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English 13 Flashcards

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halibut

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比目魚

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scallop

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扇貝

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mussel

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蚌

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fuckwit

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(n) an unpleasant or stupid person

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be a fly on the wall

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If you say that you would like to be a fly on the wall on an occasion, you mean that you would like to hear what will be said or see what will happen while not being noticed:

I’d love to be a fly on the wall when those two get home!

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resonate

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If an experience or memory resonates, it makes you think of another similar one: 引起共鳴

Her experiences resonate powerfully with me, living, as I do, in a similar family situation.

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spool

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to be knackered

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to be exhausted

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to be skint

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to be broke

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quid

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englsih pound

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to be quids in

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to congrats people when they gain money luckily

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tener, fiver

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ten dollars, five dollor

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to be pants

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it is rubbish, bad

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to swear down

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I swear to you, i pormise

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to throw a spanner in the work

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to prevent something happening smoothly in the way that it was planned

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beat around the bush

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To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.

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shell out (something)

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to pay a lot of money for something, especially unwillingly

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made of money

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. Having a lot of money. The phrase is often used in the negative as part of a denial to a request for one to lend money to or purchase something for someone

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dime a dozen

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extremely common, and therefore not very valuable or special

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make a splash

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attract a great deal of attention.

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to take something by storm

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to win popularity quickly

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hitch

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a temporary difficulty that causes a short delay:

Due to a slight technical hitch the concert will be starting half an hour late.

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get/have something under your belt

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to achieve something that is important and useful

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by far

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by a great amount:

They are by far the best students in the class.

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get down to business

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to start talking about the subject to be discussed:

If the introductions are over I’d like to get down to business.

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beside the point

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not relevant

The fact that he doesn’t want to come is beside the point - he should have been invited.

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to count on sb

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to depend on someone to do what you want or expect them to do for you. The whole team was counting on me, and I let them down.

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to be crazy about

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to like very much

She is so crazy about tennis, she’d like to play every day

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full of yourself

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thinking that you are very important in a way that annoys other people

I doubt he even thought about what you might need, he’s so full of himself.

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give someone the cold shoulder

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to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way

I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.

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It’s a deal

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i agree ( to a proposal or offer)

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kid around

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to be silly or not serious:

Stop kidding around and listen to me!

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talk someone/yourself into something

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to persuade someone to do something, or to decide to do something:

I tried to talk her into ordering ice cream.

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declaration form

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申報單（機場）

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don’t get me wrong

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when you want to make sure that someone does not get an incorrect idea about what you are doing or saying, or about why you are doing or saying it.

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rummage

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(V) 翻找

to search for something by moving things around carelessly and looking into, under, and behind them:

She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.

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slump

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(of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly:

The value of property has slumped.

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abase yourself

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to make yourself seem to be less important or to not deserve respect

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aghast

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suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry:

He looked at her aghast.

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stilted

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(adj) (disapproving) (of a person’s behaviour or way of speaking or writing) too formal and not smooth or natural:

He writes in a formal and somewhat stilted style.

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dart a glance/look at sb

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to look quickly at someone:

She darted an angry look at me.

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scuttle

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(v) to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape:

A crab scuttled away under a rock as we passed.

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engrossed

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(adj) giving all your attention to something:

She was so engrossed by/in the book that she forgot the cookies in the oven.

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lighthearted

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(adj) amusing and not serious:

The documentary takes a lighthearted look at the world of filmmaking.

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dogsbody

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(n) a person who has to do all the boring or unpleasant jobs that other people do not want to do 打雜小妹

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startle

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(v) to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal:

The noise of the car startled the birds and the whole flock flew up into the air.

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quizzical

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seeming to ask a question without saying anything:

She gave me a quizzical look/glance/smile.

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disheveled

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(of people or their appearance) not neat; messy:

disheveled hair/clothes

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shirk

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(V)

to avoid work, duties, or responsibilities, especially if they are difficult or unpleasant: 逃避（責任）

If you shirk your responsibilities/duties now, the situation will be much harder to deal with next month.

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at any rate

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whatever happens or may have happened.

for the moment, at any rate, he was safe

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rumple

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(v)

to make something become creased 用皺 (= not smooth) or untidy:

You’ll rumple your jacket if you don’t hang it up properly.

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hoarse

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(adj) (of a voice or a person) having a rough voice, often because of a sore throat or a cold: 沙啞

She sounded a bit hoarse.

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fiddling

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(adj)

not important, or of no real interest:

fiddling little details

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have got something down

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do or have something with ease

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pandemic

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(adj) (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants . 大規模流行病

In some parts of the world malaria is still pandemic.

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wondrous

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(adj) extremely and surprisingly good:

a wondrous sight/sound/thing

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latch

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(n) 門閂 a device for keeping a door or gate closed, consisting of a metal bar that fits into a hole and is lifted by pushing down on another bar

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call on/upon sb

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to ask formally for someone to do something:

If you’re ever called upon at work to give a talk, the very prospect of ‘getting up there in front of all those people’ can be intimidating.

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crusade

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(n)

a long and determined attempt to achieve something that you believe in strongly:

They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.

or 十字軍東征

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morale

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(n)

the amount of confidence felt by a person or group of people, especially when in a dangerous or difficult situation: 士氣

A couple of victories would improve the team’s morale enormously.

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anecdote

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(n) a short, often funny story, especially about something someone has done:

He told one or two amusing anecdotes about his years as a policeman.

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vector

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(n) 向量 something physical such as a force that has size and direction

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scalar

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（n) 純量 something that has size but no direction, such as a quantity, distance, speed, or temperature

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bloodshed

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(n) killing and violence

The army was brought in to try to prevent further bloodshed.

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cultivated

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(adj) Someone who is cultivated has had a good education and knows a lot about and likes art, music, painting, etc.

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embody

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(v) to represent a quality or an idea exactly:

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a done deal

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an agreement or arrangement that has been made and is now certain to happen:

The takeover is far from a done deal.

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succumb

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to lose the determination to oppose something; to accept defeat

I’m afraid I succumbed to temptation and had a piece of cheesecake.

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revulsion

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(n) a strong, often sudden, feeling that something is extremely unpleasant

He expressed his revulsion at/against/towards the whale hunting.

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dogma

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a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs that people are expected to accept without any doubts

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remorse

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(n)

a feeling of sadness and being sorry for something you have done . 自責

He felt no remorse for the murders he had committed.

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walkout

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(n) the act of leaving an official meeting as a group in order to show disapproval, or of leaving a place of work to start a strike:

Senior union workers staged (= had) a walkout this afternoon at the annual conference over the proposed changes in funding.

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overhaul

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(V)

to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should:

I got the engine overhauled.

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activate

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(v)

to cause something to start:

The alarm is activated by the lightest pressure.

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feud

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(n)

an argument that has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger or violence 世仇

a family feud

a ten-year-old feud between the two countries

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penal

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(adj)

of or relating to punishment given by law:

Many people believe that execution has no place in the penal system of a civilized society.

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I made a reservation about a year ago

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I booked it about one year ago

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I have a resevation under the name Lin

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我以林先生的名義預訂

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morph (into)

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(v)

to gradually change, or change someone or something, from one thing to another:

When someone brings up politics at a party, a casual conversation can quickly morph into an ugly argument.

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I’ve never given it much thoughts

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I haven’t thought about it much

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that’s a bit pricey

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it’s a bit expensive

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that’s a great deal

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it’s worth the money

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it’s a little chiily

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it’s a bit cold

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dither

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(v) to be unable to make a decision about doing something

Stop dithering and choose which one you want!

She’s still dithering over whether to accept the job she’s just been offered.

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quell

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(v) 平息，鎮壓

to stop something, especially by using force:

Police in riot gear were called in to quell the disturbances/unrest.

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guillotine

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(n) 斷頭台

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shoe are scuffed up

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鞋子擦（磨）傷

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do sth in a heartbeat

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do something in a brief time

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zero in on sb/sth

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to direct all your attention towards a particular person or thing:

We must decide on our target market and zero in on it.

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a given

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something that is certain to happen:

You can take it as a given that there will be champagne at the wedding.

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locus

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(n) 關注的焦點

the place where something happens or the central area of interest in something being discussed:

The locus of decision-making is sometimes far from the government’s offices.

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integrity

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(n) (honesty)

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change:

No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest integrity.

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it looks like the reoccurrence of the same problem

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it is happening again

94
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a verdict

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(n)

an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial 判決

The jury reached/returned a unanimous verdict of (not) guilty.

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be in a rut

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to not have changed what you do or how you do it for a very long time so that it is not interesting any longer:

I was in a rut and couldn’t get out of it.

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all in all

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considering all the different parts of the situation together:

All in all, I think you’ve done very well.

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go all out

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to do something with as much effort as possible

When he has a party, he likes to go all out.

Her company always went all out to make the customer happy.

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double down (on sth)

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to continue to do something in an even more determined way than before:

Expect to see Fox double down on its marketing efforts to give the movie a big boost.

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Longevity

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(n) remaining popular or useful for a long time:

For longevity in car design, you really need to keep it simple.

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