1) conscious FALSE FRIEND: self-conscious
2) given
3)
circulation
4)
to fall decidedly short of a million
cf. "nothing short of"
5)
to contrive/contrived
noun:
contrivance
7)
to persist/persistent/persistence
8)
letter page ≈
letter(s) to the editor
9)
the review/to review
10)
such reviewing as it does (irony!)
11)
to dismiss as
12)
to serve a function/purpose etc.
13)
caprice
14) canny uncanny BUT: cunning
15)
in the world of triumphant modernity
16)
quantity-addicted
17)
I mean = I mean to say
18)
to discern
adj. discerning: a discerning art critic
19)
genuine
20) MISPRINT: the
guide[s]
disappears too
21) to respond to/response
22)
to appeal to/the appeal/appealing
23)
effectively ≈ in effect
24)
to look after
BUT: to look for
25)
high-brow [or: highbrow]
→ middlebrow →
lowbrow
26)
aegis
27)
a reading from St Matthew
28)
distinctive
29)
to go about one's business
30)
The Times Literary Supplement = TLS cf: The Times Educational Supplement = TES
31)
as I write
32)
to make a point of
...ing
33) to testify
34)
the late (!) W.H. Auden [W(ystan)
H(ugh) Auden: 1907 – 1973: English poet in the U.S.]
35)
(to give) a full account of
36)
plight
BUT:
blight
37)
constatation: VERY RARE!!!
cf. German: “konstatieren”
38)
by reason of
39) daily/dailies → weekly/weeklies →
fortnightly/fortnightlies →
monthly/monthlies
40)
formidable
41)
to portend (formal)
noun: the portent (literary)
42)
to tell (here)
43)
to prompt
44)
disposition (here: legal)
45) cogency/cogent
46) implicit(ly)
cf. to imply/implication
47)
to repudiate
noun: repudiation
48)
both …. and
49)
touch (here)
50)
sensibility
sensitivity sensible ↔
sensitive
some
links:
a) http://newslink.org
[newspapers, magazines
worldwide] b)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_United_Kingdom
c)
www.guardian.co.uk d) www.timesonline.co.uk
e) www.independent.co.uk/
f) www.telegraph.co.uk/
g) www.private-eye.co.uk/
MURDOCH TABLOID SPECIAL
(sorry!): a) www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/
b) www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/
h) www.nytimes.com i) www.washingtonpost.com j) www.newyorker.com k) US college paper: www.bsudailynews.com/
Fake edition of The New
York Times: http://gawker.com/5084164/fake-new-york-times-declares-iraq-war-over-heres-who-did-it
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