(n.) A Turkish open summer house or pavilion, supported by pillars.
Example Sentences:
(1) The contract envisaged freeing up staff time by moving to a ‘self-service’ model where, for example, residents send their own faxes and book their own visits.” The report also discloses that the kiosks are being used by detainees to order their food and can be used in the languages most commonly spoken at Yarl’s Wood.
(2) Instead of medicine, all the doctors could offer were cartons of fruit juice bought en masse from a nearby kiosk.
(3) Small crowds gathered outside kiosks to gaze at the displays of newspapers that had sold out.
(4) Yes, definitely – but somehow, the best ones are from kiosks.
(5) After his kiosk burned down last year, Khalid’s father had given him the microbus to allow him to make a living driving people around.
(6) Each wing has an electronic kiosk, allowing prisoners to book their own visits, make medical appointments, buy food and an approved list of products from Argos, freeing staff (who would otherwise be doing this for them) to do other things.
(7) Penbryn beach – which is completely devoid of kiosks, buildings or beach huts – featured in the Bond film Die Another Day.
(8) The discount, will also be available in its cafes and petrol-station kiosks, but not on online shopping.
(9) It reports that Greek unions plan to bring much of the near-bankrupt country to a standstill, adding: Most business and public sector activity is expected to grind to a halt during the 24-hour strike called by the ADEDY and GSEE unions, with newspaper kiosk owners and air traffic controllers among various groups joining the protest.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Alexis Tsipars and leader of Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos wave to supporters at the pre-election kiosk of the party in Athens.
(11) KS As I stand on El Prado, the main road going through the centre of the city, I can see some very young children cleaning car windows, selling sweets, running kiosks, and many of them are working in groups.
(12) "It's a very costly action but I don't think they had a choice if they want to maintain the tourism industry and the security of the Kenyan people," said Ceaser Ndungu, a DVD seller with a kiosk in Westlands.
(13) There are no restaurants or kiosks at either beach so remember to take food and water with you.
(14) We’re still waiting for someone to sponsor us to heat the pool so we can open in winter,” says co-founder Daniel Lente, who gives me a tour of the area, which includes a cocktail bar, Soul Food kiosk, beer garden and large concert and club space.
(15) The glassy facade of the new, as-yet unopened, airport terminal; the extra kiosks on the streets selling snacks and colourful toys.
(16) The beach has all the facilities you'll need (toilets, lifeguards, a kiosk etc) but none of the hassle of more developed beaches.
(17) The day's takings from his kiosk had been stolen, and five days later he died of his injuries.
(18) I drink Red Bull so that I can read on long flights,” he said in the lounge, as a Greek businessman who owned restaurants in Madrid insisted on paying for our cafe freddo at the coffee kiosk and enthused about the changes coming to both countries.
(19) Savings come mainly from replacing some staff with self-service kiosks,” says the NAO report.
(20) Smoke is rising over parts of the city, after one demonstrator set light to a bin spyros gkelis (@northaura) Fire also in a garbage bin and a kiosk at #syntagma sq.
Knack
Definition:
(v. i.) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink.
(v. i.) To speak affectedly.
(n.) A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
(n.) A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
(n.) Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.
Example Sentences:
(1) His office - with a floor-to-ceiling glass wall offering views over a Bradford suburb and distant moors - is devoid of knick-knacks or memorabilia.
(2) For one day only, the criteria for success shift from the ability to do long division to the ability to do the long jump, a knack for reciting facts to a knack for running fast.
(3) Garfield has a history of making interesting choices and a knack for using his edgy watchfulness to steal scenes from some of the best actors in the business.
(4) Doyle may be knacked too … 12.47pm GMT 30 min: Leeds are bossing this and playing some wonderful football.
(5) He has a knack for always knowing the right thing to say to them.
(6) Abbott appeared to have the same knack until he got into government, after which time his lack of ideas and direction have seen his party – and especially his cabinet – crumble.
(7) Bayern, even with 10 men, had an unerring knack of keeping the ball.
(8) Knack There were hidden areas he could smash open, collecting components that could be made into helpful items – such as one that harvests energy from enemies that could be used for special attacks.
(9) It was not the worst performance of Chelsea’s season by any measure and they gave everything during their late search for an equaliser, but they have lost their knack of recovering from going behind and Marko Arnautovic’s goal, eight minutes into the second half, was decisive.
(10) Young-gamer-friendly The Knack is a simple but imaginative action-adventure, while InFamous: Second Son , a third-person superpowers-themed title, really looked a step ahead of the current platforms, presenting a glorious and inventive spectacle.
(11) And on those occasions when the chefs can’t cook up a compromise, the EU has a knack for defusing a crisis by “kicking the can down the road” or some other variant of delaying a day of reckoning or fudging a fundamental problem.
(12) Sturridge, nonetheless, has a wonderful knack of not becoming dispirited.
(13) Louis van Gaal’s knack for escapism has been a pronounced feature of the season but on a wild night in east London, when West Ham United yelled farewell to their home of 112 years, the Manchester United manager could not summon the trick when he needed it so sorely.
(14) Updated at 4.45pm BST 3.44pm BST 3.37pm BST Meet the team Left to right: Gary (the driver), Benji (knee-knacked blogger), Hollis (the photographer) 3.24pm BST 3.10pm BST Chicago playlist While we're waiting for Benji and the team to get their first coffee rush going, let's spin a few tunes courtesy of our resident DJ @jaimeblack at Dynasty Podcasts .
(15) I suppose that in my highly anxious 20s I developed a knack for viewing my future with the lowest possible expectations of happiness.
(16) Long known for its knack for borrowing from the catwalk and repurposing for the high street in a more wearable way, Zara’s success also relies on trial and error.
(17) The arrogant have a knack of papering over chasms in their arguments.
(18) The knack is to find your own inspiration, and take it on a journey to create work that is personal and revealing.
(19) And that is true, but as far the popular perception of the world is concerned, Argentina is celebrated only on account of its knack of producing, generation after generation, great footballers and teams.
(20) Tom Watson is a formidable political operator with an uncanny knack for being at the centre of Labour party dramas.