The 10 most popular girls names for 2012 in New Zealand were Olivia, Sophie, Emily, Charlotte, Ruby, Ella, Amelia, Sophia, Ava, Chloe. In 2011, the most popular girls name was Ruby. The 10 most popular boys names for 2012 were Jack, Oliver, William,

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Names by Katherine Bilsborough Shakespeare told us that a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet. But is that true? Are names important? Are you happy with the name that you were given as a baby? And how do you choose a name for your own child

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What would you call your baby? Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even though New Zealand has quite liberal rules about naming children, names beginning with a number are not allowed. They decided to c

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1、not worth a red cent Worthless. 一文不值 e.g. I don't know how I'm going to tell that woman that her prized collectibles are not worth a red cent. 我不知道我要怎么告诉那位女士,她珍贵的收藏品其实一文不值。 a red c

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From the CNN center in Atlanta, I'm Nicole Lapin. Here is your NOW IN THE NEWS update. We saw in Texas where a powerful oil refinery explosion has shut down Interstate 20, right near the town of Big Spring. Our first pictures of this explosion, as y

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Parents must register the name of their baby before the child is 2 months old. Each year, we learn the most popular names for girls and boys. Last year the most popular girls name was Ruby. This is quite an old name, popular in the time of our grand-

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