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"A man of consequence" nghĩa là gì?
07 May, 2016
Một tên đầu sỏ khủng bố. Photo courtesy Jon Olav Eikenes.
'A man of consequence' có từ consequence là tầm quan trọng, tính trọng đại; vì thế từ này nghĩa là người tai mắt, người có vai vế, người có địa vị cao.
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Michael Hayden surprised me by calling me at 7 a.m. New York time and introduced himself, for a moment I felt like a man of consequence.
Rabbi Zahavy was “brilliant and an inspiration and a character,” his daughter said. He was glamorous — the famous photographer Roman Vishniac took a matinee-idol-like picture of him — and “a man of consequence,” she continued.
Mustafa al Shamiri, now in his 14th year under detention by the U.S. military. He was described as an al Qaida trainer when he arrived, a man of consequence in the terrorist organization and thus a high-value captive — until he finally got a hearing before the Periodic Review Board.
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