26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

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Roger's job requires him to take pictures of apartment interiors. A wide-angle lens is best for taking these pictures. Roger bought a new camera with a wide-angle lens. He took the camera home. He read the manual. The manual said nothing about how to

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A military manual said to have been smuggled out of North Korea, reveals Pyongyang's concern about electronic warfare technology used by the United States and South Korea. The document also indicates North Korea's military uses radar-absorbing paint

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I Need a User Manual for My Life! I was doing something routine a couple of days ago paying some first of the month bills online and I got stuck. For the life of me, I couldnt remember the name of one of the people I send payments to. All the informa

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Out of Pocket不只是掏腰包 美国话里有一句话:There's more than just meets the eye,意思是除了表层意义以外,还有更深一层意思。这句话用在out of pocket上,可以说是恰如其分。 out of pocket,一看这个说

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Broadcast on COAST TO COAST: July 24, 2003 AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- a look at the book writers turn to settle questions of style. RS: University of Chicago Press is just out with the 15th edition of the

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