get the wind of

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How did you get wind of the rumor?
你是如何聽(tīng)到風(fēng)聲的？
We had run up the trades to get the wind of the island we were after--I am not allowed to be more plain--and now we were running down for it with a bright lookout day and night.
我們趕到了貿(mào)易風(fēng)①下，以便乘風(fēng)抵達(dá)我們要去的島——我不能說(shuō)得更明白了——而我們現(xiàn)在正駛向它，由一個(gè)目力好的人日夜擔(dān)任觀望。
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We had run up the trades to get the wind of the island we were after - I am not allowed to be more plain - and now we were running down for it with a bright look-out day and night.
我們趕上了信風(fēng)，以便乘風(fēng)抵達(dá)我們要去的那個(gè)島嶼——我不能說(shuō)得再清楚了。我們現(xiàn)在正向那座島嶼駛?cè)?，日夜有人瞭望。

Radioactive particles travel in the wind and get absorbed into soil with the help of rain and snow.

We can reverse this progress, like the other side has talked about, or we can build on it. (Applause.) Now, unlike my opponent, I'm not going to let the oil companies write our energy plan. (Applause.) I'm not going to get rid of the wind energy tax credit that is helping to spur this incredibly dynamic sector of our economy.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President in Golden, CO
America has doubled the amount of electricity we get from wind over the last four years, enough power for nearly 13 million homes -- clean, renewable energy.
WHITEHOUSE: The White House
This is a big coup for the rebels, and a huge embarrassment for the security forces, which failed to get wind of, let alone prevent, the attack.
ECONOMIST: The separatists strike close to home