音标:['greɪvɪ] ;
n.
肉汁,调味汁;肉卤
[美国俚语]
不义之财,非法所得
容易赚得的利润;额外利润;额外价值
[俚语]
(笑剧、喜剧中的)笑料,妙语
(演员)轻易博得的笑声
短语:
dip in the gravy
[美国俚语]分肥;揩公家的油;贪污受贿
in the gravy
[俚语]发横财的;很有钱的
变形:
n.
gravies

By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 31 December 2006 Iraqis grieve beside the burial site of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Ouja, Iraq, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad Sunday 31 Dec. 2006 Former dictator Saddam Hussein, who was exec

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When you scoot around the web, leaving comments, writing blog posts, contributing to forums and so on, it's nice to be able to leave your mark with an avatar: an image that represents you as it sits alongside your content. The thing is, often you nee

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Two bombing attempts in London failed last night. A Mercedes was parked in front of a popular nightclub before closing time. There were at least 500 patrons inside the club. The Mercedes contained 11 full gasoline cans and 7 containers of nails. Appa

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Edith called her husband Archie. Daddy's dead. I was holding his hand when he died. Our son's wedding is tomorrow. What are we going to do? she asked. I just left the nursing home. Should we tell Earl or not? He loved Daddy so much. Archie said, Well

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By Al Pessin Washington 04 April 2006 Former U.S. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, who died last week at the age of 88, was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery, just outside Washington.

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By Stefan Bos Budapest 18 March 2006 Slobodan Milosevic's long time secretary Mirjana Dragojevic mourns on the marker of his grave Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who died in his cell in

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By David Gollust State Department 21 December 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she is satisfied with a pending U.N. Security Council resolution punishing Iran for refusing to halt uranium enrichment, though the measure has

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By David McAlary Washington 23 November 2006 Scientists have genetically engineered two crops in a way they say will help improve nutrition in poor countries. One group has boosted the levels of certain nutrients in wheat and another team has made t

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By Ken Schwartz Washington 26 September 2006 John Negroponte U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte says news reports of a document which says the war in Iraq has spawned a new generation of Islamic terrorists distorts what he calls the

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By Margaret Besheer Beirut 28 August 2006 Kofi Annan arrives in Beirut, Monday After a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister and other top officials, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he is satisfied Lebanon is committed to the U.N. resoluti

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 February 2006 Oil installations belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Odidi Niger Delta Nigeria's largest workers union, the Nigeria Labor Congress, has appe

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Charlotte: What are you doing in here? The entire wedding party is looking for you. Chris: Yeah, I know. Charlotte: Well, whats the matter? Youre not getting cold feet , are you? Chris: Thats just it. Im really having doubts about getting married. Wh

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By Stephanie Ho Washing 15 October 2006 U.S. officials say Washington is happy with the U.N. Security Council resolution that imposes weapons sanctions on North Korea. Pyongyang last week angered the world by conducting what it says was a nuclear te

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Put Yourself in My Place 设身处地替人想一想 Down on the farm, Mom told Dad to fix the outhouse, 某一农场上,老妈要老爸去修理茅房。 Dad took a look at the shitter and returned to Mom. 老爸只瞧了茅房一眼就回来了。

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By Phuong Tran Gaga, Chad 14 May 2007 For years, hundreds of thousands of Sudanese who fled fighting in Darfur have received shelter in refugee camps in neighboring Chad. But having survived the violence, they now face a new threat in the deadly AIDS

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学英语单词
adichogamy
amortization amount
aphis wolves
apical pericementitis
arachis hypogea
arba minch
arenicola
Ascoli Piceno, Prov. di
atypical mycobacterial infections of the skin
ballast fork
black-scholes
blogshop models
bolyais
Bressummer.
central competence
city for sightseeing
colli
commutator group
cope spall
corporate customers
cuboctahedral
Cullen's sign
d.p.m
daverns
deep subject theory
diabolically
digit absorbing selector
do-something
documentors
doublelength
drink out
drot
Dzhankoy
excision of chondroma
exopathogen
fetal inclusion
graphics supercomputing work station
guest os
hardfaced
haslams
hazard detection
hydrangean
hypomagnesemic tetany
infective lymphangiectasis
infrasternal angle
interfacial test
intestinal protozoa
inverse proportional quantities
kerr-mills
lamina propria
lhasa apsoes
life-boat receiver
lighting effectiveness factor
link bolt
liquid for zinc-phosphate cement
list of subscribers
loop spreader
losin' it
low-level amplifier
made book
mixed claim
molecular analysis
multipath
Nokrek Pk.
nominal regime
nonadecenoic acid
nonhumanity
nonmethylated
NYSBA
Packaged units
phosphor powder
Physaraceae
pilot guide
pixel depth
private share holder
quadrature modulated chrominancesignal
refurnished
rough paper
safety-related
Samit, Koh
sarracenialess
sealed beams
serial distribution
signal link
spirit levels
street map
structural auteurism
sturiales
Syncumar
take sth. to heart
TARP (terminal area real-time program)
thin-wall case
things-things
to put to use
turns away
underguard
Valsörarna
watchmaking
wheel train
whisky-and-sodas
White Russians
wrod