स्मार्टिंग (en. Smarting)

Mumbai: Smarting from the worst-ever debacle in the Lok Sabha elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will expand his ministry tomorrow, in probably the last such exercise before the state Assembly elections due later this year.

India, still smarting from the loss in the previous edition had reason to be upbeat with Tanmay Srivastava, a mature batsman who eventually finished as the tournament's leading run-getter, in their ranks.

Prior to the Test series, India also competed in the World Series Cup tri-nation ODI tournament involving Australia and the West Indies who had dropped Viv Richards, and were smarting from the recent retirements of Gordon Greenidge and Jeff Dujon, and had brought a comparatively inexperienced team.

A burning sensation or smarting These may occur in the first few days but usually get better after this.

Also, in a context in which the other party is already smarting about the loss that comes from the agreement not being kept, it’s not going to be easy for them to attribute care to the person ending the agreement.

The steep drop in prices from 2014 came just as companies were smarting from the failure to discover Brazil-like oil reservoirs beneath a layer of salt on the African side of the Atlantic.

Trump is clearly smarting from the fact that the mayor gave permission for a Trump baby blimp to be flown over the city during the President’s recent state visit and also on his first trip.