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Topics: American Presidents-James A. Garfield; to resign/draw/abandon match; gorgeous versus magnificent; nail in (someone's) coffin Words: to be raise canal to pursue session to nominate candidate slogan tow path administrative to appoint patronage

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[00:00.00]It's quite easy,isn't it? [00:03.10]Do you want to make one? [00:05.07]Sure.I'll get some paper, [00:07.32]colour pencils and scissors. [00:10.00]Good.Then we can take our planes [00:12.30]to the park and fly them there. [00:15.14]I think m

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A Nail or a Fly 钉子还是苍蝇 One day an old gentleman whose eyesight was failing came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine in each hand. On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail. So the moment he hung them on it, the bottle

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Some movies and television shows can be very tense and dramatic, and weve got a handful of expressions to talk about them. This episodes all about the exciting things we see on screen or read in books that keep us wanting to know more and make us anx

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Believe it or not, the English language has about 25,000 idiomatic expressions. And some of the oldest ones have very interesting histories. Today our question involves an expression from early English literature. It comes from Dimitrije in Serbia. H

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Work hard on the following problems to see if you can answer them in new ways! 1. What is the difference between here and there? 2. What are the strongest days of the week? 3. Why did man put wheels on his rocking chair? 4. Why is the letter R like C

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在日常会话或者写作中恰到好处地使用习惯用语能让您的语言别有风味。我们今天要学的习惯用语都包括这个词: nail。它的意思是钉子。但是nail也可以作动词，意思是用钉子钉。例如，我们要

Milan draw 2-2 with Palermo

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Nail Polish Business Booms In Weak Economy

While many U.S. businesses are suffering in the weak economy, one industry has been picking up speed. Women are now spending more money on their nails. They are getting more daring - straying from the basic shades of red and painting blues, greens an

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