Year: 2017

Di Provenza il mar

Jovan Stosic September 4, 2017 
Di Provenza il mar, Germont's aria from La Traviata

Di Provenza il mar, il suol	The sea and soil of Provence --
chi dal cor ti cancello?	who has erased them from your heart?
Al natio fulgente sol		From your native, fulsome sun --
qual destino ti furo'?		what destiny stole you away?
Oh, rammenta pur nel duol	Oh, remember in your sorrow
ch'ivi gioia a te brillo';	that joy glowed on you,
E che pace cola' sol		and that only there peace
su te splendere ancor puo'.	can yet shine upon you.
Dio mi guidò!			Gox has guided me!
Ah! il tuo vecchio genitor	Ah, your old father --
tu non sai quanto soffrì!	You don't know how much he has suffered!
Te lontano, di squallor		With you far away, with misery
il suo tetto si coprì.		has his house become full.
Ma se alfin ti trovo ancor,	But if in the end I find you again,
se in me speme non fallì,	if hope did not fail within me,
Se la voce dell'onor		if the voice of honor
in te appien non ammutì,	didn't become silenced in you,
Dio m'esaudi'!			God has heard me!

Translation by Jonathan H. Ward (ilbasso@aol.com)
Di Provenza il mar was last modified: September 4th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

snafu

Jovan Stosic September 4, 2017

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
snafu
sna’fu:, ‘snafu:
informal

■ noun a confused or chaotic state; a mess.
■ verb N. Amer. throw into chaos.

1940s: acronym from situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up.
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EngMac
snafu
adj. amer. inf. хаотичен, збркан
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Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
1sna·fu
Pronunciation: sna-‘fü, ‘sna-ˌfü
Function: noun
Etymology: situation nounormal all fucked up (fouled up)
Date: circa 1941

: a situation marked by errors or confusion : MUDDLE also : an error causing such a situation
2snafu
Function: adjective
Date: 1942

: snarled or stalled in confusion : AWRY
3snafu
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1943

: to bring into a state of confusion

snafu was last modified: September 4th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic

sprawl

Jovan Stosic September 4, 2017

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
sprawl
■ verb
sit, lie, or fall with one’s limbs spread out in an ungainly way.
spread out irregularly over a large area.
■ noun
a sprawling position or movement.
a sprawling group or mass. ▶the disorganized expansion of an urban or industrial area into the adjoining countryside.

sprawling noun & adjective
sprawlingly adverb

OE spreawlian ‘move the limbs convulsively’.
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus
sprawl
▶ verb
he sprawled on a sofa: STRETCH OUT, lounge, loll, lie, recline, drape oneself, slump, flop, slouch.
the town sprawled ahead of them: SPREAD, stretch, extend, be strung out, be scattered, straggle, spill.
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Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
1sprawl
Pronunciation: ‘sprȯl
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sprēawlian
Date: before 12th century

intransitive verb
1 a archaic : to lie thrashing or tossing about b : to creep or clamber awkwardly
2 : to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out
3 : to spread or develop irregularly or without restraint
transitive verb : to cause to spread out carelessly or awkwardly
2sprawl
Function: noun
Date: 1598

1 : the act, posture, or condition of sprawling
2 : an irregularly spread or scattered group or mass
3 : URBAN SPRAWL
urban sprawl
Function: noun
Date: 1956

: the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city

sprawl was last modified: September 4th, 2017 by Jovan Stosic