1. Hurricane Dolly has left behind muddy waters and downed power lines. But residents in south Texas are thankful the storm did not pack more of a wallop. Early damage estimates put losses at 750 million dollars. 2. Barack Obama draws more than 200,

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belabor, [bi'leibə] v (喋喋不休地,反复地,冗长地)讨论,分析;痛打=baste=drub=lambaste=pummel=wallop 【例】Don't belabor the point 别再罗嗦了。 【记】labor劳动-不断劳动-反复做或说 【类】

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BBC Learning English London Life Rhyming slang Callum:Hello I'm Callum Robertson and this is London Life In the programme today we take a brief look at rhyming slang, an interesting form of vocabulary where an expression which rhymes with word you m

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Codswallop: 废话 如果告诉您,codswallop源于一个叫Codd(考特)的人生产的wallop(一种啤酒饮料),即codswallop=Codd's wallop(考特的啤酒),您是否有兴趣猜一猜codswallop和这酒饮料的联系呢? 先给大

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