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archipelago

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a series of islands

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types of volcano

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active, dorment, extinct

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a little bit of

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it was a little bit of a cooler morning, because we had some rain overnight.

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a thought cross my mind

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And as we were eating breakfast, I had a thought cross my mind as, ah, today would be a good day to go to the hot springs.

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right

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But unfortunately we don’t have hot springs right2 in our area

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mountainous

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up in the mountainous regions.

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stump

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lincon stand on a stump and pretent to be an important person in the town.

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stumble

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He stumbled and almost fell

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bumper to bumper

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the traffic is really bad, it is bumper to bumper

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thump

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walk very clumsy and slowly

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lump

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a small bump especially on the surface of the skin

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hump

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the double parts of a camel, sometimes it is used to describe a beauty’s rump is very sexy

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trump

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Hearts are trumps

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slump

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the little dog slumps to the doghouse, looking sad

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slurp

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he happily slurped and chewed

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splash

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it makes a big splash when the bullfrog jumped into the water

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spill

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He trip over Tiger’s plate and cat’s food spilled everwhere

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tumble

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A small boy tumbled off a third floor fire escape

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19
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chump

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Trump is a chump

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20
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Thump

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THUMP, THUMP fell the book. He couldn’t carry them all

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champ

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He had been, he said modestly, swimming champ at high school.

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thumb

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thumb up, thumb down

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triumph

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The championships proved to be a personal triumph for the coach, Dave Donovan

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pump

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he pump us the tire of the bicycle

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plump

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she is a very plump girl

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dump

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dumping rabbish is not good behaviour

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trumpet

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Trumpet is a small instrument.

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clumsy

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the clown is a clumsy boy who dress up costums

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smash

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Lindan have a jump smash

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smack

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when a beaver swims, it smacks the water with its tail. Smack!

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stretch

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the desert stretches across all of Egypt.

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sliver

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Owl sees a sliver of moon in the clear sky, it is kind of slim.

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light up

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the moon doesn’t shine on its own, the sun lights up the moon.

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humble,boastful

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be humble, not boastful

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35
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You will have to guess

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Could you please let me know what is your preference? You will have to guess.

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36
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do you know the major parts of a body

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feet, leg, round, rump, ribs, breast, shoulder

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bite, growl,wag

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the dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.

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swag

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swag is a popular style of hipop music

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meet and greet

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Rusty jumps up to greet her. Are you a good boy?

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40
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whine

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he could hear his dog barking and whining in the backyard

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41
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slump

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this is the circle of economy booms and slumps

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shiver

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He shivered in the cold. similar like shake

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peek,sneek, cheek, seek, week

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He sneeks out of the tent, and peeks out, the rain fall down his cheek as if he is crying

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44
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fess up

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if you mess up, fess up. Abrevation of confess, admit.

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spade, spear, split, spoil, spoon

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they all have the similar meaning to use something to make somethinginto two parts, spade is just like a spoon to carry soil or soup

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46
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span

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the longest river in the world is Nile River which is 4289 miles long and it spans 40 mile

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break down food

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I break down food by the acid in the stoumach

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48
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shape

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Each part of the earthworm is shaped like a ring and can bend and stretch.

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slimy

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His feet slippered in the slimy mud.

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slime

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there was a film of slime on top of the pond

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slide

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the slime kelps keep the worms cool and wet, and it also helps worms slide through soil.

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mate

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behaviour of animals when they have sex with the other one

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cocoon

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after their mate, a cocoon of slime forms

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tunnel

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earthworms build long tunnels underground, they help them hide from hungry animals

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bait

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earthworms make good fishing bait because fish think they are tasty food

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56
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overnight lows

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the overnight lows were going to be down around 12 to 13 degrees

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57
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plunge

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he plunge into the river

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plug

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he put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water

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it was freezing cold outside

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it is not chilled, not cold, it is freezing cold outside, it isalmost frigid

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hike in to access it

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they have to hike in to access the hot spring

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lug

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Nobody wants to lug around huge suitcases full of clothes

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luggage

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Leave your luggage in the hotel

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fungi

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If it grows on the tree, it is fungi, if it grows in the grass ,it is mushroom

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press ones nose against window

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I press my nose against the widow

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65
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they watch the March wind blow outside

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they watch the March wind blow outside

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doorstep

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can we sit on the doorstep

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67
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kite

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I want to fly my kite

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let go

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hold tight, I am going to let go.

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let go of

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I let go of my string

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tear

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A branch tore my kite.

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blind, blink, wink

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He like to wink or blink before he went blind

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72
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blind, blink, wink

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He like to wink or blink before he went blind.Wink means wave+blink

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73
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take care

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please alwayse take care of yourself

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take hold of

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He take hold of the kite string, the kite sails up and up, and he go up and up with it. Soon he fly out of sight. The other hoppers nearly burst into tears.

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75
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howl

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the dog howls in the street

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76
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walk by

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I walk by the riverside

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77
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on site

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We can do the experiment on site.

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78
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speck

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Speck means small spot.

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79
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hang by the door

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my shirt hangs by the door.

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80
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braids

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I would like to have a braids, this means many sliver of thin hiars. Please note that it should be in the catgary of branch because it is at the beginning of BR

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81
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trim and perm

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I wold like to have a trim, but not perm( permanent)

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82
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I would like to have my hair

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-cut, coloured, bleached, permed, streaked, styled, straightened, curled, layered

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83
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dandruff

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I have very bad dandruff

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84
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split ends

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I have got so many split ends of my hair.

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85
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coil

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Tod shook his head angrily and slung the coil of rope over his shoulder

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86
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podcast

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Podcast is a kind of thinds like facebook, twitter and website which is usually written by authors.

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socket，socks

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Pull out the plug from the socket.

Her eyes were sunk deep into their sockets

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shuffle dance

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shuffle dance is a kind of a pop dance

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shuttle

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shuttle is a kind of plane and it is also a bus tranfers passengers from one place to another place.

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tuft grass

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tuft grass is a small grass while turf grass is a kind of grass which was cut neatly

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slithery and slimy

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slithery usually describe snakes and slimy usually describe water or maple syrup

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dry and drought

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when it is extremely dry it will become drought

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backbone and spine

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backbone and spine are the most important bone at the back of one person

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scaly

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reptiles have dry, scaly skin

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leathery

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His hair and beard are both untidy and his skin is quite leathery

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shed

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snakes shed their their skins when they are too tight

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shed

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snakes shed their their skins when it becomes too tight

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shelter

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The city’s bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids

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rattlesnake

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rattlesnake is a special kind of snake which is really poisonous.

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venomous

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rattlesnake is venomous snake

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unadulterated harney

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I like to eat unadulterated harney, his company was accused of adulterating ‘all beef’ with cereal.

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salinity, salt, salty

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salinity means what’s the degree of slat that a ocean has

103
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treat it like

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dont treat me like a kid, i am already twenty years old

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for the most part

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for the most part means usually

105
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not a bit/not one bit

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I am not a bit happy but sometimes i am a little bit happy

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in the same boat

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The situation of the company is really bad, we are in the same boat

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health nut

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I am a health nut and I like to play sports and do exercise

108
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extract

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The doctor extract my blood from the arm

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side note

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making side not is reaaly a good way to learn new stuffs

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daily intake

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My daily take are two cups of milk, a egg and some pieces of breads

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diet

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I am on diet and i have a diet of carrot cake

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digest

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For the most parts my stomouch break down the food and digest them by the acid in the stomouch

113
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ingest

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I am ingesting an apple

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gruff

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sometimes it means tough, the ram said in a gruff and tough voice, Jacktal, you have done very well and you have brought the Lionpard for us to eat, my kid wa crying for his food. These words was more than Lionpard stood, he leaped away and began to run, he ran up and down the hills, though the bushes and under the rocks. He did not look back untail the ppr jacktal was bruised from head to toe.

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whisky

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A kind of well-known bevarage, or beer, or wine that for the most part is made in England

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whisk

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a kind of tool that for the most part is used for mixing egg in a plate

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whistle, whisper,whisker

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whistle is meaning making sa sound continuously by puffing out gas through the mouth to make it a little bit musical and whisper is meaning speaking somebody to some other one by very little voice preventing others hear. whisker is a kind of moustach that grows on the round side of the mouth

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unicycle

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unicycle is a kind of monocycle that for the most part has only one wheel

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crescent

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It was night and crescent moon shone brightly

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glitter

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The bay glittered in the sunshine.

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duke it out

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John told George to meet him in the alley so they could duke it out.

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mind reader

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I am not a mind reader.Look at your friends and family and see if you are a mind reader

123
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trouble in paradise

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I love that girl but i saw that girl hang out with other gus, so i have a trouble in paradise

124
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that special someone

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I have met that special someone

125
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soul mate

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she is my soul mate, she is my beloved

126
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absence makes the heart grow fonder

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someone i love is not with me , i still love her even more

127
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to put up walls

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dont put up walls when you want to appologize

128
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to make it work

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to put in effort to make the relationship work more smoother

129
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make sense

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that makes sense by saying that clearly

130
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mosque /ma:sk/

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hundreds of thousands of people packed into that mosque

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mask

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the gunman, whose mask had slippered, fled

132
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mask

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the gunman, whose mask had slipped, fled

133
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gangway

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a man in the gangway suddently stood up to reach for something in the overhead locker

134
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sneak upon, creep up, slide down

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one by one, the rats sneaked upon the ship. They crept up the wooden gangway. Then they slid down a rope and into a cargo bay.

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spice

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spice is for the most part a vegetable which is used to change the flavour of the food

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rag

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there are ragged holes chewed in the sacks of rice

137
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rag

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there are ragged holes chewed in the sacks of rice adn something had been nibbling the cheese

138
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trap

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set traps and catch the rats

139
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trip over

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the rats were much too smart to get trapped, they tripped the traps and ate the bacon and cheese

140
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hoist

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hoisting the suitcase on to my shoulder, i turned and headed toward the hotel

141
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sew

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sew the sails and bait more traps

142
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blow up

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a terrible storm blew up

143
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toss, tow

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toss a piny and tow the car

144
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toss, tow

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the ship was tossed around by the rough waves

145
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anchor

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he asked the sailer to drop the anchor

146
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chew through

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the ratty rats had chewed through the anchor rope

147
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yalk, yoke, yolk

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yalk means cattle, yoke means a pair of tools hang on the necks of the two bulls, yolk mean the central part of an egg

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fry

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the baby of a salmon

149
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fling

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the salmon fling herself into the air

150
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think-tank

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a group of people with great intelligence

151
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when it comes to

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when it comes to the soccer, i dont like to play soccer

152
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make the case that/make the arguement that

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though you make the case that you like to play soccer, i dont like to play soccer

153
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in terms of

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in terms of soccer, i have to say i dont like to play soccer

154
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in what way

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in what way should i make the report

155
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as opposed to

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as opposed to running, i prefer swimming

156
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be synonymous with

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playing too much game is synomymous with wasting time

157
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whatever happened to

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whatever happened to the actor, he looked like sick

158
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make a distinction between

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I am sorry i dont make

159
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shabby or ragged

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there was ragged holes chewed in the sacks of rcie

160
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slipcover

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it is better to buy a sofa with a slipcover because it is really good for kid and easy to put it inside a washer and dryer

161
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one way or the other

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one way or the other, we have to solve the problem

162
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grease the wheels

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i submit a application, for a long time, it has not been solved, i send some money to the guy who is responsible for the stuff, i would like to grease the wheels

163
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i cant say thank you enough

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you have really done a good job and you worked very hard, and i cant say thank you enough

164
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get off the right foot

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I really get off the right foot on my fisrt day of working in the new company

165
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i stand corrected

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when i argue with some other guy to discuss whether there is pink frogs, i argue that there is no pink frog but the other guy argued there is pink frog. After searching online, we really find no pink frogd, so i said i stand corrected which for the most part means i admit i was wrong

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to take the initiative

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on an dance party, no one would like to dance with a unformiliar guys, so i take the initiative to invite another girl to have the dance together.

167
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on cue

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right on cue the door opened

168
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two for the price of one

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buy one, get one free

169
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one way or the other

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one way or the other, i will stop him

170
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grease the wheels

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if you would like to improve the relationship with others, u can use some tiny methods to grease the wheels

171
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I cant say thank you enough

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when someone have done something very helpful to you, you would like to say i cant say thank you enough

172
Q

thanks, thank you, thank you very much, i cant say thank you enough

A

i cant reccomend enough

173
Q

get off on the right foot

A

i get off on the right foot on the first day of my first job

174
Q

I stand corrected

A

I admit that i was wrong

175
Q

to take the initiative

A

at a dance party, i take the initiative to invite a shy young woman to dance together

176
Q

fatherly advice

A

when you hope to do something which is needing much more experiences, you may ask your father for fatherly advice

177
Q

tip

A

The sleeves covered his hands to the tips of his fingers

178
Q

dapper

A

handsome, i would like to have my hair looked dapper

179
Q

the tip of the iceberg

A

the corruption is just the tip of the iceberg

180
Q

taproot

A

the main root of a tree

181
Q

half decent

A

the level is good, decent, half decent

182
Q

loud clothing

A

that guy wear a loud clothing

183
Q

to pull off something

A

I pull off grabing the cloth from the shop

184
Q

to pull in

A

th bus pull in the station

185
Q

to pull up

A

drag something up or the vehicle stop

186
Q

to be out there

A

crazy

187
Q

grey area

A

opposite position of black or white area

188
Q

white lie

A

a kind of lie

189
Q

repercussion

A

unintended result

190
Q

a little bit goes a long way

A

a little bit of harney goes a long way to help you recover quickly

191
Q

to do your part

A

i am doing my part for the enviroment

192
Q

bunch, bundle

A

the donkeys carried heavy bundles

193
Q

appreciate

A

the donkeys carried the bundles for miles, but they never felt appreciate for the work they did.

194
Q

be fed up

A

one day two donkeys got fed up. I am fed up with reading how women should dress to please men

195
Q

appreciate, fed up,

A

the donkeys never felt appreciate for the work they did. Two donkeys got fed up. They did not want to work all the time. They wanted to graze in grass fields, they wanted to drink from the clear streams, they wanted to lie on soft grass.

196
Q

a matter of minutes

A

they are whisked through the immgration and custom formalities in a matter of minutes

197
Q

trip, trip over, knock over

A

trip the trap and ate the bacon and cheese; the clumy boy tripped over Tiger’s bowl and cat’s food spilled everywhere; the donkeys become impatient, they began to kick and stir about. They knocked over the paint pot.

198
Q

roam

A

this is why both donkeys and zebras roam the earth, this is also why it is important to be patient

199
Q

shallow

A

the pool is shallow

200
Q

snout

A

the big nose sticking out of the cheek, especially used as animals’ nose

201
Q

windpipe

A

windpipe is the thin pipe used to breath

202
Q

nostril

A

The monster had two eyes and a single central nostril.

203
Q

toque

A

a kind of hat withour edge or trim

204
Q

seep

A

Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs

205
Q

in the middle of nowhere

A

At dusk we pitched camp in the middle of nowhere

206
Q

dusk(originated from dark),dusky

A

We arrived home at dusk.

Heavy gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks.

207
Q

seep, seek, sneek, peek, peep

A

Radioactive water had seeped into underground reservoirs

208
Q

do you know the different time interval of a day

A

at dawn (day), in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, at dusk, in the evening, at night/midnight

209
Q

do you know the different time interval of a day

A

at dawn (day), in the morning, at noon, in the afternoon, at dusk, in the evening, at night/midnight. The prenoun before different time is used alternatively, you can see at, in, at, in, at, in,at

210
Q

makeover

A

the makeover plan of the kitchen

211
Q

transform your community

A

connect, build and transform the community

212
Q

as the crow flies, or in a beeline

A

“As the crow flies” or “in a beeline” is an idiom for the shortest path between two points

213
Q

staple, stable

A

Rice is the staple food of more than half the world’s population

214
Q

lounge

A

The leis were sitting before a roaring fire in the lounge, sipping their tea

215
Q

chaise lounge

A

She proceeded to recline on a chaise longue

216
Q

pros and cons

A

They sat for hours debating the pros and cons of setting up their own firm

217
Q

streamline

A

They’re making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy

218
Q

shoulder

A

hosting the rack onto my shoulder, i walk towards my hotel

219
Q

series

A

The students have put forward a series of questions

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