buttlicker (plural buttlickers)
(pejorative) a contemptible person; an ass-kisser
someone who performs rimming

Books and Arts; Book Review;Paul Volcker;Tall tale; 文艺;书评;保罗沃尔克;伟人传奇; Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence. By William Silber. 《沃尔克:金石为开》威廉 希尔伯著。 Alan Greenspan may be the most famous c

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1. Nerd/geek/dork/dweeb/gweeb 呆子. 这些字都代表一个人因为太专注某件事而看起来不太正常, 而并非不聪明的呆, 如书呆子, 计算机怪胎等, 这几个字可以交换使用. 其中 nerd , geek 和 dork 比其它二个来

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Books and Arts; Book Review; 文艺;书评; Paul Volcker 保罗沃尔克 Tall tale 伟人传奇 The most influential central banker of the modern era 当代最具影响力的央行行长 Volcker: The Triumph of Persistence. By William Silber. Blo

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看世界杯的时候,经常看到FIFA的字样在眼前飞舞。FIFA 指的是国际足球联合会,简称国际足联。这个机构的英文全称是International Federation of Association Football。不过FIFA的缩写是从法语来的,全名

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Song:Ashamed Artist:Bertine Zetlitz Verse 1: How you gonna fall-fall-fall asleep at night Knowing that you never taught her how to fight Knowing she don't know how to clench her fists real tight Knowing she'll be better off way out of sight Verse

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The retired former chief of the U.S. central bank, Paul Volcker, told a congressional committee Thursday that to avoid further financial crises there needs to be greater regulation of financial institutions. Paul Volcker testifies before Joint Econo

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I. I am not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate. I am only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's running late. I cannot bear to see a bear bear down upon a hare. When bare

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The United States pledged Wednesday to accept more refugees fleeing from wars in Syria and elsewhere, even as Europe unveiled a mandatory country-by-country quota plan to resettle 160,000 migrants. After meeting with lawmakers in Congress, U.S. Secre

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 09 May 2006 The dispute over Iran's nuclear program is overshadowing the fifth summit of the Developing Eight, a forum for eight large predominately Muslim economies. T

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今天我们要学的词是higher-ups。 Higher-ups, 高层。=He got the promotion only because he was a bootlicker to the higher-ups, 他就是因为拍马屁才得到了提升。NBC higher-ups plan to order 10 drama pilots, 美国全国广播公司的

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LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Luxembourg went to the polls on Sunday in a snap election after Jean-Claude Juncker, the prime minister of Luxembourg for the past 18 years, had resigned over a spying scandal in July. In spite of the scandal, Juncker

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BERLIN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- German Olympic champion Jonas Reckermann said Thursday that he will retire from beach volleyball due to back problems. Reckermann announced his retirement on the website of the German Volleyball Federation decision is very

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LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Germans Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann beat reigning FIVB world champions Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti of Brazil to win the gold medal of men's beach volleyball at London Olympics on Thursday. The Germans won the matc

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麦斯米兰海克 (Maximilian Hecker) 1977年生于德国Heidenheim,从小就是披头士 (The Beatles) 的歌迷。学习录音、上过打击乐和钢琴课、在学校乐团任职的麦斯米兰原本在酒吧做驻场歌手,被发现后在德国

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By Daniel Schearf Beijing 17 July 2007 Negotiators to talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions have arrived in Beijing to work out the next steps in the process. As Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing, the talks are entering a tricky stage of

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BRUSSELS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Eurozone finance ministers agreed to bail out Spain by giving a first payment of 30 billion euros (37 billion U.S. dollars) to its reeling banks by the end of July, Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker said here early

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重点单词: Perseverance n. 坚持不懈;不屈不挠 race n.竞赛;比赛 Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. Walter Elliott, Clergyman 「坚持不是一个长跑,它是很多一个接一个的短跑。

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That proposition was put to the test after Paul Volcker became Fed chairman in 1979. 这种主张在保罗沃克尔于1979年成为美联储主席后被付诸验证。 Mr Volcker was set on getting inflation down. 当时,沃克尔决心要把通胀降

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Whatever gets you off on life Whatever gets you off on life No judgement wrong or right Yeah yeah, you made a believer out of me Come on and lay your hands on me Come on and lay your hands on me Praise the Lord in all His might Oh you made a believer

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a SSP
A-61827
acrokinesis
aging biology
Ahvenanmaa Islands
alkaline accumulators
allardyces
amethoprine
animated cursor
anti-ecology
astronomic latitude
axle-neck lathe
Barabinskaya Nizmennost'
bear raids
Boehmeria oblongifolia
bolt wire
Bou Kahil, Dj.
break-even approach
cabbage-greens
calcium lactate pentahydrate
candy kiss
classic classified materia medica for emergency
clayely
Cloquet's space
cobalt carbonate
cobaltous acetate tetrahydrate
consolidated account expenditure
constituent isotopes
Covian
Delphinium iliense
dermatitis factitia
dislocation substructure
drill string compensator
eight-foot-deep
endo-exocrine
epilachna microgenitalia
equality-of-brightness photometer
ERDP-1
euglena spirogyra spirogyra
FLUF
food deserts
foxiness
full system method
furnish
gnvq intermediate
grand-daughters
half a minute
honest and upright
hotan
ideal burning
index myopia
index set spitting
insert card
international promissory note
james clark rosses
Jenghiz Khan
judgement thief
K13176
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knbc
knocker up
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levinasian
line turn around delay
liquid polypropylene
manyfacted
mullinger
national budget execution
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NTSC colour TV system
nutation drive unit
ollenhauer
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parasporal crystal
pealing
pitch-and-putt
promammal
provoster
quick access time-sharing file
ratio of quick asset to current liability
ribisi
sararimen
sarracenia
Senecio coriaceisquamus
service tenancy
shore mile
sitzfleisch
space traveler
sparticles
spewest
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tumour cell embolus
unguligrade
Vaccinium dunnianum
vassiliev
western crab apples
whiskery
wire-tappings
yamataimine
yammy
zaghareet
zingale