(swanker 的复数) n. 摆架子的人, 虚张声势者
plural of swanker
s imposingly fashionable and elegant

Look, said Benny. Its Mr. Porter! Sure enough, the owner of the radio station stepped out from amongst the shoppers. Whats going on? he asked. Oh, nothing really, Mike was quick to say. We were just congratulating the winners of the Great Detective R

发表于:2018-12-06 / 阅读(296) / 评论(0) 分类 115 The Great Detective Race

Once there were two friends Kanakaksha the owl and Sumitra the swan. Sumitra was the king of the swans. But Kanakaksha was an ordinary owl. He was afraid to let Sumitra know that he was a poor owl. So he told Sumitra that he was also a king and also

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Words and Their Stories: Swan Song 词汇典故:天鹅之歌 Now, the 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) The white swan with its long, graceful neck is among the most beau

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Winter Holidays. This is the time of the year when many movie goers crave lavish productions. And holiday movies echo that spirit. Hollywood shines with glitz, over-the-top special effects and expensive film productions. Three fit the bill: Black Swa

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Long time ago, there lived a King. He was lazy and liked all the comforts of life. He never carried out his duties as a King. Our King does not take care of our needs. He also ignores the affairs of his kingdom. The people complained. One day, the Ki

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The Greencards 是一支三人的新蓝草乐队,他们成名于奥斯汀音乐节。乐队成员 Eamon McLoughlin 伦敦人在英国皇家音乐学院学习,求学期间他七次获得小提琴表扬奖。13岁那年他第一次演奏乡村音乐,

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( tonguetwister ) Swanswamoverthesea, Swim,swan,swim! Swanswambackagain, Wellswum,swan!

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Some South Africans Voice Discontent With Ruling ANC 南非出现反对执政党ANC的声音 JOHANNESBURG South Africans are preparing for elections scheduled for May 7, and some former officials with the ruling ANC have called for a protest vote aga

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disappointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my f

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Put your white tennis shoes on and follow me Why work so hard When you could just be free You got your moment now You got your legacy Let's leave the world for Once to change everything Nothing could stop the two of us Let's just get lost that's what

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disapointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my fa

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My favorite season has to be autumn, although when it gets to autumn I feel slightly disapointed because I know that after summer the weather gets colder and the nights get shorter and the evenings get darker. I still really like autumn. One of my fa

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A raven envied a swan the whiteness of her plumage;and,thinking that her beauty was owing to the water in which she lived,deserted the altars where he used to find his livelihood,and betook him-self to the pools and streams.There he plumed

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Over 20 ice-skating medalists at the Olympics, World Championship and other international events are now bringing the citizens in Beijing a Swan Lake on Ice show, accompanied by Tchaikovsky's music. These medalists are now employed by the Imperial Ic

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英语学习笔记: the selfie posters 自拍爱好者 the likers 点赞专业户 the fitness fanatics 健身狂人 the travelers 旅游达人 the foodies 美食家 the lurkers 潜水员 the promoters 微商 the lovers 最佳情侣

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Once again, Christchurch is hosting the Buskers Festival. This time it is the 19th year. Buskers are street performers. Listen to January 24th 2011 to hear about last years events. This year it will be different but the same, said organizers. The ven

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What are buskers? They are street performers. They perform circus acts like acrobatics or juggling, or singing and dancing, and they are always very clever and very funny. They get paid at the end of their show when the audience throws money in the h

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人们的情绪是经常变化的。喜、怒、哀、乐我们都体验过。在这一个讲里,我们就给大家介绍四个表达愤怒的习惯用语。第一个习惯用语:是 lose your cool。Lose是失去的意思,cool在这里是名词。

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Athlete,来自英国的四人独立摇滚乐队,这首Black Swan Song,黑天鹅之歌,出自他们09年的专辑Black Swan。这里的acoustic版本中安静的钢琴伴奏加上主场冷静而充满反思的声音,让人宛如身处黑夜的

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Listen Read Learn Daniel: Dad, when will you finish your cooking? Dad: Several minutes. Daniel: So what should I do now? Dad: Then, pass me a bowl for the soup. Daniel: Where's the bowl gone? Dad: Look for it yourself, please! Kinda busy here, Daniel

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a.z
acidophilous indicator plant
act of settlement
aculeolatus
addisonian hyperpigmentation
alor star (alor setar)
anders
anti-jamming
arms-races
azlactone synthesis
be subjected to severe tests
bed-and-breakfasting
Bouncing ball
bowked
bx
by turn bidding
cabbage
calcifiers
calidris acuminata
cat in gloves catches no mice
chemometrics
clamworms
cornstalk macerator
critical spirit
cumberlandite (cumengite)
database manager
dedde
diethylstilboestrol
discontinuous reflection
dishumouring
effervescence(-cy)
eleomyenchysis
Elliot's sign
employees' pension fund
fern leaf crystal
financial account
fissurated
flame pulsation
flip chip transistor
functional prepubertal castration syndrome
genus Oriolus
Glomera aortica
hardy breed
heavy derrick boom
high frequency transceiver
homeokinesis
Imigran
ineffervescent
internal drilling
intransferable
Iophenoxic
isolated rat uterus assay
jogging bra
juncoes
kinetoscopefilm
laurentian system
lower shift
Metachalcolite
Michów
mind-in-itself
mining engineers
Muurla
n.d.c
non magnetic compass
oppressional
play the hand one is dealt
poke smot
program linking
protein chemistry
ptereleotris hanae
push or pull trip
push-pull hypothesis
race number
railway load out bin
reverse gearbox
ricefish
riomarinaite
saccharogalactorrhea
sailmaker's palm
Saxifraga afghanica
sayt
self-destructings
ship not responsible
slope top
stall warning device
struck joint
survey party
swept IF type spectrum analyzer
talm
tandem bridge
technoskepticism
telescopic hoist
the Confederation
tissular
topping lift leadline
tractor-dragged
trigger lockout
TZS
vehicle-borne measurement
velocity distance relation
wave moulding
zinc salt