俚语口头禅:Basket case

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Once in a while, someone dies and you remember where you were and what you were doing when you heard the sad news. Thousands of people worldwide felt that way when they heard that the beautiful Anna Nicole Smith had suddenly died. It was a tragedy th

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Russell closed the tailgate of the pickup and they drove to the dock. It was a cold day, and it was raining. They transferred the barrel into the back of Russells 25-foot fishing boat. The boat was named Staci, although it had first been named Kathy,

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George Gobel thinks that he might have helped dump his own sisters body. George told police that recently his brother-in-law Russell had asked him to help move a big metal barrel out of his house. Ill buy you a case of Bud, Russell promised. The barr

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Diego: Thats three in six months! Natalie: Whats three in six months? Diego: Thats three of this companys employees who have been hired away by other companies. First, there was Lamar. I wasnt surprised that headhunters were interested in Lamar, sinc

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Ewan: Whos running the videoconference next week? Petra: I am. Desmond put me in charge of it last week. Ewan: Oh, somebodys moving up in the world. Its nice that hes giving you more responsibility. Petra: Yeah, but Im not sure Im ready. Ewan: Ive se

Modern English 洋话连篇（八）

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Lesson 96 - BASKET CASE / ALL WASHED UP

basket case all washed up 今天我们要给大家介绍两个表示毫无希望的习惯用语。我们要讲的第一个常用语是：basket case。 Basket的意思就是

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Anton: Look at that guy. Hes been in town two weeks and hes already throwing his money around . Vanessa: You know as well as I do that money talks . Hes just trying to make a splash in the business community. Anton: If that were all he was doing then

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