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今天李华穿着沾满泥土的裙子来找Larry。Larry觉得奇怪，问李华为什么今天裙子这么脏。 李华会学到两个常用语：green thumb和go off the deep end。 LL: Li Hua, why is there dirt all over your dress? (Li Hua looks

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Lesson 30 Text A The Bloody Thumb I met the old man at a cafe. I was a stranger in the town.

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Lesson 147 - GREEN THUMB / ALL THUMBS

green thumb all thumbs 我们今天要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都和我们的大拇指有关。大拇指在英文里是：thumb。 每个人手上都有两个大拇指，而且天天都用它

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今天我们要学的词是rule of thumb。 Rule of thumb, 经过反复实践，得出的一般规律。一项最新研究指出，少吃能长寿。 The rule of thumb is that by eating 15 % less starting at age 25 you could add 4.5 years to your lif

Lesson 148 - UNDER THE THUMB / STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB

under the thumb to stick out like a sore thumb 我们每个人的一双手都有十个手指，其中最有力的就是我们的大拇指。大拇指在英文里就是thumb。 我们已经给大家介绍

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今天我们要学的词是rule of thumb。 Rule of thumb, 经过反复实践，得出的一般规律。一项最新研究指出，少吃能长寿。 The rule of thumb is that by eating 15 % less starting at age 25 you could add 4.5 years to your lif

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A lady noticed her husband standing on the bathroom scale(秤）, sucking （往回吸，收腹）in his stomach. Thinking he was trying to weigh less with this maneuver（巧计，策略）, shecommented, I don't think that's going to help.Sure it w

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The herring lays its eggs on the rocks at the bottom of the sea. The eggs are then called spawn. In a few weeks a little herring comes out of each egg. Many other fishes eat the spawn, or the sea would soon be full ofherrings. 鲱鱼在海底的礁石上