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I complimented one of my co-workers on having lost ten pounds. However, I couldn't resist bragging that when I was 17, 1 weighed 225 pounds and today I tip the scales at 224. 1 added,

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: You may know Paula Poundstone from the smash public radio hit - other than this program - Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! But she's also an accomplished author, now of two books, all the more an accomplishment because each book

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sometimes good research can get done with a tool so simple a child could do it. For instance, scientists around the world recently set out thousands of fake caterpillars made from clay. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce explains why. NE

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Is that bag heavy, Penny? Not very. Here! Put it on this chair. What's in it? A piece of cheese. A loaf of bread. A bar of soap. A bar of Chocolate. A bottle of milk. A pound of sugar. Half a pound of coffee. A quarter of pound of tea. And a tin of t

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今天我们要学的词组是pound。 Pound既是英国的货币英镑, 也是一个重量单位。作为动词呢,pound的意思是猛击,猛烈敲打。 比如有人在砰砰地敲门,Somebody is pounding at the door 美国东海岸地区四

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ROME, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Juventus head coach Antonio Conte said he was responsible for Parma' s equaliser at their 1-1 draw with the Serie A leaders at home on Sunday. The Bianconeri were held to a 1-1 draw after Mirko Vucinic' s dummy was intercept

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