tchetvert (plural tchetverts)
an obsolete Russian unit of capacity

A: I am not certain, but I think I might ask to be considered for the new job. B: Why are you considering trying for it? A: I think that I might like it, but I am still thinking about it. B: What is it about this job that appeals to you? A: I think t

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A: I am considering going for the new job that was posted yesterday. B: Are you certain that that is what you want to do. A: It may not be the best choice for me, but I am considering it. B: Why do you think that this would be a good move? A: I belie

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Merchants Put New Spin on Advertising He has been spinning signs for five years. There is a lot of money being made in advertising, he says. The income, however, is not the only reason Moreno loves his job. I have the most fun doing what Im doing, he

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A: I was thinking about applying for the new position. B: Do you think that is a good idea? A: It seems like a good idea but I am not really sure. B: What are your main concerns? A: Well, it would give me a chance to grow, but I am wondering if I wou

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A: This is the first time I've seen these batteries on sale. B: I'm sorry, but they aren't on sale today. A: Well, look at the ad. The ad says they're on sale. B: Yes, the ad says that the other brand of batteries is on sale. A: Oh, yes. I misread th

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Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is how to format vertical lists. Most of the grammar books I own only partially address vertical lists. One book discusses capitalization, another partially discusses punctuation, and so on. Only the Chicago Manual of

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No I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way The story goes You always smile but in your eyes Your sorrow shows Yes it shows No I can't forget tomorrow When I think of all my sorrow When I had you th

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Can anybody find me somebody to love Each mornin' I get up I die a little Can barely stand on my feet Take a look in the mirror and cry Lord what you're doing to me I have spent all my years in believin' you But I just can't get no relief Lord Somebo

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See the stone set in your eyes See the thorn twist in your side I wait for you Sleight of hand and twist of fate On a bed of nails she makes me wait And I wait without you With or without you With or without you Through the storm we reach the shore Y

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Advertisements 广告 SHANGHAI TOYS IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION 上海玩具进出口公司广告 Shanghai Toys Imp. Exp. Corp, the first combination of industry and trade in China approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China, is

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A: You don't often find these batteries on sale. B: I'm not sure that these batteries are on sale today. A: But the ad says they're on sale. B: Yes, batteries are on sale, but not this brand. A: Well, what do you know? I picked up the wrong brand. B:

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A: These batteries should be on sale more often. B: I don't think these batteries are on sale. A: Look at the ad. It says they're on sale. B: You're right. Batteries are on sale, but not this brand of batteries. A: Oh. I didn't pay attention to the b

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A: I'm glad these batteries are on sale. B: I'm sorry. These batteries are not on sale. A: But that's what the ad says. B: I'm sorry. If you look at the ad again, you'll see that the other brand is on sale. A: Oh, you're right. I misread the ad. B: Y

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A: It's about time these batteries went on sale. B: I'm sorry. These aren't on sale today. A: You're kidding me. The ad says they're on sale. B: Yes, the other brand of batteries is on sale. A: Oh, I see. I've got the wrong brand. B: Yes, it's an eas

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 15 June 2007 Military officials say gunmen have abducted more foreign nationals working in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta. News of the hostage-takings come a day after the release from prison of a prominent militant leader, hai

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A landslide near Kaikoura blocked the road and railway from Picton to Christchurch on Friday night. While small landslides on the narrow road near Kaikoura are quite common, this is the biggest one ever in this area. It is about 100m long and covers

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Sunny: Did you hear the news? Nancy and Brian are splitting up. Igor: How long have they been married? Sunny: Eight years. Im sure it was the seven- year itch. I bet Brian was unfaithful to Nancy. Igor: How do you know? Maybe it was Nancy who had a w

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今天我们要学的词是glitch。 Glitch是小的故障或是瑕疵。A technical glitch, 是指技术上的故障,a security glitch, 是指安全方面的漏洞。The developers postponed the release of the new software due to a technical glitc

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I'm waking up to ash and dust, I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust, I'm breathing in, the chemicals, gahh ahhh. I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus. This is it, the apocalypse, woah. . I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones

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Experts call for child abuse crime after kindergarten scandals BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A crime of child abuse should be established in law to better protect children from abusive teachers or household nurses, according to Chinese experts. The la

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access board
activity meter
advanced maneuver
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ambient condition
aortic glands
arc absorber
audio-amplifier
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break silence
buying for resale
cat crane
central milling system
claim jumpers
continuous dew-point recorder
corn distiller's dried grain
counter-signature
crash-lands
croing
current-source converter
DAEC
delta ferrite
detection of estrus
dew point
electric outlets
exchange rate misalignment
fatigabilities
fermentation alcohols
fissidens pellucidus
fog investigation dispersal operations
four-node oscillation
Galium minutissimum
gentleman of outs
glacial outwash
goranin
handicapped ramp
hathersages
hdbk.
hurricane globe
hut
hypophonia
indicated glass column
indigoferas
infrared desiccation
isochronal annealing
isohion
lining carrier
Lippmann effect
lipreading system
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martrix alloy
maximum relief percentage
memory use delta
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meter closing reading
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microscopic constant
misremember
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nitrosyl radical
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parallelism of agitator-hole flange
pendular fibroma
pilot door
political cooperation
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quotations list
radical treatment in chronic case
raw vegetables
reversed phase thin layer plate
silicon fluorochlorobromide
Silver Solders
single atrium
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stiffening diaphragm
stopper handle
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tiphia brevilineata formosana
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