16 Joking and Making Fun of Other PeopleGLOSSARY miffed angry, annoyed, and offended; upset * Leanne was really miffed when her husband didnt notice her new haircut. to tease to make jokes about someone else, but in a friendly way; to laugh at anothe

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Dmitry Medvedev is the third and current President of Russia. He took office in May 2008 after winning the presidential election with 70% of the vote. He was formerly Deputy Prime Minister and Vladimir Putins chief of staff and right-hand man. Medved

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今天我们要学的词是hiatus。 Hiatus有间歇、中断的意思。After being on hiatus since 2002, RB singer Maxwell stepped back on the stage, 2002年开始暂停演出的节奏布鲁斯歌手马克斯韦尔重返舞台。The U.S. government

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian filmmaker and a political prisoner in Russia who's currently on a hunger strike. Last week, as Russia was getting all this attention for hosting the World Cup, the American writer Stephen King took to

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Books and Arts; Book Review;The end of the Soviet Union; Walking dead; 文艺;书评;前苏联的末途;行尸走肉; The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation.By Oliver Bullough. 《俄罗斯最后一人:拯救行将灭亡之

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今天我们要学的词是handpick。 Handpick, 是亲自挑选的意思。The new actor was handpicked by the director for the role, 导演亲自挑选了这名新演员出演这个角色。星期三,德米特里.梅德韦杰夫宣誓就任俄罗斯

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今天我们要学的词是handpick。 Handpick, 是亲自挑选的意思。The new actor was handpicked by the director for the role, 导演亲自挑选了这名新演员出演这个角色。星期三,德米特里.梅德韦杰夫宣誓就任俄罗斯

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今天我们要学的词是pitch。Pitch可以是推销的意思,既可以作名词也可以作动词。At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a strong pitch for foreign investment in Russia. 在达沃斯世

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今天我们要学的词是hiatus。 Hiatus有间歇、中断的意思。After being on hiatus since 2002, RB singer Maxwell stepped back on the stage, 2002年开始暂停演出的节奏布鲁斯歌手马克斯韦尔重返舞台。The U.S. government

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday it is unlikely that the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will rejoin Georgia after a week of violent clashes. He offered the prediction just before Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a

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1.A public memorial and viewings have been scheduled in Nashville later this week for Steve McNair. McNair and 20-year-old Sahel Kazemi were found dead over the weekend. Police are calling the former NFL quarterback's death a homicide. 2.President B

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Dmitry: Stan is really miffed at you. All of that teasing at lunch really upset him. Charlene: What? I was just poking fun at him for trying to hit on the new, young receptionist . Dmitry: You called him an old goat. Charlene: I said that tongue in c

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By Jessica Golloher Moscow 14 October 2009 In wrapping up a visit to Moscow, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for Russia to uphold human rights. On the second day of her Moscow visit, at the end of a European tour, U.S. Secretary o

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