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Apple 苹果 apple of one's eye ( to be the ):to be one's favorite 掌上明珠；心爱物 eg.She is the apple of her father's eye.她是她父亲的掌上明珠。 Big Apple (the):New York 大苹果城【即纽约】 eg.I live in the Big Apple.我住

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与地名有关的俚语

meet ones Waterloo 倒霉，受毁灭性打击，灭顶之灾，遭到惨败。 滑铁卢是一代天骄拿破仑遭受惨败的地方。遭遇滑铁卢，对一个人来说，后果不堪设想。无怪据说二战期间，在准备诺曼底反攻时，

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[00:00.00]1951.Wet paint! [00:00.69]油漆未干！ [00:01.38]1952.Midwife. [00:02.18]助产士（接生婆）。 [00:02.98]1953.Brown-nose. [00:03.74]拍马屁 [00:04.49]1954.Toadeater [00:05.38]马屁精 [00:06.27]1955.Condom [00:06.91]保险套 [0

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[00:00.00]2251.I'll be right with you. [00:01.19]我马上就来陪你。 [00:02.38]2252.Let nature take its course! [00:03.64]让他顺其自然吧！ [00:04.91]2253.What's your beef? [00:05.72]你有什么牢骚？ [00:06.53]2254.He's a gold-brick.

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A: Anna, please quit beating around the bush. There\'s somebody else, isn\'t there? A: Anna, 请不要再回避话题了。(你心里)是不是还有别人? B: I\'m sorry, Bruce. I didn\'t mean to mislead you. B: Bruce, 对不起.....我并不是故意

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all in all 总之，说一千到一万；最重要的。例句如下。 例句： All in all, even though he has problems, he is a good soccer player. 说一千到一万，虽然他有很多问题但我还是觉得他是个很好的球员。 All in a

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It's up to you. 的意思是由你来决定，由你说了算！ 例句： You can have any sweater you want . Its up to you. The colors up to you. 你想穿什么毛衣，你自己定，颜色由你来选。 I dont know. Its up to you.

英语常用俚语

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush 一鸟在手，胜似二鸟在林 a blank slate 干净的黑板（新的一页，新的开始） a bone to pick 可挑剔的骨头（争端，不满） a cat nap 打个盹儿 a ouch potato 躺椅上的马铃薯

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第460期:A Companion For Life

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