The act of walking slowly or "shuffling" because you're too preoccupied with tasks being done on your smartphone such as browsing the internet, texting, etc.

The Smartphone Shuffle can sometimes be dangerous for oneself, such as crossing a roads, not paying attention to surroundings. It can also be a nuisance for other people as distracted Smartphone Shufflers block hallways, stairs or sidewalks and impede flow of pedestrian.
> Stop doing the Smartphone Shuffle! You're blocking the sidewalk.

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14 Using a Smartphone GLOSSARY to unbox to take something out of its box for the first time; to open a newproduct* When you unbox the microwave, be sure to save the packaging so we canreuse it when we move. smartphone a cell phone that can access ema

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As for simba, the lion, he leaves little trace of his weight. One rarely finds his footprints. 至于辛巴,也就是狮子,它留下的痕迹根本看不出它的实际重量,因此很少能够找到它们的足迹。 Swiftly and silently he s

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The number of smartphone users in China has exceeded 300 million. However, Chinese smartphone users face increasing threats from malicious applications, with the rising number of applications designed to hack the phones' operating systems. Based on s

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If you put a buzzard in a pen six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a flight from the ground with a run of ten or twel

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The fair has attracted about 1,900 exhibitors from 41 countries and regions, and this year includes first-time participants from Iran. Although the fair is still dominated by the traditional toys such as dolls, model cars and plastic toys, smartphone

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Rice cultivation revives China's deserts Deserts account for more than 12 percent of China's land base and aren't known for being the best spots to grow crops. But Teng Fei and his company decided to take a chance anyway and try to turn some of Inner

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You have said,I heard you say you had great success in TV,been in a lot of films, 我听说你说过 你在电视界有过许多成功 演过很多电影 but you feel that films for African-Americans are a little too formulaic. 但是你觉得关于非

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insoluble substance
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