant that neither
computer manufacturers nor users
could disable Microsoft's web browser and replace it
with another browser of their choice."
discharge
In fact, the problem lies with how regulation
deals with radiation risk. All radioactive discharges
are required to be optimized
（ie reduced）so as to be as low as reasonably achievable.
overturn
A: Ooops! I overturned the kettle on the table.
B: It's OK.