Transpire

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–verb (used without object) 

1. to occur;

happen; take place.  



2. to emit 

or give off waste matter, watery vapor, etc., through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.  



3. to escape, 

as moisture or odor, through or as if through pores. (毛孔;氣孔)



4. to be revealed or become known.  



–verb (used with object) 

5. to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.  



—Usage note 

1. From its earlier literal sense 



1. "to escape as vapor" transpire came to mean 

2. "to escape from concealment, 



become known" in the 18th century. Somewhat later, it developed the meaning 



3. "to occur, happen," 



a sentence such as He was not aware of what had [transpired] yesterday being taken to mean He was not aware of what had [happened] yesterday. In spite of two centuries of use in all varieties of speech and writing, this now common meaning is still objected to by some on the grounds that it arose from a misapprehension of the word's true meaning.





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transpire (v.)   

 

means 

"to pass vapor through the pores of the skin or the surfaces of leaves," 

"to become apparent," 

or 

"to happen, to come to pass." 



This last sense, like the other two, has long been Standard, despite some objection to its generalization: It transpired [that] we were invited after all.





　

Many viewers who felt let down by The Dreamers' treatment of the events of '68 



may feel vindicated by this work. 



Cinematographically, Philippe Garrel [employs] [gritty, grainy] black-and-white to impart a docudrama quality 



to the motion picture (and thus, the [suggestion] of the political protests actually transpiring [as] the film [unspools]).





erudite

delve [into] the background of a case

divulge (reveal)

Threnody





　

Surprisingly, there's been interest from Mark Darcy, who's apologized for his earlier behavior. 



In a thoroughly overstaged [sequence] that transpires [at] Bridget's 32nd birthday party, 



there's a showdown (攤牌;最後的一決雌雄) between Mark and Daniel leaving Bridget in a "Pride and Prejudice"-type dilemma of choosing between two men.