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A: What can I help you with today? B: I need to talk to you about transferring. A: Where did you want to transfer to? B: I have no idea. A: You have plenty of time to think about it. B: What do I need to do in order to transfer? A: Youre going to nee

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【句子对照】 Financing your studies may seem like a tall order, but there is plenty of help available. 为你学习提供资金的要求太苛刻了点，不过可以给你很多帮助。 【关键俚语】 a tall order 英：difficult thing to do 中：离谱的要求

英语口语大赢家Topic73:点菜Order

丹尼尔和汤姆中午放学后到餐馆吃午餐，两个小家伙要吃虾球，好像又碰上了好玩的事情，究竟是怎么回事呢？ Listen Read Learn Daniel: Tom, we are in the restaurant now！ Waiter: May I take your order? Daniel: I'd like to see the menu, please. Waiter: OK, her

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The order of the day 意思是最重要的事，详解与例句如下。 例句： Itll take three months to repair the house. Now patience is the order of the day for us. 这个房子装修要三个月，对我们来说耐心是最重要的。 They

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A: Hi, is this the water company? B: This is the water company. May I help you? A: As a matter of fact, you can. B: What do you need? A: In a few days, Im going to be moving. B: Okay, and what do you need help with? A: Im going to need the water turn

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China's legislature ends bimonthly session

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我们今天要学两个习惯用语有共同的关键词：house。大家知道house是房子。我们要学的第一个习惯用语是：put one's house in order。 Put one's house in order从字面来看是整理自己的住房，但是习惯用语

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到了订货这个环境，应该离成功不远了,我们与客户之间的交易快要完成了。 1. We'd like to order your products. We'll send our official order today. 我们想订你们的货，今天会寄上正式的订单。 2. Did you get

Stone gets restraining order against delusional intruder

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