ordalium (plural ordalia)
(obsolete) Trial by ordeal.

THE MAKING OF A NATION -November 21, 2002: Gerald Ford By Jeri Watson VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special English program a

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Words and Their Stories: Santa Claus Now, the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Santa Claus is someone who will remain in the hearts of children forever. He is the make-believe person who brings toys and other gifts to children at Chri

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Scientists Working to Save Chesapeake Bay Oyster Population Chespeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay, on the Atlantic coast, is the largest estuary in the United States. It is famous for its seafood, especially crabs and oysters. However, in the last centur

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We all use them when we send text messages; now they have been included in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). They are the online abbreviations OMG, oh my God; LOL, laughing out loud; FYI, for your information; and IMHO, in my

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Words To Live By 生活的忠告 Anonymous/无名氏 Ill give you some advice about life. 给你生活的忠告 Eat more roughage; 多吃些粗粮; Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains; 给别人比他们期望的更多,并用心去

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Words and Their Stories: All About Names 词汇典故:和人名有关的短语 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 A persons name is very important. Some names also ha

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is ain't and a few other troublesome contractions. To quote the famous opening lines of the first-ever talking picture, The Jazz Singer: Wait a minute, wait a minute! You ain't heard nothin' yet! You may have been chi

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is subversive Christmas carols. And now, on to our question. There's a listener named Kat whose holiday joy is crushed every time she hears the Christmas carol Joy to the World. She asks: Why do we sing 'Joy to the wo

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WordsandTheirStories:I'mFeelingVeryBlue 词汇典故:颜色 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 (MUSIC) Every people has its own way of saying things, its own special

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Ahmar, El Bahr el
air gap clearance
ammonia oxidizing bacteria
angle diameter
annette
arenaria carolinianas
basifixed
battery tractor
blue phlox
business taxation
capitophorus montanus
cheapening out
chilling department
Chinese speech input
chockfuls
churches of the brethren
clemently
conjuctivae
countertimes
Darcys law
Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jone's locker
diatom(aceous)ooze
documentary export bill
election-campaign
excess money in circulation
exploitationer
explosion proof fan
feeder effect
five-toed jerboa
Fominki
forespurs
forest of public establishment
frack us
general fund appropriation accounts
glycerin-alpha-monoisoamyl ether
good old dayss
hardware circuit
hematolith
herde
historical film
immediate operation instruction
industrial complex
inter-continental-ballistic missile
Kenedy County
levelling range
life line pistol
likelihood detection
look to sb to do sth
low carbon martensitic steel
manusission
maskette
medial s's
membranated
methocidin
molvas molvas
most closed crossing
national security exchange
neither ... nor
oat straw
oidium leonuri-sibirici
old-age-based
onoploid
pbis
penetration funnel
Phenethine
Phenobal
photoguide
Pigment cells of skin
Plougonver
plunger type viscometer
point of safe return
posterior peduncle
priscilla
privilege of self-defence
pylocheles (bathycheles) incisus
rebo
recombination rate
relaxation oscillation frequency
river rectification
rnaseh
rotary type agitator
safe bearing load
salesgirl
San Ysidro
sangmas
set forward rule
set sb thinking
small-circulations
spatial moment
Stark.
stellionate
take to bosom
theme-park
thiosilicic acid
thumb down
ticketing
TLEV
turbine output test
Van de Graaff machine
viewdisk
water content meter
zehabus