Steve McQueen revealed his cancer experience

He is 55 years old now. It was two years ago when he took an operation - so he was 53 then.

Steve McQueen reveals he paused Blitz filming for prostate cancer treatment
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/14/steve-mcqueen-paused-blitz-filming-prostate-cancer-treatment

It's interesting article about black man and McQueen, but no new words.

[quote]For a number of years I had been proactive in getting tested.[unquote]
[quote]When caught early, survival rates are extremely high, but if diagnosed late, survival rates drop dramatically.[unquote]

He learnt from his father. I should learn from my neighbours.
My 55-year old neighbour is now in a hospital for an operation of a cancer, but not prostate cancer.
Two women in their 40s found their breast cancers. One's survived but I don't know the other.

I ought to take '人間ドック' which I've never taken. I even haven't taken a basic medical check, since more than five years ago.
I will take a free medical check after I drink a lot in Christmas and New Year.

We have to prepare for becoming older.

anticyclone

[Collins](meteorology)a body of moving air of higher pressure than the surrounding air, in which the pressure decreases away from the centre. Winds circulate around the centre in a clockwise direction in the N hemisphere and anticlockwise in the S hemisphere. Also called: high

anticyclonic < anticyclone
atmospheric < atmosphere

‘Anticyclonic gloom’ blamed as English village sees no sunshine since October
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/08/anticyclonic-gloom-blamed-for-englands-cloudy-november-but-brighter-weather-ahead

The antonym of anticyclone is low, not cyclone.
[Wiki]In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations

plague

plague
[Collins]If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.

[quote]Weather forecasts predict heavy rain will continue to plague England
[quote]the capital has been plagued with flooding in parts of the city over the past week

Flash floods. It's a flood caused by a heavy downpour.

Flash floods: What to do in flash floods as heavy rain predicted for England
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/flash-floods-heavy-rain-predicted-england-b1183782.html

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give way to [quote] In London, the rain is giving way to showers
[Collins]If one thing gives way to another, the first thing is replaced by the second.
awash
spiral (verb) [quote]flash floods can rapidly spiral from a nuisance into life-threatening danger.
[Collins] If an amount or level spirals, it rises quickly and at an increasing rate.

whatsoever

In the article of Windermere, Jack, 32, a gardener who lives in nearby Kendal used whatsoever twice.

[quote]but I couldn’t see any antisocial behaviour whatsoever.
[quote]There’s no problem whatsoever.

[Collins]I don't think they'll have any idea how I'm feeling. None whatsoever.
[Cambridge]I can honestly say that I have no interest whatsoever in the royal family.

mediocre

I found the word in a review on a pub. I've heard the word many times but I hadn't tried to remember it.

[quote] the food was quite mediocre but very expensive for what we got.[unquote]

mediocre (adj) > mediocrity (noun) something / someone - accent medi-o-crity

the word is used for politics or economy but I'm confused with 'mediocracy'.

mediocracy [Collins] rule by mediocre people

Why the mediocre jobs numbers might be a good thing for Kamala Harris
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jobs-economy-kamala-harris-b2608504.html

It's interesting.
[quote]But a labor market that is slowing down — combined with the fact that inflation has largely cooled — could offer the incentive for Powell to finally lower interest rates. That could offer the boom to the economy that Harris needs.[unquote]

I've been expecting strong JPY exchange rate.

counterfeit

Fake Glen’s Vodka

Alert over potentially deadly counterfeit vodka
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8er23xwwjno

deadly {Collins][B2]If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
Lanarkshire
isopropyl alcohol (pronunciation)

If you see Wiki, it's not first time for Glen’s Vodka to be counterfeited.

[quote]It advises consumers to check for a "laser etched lot code applied to the bottle between the rear label and the base of the bottle".[unquote]
laser etching

I should avoid ordering cocktails or spirits in a suspicious bar located in not good area. Just drink beer.

flourish

When I heard this word on a radio yesterday, I couldn't remember the meaning immediately. I only remembered that the word has been appeared many times in the blog.
I searched the word in the blog, and I found five posts. I felt disguised with myself.
I have to memorise it completely.

frugal

I'm starting posting one meaning of a word per one post, to revise it easier to memorise for sure.
My brain has a lot of holes like a strainer. It cannot keep words in it.

frugal (adjective)
[Collins]
People who are frugal or who live frugal lives do not eat much or spend much money on themselves.
= practising economy
= thrifty

(noun) frugality

Ryanair set to slash summer fares as profits drop
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj50d6q3jlro

[quote]The company said "frugal" passengers were cutting back while the timing of Easter holidays had also hit earnings[unquote]

cut back [Collins] If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.