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20201219 Saturday

Sonnet 34

Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day,
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
To let base clouds o’ertake me in my way,
Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?
‘Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break,
To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,
For no man well of such a salve can speak
That heals the wound and cures not the disgrace:
Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief;
Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss:
The offender’s sorrow lends but weak relief
To him that bears the strong offence’s cross.
   Ah! but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds,
   And they are rich and ransom all ill deeds.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/90049/sonnet-34-why-didst-thou-promise-such-a-beauteous-day

Woman ‘crushed’ by Japan town vote after alleged sex assault by mayor

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-55370096

On 4 January, a British judge is set to rule on whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States, where he could face a 175-year sentence in a high-security “supermax” prison. 

Extradite 引き渡す

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/18/the-guardian-view-on-julian-assange-do-not-extradite-him

 The main course was giblet stew, and I hadn’t yet built a stomach for offal, so I gingerly started my bowl, which to my surprise was incredibly savoury. 

Giblets 鳥の臓物

offal 臓物 /ˈɒf(ə)l/

gingerly recklessly 用心深く

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2020/dec/19/dont-bin-the-giblets-they-are-the-home-cooks-secret-weapon-tom-hunt