A Humble Gift It is the last day of the school year and I stand empty-handed with no gift to give you. It isn't that I haven't tried to think of something thoughtful and kind-quite the contrary. For months, I have combed catalogs, browsed specialty s

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bauble, ['bɔ:bəl] n 花哨美观的小玩意儿;没价值的东西=trinket 【例】The jester brandished his bauble 小丑挥动着木棒。 【记】读:抱吧!反正是一些不值钱的花哨小玩意儿,随便拿

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barbed adj.有倒钩的,讽剌的 barbarous adj.野蛮的,残暴的 barbarity n.残忍,残暴 barbecue n.烤肉架,烤肉 barge n.平底货船,驳船 bark v.狗吠,n 树皮 barn n.谷仓 barometer n.气压

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There are few brands more quintessentially American than Jeep. And now it seems possible that a foreign company could purchase Jeep from Fiat-Chrysler, its parent company. At the moment these are just rumors. Those rumors point to

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Glatsmire's model shows that the magnetic poles swap places spontaneously due to / complex processes within the core. We were used to the idea that a compass points somewhere near the North Pole and hence we can use it for navigation, but there are p

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Swiss watches and the Apple Watch 瑞士手表与苹果手表 It's not about time 这和看时间没有关系 Traditional watchmakers are confident they can see off Apple's new bauble 传统手表制造商有信心看到苹果华而不实的新玩意儿

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