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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Is there meaning in the length of a finger? An eighteen ninety-three guidebook called Modern Etiquette in Public and Private had this to say: Long fingers are a sign of refinement. A short stubby hand a

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Opera Tells Story of Pakistani Rape Victim Turned Women's Rights Advocate 歌剧演绎轮奸受害者演变为女权倡议者的故事 NEW YORK An infamous 2002 gang rape in Pakistan is the unlikely subject of a new opera which recently premiered at

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I had a terrible journey back from Bangkok last week. 我上周从曼谷回来的时候,过程很惊险。 Really? Why? What happened? 真的吗?为什么?发生什么事了? Well, first of all, the taxi that was taking me from the client's office

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06 Competition and Prizes GLOSSARY to take (someone) on to compete against someone; to accept someoneschallenge * Why did you agree to take him on in a boxing match? Hes at least 50 poundsheavier than you are, so theres no way you can win. chicken a

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Three O' Cat Is Still a Game by Lillian Bueno Mccue What do I believe? What laws do I live by? There are so many answers - work, beauty, truth, love - and I hope I do live by them. But in everyday things I live by the light of a supplementary set of

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He stood her up then and pulled her close to remove the last of her silks. 他扶她站起,将她拉近,为她除去身上最后一件丝衣。 The night air was chilly on her bare skin. She shivered, and gooseflesh covered her arms and legs. 夜风

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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Pruning makes no sense. You cut off parts of a plant. Yet the plant is supposed to grow back even better than before? This demands an answer. The explanation begins with the apical bud. This bud is

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It is a true story, you know, he used to play his to, to study his guitar and he would study the part of the thumb like this, ting, ting, he would go like that. The thing is there was a cat watching that. And poor cat was justand he would look at the

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Topics: Ask an American: Obsolete; regarding versus concerning versus as for; can't be bothered; How you doing? Words: block soundtrack to tote ghetto blaster forefinger knob cultural reference next door otherwise to Tweet terse to water down regardi

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Topics: Philadelphia, jury duty, canary in a coal mine, rule of thumb Words: jury pool hardship to be excused impartial to get out of verdict trial cheesesteak diverse liberty canary coal mine rule of thumb

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Idiom: Play into someone's hands ( be fooled by someone ) Hit the book: Bunny ears Bratty Sibling Prankster Palm Pout Thumb up Hand Gesture 2: The Bunny Ears. Photo Credits: AbbyNormy Ah, this is what we personally call The Peace Sign at Someone Else

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I feel...I feel... 我觉得... 我觉得... You feel alive? 你觉得很有活力? I feel happy of myself! 我为自己感到高兴! I feel happy in yourself, too. Well, you want any words of wisdom? What about brother other kids try to learn how to

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Topics: Prohibition; Famous Americans: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; Im sorry versus I apologize; green thumb; elbow grease; to be screwed Words: Prohibition temperance to ban underground to bootleg moonshine speakeasy legal realism to defer to dissent

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Olga: Are you going to take me on, or are you chicken? Apollo: Me chicken? No way! Bring it on! Olga: Okay, but get ready to get trounced. Im going to teach you a thing or two about how this game should be played. Ready for some humiliation? Apollo:

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Topics: American Cities: San Diego; tabloid press and U.S. libel/slander laws; under (someones) thumb; precision versus accuracy; coming to you from Words: moderate climate urban renewal defense pharmaceutical press tabloids headlines shocking slande

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: September 25, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster -- the language of non-verbal communication. Two writers, Melissa Wagner and Nancy Armstrong, have put together a book of one-hundre

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