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今天要讲的三个习惯用语里都有下面这个词：stick。Stick这个词有不少解释。作为名词的时候它可以解释成为一根细长的木棍，但是在用作动词的时候，它和不同的词搭配就有不同的解释。例如

2007-12-25, Crop Circles--麦田怪圈

Johnny, looking out there. What do you see? field, some hay. No, its more than that, mate. Come on, now work with me here. What is it? Honestly man, I just see a field. It's a cosmic canvas. It's a blank supernatural sheet for extra terrestrial art.

Lesson 30 - STICK TO ONE'S GUN / SHOOT THE BREEZE

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Lesson 37 - BREAK ONE'S NECK / STICK ONE'S NECK OUT

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[00:00]J：Shit! Hey, get down! Hey! [00:07]C：Hey! Is this what they call copping a feel? [00:09]J：What? No! Get up. Jesus! [00:13]C：What's your name? [00:14]J：My name? Mud... if anybody sees you.

美国习惯用语:350 stick one's neck out

我们还要讲两个由neck这个词组成的习惯用语。第一个是: stick one's neck out。在这个习惯用语里stick是个动词，意思是伸。这样看来stick one's neck out就是伸出脖子来。这个习惯用语很可能来自宰鸡

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Todd: So Jonathan, I thought we would talk about UFOs. Jonathan: Sure. Todd: So do you believe in UFOs? Jonathan: I think that the chance that there is intelligent life in the universe is overwhelmingly likely. But I don't think they're constantly vi

Lesson 162 - GET IT IN THE NECK / STICK OUT ONE'S NECK

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Lesson 99 - TURN ONE'S BACK ON SB. GET ON ONE'S BACK

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 14 February 2007 The small, impoverished former Portuguese colony, Guinea Bissau, has one cash crop - cashews. It accounts for an estimated 80 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Eighty-five percent of the population depend

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Poppy cultivation(栽培) and production in Afghanistan has decreased sharply, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says opium（鸦片） cultivation has dropped by 22% in a year and production by 10%. The biggest falls