Something was dreadfully/terribly awry. — usually used in the phrase go awry • Their plans went awry. • Something had gone dreadfully/terribly awry.

2 : not straight or neat • Her hair was all awry.

Note: Awry is not used before a noun.

2: to take pleasure or derive enjoyment <basked in the spotlight>

“Jurisich basked in the moment.” NG octobre 2010, page 65

n. baster

exemple lu : “Given the risks, the lighthearted mood of Broad’s team belied this fact: Combined, these divers have participated in dozens of body recoveries from submerged caves.” NG août 2010, page 51

1 : BEWILDER : déconcerter, rendre perplexe
2 : ENGROSS : absorber
1 : to make confused : puzzle, bewilder
2 : to occupy the attention of  : absorb
3 : to cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement
Examples:
She had neither asked for nor expected her newfound celebrity, and was bemused by all the attention she was receiving.

« When Brazil’s central bank stepped into the market to defend the country’s weakening currency last month, many were a little bemused. After all, the country’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, has spent the best part of this year waging a currency war against the dollar and complaining about just how strong the Brazilian real is. » — From a blog post by Samantha Pearson at ft.com (The Financial Times), October 27, 2011

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (26 Nov. 2011).

: amarrer, donner un poste d’amarrage à

Vi : mouiller l’ancre, s’amarrer

berth ² n

1 ANCHORAGE : mouillage m, poste m d’amarrage

2 BUNK : couchette. Exemple lu : «He was not long in his berth when he heard a great running and shouting over his head. » The mysteries of Montreal, Charlotte Führer, 1881, projet Gutenberg, e-livre epub, pagination flottante.

1 : liable to be brought to account : answerable
2 a : capable of submission (as to judgment or test) : suited
b : readily brought to yield, submit, or cooperate
c : inclined or favorably disposed in mind : willing
Examples:
Stacy hinted to her husband that she was amenable to the idea of staying home on New Year’s Eve instead of going out.
« [Lance] Lowery said he wasn’t disappointed by the offerings, and that fellow shoppers were surprisingly civil. ‘Parking wasn’t bad at all. People have been amenable. The sales staff is great. I thought it was going to be crazy, but everyone’s been very patient.’ » — From an article by Jill Cowan and Courtenay Edelhart in The Bakersfield Californian, November 25, 2011

MW

Variant(s): also anathematise
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -ed/-ing/-s
Etymology: Late Latin anathematizare, from Greek anathematizein, from anathemat-, anathema anything devoted to evil + -izein –ize

: to pronounce an anathema upon : CURSE, DENOUNCE <anathematized the leader of the Kentist insurgents — F.M.Stenton>
synonym see EXECRATE

Exemple lu : «  The seducer was anathematized, and a graphic description given of the poor degraded women who had lost the one jewel in their crown.” The mysteries of Montreal, Charlotte Führer, 1881, projet Gutenberg

1 : to turn, move, or direct at an angle. Ex: birds angling northwest to Alaska.

2 : to present (as a news story) from a particular or prejudiced point of view : slant

2 : to rouse or stimulate to action or to physiological readiness for activity : excite <the book aroused debate>

n. arousal: éveil.

Ex : this society with it’s array of specialists, etc.

v. 1 : to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn <he had already arrayed himself in his best clothes — Thomas Hardy>

2 a : to set or place in order : draw up, marshal <the forces arrayed against us> b : to set or set forth in order (as a jury) for the trial of a cause

3 : to arrange or display in or as if in an array <the … data are arrayed in descending order — Ed Burnett>

Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Date: 1749
: to affirm or declare positively or earnestly <he always asseverated that he did not know — G. K. Chesterton>
- as·sev·er·a·tion noun Exemple lu: “Mr. Sedley only half believed these asseverations, but, as may be seen, he was a poor diplomatist,” The mysteries of Montreal, Charlotte Führer, 1881, projet Gutenberg
- as·sev·er·a·tive adjective

1 archaic : a calling away : DIVERSION, DISTRACTION <try, by every method of avocation and amusement, whether you cannot get the better of that dejection — Thomas Gray>
2 : a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one’s regular work especially for enjoyment : HOBBY <a lawyer by profession but painting has been his avocation for years> — opposed to vocation. Exemple lu: « lso a son about 22, who, although educated as a lawyer, pursued no avocation other than the collection of rents on his father’s estate » The mysteries of Montreal, Charlotte Führer, 1881, projet Gutenberg, e-livre epub
3 : regular or customary work or employment : VOCATION
- av·o·ca·tion·al \| | sh n l, -shn l\ adjective

1: an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime <stood in awe of the king> <regard nature’s wonders with awe>

v. transitive verb : impressionner, intimider

Note: je n’ai pas copié les autres sens moins pertinent dans MW

1: to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects

2: to enliven or decorate as if with ornaments <people of fashion who adorned the Court>

Ety. :Latin alnus, Late Greek (Macedonian dialect) aliza white poplar, Lithuanian aksnis alder
1 : a tree or shrub of the genus Alnus
2 : any of several shrubs resembling the alder

any of a genus (Alnus) of toothed-leaved trees or shrubs of the birch family that have catkins which become woody, that typically grow in cool moist ground, and that have wood used especially in turnery; also : its wood

MW collegial et complet.