it does exactly what it says on the tin
(idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) What is described or what one would expect with no further explanation needed.

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Tinpan Alley By Susan Kelen Broadcast: Sunday, October 10, 2004 Now, the VOA Special English Program Words and Their Stories. Today, we tell about the expression, tinpan alle

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Lesson 26:Wanted: a large biscuit tin 征购大饼干筒 Listen to the tape then answer the question below. 听录音,然后回答以下问题。 Listen who the prize for biggest biscuit? No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as

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RAMALLAH, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian leadership refused Monday Israel's objection of using the words State of Palestine instead of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) after its status upgrade in the United Nations. Israel should abide by the

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'Rin Tin Tin' Recounts Dog's Rise to Stardom Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend, has vivid memories of the German Shepherd from her 1950s childhood, when the animal performed daring rescues on a television series. But as she

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Sorry,there is not text temporarily, Please help tingroom to look for it! 如果您能找到好的听力原文,请发贴到 听力原文收集区 ,您将会获得10到30积分的奖励! Thank you!

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Bumpity-bump! Ten-year-old Violet Alden clung to the edge of the Jeeps open window. This is the bumpiest car weve ever been in, she exclaimed. Its the bumpiest road weve ever been on, Jessie said, pushing her bangs out of her eyes. Its both, agreed H

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AMERICAN MOSAIC -April 26, 2002: Museum Show About Women Spies / Re -creating Lindbergh's Famous Flight / A Song About a Train american-mosaic-02-04-26 (MP3) america-mosaic-02-04-26 (RealAudio) HOST:

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GAZA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Three more Palestinians were killed late on Monday night in the ongoing Israeli warplanes airstrikes on various targets in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll since the start of the Israeli attack to 110 Palestinians, med

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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, who is currently on a visit to the Middle East, will meet with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to support the Egyptian- led goal of an early cease-fire between Israel and the

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Palestinian official expects vote on bid of UN recognition at year- end RAMALLAH, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official expected on Friday that the vote in the UN on the Palestinian bid of recognizing the state of Palestine as a non-memb

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As the 19th century rolled into the 20th, a young entrepreneur named Henry Ford boasted, I will build a car for the great multitude. He tried and tried, naming each of his models of what was then called the horseless carriage after a succeeding lett

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Palestinian security forces are to begin deploying in the southern Gaza Strip this week - after already fanning out across the north to halt militant attacks against Israelis. The move comes as Israel and Palestinians appear close to a cease-fire and

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Having been married ten years and still living in an apartment, the wife would often complain about anything, as she was tired of saving every penny to buy a dream home.Trying to placate (安抚)her, the husband found a new apartment, within their bu

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IN THE NEWS – June 29, 2002: Palestinian Elections and Arafat By Caty Weaver This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program IN THE NEWS. The Palestinian Authority announced Wednesday that

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Teen Inventors Fight Tinnitus Irish teenagers Eimear OCarroll and Rhona Togher developed a treatment they hope will help people with tinnitus, an unpleasant ringing in the ears. Cynthia Graber reports Ever get a ringing in your ears after a loud blas

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trailblazer cutting edge 今天我们要给大家介绍的两个俗语都有

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当别人对你说一些无聊的话的时候,你不想再听,这时可以用you wastin my minutes回答,意思是别浪费我的时间。与bitch please用法相同。 英文释义: for use when someone says something stupid and you just don

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 05 June 2007 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, smiles while heading up a meeting with PLO executive committee in Ramallah, 04 Jun 2007 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is warning that factional infighting has put Palesti

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Justin Moore 乡村风新单《Lettin' The Night Roll》!乡村风的歌曲能让我们安静下来,心情也会变得很舒缓。很好听的歌,人长得也帅哦。 歌词: That water towers got the sun going down behind it If theres a goo

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Sittin' in silence on my own 独自安静的坐在这里 Wait 'til everybody's gone 等待着其他人全部离场 And only I can see what it means to be 但只有我看得出这意味着什么 Sittin' here in silence on my own 独自安静的坐在这

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学英语单词
absurdisms
Acari, R.
agree to sth
alcuni
allocated expense
austempered ductile iron
bailjumper
basic adder register
Bhave Vinoba
Bigtha
bin system
broadleaf, Broadleaf
buckle up
built-up crankshaft web
bypass ratio
Caballonema
caesarisms
chicken liver
compression bar
Culion Island
decision break-even chart
depressor analis muscle
destroyed
detector characteristic curve
dictatour
disattentions
disseminule type
equivalent length of pipe for local heat loss
excess semiconductor
exteriorizing
foundry alloy
frequency setter
fuel encapsulating machine
galactan
gelsemicine
gives ground
going-home
good cure
Great Bend
hypoglycemia of newborn
invisible hand
irritation
Koshkonong, L.
krautheimer
Kuz'movka
leukocyte aggregate
life coaches
liner bill of lading
Litene
litsea sericea hook f.
Llanerchymedd
logical block addressing
melanophores
Middle Devonian Series
Mucorineae
MULTIBUS
neutralized sulfite liquor
non-crushable linen
nooksack
opportunity costs
orographic wave drag
partnerings
penetration study
plucking cycle
poster car
powder hound
projecta
pronucleus(van beneden 1875)
quality-differentiation model
raves
reactive volt ampere
recurrent iridocyclitis
Revyakino
rhipiphorothrips cruentatus hood
safety against fracture
sclerotium cinnamomi
serial data transmission
slayter
social impact
solvent process
spent fuel shipping
spiles
squential testing
standard-hour plan
standby electric power plant
super-absorbent
superhilac
tide-pole
toluenediamine
tomentolide
top tank air
torsional accelerometer
Trichobaris trinotata
two-layer spiral coil
ultrasonic modulation cell
under favourable auspices
van der waals constant
vessails
Villa Brana
Vârtop
wormholed
xenogenous deposit