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Well, I have designed for the first lady for a long time now. It's a wonderful opportunity for someone else to have it as well. I think it's the gift that I was given. I can't, what would be a good word, I can't own it, I can't hold it. I think someb

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Some classic articles in the textbook will be kicked out and the new articles will be brought in. When people heard the news, they felt pity about it, because the articles from Lu Xun were so humorous and profound. Lu Xuns articles were learned by ma

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The world is woven from billions of lives, every strand crossing every other. 语音讲解： 单词发音 woven 英/'w??vn/ 美/'wo?vn/ billions /'b?lj?nz/ strand /str?nd/ 词间连读 world is /w??ld?z/ billions of lives /'b?lj?nz?vla?vz/ 词汇讲解

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The construction process of the nest first is creating the foundation and the infrastructure. And then I follow those larger sculptural shapes that I bolt together with smaller material that I can weave in and around. 搭建巢窝的第一步就是先创

Breakup first, then debts for Ministry of Railways reform

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Fate is woven together like a cloth. One's destiny intertwines with many others. 语音讲解 单词发音 woven v. 编织；交织 th音对应的两个音是//和//。口型都是这样： cloth.png cloth 一块布 cloths 几块布 clothes 衣服 in

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