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各位朋友好，
PDA的好处在于一是强大的词典，查找非常方便。还有一个好处就是在Calligrapher的帮助下，手写英语是件轻松的事情。这样在PDA上做英语笔记就是一件非常可行的事了。PDA可以随身携带，随时随地都可以拿出来复习一下，对学习是大有帮助的。
下面是我的一些笔记。帖出来一是激励自己，二是希望能和大家共勉，互相鼓励互相进步。三嘛，也是一个备份罗。：)
Pan.
04-3-10
Liberal open-minded conservative
Attest, attest to
/The watch comes with a year's guarantee, ie a promise to repair it free for a year after purchase. 这手表保修一年.
It's still under guarantee (ie The guarantee is still valid), so the manufacturer will repair it. 保证书还有效, 厂家会给修理的.
There's (still) no guarantee she won't reject them all, ie She may well do so. 不能保证她不会全盘否定.
/This food is guaranteed additive-free, ie The manufacturer officially promises that it contains no additives. 不含添加剂.['aditiv]
a clock guaranteed for one year against mechanical failure or faulty workmanship 对机械故障或制造缺陷有一年保修的钟.
/This car has a six-month guarantee for all repairs.
这部车子可以保修六个月
Wealth is no ~ of happiness.
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Heterogeneous
Homogeneous.
Heterosexual, homosexual
I learned the lesson the hard way. At a high price
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Connoisseur (艺术类)鉴赏家
It all goes to show that.
/Steven seems to think his wife is beautiful. It all goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
/His wife is extremely homely but she's a beautiful person. It all goes to show that beauty is only skin deep. 正如谚语所说
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Deficit ['defisit]
/excess of debts over income; amount of this excess 亏空额赤字
Tax was low and state spending was high, resulting in a budget deficit. 税率低而政府支出大, 结果出现预算赤字.
...without proper oversight.
Life is a continual process of learning.
I heard it on the grapevine. Or through the grapevine.
I usually don't know the local scuttlebutt.
Curfew 霄禁
Scripture 经书
Handover 移交 名词
Contribute to 有助于
We're each responsible for our own selves.
Listen to your feelings inside yourself.
You can be friendly to everyone, but can't be friends with everyone. You can treat people kindly, but not give your whole heart until you're quite certain that they deserve it, and love you, too. for strangers, or people not well known to you, don't put yourself into danger by being too trusting. In some cases, don't be alone with certain people if they make you uneasy.
when we reach higher, there is always something higher and more perfect to reach for.
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To give a "thumbs-up' sign 一定要加s
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Renaissance art, literature, etc 文艺复兴时期的艺术、 文学等.[ro'neisons]['reno'sa:ns]
Bronze 青铜 brass 黄铜
Antiquity 古物 古迹
Artifact -> artefact
/<<可数名词>>
1 (与天然物相对而言的) 人工制品,工艺品; 艺术品
2『考古』 (与自然遗物相对而言的) 人工遗物,文化遗物
Archaic, an archaic word
Polysemous polyphonic
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(the topic) is too big for me, but that does not keep me from having an opinion.
Spout. 喷涌喷出 还有一种用法
/(infml usu derog) recite (poetry, etc) or speak lengthily and loudly
/Children dislike being spouted at by pompous teachers. 听自命不凡的教师夸夸其谈. pretentious
spouting unwanted advice 罗罗嗦嗦地说出没人想听的建议
He can spout Shakespeare for hours. 他能滔滔不绝地朗朗背诵
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Be in level tone, 平声
be in oblique tone. 仄声
Pure gold proves its worth in a blazing fire.
Lest -> for fear that
/He ran away lest he (should/might) be seen.
Hinge; the door-hinge never gets worm-eaten.-> pivot 枢纽
Hinge on, pivot on. Depend on,
Abstruse (obtuse 迟钝的 愚笨的) convoluted Obscure recondite unfathomable profound deep
...that in every place there are the good, the bad, and the in between.
/One town ends where the next begins and there's a road that runs between. 一个城镇连接著另一个城镇, 两者之间有一条路.
/We have two lessons this morning, but there's some free time in between. 课间有些休息时
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The balance should be well executed. (or well considered)
Privatism
Who's who
Not every graduate from an Ivy league school "makes the grade" in life, even a first-rate education is no guarantee of success. Still, those who do enter and leave the Ivy league universities in the US have a much better than average chance to join the ranks of the movers and shakers of not only the US society, but,once back in their home countries, of their native lands as well.
Rank 等级 2,V 分等级
/a painter of the first/top rank, ie one of the very best 第一流的画家
people of (high) rank 地位高的人
people of all ranks and classes 各阶层各阶级的人.
officers of high rank 高级军官
a high-ranking official, delegate, etc 高级官员、 代表等.
b. (U)高的地位,显贵; 上流社会
a person of (high) rank
身分高的人
the rank and fashion 上流社会
/take rank with
与…并列; 与…并肩
The novel takes rank with the best of the last ten years.
这部小说可媲美过去十年的最佳杰作
I rank her achievement very highly. 我对她的成就评价很高.
Where/How do you rank Karpov as a chess player? 你把卡尔波夫列为哪一级的棋手?
I rank her among the country's best writers. 我认为她可属全国最优秀作家之列.
Egg
/v,
egg sb on (to do sth) urge or strongly encourage sb to do sth 怂恿或鼓励某人做某事
I didn't want to do it but Peter kept egging me on. 我本不想做那件事, 但彼得一直怂恿我.
They egged him on to fight.
他们煽动他去打架
Handful 一把的量 mouthful
/(as) sure as eggs are[is]eggs
((口语))确实地 (certainly)
He'll rise in the company as sure as eggs are eggs.
他一定会在公司里得到提升
bring one's eggs to a bad market
计画落空,估计错误
If you do that, you'll end up with egg on your face.
Embarrassment, humiliation.
Let's swap! 交换 跟复数名词
/Your book looks more interesting than mine
do you want to swap (with me)?
/As you like my dress and I like yours, shall we do a swap?
put all one's eggs in/into one's basket risk everything one has on the success of one plan, eg by putting all one's money into one business 孤注一掷（如将所有的钱投入一项生意上）.
/teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, tell or show sb how to do sth that he can already do perfectly well, and probably better than oneself 教比自己强的人做某事.
(you can't) teach an old dog new tricks (saying 谚) (one can't) successfully get old people who are set in their ways to change their ideas, methods of work, etc （无法）改变老人的想法、 做法等.
Never swap horses while crossing the stream.
/change [swap] horses in mid-stream. 勿临阵换将
The temperature was below minus 40 C
Exile
/He is now living in exile in Egypt.
He returned from exile earlier this year.
...after nearly six years of exile...
During his exile, he also began writing books.
/v,
She was exiled from her country because of her part in the plot against the government. 她因参与反政府的阴谋而遭驱逐出国.
/after an exile of ten years
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Offset
Integrity
Faculty
Garner 收藏收集 书面
Meritorious
Athletic meeting
Athletic event,
Athletic equipment
2 an athletic figure 健壮的体格
/She looks very athletic. 她看起来很健美.
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Tertiary 1,第三的,三级的 secondary
tertiary (very severe) burns 三度烧伤（极严重的）.
2,tertiary education.
Higher education 高等教育
Lump.
/(idm 习语) have a lump in one's/the throat, feel pressure in the throat as a result of strong emotion caused by love, sadness, etc 喉咙哽住, 哽咽（因激动所致）
/I stood there with a lump in my throat and tried to fight back tears.
It was a great reception and it brought a lump to my throat.
/Lump it (infml 口) reluctantly accept sth unpleasant or unwanted 勉强地接受讨厌的或不想要的事物
If you don't like the decision you'll just have to lump it. 你不喜欢那决定, 也只好勉为其难了.
Don't go back on your word. Don't break your promise. promise 可数
Top-notch
/(infml ) excellent; first-rate 最好的; 一流的
Estate 可数
/He has a large estate in the country.
Alliance 联盟 结盟
In alliance with
lineage
/(fml) line of descent from an ancestor; ancestry 宗系; 世系; 血统
trace one's lineage back many centuries 回溯许多世纪以探求自己的宗谱
be of humble lineage 出身寒微.
Helping verb.
The young girl is humming to herself.
She hummed her baby to sleep.
/hum and haw
((英))吞吞吐吐; 犹豫
The citizenry
No entity can really be expected to effectively police itself without outside scrutiny
Root out
/root sth out destroy sth. completely 根除某事物
determined to root out corruption 决心根除腐败现象.
root sth up, dig or pull up (a plant, etc) with the roots
将（植物等）连根挖出或拔起.
/Root about, root around.
（指猪）用鼻拱土觅食
2 （指人）翻寻, （尤指）乱翻
What are you doing rooting around in my desk? 你在我的书桌里乱翻什麽呀?
`It's in here somewhere,' he said, rooting about in his desk.
/verb.
a story firmly rooted in reality 深深扎根於现实中的小说
Her affection for him is deeply rooted. 她对他矢志不渝.
He has a rooted objection to cold baths. 他一向反对冷水浴.
/root and branch, thorough(ly); complete(ly)
destroy an organization root and branch 彻底摧毁一个组织
/root-and-branch reforms 全面的改革. 常用的固定组合
the root cause (of sth), the fundamental cause 根本原因
/He argues that one of the root causes of crime is poverty. 他认为犯罪的一个根本原因是贫穷.
Take root,strike root
/take/strike root
(a) (of a plant) send down a root or roots 指植物) 生根,扎根.
(b) (比喻) become established 建立; 确立
/a country where democracy has never really taken root 从未真正建立起民主制度的国家.
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They set up the monument in remembrance of that hero. 纪念某人不说To remember sb
An (wide) assortment of goods. Variety of
/An assortment is a group of similar things that are of different sizes or colours or have different qualities.
...an assortment of cheese.
Priority
/right to have or do sth before others 优先权
/I have priority over you in my claim. 在要求此事方面, 我比你有优先权.
Vehicles coming from the right have priority. 从右边驶来的车辆享有优先通行权.
/n, priorities
thing that is (regarded as) more important than others （被视为）优先的事物
You must decide what your priorities are. 你应该分清轻重缓急.
Housework is low on her list of priorities. 在她那些非做不可的事情中, 家务活并不重要.
Rebuilding the area is a (top) priority. 重建这一地区是当务之急.
The Government gave (top) priority to reforming the legal system. 政府将改革法制列为工作的重点.-> give priority to,+ n
/The search for a new vaccine took priority over all other medical research.
/get one's priorities right, wrong, etc know/not know what is most important and act accordingly 能[不能]按轻重缓急行事
Your trouble is you've got your priorities back to front! 你因为本末倒置才出了麻烦
/Getting your priorities in order is a good way to not waste energy on meaningless pursuits.
Raft n,v,竹筏
Henchman
/1 a. 可信赖的部属,亲信,心腹
b. (盗匪的) 党羽,喽罗
2 (政治上的) 支持者,拥护者,狗腿子; 走狗
Makeshift n, adj,临时代用的
/(thing that is) used temporarily until sth better is available 可数名词
/Makeshift things are temporary and usually of poor quality, but they are used because there is nothing better available.
A makeshift coffee table.
code-name 代号
Namesake namesakes.
/person or thing having the same name as another 同姓、同名或同姓名的人; 同名的事物
/She's my namesake but we're not related. 她与我同姓, 但我们不是亲戚.
glacier 冰川冰河
Put somebody to sleep.
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intellectual property
Stiff fines 僵硬的不近人情的极高
Playground 可作乐土.乐园游乐场解
Authenticity
/The authenticity of the manuscript is beyond doubt. 手稿的真实性是毋庸置疑的.
Authentic adj, genuine
Imitation 可数
counterfeit, n, 可数 adj,v
/He says counterfeits of the company's jeans are flooding Europe.
Scarves scarf
Hamlet 小村庄 helmet 头盔
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[sth] is not worth a damn. Is worthless, not worth a penny.
/Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
凡是值得做的事就值得好好做
Is it worth all the trouble?
/airworthy, creditworthy, newsworthy, noteworthy, praiseworthy, seaworthy, trustworthy. comment-worthy.
Quote-worthy vote-worthy.
Blame-worthy roadworthy.
Lethal
Causing or able to cause death,or a lot of damage.
/a lethal dose of poison 毒药的致命剂量
lethal weapons 致命武器.
On the homeward journey.
Unsuspecting
不知情的
/You can use unsuspecting to describe someone who is not at all aware of something that is happening or going to happen.
Comprise
Not in the continuous tenses.
尽量不用be comprised of.
/The British Parliament comprises/consists of/is composed of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.英国国会是由下议院和上议院组成的. 2 compose or constitute, ie form 亦可意为 2 compose或constitute, 即形成、 组成或构成
/The House of Commons and the House of Lords comprise/compose/constitute the British Parliament. 下议院和上议院组成了英国国会.
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Deprive 与 deprived 没什么关系
/a deprived childhood, background, area 贫苦的童年、 出身、 地区
/The poorest and most deprived people will receive special government help. 最穷的、 生活条件最差的人可得到政府的特别援助.
/the deprived 穷苦贫困的人们
/The high building deprived their house of sunlight.
They were deprived of their civil rights.
他们被剥夺了公民权
/(谑)Are you depriving us of your company (ie leaving us)? 你要舍我们而去吗
/A highwayman robbed the traveler of his money.
拦路强盗抢了旅行者的钱
He was robbed of his watch.
他被抢了手表
注意都是与of连用的用法 rob (mug) somebody of something.
/另外 Mug up 也有临时抱佛脚的意思 cram for
/cram food into one's mouth, papers into a drawer 把食物塞到嘴里、 文件塞进抽屉里
/The room's full; we can't cram any more people in.再也挤不进了.
/underprivileged
socially underprivileged families, groups, etc 社会地位低下的家庭、 阶层等.
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Premature [premo'tjuo] Prematurity
/premature baldness, senility premature death. 早秃、早衰早死
/senile, ['sinail]
/He keeps forgetting things; I think he's getting senile. 他总忘事, 我看他是老了.衰老的
/the special care of premature babies 对早产婴儿的特别护理
The baby was five weeks premature. 是提早五周生下来的.
/acting or done too soon; hasty 赶做的; 仓促的
/a premature conclusion, decision, judgement, etc 草率作出的结论、 决定、 判决等
/Let's not be premature in closing this case, 先别急於结案
Goo-goo eyes.
/make goo-goo eyes at somebody.
Goober, goober pea, peanut 落花生
Sleazy dirty. Lousy, filthy
Leash. hold sth in leash. Have sth in leash.
/I managed to hold my anger in leash until she had gone. 我压住火儿她在场时没有发作. Unleashed
Voyeur
Intimate
goings-on 举动
Capacity
factories working at full capacity 全力生产的工厂.
filled to capacity, ie completely full 全满
She has an enormous capacity for hard work. 有苦干的巨大能力.
This book is within the capacity of (can be understood by) younger readers. 这本书年轻的读者也能看 scope
Espionage.间谍活动 spying
Surreptitious unobtrusive undetectable
/a surreptitious glance 偷偷一瞥
She carried out a surreptitious search of his belongings.她暗地里搜查他的东西.
/I don't mind you smoking occasionally -- there's no need to be so surreptitious about it! --何必这样躲躲闪闪!
For-pay
Bug bugging device 窃听装置 v, -> eavesdrop
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I dare you to kill me. 有种就杀死我
/Throw it at him! I dare you! 我谅你也不敢!
/I dare you to tell your mother! 我谅你不敢告诉你母亲!
/Somebody dared me to jump off the bridge into the river. 有人激我敢不敢从桥上跳进河里.
/Why did you climb onto the roof?' `It was a dare.' ｀你为什麽爬到屋顶上去了?＇｀试试胆量.＇
2 for a dare, because one has received a challenge 因受到激将
/He only entered the competition for a dare.
I dare say
我想…,我看 (大概) ; 或许
I dare say that's true. = That's true, I dare say.
Prissy -> squeamish -> cleanliness maniac. 洁癖?
Beneficiary 受益人 受惠者
/You've got hollow reputation without basis. 空的,中空的
Hands off! 放手!
Supposedly.
/His supposed generosity is merely a form of self-interest. 他貌似慷慨,不过是变相的利己.
/The supposed beggar was really a police officer in disguise. 那个众人眼中的乞丐其实是化了装的
Behead -> cut off one's head.
Abusive -> abuse
They have top level abilities to find their way to
/Water finds its own level.
Water seeks its own level. 水往低处流
/He did his level best to please his father.
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Pristine -> intact
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Compound
Doomsayer 凶事预言者 杞人忧天的人
Doomsday. 世界末日
-> till doomsday. 永远地 till the end of time.
Legitimate
Eye-opening eye-opener
Not everyone raves about this technology.
Sinister
/Unobtrusive. not easily noticeable. Not drawing attention to itself
/an unobtrusive but pleasing design 悦目而不扎眼的图案
/He was so quiet and unobtrusive that you would hardly know he was there! 他很文静, 简直注意不到他在那儿!
Goings-on
Overreact
Acoustics 音响学
/I now know with hindsight that I did him a terrible wrong. 事后才明白
Do somebody wrong. Do wrong to somebody.
Right the wrong.纠正错误平反申冤
/They have done us a great wrong. 他们对待我们十分不公正.
/She complained of the wrongs she had suffered. 她投诉受到委屈
/two wrongs don't make a right.
/the rights and wrongs of something. Ins and outs of something
Realize with hindsight事后才懂得 [haidsait]]
Foresight
About 5k in length.
Avenge. Revenge
/He has devoted the past five years to avenging his daughter.
/The pen is mightier than the sword.
A wide array of. A wide variety of. A wide selection of. A wide multitude of
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Diligence compensates for one's deficiencies.
Diligence makes up for one's deficiencies.
make up for 也有补偿的意思。
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report card,美 成绩单
school report 英
to be immune to some diseases, 与to or from 连用。be immune from smallpox. 天花---> vaccine, ['vaksi:n]疫苗
He was immane to all persuasion. 对劝告无动于衷, 对之有免疫力 deaf
word has it that some people are immune to AIDS.
indispensable + to, --->necessary,
an indispensable obligation.
Water is indispensable to plants.
clothing and food and other indispensables, n,
She has become quite indispensable to the company.
Air and water are indispensable to life.
Hard work is indispensable to success.
derive -> originate.
the word ''paper" derives from papyrus.
derive itself from. 从...而来, 源自
Many English words are derived from Latin.
undreamed-of, adj,
做梦也没想到的, (完全) 意外的
~ happiness [wealth]
做梦也没想到的幸福 [财富]
contingency,
to assist sb. in doing sth,
to help sb. [to] do sth.
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devious, 1,不正直的不直接的狡猾的 sly, cunning, -> straightforward,
She is a devious person and we cant depend on her,
as angry as a bear,
rubber check, cheque, 空头支票。
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access, v, n,
In 1980s, heady young technocrats foresaw ''the paperless office'' . It was claimed that paper would become a thing of the past as everyone would access all information needed from video screens.
to have easy (hard, difficult) access to something
Students in this school have easy（free） access to the library. 没有a或an的。
Few men have direct access to the King. 很少人能接近国王
accessary=accessory, 从犯，帮凶 2，附属物。
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paranoid,
extremely suspicious or distrustful, afraid of others.
I am not going to get paranoid about this.
a paranoid politician who saw enemies all around him.
sleazy,
voyeur, 偷窥狂窥淫癖
espionage, industrial espionage, business espionage,
starlet -> celebrity,
sinister,
legitimate, adj, 2, v,
doomsayer,
acousticas,
obtrusive, -> unobtrusive,
mount,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
a wide array of. -> a wide variety of -> a wide selection of, a multitude of,
a multitude of people, a multitude of cultures.
(something) offers more real advantages than supposed disadvantages.
there're advantages and disadvantages to living in the country. 注意 to 后面跟名词或动名词。
revel, n, v, 作名词的时候用复数,狂欢---> revel in, 动词 非常喜欢
Christmas revels with feasting and dancing in England wore quite common.
to signal the death knell of something
to sound the death knell for (of ) something,
to ring out the death knell Of (for) something,
knell. , n, v,
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devastate. -> destroy.
electricity rationing.
erupt. , -> eruption.
the volcano erupts very often here.
earthquake-prone areas, areas which are prone to earthquakes.
compile.
there's no such thing as free lunch.
fluffy.
live on -> feed on,for animals. -> subsist on.
/He subsisted mainly on vegetables and fruit. 他主要依靠蔬菜和水果维持生命
optician. 眼镜店
activist. 积极分子
temblor 美，地震
subside
to heave a sigh. to heave a groan.
the wind heaves the waves.
His chest heaves with every breath.
His chest heaved after the race.
The storm heaved the sea into mountainous waves.
devastate
磨刀不误砍柴工？
itch, n, v,
I have an itch on my back.
My back itches. 不及物
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latch, n, 门插销 set the latch,
lumber, 1, 木材木料→timber，2，v，笨重地行走，
<<不及物动词>>
迈 (沉重的) 步走,笨重地移动; 隆隆作声地向前驶
The locomotive ~ed along [by, past].
火车头隆隆地驶过
wend one's way to, -> find one's way to,
drift off, -> nod off, -> doze off,
rumble,
My stomach is rumbling.
the thunder (the gunfire) is rumbling.
A cart rumbled along the road.
the train rumbled through the town.
He rumbled out his complaint.
rattle.
We heard the windows rattling in the strong wind.
My heart was pounding heavily when the windows was rattling.
pound. 1,磅,英磅 2, v, 重击 连续重击 (键盘乐器 鼓 门等
Somebody is pounding on the door. I could hear him pounding on the drum,
the wind was rattling the windows.
The hail rattled on the roof. .
rattlebox, 1,喋嘌不休的人, 2, 响盒, 拨浪鼓,
like-minded. of the same turn of mind. people have similar opinions. interests. attitudes, ieas,
ramble -> wander. + about. around, through. among.
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for the benefit of.
for the good of, in the interest of.
balance -> imbalance
namedrop, name-drop, v,
He carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all famous riders he knew,
/I must stop saying that, it sounds as if am name-dropping. (在言谈中) 以熟人的口吻提及显要以抬高身价
Name-dropper, name-dropping
030816.
take courage -> pluck up one's courage.-> nerve oneself.
pluck v, 拨（琴弦等），采摘，拉扯，拨（草，菜，头发）。另，这个本身就有〝勇气〞的意思。 plucky, 有勇气的有胆量的 pluckier -iest
030814,
Remember that the middle way is the best way. anything taken to extremes doesn't turn out well, even studying.
sentry. 岗哨
tableware,
ivory. 象牙 ivory white, 象牙色，乳白色
ivory tower,
ivory-towered, 生活在象牙塔内的，远离实务的，
ivory-towerism, 不可数
象牙塔主义,对世俗之事或实务冷淡的态度; 不随流俗
ivory-towerist,
cereal. 谷类
flake，1，薄片，2，火花 flame, in flames, cornflakes, 玉米片
botanist. -> botany -> botanical garden. --->arboretum,
asparagus.
inferior -> superior.
fleshy -> meaty -> succulent -> juicy.
wildlife.
domestic -> domesticate, v.
wild -> domesticated.
Domesticated pigs are much bigger than wild boars.
tame, v, adj,
tame 训练凶悍的野生动物,使其能与人居住
domesticate 驯养动物使其与人居住并对人有用
sprinkle. v,
freckle, 可数n，freckles, 2, 动词，
freckled, freckly, adj,
freckle-faced, a freckle-faced boy,
Her face is sprinkled with tiny freckles. 雀斑
condiment, 可数！
hit the spot.
A cold beer on a hot summer day really hits the spot!
forage, v, +for (food) , 2，n, 饲料粮草
We saw a bear foraging for food in the woods.
The wild berries often grow in tropic (cool and moist) conditions.
His been in good condition. (no s)
on condition that.
jelly jellies 果冻
jam jams 果酱
preserves. 蜜饯 also conserves.
off-season, n, adj,
woodcarving,
dairy, n, 奶制品，
diary，n，日记
extant, 现存的尚存的 still existing.
The cockroach is the oldest extant winged insect, dating back more than 300 million years.
蟑螂是现存最久的有翼昆虫，已有3亿年的历史了。
extinct, 己灭绝的
dirndl(s),
ubiquitous,
wilt, ---> dry up, fade, pine, droop, wither,
blossom, -> bloom,
in full blossom. in full bloom.
All the flowers are in full blossom.
All the flowers are in full bloom.
All the flowers are blossoming, blooming.
comprise, consist of, be composed of,
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in all senses,
in all senses
无论在哪一方面 [点]
in a narrow [broad] sense
在狭 [广] 义上
con.tra.cept
<<及物动词>>
(-cepted,-cepting,-cepts)
避孕
030806.
dash off, ,
(1) 扔弃,使…飞出
(2)急写,疾书
I'll dash off a note to John.
我会赶快写张字条给约翰
(3) →匆忙离开 (v.i.1)
If you dash off a piece of writing. you write it or compose it very quickly without thinking about it very much.
He dashed off a couple of novels.
street English. foul language.
take it out on somebody.
vent
give vent to□
发泄 <感情、情绪等>
He gave vent to his anger in a poem [by beating his wife].
他藉一首诗 [殴打妻子] 发泄他的怒气
<<及物动词>>
1 给…一个出口; 在 <桶> 上钻孔
2 a. 发泄 <情绪等>
vent one's anger
发泄怒气
b. [向…]发泄<情绪等> [on,upon]
He vented his ill humor on his wife.
他心情不好拿妻子出气
backlash
<可数名词>>
1 a. (激烈的) 反撞,反弹,反应
b. (对政治、改革的) 激烈的反动 [抗拒,强烈反应[反对]] ,退回
a political ~
政治上的强烈反应 [抵制]
embargo 禁运
/If one country or a group of countries impose an embargo against another country, they prohibit trade with that country. -> ban
the United Nations imposed an arms embargo against that country.
cede -> concede
After the War. Spain ceded the island to America.
treaty -> treaties
A treaty is a written agreement between two countries in which they agree to do a particular thing or to help each other.
倍数的用法第71课35课
the child's hand is only one-third the size of his mother's.
My new house is three times the size of its predecessor. -> Successor.
The new office would be four times the size of the old one.
This ball is half the size of that one.
He studies hard.
He studies as hard as I do.
He studies twice as hard as I do.
He studies three times as hard as I do.
He studies half as hard as I do.
collide
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puppet, n, adj,
puppeteer,
puppetize, v,
The radical students say that the Seoul is a puppet of the Washington government.
030803,
microscopic -> macroscopic.
microcosm -> macrocosm , n,
microcosmic -> macrocosmic.
beat one's gums.
rectify -> set right. put right -> correct.
That mistake can be rectified.
redress. 几乎差不多的意思
elicit -> engender -> cause
hegemonism,-> hegemonic.
newfound. adj,
labor , v -> toil
He is working from dawn to dusk.
at dusk. 黄昏的时候
stars and stripes.
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to go a long way towards ...
Knowing even a little English can go a long way towards making international travel easier.
appropriate 的动词用法
1, 5000 dollars has been appropriated for the new school building.
2,He appropriated public funds for his own private use.
to appropriate public funds, 挪用公款
outdo ->outnumber,
<<及物动词>>
(out.did; -done)
1 胜过,凌驾
He has outdone all his rivals in skill.
他在技巧方面胜过所有的对手
2 [~ oneself]超过自己原有的水平,比以往做得更好,拼命努力
You really outdid yourself.
你确实尽了最大的努力
prolix 也是冗长的
vampire. 吸血鬼
prolific writer. v, proliferate. 核武器，细胞的扩散增殖
hybrid, n, adj,
harmonica,口琴
nuance,
<<可数名词>>
[色彩、音调、意义、表达、感情等的] 细微的差异; 微妙的色调[of]
various ~s of meaning
意义的种种细微差异
emotional ~s = ~s of emotion
感情的微妙变化
<<及物动词>>
a highly ~d word
一个字义差别细微的字
A nuance is a small subtle difference in meaning. sound. and appearance, or feeling.
subtle -> slight
. <区别等> 难分的,细微的
a ~ distinction
细微的区别
The difference is very ~.
该差异非常微妙 [说不出所以然]
2 <知觉、感觉等> 敏感的,细腻的
a ~ intellect
明敏的才智 [智力] ,睿智
make a ~ observation
作精细入微的观察
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It's highway robbery! 这简直是抢劫！
ceramic, adj, n, 陶瓷〈的〉
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
give somebody the creeps。
让人起鸡皮疙瘩◎◎◎
make sb's flesh creep.
goose flesh, goose bump,
<<不可数名词>>
(因寒冷或恐惧而起的) 鸡皮疙瘩
be ~ all over
浑身起鸡皮疙瘩
I am in the habit of skipping breakfast.
set the alarm clock for seven, 七点闹
set the alarm clock at seven, 在七点设
tweak one's ears.
(twik; twi:k)
<<及物动词>>
拧,扭,用力扯 <人的耳、鼻等>
~ a person's cheek
拧某人的脸颊
~ a girl's hair
用力拉扯女孩头发
<<可数名词>>
拧,扭,力扯
chatterbox
chatter.box
<<可数名词>>
((口语))喋喋不休的人;
(尤指) 喋喋不休的小孩[女人]
玫瑰多刺thorny, 鱼 bony. 同时thorny 表示棘手的(问题) sticky
同时bony 瘦的 skinny,
He woke up to the chirping of the birds.
He woke up to the barking of his dog. 注意介词用to。也可以用它表示-个人开心地吱吱喳喳象鸟-样chirp。Chirpy, adj,
vomit -> throw up
bedgown-> night suit -> night clothes
-> pajamas. pyjamas.
little things mean a lot -> Its' the thought that counts.
phlegm. 痰
Never overstay your welcome.
--- there goes a lot of work!
A: you've got to do it this weekend!
B-. ah-oh. there goes my weekend! 我的周末泡汤了！
030730,
you might as well get rid of that fellow.
You need a thorough rest to get rid of your sleeplessness.
030728,
akimbo. adj, adv,双手叉腰的地,
With ones arms akimbo.
Stand arms akimbo,
indicate, v,
indicative, adj,
to be indicative of, 也是显示出 的意思
His expression is indicative of his anger. Speaks volumes for his anger
a. 指示的,表示的,暗示的[of]
Her gesture was ~ of contempt.
她的动作表示轻视 tantamount to
As good as
Hearing the story, I was happy to no end -> adj,+ to no end, -> I was in a rapture. -> I was beside myself with excitement. I was bursting with joy. I was having the time of my life.
groggy -> sluggish -> inactive -> slow-moving -> tipsy
halitosis -> bad breath. [hali'tosis]
If someone has halitosis. their breath smells unpleasant. formal
phlegm, 痰 [flem] n,
He tore up his DearJohn letter.
Many houses have to be torn down after the quake.
—个是撕毁 —-个是拆除拆毁to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.
atheism 无神论['ei8iisom]
Atheism is the belief that there is no God. -> theism
If a man is muscular, he looks masculine.
He is a nice man -> Nice my foot!
He is muscular -> Muscular my foot!
profitable -> lucrative. a lucrative job. a very lucrative business.
juicy -> succulent.
bowl 碗
bowel -> often bowels.
b. [常 ~s]全部的肠,内脏
loosen [move] the ~s
使排便畅通
have loose ~s -> have the runs.
泻肚子,拉肚子
My ~s are open.
我排便畅通
I feel like moving my bowels. 我想拉大便 ,
> to relax ones' bowels.
the children were told to mind their p's and q's.
Don't forget to dot your i's and cross your t's.
moody 喜怒无常的情绪化的 心情不好的
She is sometimes very moody.
when you describe someone as moody. you mean that their feelings and behaviors change frequently. and in particular that they often get depressed or angry without any warning.
Ray is a complicated, moody man, behind his joking front.
His moodiness may have been caused thy his poor health.
urchin. -> 顽童
030728,
A couth potato.
a small potato,
a big potato.
muscular -> flabby,
millennium
byproduct 可数 -> by-product 副产品
side effect,
/An increase in crime is one of the by-products of unemployment.
stand somebody up. informal,
If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up. they fail to keep the arrangement to meet you,
, He was in a foul mood because he had been stood up.
I can hardly catch my breath.
script, 草稿手稿剧本
to make an endeavor to do something.
to make an effort to do something.
He is making every endeavor to help the poor.
to convince somebody of something.
He is trying to convince me of his innocence. 介词要用of.
Slurp, 出声地吃喝 动与名
burp, 打隔
jury. 陪审团审判团裁判组
The jury is out on,
the jury is still out on 有待商榷
If you say the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
the jury is still out on whether it is true...
The jury is still out on what kind of solution we might undertake.
shortlisted, 最有希望入选的(列表短的)
You can't judge a book only by it's cover.
cross-bred. adj
to prick the bubble.
gloat + over something.
He gloated over his rival's failure.
plait -> braid. n,v, -> pigtail.
let-down. n,
What a let-down.
spam-> junk mail,
fasten oneself on somebody.
by and large. 大体上基本上—般说来
It's not like him to tell lies.
It's not like him to fool around.
red-light district. .
resuscitate -> revive
strawberry -> mulberry.
granite -> marble.
sly -> cunning
nearsighted -> myopic. -> myopia, n,
lame excuse. lame apology.
detour-> take a detour -> make a detour. -> detour around.
It's not just any --- (it's not common, it's very special).
It's quite a feat to be an ophthalmologist. -> oculist.
Horses feed on grass.
Chinese live on rice.
030727,
old wife's tale. groundless.
a fifty-fifty chance.
not a cats' chance, not a dog's chance,
not even a cat's chance.
The man is not very tall, but he is high in status.
030726.
bungle. 搞砸_坏事 make things go sour. Botch
If you bungle something. you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
counterfeit 赝品假货fake, forgery.
counterfeit money. goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
It can be used as a verb.
If someone counterfeits something. they make a version of it that is not genuine but has been made to looks like genuine to deceive people.
bogus
be in a predicament, [pri'dika...]
a "catch twenty two"
be in a dilemma,
pirate, n, v, pirated.
v: to make use of. or reproduce (another's work) without authorization.
Someone who pirates books. video games tapes. cassettes. computer programs copies and sell them when they have no right to do so. ,
n, An illegall copy of something.
pirated copies of the book are already said to be in Britain.
pirated copies of music tapes are flooding the market.
A pirated edition of the book was published
030723,
petrify
Don't let your attention wander,
Don't let TV distract your attention. -) divert
let me draw your attention to the following questions.
thanks for your attention.
The question has aroused public attention.
She was petrified with fear. 吓呆了
arson 纵火
"Arson" is the crime of deliberately setting fire to a building or vehicle.
vent
give vent to one's anger in doing something.
vent one's anger on somebody.
030721,
cease-fire. -> to bury the hatchet.
Negroes
The days when the white could lord it over the Negroes are past and gone,
lord it over.
Some people act without any regard for what'll happen afterwards. -> reckless 鲁莽的不计后果的不顾前后的
feudal system, -> feudalism.
preach
preach at. preach up. preach down,
sermonize : to deliver a sermon to somebody.
accost -> to strike up a conversation with somebody.
民意测验 public- opinion poll.
savvy -> novice
tongue-in-cheek
put [stick] out one's ~ (
表示轻蔑时或受诊疗时) 伸出舌头
stick [put] one's ~ in one's cheek
用舌头使脸颊鼓起((讽刺、轻蔑等的表情))
vowel- consonant
falling (rising) intonation.
through the back door, 走后门?
through thick and thin.
Dont just stand by! Don't be a bystander!
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beside oneself
忘我,发狂[with]
He is beside himself with joy [rage].He is bursting with joy.
他欢喜[生气]得发狂他狂喜 [怒]
If you're beside yourself with anger or excitement, you're extremely angry or excited.
He had shouted down the phone at her, beside himself with anxiety.
beside the point.
If you say that something's beside the point, you mealy that it is not relevant to the subject that you're discussing.
Brian didn't like it. but it is beside the point.
reflection. meditation
meditate on, V
He gave much reflection to that problem, but still had no answer.
After much reflection I decided to stay home. on reflection,
deep consideration.
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concave 凹下的
convex. 突起的
crescent. -> crescent-shaped, -> a crescent moon.
swamp 沼泽地 困境 marsh
harsh 严酷的苛刻的 声音刺耳的也用这个字harsh
He answered the question with an emphatic ''No." -> emphatically
transitional 过渡期的
legacy -> legacies. 遗产，可数，
be attuned to, ,
cadence -> cadenced. ad;.
be reminiscent of,
perennial. -年四季的 长期的
a perennial river.
one more sound and you'll wish you've never been born.
scope,
a mind of wide [limited] ~
开阔 [狭窄] 的心胸
beyond [within] one's ~
在自己能力的范围外[内],在自己能力所不及 [所及] 的地方
learn a foreign language to expand one's ~
为扩大眼界而学习外国语言
2 (活动或思考等的) 馀地,机会[for]
give (full) ~ to one's abilities (
充分) 发挥某人的才能
There's not much ~ for imagination in this job.
做这项工作发挥想像力的机会不太多
All the related questions are within the scope of the book.
these terms aren't within the scope of beginners.
Economic is beyond scope of Child's mind.
let each one have a scope to show his abilities.
Many words are outside (beyond) the scope of the dictionary.
We're going to broaden our business scope.
The job gives my talents and abilities a full scope.
Give your children's creativity a wild scope.
03718,meteor -> shooting star.
meteoric, adj,
there's a rumor that,
Rumor has it that.
Word has it that,
revive. v, revival, n,
meaty.
Pidgin English.
Peerless -> matchless -> second to none,
sword -> sheath [?:]
make a scene,
windfall
pristine,
Pillar,
all the more -> much more.
she looks all the more beautiful in that dress.
she looks much more beautiful in ...
A penny saved is a penny earned.
immortal, adj, ->immoral, 不道德的
immortality, n.
immortalize, v,
oculist. ophthalmologist,
optician, 验光师，2，眼镜店眼镜商。
030717,
prey -> an easy prey
prey on (upon)
ventilate , v. ventilation
vent. ,
give vent to□
发泄 <感情、情绪等>
He gave ~ to his anger in a poem [by beating his wife].
他藉一首诗 [殴打妻子] 发泄他的怒气
<<及物动词>>
1 给…一个出口; 在 <桶> 上钻孔
2 a. 发泄 <情绪等>
~ one's anger
发泄怒气
b. [向…]发泄 <情绪等> [on, upon]
He ~ed his ill humor on his wife.
他心情不好拿妻子出气
ill humor, 坏脾气，坏情绪。
take an airing ,go for an airing.
My daughter is the apple of my eye, 不加S
to take the case to court 不加the
to take somebody to court,
I have fire insurance.
I've insured my house against fire.
Chameleon. -> lizard
restaurateur
His stupid remark triggered a conflict.
His ...touched off a conflict.
jungle law. the law of the jungle.
warmonger -> pacifist ->pacific, 和平的，爱好和平的，太平的。Pacific 太平洋
sloppy. 邋遢的r
ambush -> lie in ambush, v.
030717,
she is resting.
reptile.
lizard 蜥蜴
mass destruction weapons -> weapons of mass destruction.
round brackets. -> square brackets. 始终用复数
scaly 有鳞的
convoluted -> recondite -> obscure -> unintelligible
hide in ambush.
fall into an ambush. 中埋伏
lay (make, set) an ambush . +for flunk out -> leave school 退学
hormone
verge -> on the verge of,
Many animals today are on the verge of extinction.
Bring somebody to the verge of,
verge on, v.
cut out of the same cloth.—丘之貉
armpit.
split hairs (over) something. 在小事上争论不休斤斤计较
as a token of. -> as a symbol of.
be cut out for 有做某事的天赋
cut out of the same cloth. —路货色 —丘之貉
that's her customary smile,
that's her accustomed smile.
to accustom a child to school life.
習慣於… Accustom yourself to keeping things in order. 你 要習慣將東西擺放整齊
Very few compliments can make us happier than "you always know what to give me."
The word "compliment" can also be used as a verb.
We complimented Peter on his t-shirt at the wedding.
we congratulated Peter on passing the exam.
upscale, 质优价高的高级的
to wheel an invalid round the block. 这里的 an invalid 是名词 残疾人['invalid]
Better be envied than be pitied.
What's the fun in that?
what's your Chinese horoscope sign?
as ugly as a toad.
Beauty is only skin-deep.
cologne 古龙香水男士用:-)
lipstick 口红
fingernail polish 指甲油
escalator 扶梯
也可比喻 (像乘自动梯般的) 步步高升,青云直上
She is on the ~ to stardom.
她青云直上地跻身于明星界
elevator 电梯
Who is responsible for your room and board? 食宿
fall victim to 固定用法 Victim作单数
food poisoning.
collide with <<不及物动词>
1 a. <两件物品、两个人> (猛烈地) 相撞,碰撞
Two cars ~d at the intersection [crossroads].
两辆车在交叉口 [十字路口] 相撞
b. 相撞,撞到[…][with, against]
Dashing for the bus, I ~d with a young lady at the corner.
我奔向公共汽车时在转角处撞到一位年轻小姐
2 a. <意志、目的等> 冲突,不一致,抵触
Our views ~d over the matter.
我们对那件事的看法不一致
b. 不一致,相反,冲突[with]
We ~d with each other over politics.
我们对政治的看法不一致
What better way is there to spend a day in summer?
It's not cheap, but good things seldom are,
The old man lived to be a hundred and four.
You should take notes in class. 作笔记
You should take note of this behavior.
You should take notice of ...
You should take heed of ...注意
capsize -> overturn
The boat capsized but didn't sink.
Juvenile Delinquency 少年犯罪
Juvenile Delinquent.
accomplish -> achieve
accomplice 共犯帮凶从犯
additives (食物)添加剂
addictive -> He is addictive to smoking.
computer peripherals 电脑外围设备
toxic -> poisonous
give off 发出散发出(气味,香臭味)
trail off (声音等)减弱变小fade away也可以表示这个意思。die away ☉
content 作名词用时第—音节重读,可以加s。
to give somebody the creeps. ,
to make sb's flesh creep
momentous 重大的重要的
momentary 瞬间的快速的
to infinge on (upon) sb 's rights
harsh :extremely severe or strict.
clothes make the man.
Its' not to my liking.
It's much to my liking.
It breathes. it dies!
bib 小孩围兜 apron 厨房围兜
call sb names. _定用复数
Pride comes before a fall.
cosmopolitan, 世界性的 全球性的
This river abounds in fish.
mecca ,a mecca for something. 胜地,圣地
out of sympathy. I gave the beggar some change 出于同情
rampant crime.
conserve V, 节约
enduring 不朽的? 永远的
obligation. 义务 职责 债务
corporation 企业杜团有限公司
proportion 比例 out of proportion, proportionable.
v. You must proportion your expense to your incomes.
Their earnings are in ~ to their skill.
他们的收入与技术成比例
Its' too soon to know for certain,
toothpick. 牙签
you and Dad are like ships that pass in the night,
she's having her period, menses. ['mensi:s]
An inch given. a mile taken. insatiable,
He is insatiable of power.
in the office, 如果表示"就职,担任"不能说 take the office, 只能说take offiCe.
He took office as the mayor of the city.
stub
stub of receipt,
He quickly stubbed out his cigarettes.
A watched pot never boils.
the pot calls the kettle balck.
You smart alec!
hoax 欺 Coax 哄
After rain comes fair sunshine.
As simple as ABC. As simple as pie
wig 假发
By studying hard, you stand a good chance of passing the exam.
traffic congestion" -go at a crawl. move at a crawl.
sober-minded,soberheaded.
there's no denying that---
No one can deny that
Unclean food poses a threat to our health.
be sentenced to death.
serve ones' sentence.
consensus.
030711 Don't slack off in your studies.
to slack one's pace.
stagnant -at a standstill.
You must study hard to emulate your brother's success .
If I were you, Were I you,
If you had been here. Had you been here,
No point in crying over spilt milk.
there're plenty of fish in the sea.
spinach 菠菜 celery 芹菜
My son worrys me sick.
Fame and wealth do not always go hand in hand.
to make (cast) sheep's eyes at sb.
to leer at sb.
Sheep without a shepherd. mob
Don't bow to fate.
He is a living example of the saying all that glitters is not gold,
''lengthy" long and tedious
030608,to cherish a serpent in one's bosom.姑息养奸
bucolic,田园风味的
to kill the goose that lays golden eggs;
to try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward.
Let him who tied the bell on the tiger take it off 解铃系铃人
It is better for the doer to undo what he has done.
Tastes differ.
There is no account for taste.
If the upper beam is not straight,the lower ones will go aslant.
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.上粱不正下梁歪
aslant,adj,adv,
A fly in the ointment,one drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
As a man is, so is his company;
the rotten apple injures its neighbors.
He who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
Joy and sorrow are nextdoor neighbours.
like draws like. like attracts like.
birds of a feather flock together.
No extreme will hold long.物极必反things will develop in the opposite direction when they become extreme.
Flies go for cracked eggs.
the words are the mirror of one's mind.
to turn pale at the mere mention of a tiger,
though might may conquer for a while, it is truth that will prevail in the end,
things are constantly changing, developing from a quantitative change to a qualitative one.
predesessor---successor,
obsolete,
concrete,concretely
to make a concrete analysis of concrete condition. concretize,
polysemous_polysemy,
polyphonic_polyphone,
I well remember,
One swallow does not make a summer; one tree does not make a forest.
superfluous,
to put a fifth wheel to the coach.to ruin the effectby adding sth superfluous.to climb a tree to catch fish,
水中捞月to fish for the moon in water.to make impractical or vain efforts.
None but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches;
He knows the water best who has waded [ei] through it.
to cry for the moon,to plough the sands,to fish in the air,
inquire (sth) of sb.
reckless,鲁莽的不注意的不管一切的
to get(have the upper hand占上风
by the same token
mores,道德观 传统习俗
remorse,n,懊悔自责
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