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Of Human Bondage 人性的枷锁 Chapter 46
22-07-21 Philip did not find living in Paris as cheap as he had been led to believe and by February had spent most of the money with which he started. He was too proud to appeal to his guardian, nor did he wish Aunt Louisa to know that his circumstances were...
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microwait 微波炉等待
22-04-07 有微波炉的办公室常常很多人带饭，一到中午，就出现微波炉等待。 Microwait is the consequence of the lunchtime rush for the microwave in corporate settings. 公司里到了饭点，大伙儿都抢着去用微波炉热饭，去晚了就要排队的情况就叫微波炉等待。 例句： Im going...
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An Irishman, A Mexican, And A Blond Guy Were Having Lunch
22-03-09 An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building. They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, Im...
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Twilight 暮光之城：暮色 Chapter 6 Scary Stories
22-01-21 As I sat in my room, trying to concentrate on the third act of Macbeth, Iwas really listening for my truck. I would have thought, even over thepounding rain, I could have heard the engines roar. But when I went topeek out the curtain again it was su...
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两个lose相关的易曲解表达
21-10-27 1 lose it失控；发狂；发怒 lose是遗失，但lose it并不是丢了东西，而是失去了理智，真正意思就是情绪失控了。lose it常形容某人突然大哭大笑或大喊等情绪崩溃的瞬间。 例句： Sara is usually a calm girl, but she lost it after being dumped. 萨拉平常是一个沉着冷...
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be going to, doing, be about to, mean to
21-10-14 先来看看 be going to 的结构。在谈论未来的安排时，be going to 往往强调主观上打算或决定要做某事，但做这件事情的具体时间或地点等细节可能还不确定，来听两个例句。 Examples Im going to have lunch in the park today. （我今天打算在公园里吃午饭。） We are go...
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eat sb's lunch 打败某人
21-08-11 eat sbs lunch字面意思是吃了某人的午饭，实际上是表达打败某人（to be much more successful than someone）。 例句： Unless were careful, foreign competitors will eat our lunch. 如果我们不小心谨慎，外国的对手会打败我们。 Ive been practicing really hard b...
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ladies who lunch 花大量时间用来社交的人
21-08-11 ladies who lunch指的是花大量时间用来社交的人，通常是指有钱又闲的人。在过去有钱人家的太太们会在吃精致又贵的午餐时侃侃而谈，进行社交。 这个短语来自美国作曲作词家史蒂芬桑德海姆（Stephen Sondheim）上世纪70年代的一首歌： A toast to that invincible bunchL...
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power lunch 午餐会
21-08-11 power lunch是午餐会，指公司人员（通常是高层）在吃午餐时开的会（an occasion at which people eat lunch while they are working and talking about business）。 例句： Were discussing the possibilities of a company merger over a power lunch this afternoon...
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free lunch 不费力或者不付出代价就能白白获得的东西
21-08-11 中文里有俗语天下没有免费的午餐，英文也有，那就是free lunch。free lunch指不费力或者不付出代价就能白白获得的东西。 例句： There is no such thing as a free lunch. 天下没有白吃的午餐。 Hell hardly offer you a job if you dont contribute to his party; the...
