单词:cottered joint
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今天我们要讲的美国习惯用语是:nose out of joint. 大家都知道,nose是鼻子的意思,joint是关节的意思。Nose out of joint连在一起就是不愉快,心烦意乱的意思,类似中文里说的鼻子都气歪了。 比如
Exercise 5-2: Sounds Comparing L with T, D, and N Repeat after me, first down and then across. 1. At the beginning of a word law low lee gnaw know knee taw toe tea daw dough D law gnaw taw daw low know toe dough lee knee tea D 2. In the middle of a w
Boy, this is the worst weed Ive ever had, Wesley thought, even though it smelled great. Hed rolled two joints, smoked them both, and still didnt feel high. Hed heard about some super weed that gets people so high that they think theyre straight. Mayb
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read by Frank McCourt. THERE was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation time) and studied the lighted square of window: and night after night I had found it lighted in the same wa