North American term for an extemely ignorant, possible inbred person. Usually of rural heritage.

see also: hick, mouthbreather, yokel
> "Some folks will never eat a skunk, but then again some folks'll - like Cletus the slackjawed yokel."
> --The Simpsons

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My coworker suddenly quit so I have to work overtime to pick up the slack. 我的同事突然辞职了,所以我必须加班来接他留下的工作。 slack可表示绳子松脱的部分,pick up the slack本指拉紧绳子松脱的部分,引伸的

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1. He was so hard on me last night。 他昨晚对我很凶。 2. I have a hard time with my girlfriend。 我跟我女友关系非常不好。 3. You're getting on my nerves。 你惹毛我了。 4. Get off my back, I didn't sleep last night。 不要

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[00:01]C:My diary! My diary, that's brilliant! [00:03]I should have told her it was my diary. She never would have made me read her my diary. [00:07]M:You know, that's true. You'd be a great person to have around the day after an emergency. [00:1

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It's called the what? The peach what? 叫什么,桃什么 The Peachoid. 大桃子 It's a giant water tower in the shape of a peach. 那是一座桃子状的巨型水塔 I just googled it. The Peachoid. 我刚谷歌了,大桃子 She was 17, Linda.

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Unit 6 Chat Conversation 1 A : What's the bonus like at your company ? B : Well , it's OK , I suppose . We get about the equivalent of six months' salary . A : Six months' salary ? Are you serious ? That's incredible! B : Maybe. But you'd be amazed

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这是星期六,Li Hua 一大早就到Larry 的宿舍叫他一块儿去跑步。在今天的谈话 中,Li Hua 会学到两个常用语:sleep in 和slacker。 LL: come in! LH: 哎呀,Larry, 你怎

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喜欢冒险、热爱旅行、酷爱被一手掌握的小刺猬Biddy近日火爆网络。出门在外,旅行时要用的那些英文,你都会说吗?今天,我们来说说热门的旅行口语有哪些! Can you provide me some travel tips? 能传

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1. This hard boss is a slave driver. 老板简直就是奴隶主! 2. Hes a real hard-nosed boss. Hard-nosed是固执的意思,不灵活。 3. He would never give us any slack. Slack是松懈的意思,在这里指老板从不给轻省的任务来做

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A self-professed introvert, which is fitting for a company that sells itself on textual communication, he values efficiency and candour. After Yahoo bought Flickr, he worked there for a few years. Everything was horrible, ugly, slow, difficult to use

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