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General English Flashcards

1
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manhole cover

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sarcasm

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the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say e.g. I sense sarcasm

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free-to-air TV license

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Hailstones, hailstorm

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ice cube falling from sky

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5
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BBB Tissue was contaminated with hemolytic streptoccci

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Potato get stale

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They are exposed to moist air

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7
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Do you want to fill me in?

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Do you want to explain to me?

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A myriad (noun) of people

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A large number of people

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9
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galvanizes

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Motivate

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10
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mantra

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口頭禪

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11
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Model scout

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星探

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12
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I plead the fifth

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I exercise my right to remain silence

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13
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euthanize

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使安樂死

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14
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Expelled from Communist party

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開除黨籍

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15
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Sequel

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There is no Iron man sequel (續集)

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16
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Stutter, Stammer

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oh…oh. my god, he stammered

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17
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et al.

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means the others. For example Benny et al.,

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18
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the status quo

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the present situation. Many people would like to maintain the status quo

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19
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Ado

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Wasting of time, e.g. without further ado, let me introduce the keynote speaker

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20
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maternal grandparent and paternal grandparent

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mother side grandparent and father side grandparent

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21
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dementia

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癡呆 (old people)

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22
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belch

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to allow air from the stomach to come out noisily through the mouth
He belched noisily.

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23
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bay window

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窗台

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24
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windowsill

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a shelf below a window, either inside or outside a building. Usually, means the small place, not the bay window

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25
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housemaker

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housewife

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26
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assign order to me until Wed

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means orders will be handle by other on Wed

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27
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牙周病

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periodontitis

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28
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limestone floor crystallization treatment

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29
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heaps

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a lot

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30
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ordeal

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考驗

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31
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caveat

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限制條款

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32
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Meniere’s Disease

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耳水不平行

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33
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paranoid

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feeling extremely nervous and worried because you believe that other people do not like you or are trying to harm you:

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34
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flapped pocket vs jetted pocket for men’s suit

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different style of pockets

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35
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joint dislocation

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36
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gum disease

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牙周病

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37
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meteorite

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a piece of rock or other matter from space that has landed on earth

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38
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UAP

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unidentified aerial phenomena

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39
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ripe (adj)

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the apple is ripe.

the apple turns red when it is ripe

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40
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mitigation

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to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad:

41
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ripen (verb)

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to (cause to) become ripe:

The apple continue to ripen.

42
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forge

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formal to suddenly and quickly move forward:

Britain will forge ‘bold new positive role’ in the world

43
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strollers

A

baby trolley

44
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plagiarism

A

plagiarism controversy

抄襲

45
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sultanas vs raisin

A

green vs red

46
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to grandfather (verb)

A

to exempt from new rules or restrictions (a person or thing predating the new rules or restrictions).
e.g. the solution would be to grandfather existing contacts.

47
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vulgarity

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not suitable, simple, dignified or beautiful; not in the style preferred by the upper classes of society:

47
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Ferris wheel

A

摩天輪

48
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Ferris wheel

A

摩天輪

49
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scald

A

A scald is caused by something wet, such as hot water or steam.
burned by hot water

50
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blisters

A

水泡 caused by burnt

51
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stroke

A

a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of the body

52
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veto

A

否決

53
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epicenter

A

震央

54
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International Court of Arbitration in the Hague

A

Less than three weeks on since the International Court of Arbitration in the Hague dealt a devastating blow to the legal basis of China’s expansive claims in the contested South China Sea, Beijing appears to be claiming victory.

56
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Bohi tree

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the tree, which spiritual leader meditate under it and attained enlightenment and became Buddha

56
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imminent

A

a typhoon is imminent (coming)

58
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overhaul

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

e.g. The government has recently overhauled the healthcare system.

59
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fluke (n)

A

something good that has happened that is the result of chance instead of skill or planning:

60
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cohort

A

group of people who share a characteristic, usually age:

This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65+ for six months after their discharge home.

61
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130憶

A

13 billion

62
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Shenzhen connect liberalizing its financial sector and opening up its capital markets to global investors.

A

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63
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mangosteen

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山竹

64
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vulgar

A

Duterte described Obama in vulgar terms

65
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aides

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assistant (n)

66
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extrajudicial killings

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and a wave of extrajudicial killings has followed

67
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curating

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to select things such as documents, music, products, or internet content to be included as part of a list or collection, or on a website:

68
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gaffe

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an embarrassing mistakes

69
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inciting a mob

A

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70
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rumor-mongering

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71
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wrongfully

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wrongfully charged

72
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indigenous villager

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naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place:

72
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rural leader

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73
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death threats

A

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74
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Rural Committee

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.

76
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criminal defamation complaint

A

file a criminal defamation complaint

77
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loathing

A

a strong feeling of hating someone or something

78
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horology

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Chanel is not typically associated with high horology (鐘錶）

79
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Crutch

A

拐杖

80
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apprehend

A

to catch and put a person under police control; to arrest:

Last night police apprehended the suspect.

81
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Tenure

A

being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it:
e.g. During his tenure as dean, he had a real influence on the students.

Warren moved on to the subject of cross-selling — calling it a particular focus of Stumpf’s tenure as CEO, citing his goal of eight accounts per customer and saying that cross-selling was “one of the main reasons that Wells has become the most valuable bank in the world.”

82
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tout

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to advertise, talk about, or praise something or someone repeatedly, especially as a way of encouraging people to like, accept, or buy something:

e.g. A local car dealership was touting its services/wares on the radio.

83
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unequivocally

A

total, or expressed in a clear and certain way:

You state unequivocally that there are no orchestrated effort or scheme, as some have called it, by the company

84
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conjure

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to make a picture or idea appear in someone’s mind:

But when thousands of people conduct the same kind of fraudulent activity, it’s a stretch to believe that every one of them independently conjured up this idea of how they would commit this fraud.”

For some people, the word “England” may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties.

85
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nukes

A

to bomb somewhere with nuclear weapons:

The two countries were threatening to nuke each other.

86
Q

dengue, Aedes mosquito

A

dengue is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito

87
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peculiar

A

unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way:
She has the most peculiar ideas.
What a peculiar smell!
It’s peculiar that they didn’t tell us they were going away.
uk The video on road accidents made me feel rather peculiar (= ill).

88
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ratify

A

approve

89
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pivotal

A

central and important

e.g.

90
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unwaveringly

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毫不動搖地

91
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conducive

A

有利於

the move would “safeguard environmental security” and was “conducive to China’s development interests”.

92
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cyber espionage

A

間諜

93
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renege

A

食言
e.g. it should also make it more difficult for Donald Trump to renege on the Paris agreement if he becomes president of the US.”

94
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upbeat

A

樂觀
e.g. The upbeat farewell was symptomatic of the “really complex relationship” that now existed between the two powers. “On the one hand, the geopolitics of it is really becoming fraught.

95
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backsliding

A

倒退

e.g. We simply can’t afford any backsliding

96
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conceivable

A

possible to imagine or to believe
可想像的；可想到的；可以相信的

it’s conceivable that there was something missed

97
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mule

A

donkey + horse

98
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reincarnation

A

the rebirth of a soul in other body

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