toolbox

Yale Cancer Center researchers have designed a “toolbox” to modify multiple genes simultaneously, streamlining what used to be a very complicated process.



Genome-editing ‘toolbox’ targets multiple genes at once
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toolbox 

Pronunciation: /ˈtuːlbɒks/ 

NOUN

1A box or container for keeping tools in.

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1.1Computing A set of software tools.

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1.2Computing The set of programs or functions accessible from a single menu.

wedding planner, a Renaissance man

• Leonardo Da Vinci Was a Wedding Planner He really was a Renaissance man. ATLASOBSCURA.COM

wedding planner

Entry from US English dictionary

NOUN

Someone who plans and organizes weddings as a profession.

zine, fanzine, broadside

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The people of the Renaissance era ate them up.
(via Atlas Obscura)

The Scandalous Zines of Renaissance England

Broadsides were the Facebook posts and tweets of their day.

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zine 

Pronunciation: /ziːn/ 

NOUN

informal

A magazine, especially a fanzine.

fanzine (1949)

fanzine 

Pronunciation: /ˈfanziːn/ 

NOUN

A magazine, usually produced by amateurs, for fans of a particular performer, group, or form of entertainment:[WITH MODIFIER]: a football fanzine

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Origin

1940s (originally US): blend of fan² and magazine.

broadside 

Pronunciation: /ˈbrɔːdsʌɪd/ 

NOUN

1A fierce verbal attack:he launched a broadside against the economic reforms

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2historical A firing of all the guns from one side of a warship.

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2.1The set of guns which can fire on each side of a warship.

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2.2The side of a ship above the water between the bow and quarter.

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3A sheet of paper printed on one side only, forming one large page:a broadside of Lee’s farewell address

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ADVERB

1With the side turned in a particular direction:the yacht was drifting broadside to the wind

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1.1On the side:her car was hit broadside by another vehicle

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VERB

[WITH OBJECT] North American

Collide with the side of (a vehicle):I had to skid my bike sideways to avoid broadsiding her

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Phrases

broadside on

Sideways on:the ship swung broadside on to the current of the river

meth, Adderall

“I got arrested for no reason at all.”

Florida man arrested when officer mistakes Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze for meth

A Florida man was arrested when an Orlando police officer mistook Krispy…

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The public remains almost entirely ignorant of the fact that meth produces nearly the same effects as Adderall.

A Neuroscientist Explains How He Found Out Meth Is Almost Identical to Adderall

A Columbia University psychiatry professor talks about what he's learned from trying the drug himself and studying it over the years.

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 Adderall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adderall

meth 

Pronunciation: /mɛθ/ 

NOUN

[MASS NOUN] informal

1The drug methamphetamine:he started taking meth to keep up with younger people in sports and at work

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2short for methadone.

3chiefly US another term for meths.

wuss

英文很複雜。此則"新聞"中的"wuss" ，是20世紀70年代的俗語。

21世紀初，我在元智大學的一場演講，提到

"身不由己，動必循規，只許作有軌電車，欲求為公共汽車而不可得。（ An engine that moves/ In predestinate grooves,/ I'm not even a bus, I am a tram. ）（《管錐篇》第930頁 ）"

當時查原詩，有一行 "I must choose between better and wuss"

當時沒查此wuss。

今天想/查，這wuss (M19--19世紀中葉) 是(=)worse

參考：http://word-watcher.blogspot.tw/2016/07/feckless-wuss-predestination-tram.html



The president is far from the feckless wuss portrayed by his critics. But neither is he a master of grand strategy

Obama's foreign policy: a mix of cautious pragmatism, pessimism and cool realism

Playing it long

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wuss 

Pronunciation: /wʊs/ 

informal

NOUN

A weak or ineffectual person (often used as a general term of abuse):we are not just a group of shallow wusseswhat a snivelling wuss!

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VERB

[NO OBJECT] (wuss out)

Fail to do or complete something as a result of fear or lack of confidence:she’ll probably wuss out because she fears my mighty bowling prowess

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wussy

NOUN (plural wussies) & ADJECTIVE

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Origin

1970s: of unknown origin.