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| No End in Sight is a 2007 documentary film about the American occupation of Iraq |
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| security system of airport and airplanes |
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| Finding the flaws in the system is needed, foreign affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria told CNN, but he said much of the response from politicians in Washington amounts to an overreaction. |
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an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
2 : one whose actions are recklessly defiant |
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| behave in a frenzied and violent manner |
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| behave in a frenzied and violent manner |
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| Your cable bill is going up |
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| tune in to everything from "The Daily Show" to "Jersey Shore." |
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| Customers see an average annual price hike of 5% |
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the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack)
2 : the greater part : burden
People who bear the brunt of something endure the worst of something bad. |
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| to get the greater amount or larger part of something bad .Times are changing and providers have to make up losses somewhere, so consumers bear the brunt of it. |
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| to pay for something; to pay for a bill. My boss took me out for lunch and the company footed the bill. You paid for dinner last time. Let me foot the bill for lunch today. |
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1. To ascend or ride in a balloon.
2. To expand or swell out like a balloon. See Synonyms at bulge.
3. To increase or rise quickly.
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To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump.
2. To refuse obstinately or abruptly:
Fox parent News Corp. (NWSA) demanded $1 per subscriber for its broadcast network, and talks continued past the deadline as TWC (TWC) balked.She balked at the very idea of compromise.
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to fall straight down; plunge.
2. To decline suddenly and steeply: Stock prices plummeted. |
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precedent,
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An act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances.
Now that precedents have been set, analysts say more broadcast networks will strike similar deals with cable companies. |
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To put a saddle onto.
2. To load or burden; encumber: They were saddled with heavy expenses.
cable providers are saddled with broadcast carriage fees |
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A leather seat for a rider, secured on an animal's back by a girth
cable providers are saddled with broadcast carriage fees |
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failure to attain a specified amount or level; a shortage.
2. The amount by which a supply falls
As cable providers are saddled with broadcast carriage fees, the shortfall is passed on to consumersshort of expectation, need, or demand. |
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Of course, a hike probably would have gone into effect even without the Fox deal as other providers are also
raising rates. o increase or raise in amount, especially abruptly |
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| To draw off or convey through or as if through a siphon. Hong xi guan |
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| All of these options siphon off cable's subscriber base. |
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| form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
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To hand over; pay: had to shell out $500 in car repairs
which means that in five years they'll be shelling out more than $95 a month for TV. |
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| Rolando Marquise McClain (born July 14, 1989 in Decatur, Alabama) is an American football linebacker for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He entered his junior season in 2009 as a candidate for the Butkus Award and All-America honors. McClain has registered 169 tackles during his two-year career with 17 tackles for loss, four sacks, and three interceptions. He is considered a top prospect for the 2011 NFL |
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regularly repeated or renewed
New year, new you. It’s the perennial January catchphrase |
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a word or expression that is used repeatedly and conveniently to representor characterize a person, a group, an idea,or a point of view.
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| hold such conquer-the-world promise |
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| turn aside from a purpose |
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| ew year, new you. It’s the perennial January catchphrase that holds such conquer-the-world promise. And then, well, you get sidetracked with conquering your to-do list. |
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loftiest resolutions
adj. elevated in character and spirit: noble. |
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| To fail to continue; give up. |
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the side or edge of a road, way, path, or highway.
situated at or near the side of a road. a wayside inn |
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| Come February or March, I predict the news media and the 0bama admin will trumpet a huge decline in unemployment as a sign of his brilliant economic |
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| But even the loftiest resolutions (running a marathon, writing a book) don’t have to fall by the wayside come February. |
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A mantra is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of "creating transformation" (cf. spiritual transformation).
Mantras (Devanāgarī मन्त्र) originated in the Vedic tradition of India, later becoming an essential part of the Hindu tradition and a customary practice within Buddhism and Jainism. The use of mantras is now widespread throughout various spiritual movements which are based on, or off-shoots of, the practices in the earlier Eastern traditions and religions. |
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| a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground. (mine) |
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a lacking in physical strength or substance: flimsy silk
of inferior materials and workmanship |
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trap, snare, specifically: a pit flimily covered and used to capture and hold animals and or men.
2. a hidden or not easily rcognized danger or difficulty |
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| Before even trying to achieve a goal, target potential pitfalls and troubleshoot them |
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| foresee obstacles (example: “The weather forecast is bad, but I’m planning to go for a jog”) and work around them using if-then statements |
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go, travel, get along, succeed
How did you fare on your exam.
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| No surprise, those in the second group fared better. |
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| It was easier to follow this plan,” says Lederman, “than to wrestle with every distraction in the moment. |
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| A person’s drive is often based on what she believes about her abilities, not on how objectively talented she is |
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| an impelling culturally acquired concern, interest, or longing |
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| Instead of aiming unrealistically high , set goals that are a stretch but not an overreach . |
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| instead of keeping your intentions to yourself, make them known to many. |
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your motivation begins to wane
to decrease in size, extent, or degree
2 : to fall gradually from power, prosperity, or influence |
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| Put your needs first, even when it feels utterly selfish |
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| 1 : to cause to run off the rails
2 a : to obstruct the progress of : frustrate b : to upset the stability or composure of |
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| You will derail your progress if you sacrifice yourself for others in order to please them |
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She had several half-marathons under her belt
achieved, counted or scored; learned, mastered. |
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| finally , she ogt good painting techniques unde her belt |
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| when I get right procedures under my belt, I will be more efficient |
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| a tri marathon usaully is a run, cycle and swim or any other 3 sports |
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| She breezed through them and is now training for a full marathon |
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| to complete some task rapidly and easily. I breezed through my calculus assignment in no time at all. |
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| When they asked me to babysit, I was taken off guard and found myself agreeing to it. |
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to catch a person at a time of carelesness
surprise someone by doing or sayding something they were not expecting
to surprise someone" he is used to being interviewed and it seems that no questions can catch him off guard. |
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| to fill with joy or pride |
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| The experience was elating |
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| Zen practitioners cultivate the “don’t know” mind |
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| they work to assume they don’t know anything and in that way see the world fresh. This is a great way to approach change―as an opportunity to start anew, to consider all possibilities. |
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| It’s only when you have cast off what has been weighing you down that you can finally move on. |
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| to focus one's eyes or attention on: fixate a faint object. |
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| o command the attention of exclusively or repeatedly; preoccupy obsessively: "TV and newspapers were fixated on high-technology as the solution to almost everything" (Jay Walljasper). |
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| everyone on Wall Street is fixated on The Number. |
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| The bank bonus season, that annual rite of big money and bigger egos, begins in earnest this week, |
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| A ceremonial act or series of acts |
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With purposeful or sincere intent, as in We settled down to study in earnest. [c. a.d. 1000]
2. Also, in dead earnest. Serious, determined, as in We thought he was joking, but he was in earnest, or I'm in dead earnest about selling the business. In the variant, from the late 1800s, dead means "completely" or "thoroughly" and is used purely for emphasis. [c. a.d. 1000] |
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| Slang. A large party or other social affair: "Lunch was a billion-calorie blowout beside the pool" |
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扭打；搏斗, 努力设法解决
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1. An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside. Also called grapnel, grappling, Also called grappling hook, grappling iron.
2. Nautical. See grapnel (sense 1).
2. The act of grappling.
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1. A struggle or contest in which the participants attempt to clutch or grip each other.
2. A struggle for superiority or dominance.
v., -pled, -pling, -ples.
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1. To seize and hold, as with a grapple.
2. To seize firmly, as with the hands.
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1. To hold onto something with or as if with a grapple.
2. To use a grapple or similar device, as for dragging.
3. To struggle, in or as if in wrestling: grappled with their consciences; grapple with the political realities of our time. |
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| To make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly. |
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To cause to feel or show anger: anger, burn (up), enrage, incense1, madden, provoke.
Idioms: make one hot under the collar, make one's blood boil, put one's back up. See feelings. |
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make furious, enrage
Bank executives are grappling with a question that exasperates, even infuriates, many recession-weary Americans: Just how big should their paydays be? |
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wo annoy, vex,
To feel irritated or impatient: chafed at the delay.
Despite calls for restraint from Washington and a chafed public, resurgent banks are preparing to pay out bonuses that rival those of the boom years |
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| To rub and cause irritation or friction: The high collar chafed against my neck. |
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| a rising again into life, activity, or prominence |
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| Despite calls for restraint from Washington and a chafed public, resurgent banks are preparing to pay out bonuses that rival those of the boom years. |
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| One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor. |
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| To be the equal of; match: "They achieved more than they had ever dreamed, lending a magic to their family story that no tale or ordinary life could possibly rival" |
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| To attempt to equal or surpass |
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| The haul, in cash and stock, will run into many billions of dollars. |
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| something added or gained; addition; increase. |
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| of, relating to, being, or occurring in especially small increments |
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| But small incremental changes in salt, such as lowering salt in tomato sauce or breads and cereals by a small amount, would achieve small changes in blood pressure that would have a measurable effect across the whole population |
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| to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
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| 3 a : to come in or between by way of hindrance or modification b : to interfere with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning)
4 : to occur or lie between two things |
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| hat’s the reason why this intervention works better than just targeting smokers.” |
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| a long pillow or cushion, a structural part designed to eliminate friction or provide support |
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| reinforce-to support with or as if with a bolster |
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| to give a boost to --news that bolstered his spirits |
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| In a report that may bolster public policy efforts to get Americans to reduce the amount of salt in their diets, scientists writing in The New England Journal of Medicine conclude that lowering the amount of salt people eat by even a small amount could reduce cases of heart disease, |
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| If everyone consumed half a teaspoon less salt per day, there would be between 54,000 and 99,000 fewer heart attacks each year and between 44,000 and 92,000 fewer deaths, |
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| according to the study, which was conducted by scientists at University of California San Francisco, Stanford University Medical Center and Columbia University Medical Center. |
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| of or relting to the internal affairs of a major polictal unit as a nation |
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| The report comes as health authorities at federal, state and municipal levels are considering policies that would have the effect of pressuring food companies to reduce salt in processed foods, |
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| whether to change the designation of salt from a food additive that is generally considered safe to a category that would require companies to give consumers more information alerting them to high levels of salt in food. |
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| this was a teaser to a satirical story using literary exaggeration to whistle past the graveyard of America's fiscal hard times. |
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| A very common, almost defining feature of satire is its strong vein of irony or sarcasm, but parody, burlesque, exaggeration, juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. |
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| A parody (pronounced /ˈpærədiː/; also called send-up or spoof), in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation. As the literary theorist Linda "parody … is imitation, not always at the expense of the parodied text." |
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| 拙劣的模仿；荒诞不经的事, 滑稽地模仿；夸张地演义 |
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1 a : to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire b : to hamper or hold back as if by mire : entangle
2 : to cover or soil with mire
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: wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
2 : heavy often deep mud or slush
3 : a troublesome or intractable situation
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| The fact that Haiti was mired in dysfunction well before the earthquake |
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li容易引起争论的,好争论的2. 可能引起争论的
is fueling a contentious debate on whether a grand reconstruction plan can finally fix the country or would be doomed to repeat previous failures. |
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| Abortion is a highly contentious issue |
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On the other extreme, minimalists fervently believe that years of failed, foreign-imposed aid projects underscore that this time Haitians need to develop and implement their own plans. |
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Obama, republicans spar at house GOP event |
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