Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. Theair of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness theregrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776. B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves? Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
There was a tension in theair which made me suspect an approaching storm.
(uncountable,loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
Theair on Mars is very thin and consists mostly of carbon dioxide.
The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation, then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with theair of one thoroughly at home.
1951 October, H. A. Vallance, “Across Denmark by Lyntog”, inRailway Magazine, page658:
Even at the busiest periods, anair of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness.
But the dull, cool, calculating effect given cumulatively through Stalin’s long career, theair of a great glacier moving slowly and by the easiest path to overwhelm some Alpine valley, is only part of the picture. At various times - and especially in his early career - the calm of his general manner was broken, and expression given to the driving emotions that possessed him.
Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left anair of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder.
1815 December (indicated as1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 4, inEmma:[…], volume I, London:[…][Charles Roworth and James Moyes] forJohn Murray,→OCLC:
"He is very plain, undoubtedly—remarkably plain:—but that is nothing compared with his entire want of gentility. I had no right to expect much, and I did not expect much; but I had no idea that he could be so very clownish, so totally withoutair. I had imagined him, I confess, a degree or two nearer gentility."
"If I," said Mr. Collins, "were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with anair; for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman[…]"
1850,T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, inSketches of Life and Character[4], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley,→OCLC,page70:
The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profaneairs of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne."
Ernst gave a list of political activists who had been denied access to the air by private broadcasters, and pointed out that "Secretary Hoover's signature in New York sells for $150,000 to $200,000," thus limiting access to theair on the part of labor unions and other underrepresented groups.
2001, Dana Stabenow,The Singing of the Dead,→ISBN, page17:
Coming to you live once a month, or whenever I feel like broadcasting a little pirateair.
2015, Gary Andres, Paul Hernnson,Lobbying Reconsidered: Politics Under the Influence, page149:
“These members needair cover in the media.” Paid media is the admission ticket to enter the big-time Washington stage.
It's getting quitestuffy in this room: let's open the windows andair it.
(transitive) Tomakepublic (anopinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
Residents used the public meeting toair their concerns about the poor state of the roads.
2010 February 11, Rosie Swash, “John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview”, inThe Guardian[5]:
John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musiciansaired their disapproval.
Thus, in spite of all opposition, the rural and urban assemblies retained the germ of local government, and in spite of the dual control, as the result of which much of their influence was nullified, they did have a certain value inairing abuses and suggesting improvements.
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^John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
^Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902), “Skye Gaelic”, inTransactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages54-88
^Wentworth, Roy (2003),Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR,→ISBN
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^Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940),A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page191
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