Daily English 2007.02.15

cockpit
=> in an aircraft: the compartment for the pilot and crew
=> The piolts are about to enter the cockpit

convenience store
=> a small grocery shop that stays open after normal hours
=> To be successful, a convenience store has to have a good location and stay open long hours.

vista
=> a splendid view from a high position
=> Meanwhile a new study says the diesease is killing people at nearly record leels up to 2 million
   worldwide each year. And researchers say vistas for bringing malaria under control are dim.

giveaway
=> free of charge
=> Since 1998, fast-food restaurants have issued nine recalls involving more that 5 million of their giveaway.

flurry
=> a light, brief shower of snow. sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion
=> Snow flurries are expected this evening.
=> There was a flurry of activity in the emergency room when the hospital administrator was brought in after his automobile accident.

joint venture
=> a business enterprise in which two or more companies join forces for a specific business activity
=> The joint venture will launch a satelite system that will offer television and internet servides throughout Asia.

bailout
=> a rescue from financial difficulties
=> Goverments have to avoid protectionism, bailouts that cannot work and subsides just to keep industries alive.

bald
=> said of a person: having little or no hair on their head.
=> The old man's bald head glistened in the sun.

crucial
=> decisive; critical
=> The new system is the official record of your time worked, so it is crucial that you remember to check in and out each day.

redundant
=> not needed
=> In the U.S. when a company begins to face difficulties and begins to lose money, workers are declared redundant and laid off.

cramped
=> overcorwded; closed in
=> They trade in their old ideas from trucks to cramped utilities vehicles to costly sedans.

award banquet
=> an elaborate formal dinner during awards
=> Many celebrities attended the award banquet.

ensue
=> to follow it; to happen after it.
=> Soldiers began firing on each other and a gun battle ensued.

Ms. Bovon is quite knowledgeable on the topic and feels that she is well qualified to speak on the matter at the conference.
Powerful new computers have allowed many corporations to reduce the number of workers and increase their productivity at the same time.

A : You are so hot today! Did you do your hair?
B : I didn't do anything. Why do you think so?
A : I dont' know. You look so beautiful today.
B : Are you pulling my leg?

A : I met a woman last night. Never met her before, but she seems to have a very poor opinion of me.
B : You think someone's out there spreading nasty rumors about you?
A : Worse. Someone's out there spread the truth about me. I'm totally bombed.
    Last night was probably the result of one woman with an ax to grind.