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Part 5 Flashcards

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no-brainer

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easy decision

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pandemic

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（疾病的）大流行 A pandemic is an occurrence of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area.

They feared a new cholera pandemic…

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catfish

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slang…
A catfish is someone who pretends to be someone they are not using Facebook other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive online romance.

Did you hear Caroline got catfished last week? The hottie she knew online turned out to be a pervy guy.

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pervy

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Creepy. It describes a middle-aged man who doesn’t understand why young girls are not interested in him.

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fire up

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arouse or excite feelings and passions

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scrap

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除掉;取消;废弃 If you scrap something, you get rid of it or cancel it.
It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped.
There is always a lot of debate about the licence fee, whether it should be scrapped and the BBC become commercial.

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to raid

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a search for something that is needed and implies urgency and importance.
People raid their houses to find things they want to sell and then take them to auction.

掃蕩（冰箱、食品櫃等處）的食物 If you raid the fridge or the larder, you take food from it to eat instead of a meal or in between meals.
She made her way to the kitchen to raid the fridge.

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aphorism

[ˈæfəˌrɪzəm]

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An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.

‘What if they gave a war and nobody came?’ was one of his generation’s favored aphorisms.

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hover

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If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do.
–With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board.

If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind.

  • -She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her…
  • -Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.
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brink

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If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.

  • -Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse…
  • -Failure to communicate had brought the two nations to the brink of war.
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teeter

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Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position.
–His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria.

If someone or something teeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over.
–Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance…

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underscore

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If something such as an action or an event underscores another, it draws attention to the other thing and emphasizes its importance.

The rash of accidental shootings underscores how difficult it will be to restore order here.

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rash

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大量，许多（令人不快的事情） If you talk about a rash of events or things, you mean a large number of unpleasant events or undesirable things, which have happened or appeared within a short period of time.

They believe this confusion is responsible for a rash of suicides this spring.
他们认为今年春天一连串的自杀事件是由这次混乱引起的

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compatible

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(系统、想法和信仰)兼容的，可以并存的 If things, for example systems, ideas, and beliefs, are compatible, they work well together or can exist together successfully.
–Marriage and the life I live just don’t seem compatible.

If you say that you are compatible with someone, you mean that you have a good relationship with them because you have similar opinions and interests.
–Mildred and I are very compatible. She’s interested in the things that interest me…

If one make of computer or computer equipment is compatible with another make, especially IBM, they can be used together and can use the same software.

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in-line

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内嵌的

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to have a tiff with sb

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A tiff is a small unimportant quarrel, especially between two close friends or between people in a romantic relationship.

They patched up their tiff again.

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patch

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If you patch something that has a hole in it, you mend it by fastening a patch over the hole.

He and Walker patched the barn roof…

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tapestry

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You can refer to something as a tapestry when it is made up of many varied types of people or things.

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inflatable

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可充氣的 An inflatable object is one that you fill with air when you want to use it.

The children were playing on the inflatable castle.

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dangle

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懸擺 If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.

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recount

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If you recount a story or event, you tell or describe it to people.

He then recounted the story of the interview for his first job..

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buff

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迷；行家 You use buff to describe someone who knows a lot about a particular subject. For example, if you describe someone as a film buff, you mean that they know a lot about films.

Any competent computer buff should be able to do it for you in a few minutes.

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tentative

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(协议、计划、安排)暂行的，临时的，试探性的 Tentative agreements, plans, or arrangements are not definite or certain, but have been made as a first step.

The next round of talks is tentatively scheduled to begin October 21st in Washington.
Perhaps, he suggested tentatively, they should send for Dr Band.

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tag along

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跟随，尾随 If someone goes somewhere and you tag along, you go with them, especially when they have not asked you to.

I let him tag along because he had not been too well recently…
She seems quite happy to tag along with them.

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secondment

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临时调任;暂调 Someone who is on secondment from their normal employer has been sent somewhere else temporarily in order to do special duties.

We have two full-time secretaries, one of whom is on secondment from the Royal Navy.

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apprehend

[ˌæprɪˈhɛnd]

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逮捕；拘押 If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.

Police have not apprehended her killer.

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reassure

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使安心;使得到保证;打消…的疑虑 If you reassure someone, you say or do things to make them stop worrying about something.

I tried to reassure her, ‘Don’t worry about it. We won’t let it happen again.’…

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fir

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A fir or a fir tree is a tall evergreen tree that has thin needle-like leaves.

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balti house

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A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.

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disown

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与…断绝关系;否认对…的责任;否认…是自己的 If you disown someone or something, you say or show that you no longer want to have any connection with them or any responsibility for them.

Those comments were later disowned by an official army spokesman.

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hardline

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（政策或态度）强硬的，不妥协的，坚定的 If you describe someone’s policy or attitude as hardline, you mean that it is strict or extreme, and they refuse to change it.

The United States has taken a lot of criticism for its hard-line stance…

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stance

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态度;立场 Your stance on a particular matter is your attitude to it.

They have maintained a consistently neutral stance…

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to rave

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赞不绝口；极力夸奖 If you rave about something, you speak or write about it with great enthusiasm.

Rachel raved about the new foods she ate while she was there…
‘Such lovely clothes. I’d no idea Milan was so wonderful,’ she raved.

The resulting show, ‘Only the Truth is Funny’, has drawn raves from the critics.

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larder

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=pantry (in AmE)

A larder is a room or large cupboard in a house, usually near the kitchen, in which food is kept.

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plateau

[plæˈtoʊ]

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（活动或进程中的）稳定阶段，停滞时期 If you say that an activity or process has reached a plateau, you mean that it has reached a stage where there is no further change or development.
I think the economy is stuck on a kind of plateau of slow growth.
（活动、进程、成本等）达到稳定阶段，进入停滞时期 If something such as an activity, process, or cost plateaus or plateaus out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development.
Evelyn’s career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit…

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scourge

[skɜ:rdʒ]

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灾难;祸害 A scourge is something that causes a lot of trouble or suffering to a group of people.

Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our society.

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hereditary

[həˈredɪteri]

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（称号或地位）承袭的，世袭的 A title or position in society that is hereditary is one that is passed on as a right from parent to child.

British Prime Ministers are traditionally offered hereditary peerages.

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peerage

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贵族爵位 If someone has a peerage, they have the rank of a peer.

It’s thought she may eventually accept a peerage and move to the House of Lords.

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peer

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英国有权或曾经有权在上议院投票的）贵族 In Britain, a peer is a member of the nobility who has or had the right to vote in the House of Lords.

Lord Swan was made a life peer in 1981.

（通常因难以看清而）盯着看，凝视，端详 If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly.
I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all..

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flat out

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in a blunt direct manner; at top speed;

I am working flat out to get this job finished by next week.
After running in the national games, she was flat out for a week.

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to not lift your nose

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to be so interested and concentrated on something (usually a book)

You haven’t lifted your nose out of that economics textbook since I arrived.

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credit

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acknowledment of being the person behind an idea, or the person who completed the work

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to overstep the mark

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to do more than your position allows

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to make a name for oneself

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to do some work or complete and action that makes other people take notice of you and be impressed

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campaign

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发起运动;开展活动 If someone campaigns for something, they carry out a planned set of activities over a period of time in order to achieve their aim.

We are campaigning for law reform…

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withdrawl from

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（从活动或组织中）退出 Someone’s withdrawal from an activity or an organization is their decision to stop taking part in it.

…his withdrawal from government in 1946.
there are numerous political parties that campaign for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU…

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debunk

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to expose the lies and falseness of something
指出…的错误;揭穿…的吹嘘（或虚假） If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.

Historian Michael Beschloss debunks a few myths.
It is this tradition that Lewis sets out to debunk.

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cheeky

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(人或行为)冒失的，调皮的，放肆的 If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way.
to be disrespectful, but in a non-offensive and nice manner
Asking for extra money was a little cheeky, but it was given anyway.
The boy was cheeky and casual…

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to scaremonger

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a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
危言聳聽to spread stories that are exaggerated or false to frighten people

The newspapers always report that different foods will make you ill but they are just scaremongering.

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propaganda

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misleading information intended to influence people who hear it

The information from the politician was nothing but propaganda.

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far right

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極右派
a political allegiance where people believe in the superiority of a specific group or individuals

He is a member of a far right party
The far right is now a greater threat than the extreme left.

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blunt

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直率的；不客气的；直言不讳的 If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.

She told the industry in blunt terms that such discrimination is totally unacceptable.
‘I don’t believe you!’ Jeanne said bluntly..

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consortium

[kənˈsɔ:rtiəm]

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(若干人或公司组成的)财团，联合企业 A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.

The consortium includes some of the biggest building contractors in Britain.

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discredit

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To discredit someone or something means to cause them to lose people’s respect or trust.

The previous government is, by now, thoroughly discredited.
…to revive a discredited technology…

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resounding

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A resounding sound is loud and clear.
There was a resounding slap as Andrew struck him violently across the face…
The answer, Segal says, was a resounding yes!

You can refer to a very great success as a resounding success.

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dummy

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人体模型,假人(常用于陈列服装) A dummy is a model of a person, often used to display clothes.
…the bottom half of a shop-window dummy.
仿制品;仿造样品 You can use dummy to refer to things that are not real, but have been made to look or behave as if they are real.
Soldiers were still using dummy weapons because real guns were not yet available.
We filled the dummy with straw and threw it on the bonfire.

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recoil

The verb is pronounced /rɪ’kɔɪl/. The noun is pronounced /’riːkɔɪl/.

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If something makes you recoil, you move your body quickly away from it because it frightens, offends, or hurts you.
We are attracted by nice smells and recoil from nasty ones.
His reaction was as much of a rebuff as a physical recoil.
People used to recoil from the idea of getting into debt…

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to cower

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to crouch down and try to hide due to being scared
The dogs hated the noise though and would spend most evenings in October cowering under the couch.
The hostages cowered in their seats.
She’s scared of spiders and will cower if she sees one on the wall.

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chum

[tʃʌm]

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colloquial term for a close friend
…his old chum Anthony
It was a gutsy plan of old Guy Fawkes and his chums to try and blow up the King.
He spends on Fridays in the pub with his chums.

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sparkler

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a type of hand-held firework

as long as they still sold sparklers and councils organised
displays then it’d be okay by me
Always make sure that you wear gloves when holding a sparkler.

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get their hands on

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Some people just like being able to get their hands on low level explosives, I think.

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plus point

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although the baked potatoes are a huge plus point.

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gusty

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If you describe something as gutsy, you mean that it is powerful and interesting.
…the rich, gutsy flavors of mature autumn vegetables…
They admired his gutsy and emotional speech.

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aesthetics

[ɛsˈθɛtɪks]

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Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the idea of beauty.
The field of aesthetics presents an especially difficult problem to the historian.

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on the horizon

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within view or reach, something that may happen soon
There was a new project on the horizon.
Is there a wedding on the horizon?

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to feed an army

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to make an excess of food
This refers to an excess and surplus of food.

your mother did insist on baking enough mince pies to feed an army.
He always prepares enough food to feed an army.

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skeleton in the closet

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有不可告人的秘密

Both her parents were alcoholics; that was the skeleton in her closet.

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to slurp

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to eat or drink noisily

The coffee was hot so he couldn’t help but slurp it.
it is considered rude to slurp when eating or drinking so it is best to avoid it

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taxation

[tækˈseʃən]

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Taxation is the system by which a government takes money from people and spends it on things such as education, health, and defense.

The result will be higher taxation.

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full of life

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something that is lively, loud and energetic

My grandfather is very old but he is still full of life.
I’ve never seen the office so full of life at 9am on a Monday morning before!

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tax evade

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someone who pays less tax than they should via illegal
measures

He has been found guilty of being a tax evader and will be sentenced shortly.
He’s
one of the biggest tax evaders of the last decade.

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to reflect

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“to reflect” refers to the negative actions of an individual being associated with the company. The adjective “badly” is often linked to the verb when it is used

The bad service of the assistant reflected badly on the store.

it’s reflecting badly on the bank now and making us unpopular, even though it was his personal decision not to pay his taxes.

The Los Angeles riots reflected the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city…

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blow over

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to be quickly forgotten, or to end quickly

I think it will blow over in a couple of days, but until then there will be plenty of overpaid and uninformed journalists who probably aren’t paying their taxes correctly either, calling for a full investigation of the bank.

They had an argument and are not talking to each other but it will soon blow over and they’ll be friends again.

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frenzy

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a state of wild excitement or unusual behavior

It won’t stop the tabloids claiming that all bankers are overpaid and cheating the public purse when it’s only
some who do that. Anything to whip the public into a frenzy.
The crowd were so excited about the football match that it turned into a frenzy

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counter-productive

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Something that is counter-productive achieves the opposite result from the one that you want to achieve.
In practice, however, such an attitude is counter-productive..

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