The company claims that its failure to deliver the materials on time is due to bad weather and other extenuating circumstances.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ex|ten|u|at|ing|ly — «ehk STEHN yu AY tihng lee», adverb. in an extenuating manner; by way of extenuation … Useful english dictionary
ex|ten|u|at|ing circumstances — «ehk STEHN yu AY tihng», circumstances that tend to diminish culpability: »The young criminal s unsatisfactory home conditions were regarded by the judge as extenuating circumstances … Useful english dictionary
ten — af·ten; aglis·ten; an·ten·nal; an·ten·nar·ia; an·ten·na·ri·i·dae; an·ten·na·ry; an·ten·na·ta; an·ten·nate; an·ten·ni·fer; an·ten·ni·form; an·ten·nu·la; an·ten·nu·lar; an·ten·nule; ap·pe·ten·cy; ar·ten·kreis; as·tro·pec·ten; at·ten·si·ty;… … English syllables
ing — aborn·ing; aw·ing; bear·ing; be·ing; bell·ing; berth·ing; bind·ing; boul·der·ing; brok·ing; brown·ing; cheese·par·ing; cleans·ing; clos·ing; con·cern·ing; con·sid·er·ing; cop·ing; cov·er·ing; crack·ing; crown·ing; duck·ing; dur·ing; en·dur·ing;… … English syllables
ten´der|i|za´tion — ten|der|ize «TEHN duh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make soft or tender: »to tenderize meat by pounding. –ten´der|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
ten|der|ize — «TEHN duh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. to make soft or tender: »to tenderize meat by pounding. –ten´der|i|za´tion, noun … Useful english dictionary
ing — iñg praep. K; SD121 žr. 2 į: 1. Rašiau vakar ing tave J.Jabl. Veda iñg stalą Arm. Pasislink iñg mane Lp. Iñg karčemą nori vestie Nm. Kaip tik iñg ten nuėjo, nieko gero nematė Rmš. Ing liepelės tankias šakas kasnykai sagyta (d.) Šn. O kur aš… … Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language
Ten Tigers from Kwangtung — Infobox Film name = Ten Tigers from Kwangtung image size = caption = The DVD Cover for Ten Tigers director = Chang Cheh producer = Mona Fong writer = Cheh Chang Ni Kuang narrator = starring = Ti Lung Fu Sheng Philip Kwok music = cinematography =… … Wikipedia
-ing — suffix 1 forms the present participle of verbs: They re dancing. | to go dancing | a dancing bear 2 (in uncountable nouns) the action or process of doing something: She hates swimming. | No parking. (=do not park here) 3 (in uncountable nouns) a) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Cheng Man-ch'ing — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheng. Cheng Man ch ing (simplified Chinese: 郑曼青; traditional Chinese: 鄭曼青; pinyin: Zhèng Mànqīng) (July 29, 1902 March 26, 1975) was born in Yongjia (present day Wenzhou), Zhejiang Province (his… … Wikipedia
