A person who always under estimates the time necessary to do something or get somewhere.
> "Hey, Cindy. you know my parents are expecting us in 20 minutes."
> "No problem. I just have to wash the dishes, take a shower, do my hair, walk the dog and then I'm all good to go. See you in 15."
> "You are such a chronoptimist! I'll see you in 45."

anachronism /əˈnkrənɪzəm/ It is an anachronism to say that William Shakespeare typed his manuscripts. -- error in chronology or time order ﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌ n. 年代的错误 如果说威廉

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Some people always look at the negative side. Who is a pessimist? There was a hunter who bought a bird dog, the only one of its kind in the world that could walk on water. He couldnt believe his eyes when he saw this miracle. At the same time, he was

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必备知识4:一些必要的词根(stems) -anthro-,-anthropo- human anthropology -aster-,-astro-,-stellar- star asterisk -audi-,-audit- hear audience -auto- self autograph -bio- life biology -capit- head, chief capital, captain -ced-go, move,yield p

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Experts Urge Global Action Against Chronic Diseases Infectious diseases like AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis get a lot of attention worldwide. But another group of illnesses is even more deadly. Now, an international group of health experts says the

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I'm an optimist. I've always believed the future is going to be better than the past. The great thing about human beings, myself in particular, is that I can change. I can do better. If you can get up every day, stay optimistic, and believe the futur

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Bill Gates says in these tough economic times, more efficiency is needed in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs. At the same time, he says more people need to be on anti-retroviral drugs. The billionaire philanthropist spoke Monday at the 18th

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1. I have faith in you. /I have confidence in you. 我对你有信心。 2. I'm sure we'll win. /I'm confident about our victory. 我敢肯定我们会赢。 3. I anticipate your success. 我期待着你的成功。 4. It's all plain sailing. 事情进

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1. I have faith in you./I have confidence in you. 我对你有信心。 2. Im sure well win./Im confident about our victory. 我敢肯定我们会赢。 3. I anticipate your success. 我期待着你的成功。 4. Its all plain sailing. 事情进展很

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I've always been an optimist and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place. For as long as I can remember, I've loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat

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Be an Optimist(做一个乐观的人) Do you see the glass as half-full rather than half empty? Do you keep your eye upon the doughnut,not upon the hole? Suddenly these clichs are scientific questions,as researchers scrutinize the power of

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Are You a Realist? If one man tells you a horse, hes insane if three men tell you youre a horse, theres a conspiracy If ten men tell you youre a horse, you need to buy a saddle. - Chinese proverb I stared in disbelief at my Regional Manager. I could

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春天总是代表郁郁葱葱的绿色,代表希望,代表一种美好的感觉,关于春天也有很多诗句。 You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Springfrom coming Pablo Neruda 你能砍掉所有的鲜花,但你不能阻止春天

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Warren Buffett is a big fan of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In. Facebook首席运营官雪莉桑德伯格出了一本书《Lean In》,巴菲特是该书的忠实粉丝。 It inspired his recent column in Fortune, where he wrote, we've

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1. I have faith in you./I have confidence in you. 我对你有信心。 2. I'm sure we'll win./I'm confident about our victory. 我敢肯定我们会赢。 3. I anticipate your success. 如何地道表达乐观情绪 我期待着你的成功。 4. It

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Choose Optimism--By Rich De Vos If you expect something to turn out badly, it probably will.Pessimism is seldom disappointed. But the same principle also works in reverse. If you expect good things to happen, they usually do! There seems to be a natu

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The European Union has responded with a shrug to Iran's threat to cut off oil exports to some EU members several months before an EU embargo on Iranian oil takes effect. At the same time, Iran has floated an offer to resume talks on its nuclear progr

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in that是一种固定搭配,其意为因为,与for the reason that, because 同义,可用于引导原因状语从句。如: I'm in a slightly awkward position in that he's not arriving until the 10th. 我的处境有点尴尬,因为他要到

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01 Never, never, never, never give up. 永远,永远,永远,永远都不要放弃。 02 The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no

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What are the most profound jokes ever? 有哪些笑话很有内涵? 获得10.8k好评的答案@Vinaya Patil A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to yo

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I wish I had more nice things to say But I was raised not to lie I'm either honest or I'm an optimist But never both at the same time And everyone knows the deal Gotta take what you can Cause anything I don't steal Just winds up in someone else's han

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AC-ST
accumulative raingauge
acrophase
aliquant part
arest
Arsenolitum
artificial flushing
badging
belt pulley
bipotential operator
Caitra
catheterization of eustachian tube
CE-FAST
ceramic technology
chain out
clear point
coefficient of ranger
confluent thermal trough
current year's income
cut-and-fill terrace
eight-year-old
endosulfatase
expandable shell
force a passage through
four-balls
GABA
genuinely
gipsyisms
glasgow
granulationes arachnoidales
house fungus
in authority
incremental flow changes
Irish bouzouki
jellystone
karma
lepored
let flow
let go on bail
linean tetrad
linguistic domain
lose one's head
lovability
marketing channel
maser source
metallopeus alishanicus
microaphanitic texture
minimum economical descending grade
mohnke
motor driven pump
muric-
nativelikeness
non denominational
oblivy
obtuseness
oligosaccharide determinant
olistostromes
open enrollment
outside casing liner
overstock
paneulogism
pararhythmia
persils
phragmitess
piscinal
pocohontas
polarization of neutron
political offender
Pollia sorzogonensis
process goods locally
psychological model
public transport line
range of choice
Ratzenried
relative color value
renewables
response method
robemaking
ruggedized tube
sarrasine
seat-of-the-pants
sector hole
sensing hole
spell books
Sprite detector
stabilization of austenite
stayman winesaps
stitch-down
stuck rolls
subscientific
super-prompt-critical accident
tasol
three component balance
tin dioxide
totalitarianizing
turning-over board
turreted
ultrasonic Doppler blood pressure transducer
unstructured language
vicibus
voice-tube outlet
william rehnquists