单词：thumb on the scale
(idiomatic) An act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.
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今天李华穿着沾满泥土的裙子来找Larry。Larry觉得奇怪，问李华为什么今天裙子这么脏。 李华会学到两个常用语：green thumb和go off the deep end。 LL: Li Hua, why is there dirt all over your dress? (Li Hua looks
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Lesson 30 Text A The Bloody Thumb I met the old man at a cafe. I was a stranger in the town.
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008 Thumbelina Once upon a time, there lived a woman who had no children. The woman went to a sorcerer and begged, I want to raise a pretty baby. The sorcerer then gave her a flower seed. As soon as the seed was planted, a tulip blossomed forth. From
汪培珽儿童英文分级书单三 An I can read
Once there was a maiden, so beautiful and kind. She was the smallest maiden fair that you could ever find. She was sweet and she was gentle, and she loved the simple way. At night she slept in a walnu
迪斯尼儿歌第二集
Nobody wants to stick out like a sore thumb , but sometimes it happens. In this episode, we look at expressions that describe people and things that are different from the rest, often in a negative way. We also focus on to be out of place and to be t
英语博客-北美风情
《老友记》第一季第3集 详解 The One With the Thumb 本集简介： 2007-10-15 11:27飞来横财： 罗斯终于发现真相：童年时的爱犬奇奇死掉了、而不是被送往农场养老，当年被父母善意的欺骗了。钱德戒烟
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Green thumb Green light 今天美国两个很有名的年轻电影明星，一个叫Paul Newman，另一个叫Tom Cruise。不久前他们一起拍了一部电影，叫「绿钞票」。这是因为美国
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green thumb all thumbs 我们今天要给大家介绍的两个习惯用语都和我们的大拇指有关。大拇指在英文里是：thumb。 每个人手上都有两个大拇指，而且天天都用它
美国习惯用语
今天我们要学的词是rule of thumb。 Rule of thumb, 经过反复实践，得出的一般规律。一项最新研究指出，少吃能长寿。 The rule of thumb is that by eating 15 % less starting at age 25 you could add 4.5 years to your lif
英语单词荟萃
Think arranged marriages are loveless? Not so, says psychologist Robert Epstein, a contributing editor for Scientific American MIND magazine. He spoke March 10 at the 92nd Street Ys Tribeca site in New York City: And theres even a study published in
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under the thumb to stick out like a sore thumb 我们每个人的一双手都有十个手指，其中最有力的就是我们的大拇指。大拇指在英文里就是thumb。 我们已经给大家介绍
美国习惯用语
今天我们要学的词是rule of thumb。 Rule of thumb, 经过反复实践，得出的一般规律。一项最新研究指出，少吃能长寿。 The rule of thumb is that by eating 15 % less starting at age 25 you could add 4.5 years to your lif
英语每日一词
图片1 Thumbelina (part 2). The frog watched and waited until Thumbelina's mother went inside the cottage to get a cup of lemonade for Thumbelina. Then the frog jumped out from behind the reeds where he had been hiding and captured Thumbelina. He ca
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Thumbelina. There was once a woman who lived in a tiny cottage which had a beautiful garden. She was very happy tending her garden, but over time she became sad. She had no children who could share her garden with her. She decided to ask the old witc
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Small-Scale Irrigation Nets Large-Scale Payoff A new study shows small-scale irrigation systems could boost farmers incomes by billions of dollars in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The research was discussed at the World Water Week conference in
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He wanted to use his thumb drive. He always kept it in his left pants pocket. He started digging around in that pocket. He couldn't feel the drive. Nothing is ever easy, he thought. He emptied his pocket. He put everything on the desk, but there was
英文短篇故事（纽约）
歌词如下： Where is thumbkin?Where is thumbkin? Here I am.Here I am. How are you this morning? Very well, I thank you. Run away.Run away. Where is pointer?Where is pointer? Here I am.Here I am. How are you this morning? Very well, I thank you. R
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今天我们要学的词是 large-scale。Large-scale 大规模的。The police busted a large-scale drug-trafficking ring. 警察捕获了一个大型毒品走私集团。Russia said that it is not planning a large-scale evacuation of its citizens l
英语单词荟萃
JERUSALEM, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Israeli researcher Jacob (Koby) Scheuer, from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) School of Electrical Engineering, has developed a nano-scale gyroscope, the Ha'aretz daily reported Sunday. Scheuer developed a new optic-fiber n
英语新闻
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Utah Jazz may miss Mo Williams in Monday's game as the starting point guard suffered an injured right thumb, the NBA club announced on Sunday. Williams sustained the injury in a loss on Saturday at Miami and will be fu
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