Young actors dream of playing a variety of great roles, but they also fear never being offered one at all. There is, however, a third way: being famed for a single role, in one of the best-loved TV shows ever. This can bring a peculiar blend of attainment and limitation,
The word for today is… tincture (noun, verb): noun 1: a solution of a medicinal substance in an alcoholic solvent 2a: a characteristic quality : cast b: a slight admixture : trace 3a: color, tint b archaic : a substance that colors, dyes, or stains 4: a heraldic metal, color, or fur 5.
“Politics doesn’t just happen every three years with a general election, and that is precisely what you will see from the Greens in the coming three years under and in response to this incredibly reactionary, cruel government,” Swarbrick told Q+A host Jack Tame on Sunday. “We will be
The word for today is… permeable (adjective): : capable of being permeated : penetrable, especially having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases to pass through Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “Our landscapes are changing … they’re becoming less permeable to wildlife at the precise moment animals need to move most,” writes
Martyn Smith University of Sheffield theconversation.com Visitors to Japan are usually primed to look up – at the vast skyscrapers, the ornate temple gates, the traditional timber-framed guesthouses. Those who look down at their feet, though, might have noticed something equally intriguing on the ground. Ornate manhole covers in wrought
The word for today is… smite (verb): 1: to strike sharply or heavily especially with the hand or an implement held in the hand 2a: to kill or severely injure by smiting b: to attack or afflict suddenly and injuriously 3: to cause to strike 4: to affect as if
Wayne Brown thinks Auckland is his… and is crying a river of tears that the Government won’t pay for “his” projects. Well, Wayne, if it’s your city, then stop bludging off central government for funding. Fund the projects yourself… oh wait! Wayne Brown said the Government had been
The word for today is… avoirdupois (noun, adjective): noun 1: avoirdupois weight 2: weight, heaviness adjective : expressed in avoirdupois weight Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When avoirdupois first appeared in English in the 15th century, it referred to “goods sold by weight,” which is also the meaning of its Middle English
The Auckland regional fuel tax is ending, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Transport Minister Simeon Brown have announced. The pair made the announcement in Auckland’s central suburb of Parnell this afternoon, saying the tax was not being used to fund projects that met the Government’s and mayor Wayne
The word for today is… dexterous (adjective): 1: mentally adroit and skillful : clever 2: done with mental or physical skill, quickness, or grace : done with dexterity : artful 3: skillful and competent with the hands Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you believe dexterous to be on the right side of etymological
The man who committed his own climate treason by cutting down trees on One Tree Hill goes to court… Iwi leader Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven big polluters for their role in causing climate change, in a Supreme Court ruling delivered this morning. The Supreme Court
The word for today is… bifurcate (verb): : to cause to divide into two branches or parts Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A road that bifurcates splits in two. Other things can bifurcate (or be bifurcated) as well, such as an organization that splits, or is split, into two factions. Bifurcate comes
King Charles has been diagnosed with cancer and is already receiving treatment that will prevent him from undertaking public duties for the immediate future, Buckingham Palace has announced. Although no further details about what type of cancer he has are being released at this stage, Buckingham Palace said it was
The word for today is… felicitous (adjective): 1: very well suited or expressed : apt 2: pleasant, delightful Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Felix is a Latin word meaning “happy” or “fruitful,” and the ancestor of the English adjective felicitous, which can mean both “pleasant and delightful,” and “very well suited or
A foul-mouthed protester was stopped by security after he tried to approach David Seymour during his speech at the marae on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Tension surrounded the speeches by leaders of the three Government coalition parties today, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon being pulled up by media on his
The word for today is… detritus (noun): 1 geology : loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration 2a: a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away : debris b: miscellaneous remnants : odds and ends Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Detritus is a term—originally a geology
