metropolitan
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a couple of miles
from the NYT's offices,you don't really have to pay a set admission fee.
mummy
Researchers who examined an Egyptian mummy
with the latest imaging technology found no evidence that a packet
inside her was an offering to the gods of the ancient world.
novel
That may sound like a fanciful title for a novel
but it describes the latest investment of a Hawaii farm
pumping out fresh locally produced milk.
opaque
Heat the oil in a saucepan, add the onion and sate for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the chicken and sauté for a couple of minutes until it turns opaque.
Add the chopped sweet potato and apple and pour over the stock.
orthodox
It is almost laughable to see members of the government
and the president himself pompously arguing that such a veil
is not truly Muslim, as if more knowledgeable
than the Muslims themselves about the orthodox prescriptions
of their own lifestyle.
parachute
As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had
in times of financial setback - a back-up earner (usually Mom)
who could go into the workforce
if the primary earner got laid off or fell sick.
paraphrase
Supreme Court Justices can be, to paraphrase Forrest Gump,
like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get.
patron
Tom Daschle backed the patron who paid him a million-dollar salary
and supplied him with a free car and driver for a job
inside the Obama administration, two Democrats said Monday.
masterpiece
A:Oh! What a masterpiece your painting is!
B:Thank you. I hope my teacher thinks so too.