Its name on a bill will usually betoken slapstick, and you may expect whitewash, trouser-ripping, and the police chase, with flying bedsteads and walls that crumble at a touch.
Olympic opprobrium apart, the problem for Beijing is that the events of the past week betoken a radicalisation which will lead each side to dig in - with long-ranging consequences.
Small American and French flags will be placed against each headstone Sunday, betokening unity.
That Yahoo's bid was all in cash doesn't betoken much confidence from either party that its shares will continue to surge as they have over the past year, during which time they've climbed 70%.
His scarecrow features betoken an ecstatic embrace of madness: a belief that only in psychotic levels of hatred will he be able to summon up the necessary conviction for his survival and revenge.
The comments seemed to betoken a resilience against prejudice.
An uptight move, it did not betoken good manners exactly.
But primetime audiences well under 20,000 betoken disappointment and struggle.
And for some conditions, export will simply be cheaper: spare capacity in continental hospitals not necessarily something to be proud of, since on a large scale it betokens inefficiency means they can offer competitive rates (see chart).Specific comparisons are tricky because travel costs, bulk discounts and varying medical practices need to be considered.
Gluttony and laziness can betoken acedia, one Desert Father, St. John Cassian, warns.
For white Americans, must membership in a nation built on race slavery always betoken guilt?
