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keep yourself to yourself The key is keeping yourself to yourself. Keep your mystery. Don't give them too much information so they can't define you. 开始学习
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to live a very quiet private life and not do many things that involve other people We hardly knew them – they kept themselves to themselves.
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If something takes place behind closed doors, it is done privately, with no observers or intruders. 开始学习
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if something happens behind closed doors, it happens in private and the public are not allowed in It seems that the deal was made behind closed doors. The matter was discussed behind closed doors.
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“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” 开始学习
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to say something without meaning to, when you had wanted it to be a secret He let it slip that they were planning to get married.
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"We're not having beans for dinner. Mom said you spilled them." 开始学习
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to tell something that someone else wanted you to keep a secret I spilt the beans when I told her that he wasn’t at the conference at all.
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They stay schtum all the time as if there is a hidden tariff which stipulates a certain price per word uttered. 开始学习
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to keep or stay quiet or silent The boss of the failed company is keeping schtum about his role in the disaster.
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let the cat out of the bag I wanted it to be surprised, but Parsa went and let the cat out of the bag. to reveal a secret unintentionally; to make a secret known without wanting to do so. 开始学习
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to tell someone a secret, especially without intending to The engagement ring on her finger rather let the cat out of the bag.
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to reveal a plan, strategy, surprise or joke that was supposed to be kept secret 开始学习
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to spoil a surprise or secret by doing or saying something that lets someone guess what the secret is Lynn gave the game away by laughing when Kim walked in.
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'I can't tell you what's in the stew because it's classified information.' 开始学习
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classified information, documents etc are ones which the government has ordered to be kept secret This is classified information.
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The best way to divulge a secret is to tell someone not to say anything about it. 开始学习
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to give someone information that should be kept secret It is not company policy to divulge personal details of employees.
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Let's keep this secret just between you and me 开始学习
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used before telling someone something that you do not want them to tell anyone else Between you and me, I think Schmidt’s about to resign.
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not intended to be known, seen, or found out. Hey boss. I'm not sure our covert surveillance is real covert anymore. 开始学习
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A covert investigation was conducted to catch the drug-smugglers.
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Questions are only offensive to those who have something to hide. 开始学习
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to be secretly guilty of something He told the jury that he is innocent, but they think he has something to hide.
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done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed: surreptitious | a furtive glance | exchanged furtive smiles 开始学习
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behaving as if you want to keep something secret There was something furtive about his actions.
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In a state of secrecy or minimal public knowledge; being known only by a select few people. I need to tell you some important news, but you have to keep it on the hush-hush, OK? 开始学习
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Everything was very hush-hush. Apparently it's on the hush-hush, but I just found out John and Tracey are getting married soon!
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Secret, not to be shown to anyone. The file was marked private and confidential. 开始学习
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spoken or written in secret and intended to be kept secret Doctors are required to keep patients’ records completely confidential.
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Enthusiastic answers are great, but let’s give everyone time to think first. 开始学习
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to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are nervous or excited Peter blurted the news out before we could stop him.
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My job is top secret I don't even know what I'm doing 开始学习
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top secret documents or information must be kept completely secret They used a top secret code to prevent the enemy from knowing what they were saying.
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an idea or story that many people believe, but which is not true The first myth about motherhood is that new mothers instantly fall in love with their babies.
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Conventional wisdom is often more conventional than wisdom. 开始学习
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the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right, but that is sometimes shown to be wrong As traffic grows, conventional wisdom says we should widen the roads.
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We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are. 开始学习
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the way you think about something and your idea of what it is like Art is a great way to discover children’s perceptions of the world.
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Irrelevant authority. Appeal to commonly held opinion. A claim or argument that something is true because many people believe it to be true. 开始学习
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accepted usually or by most people “Mom, why can’t I get my tongue pierced? Everyone else is doing it.”
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Fallacy: an argument that relies upon faulty reasoning. 开始学习
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a false idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true It is a fallacy to think that the more information an organisation has, the better its decisions will be.
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How can I automatically verify someone's identity (i.e., they are who they say they are) online? 开始学习
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to discover whether something is correct or true A computer program verifies that the system is working.
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to find out about (something that has been kept secret) Customs officials uncovered the truth about a plot to smuggle weapons into the country.
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if you do something intuitively you do it based on a feeling rather than on knowledge or facts He knew what to do intuitively.
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Debunking a myth creates a gap. Fill the gap with factual alternative. 开始学习
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to show that an idea or belief is false His claims were later debunked by fellow academics.
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To prove that something is not true. 开始学习
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to show that (something) is wrong or not true These figures disproved Smith’s argument.
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SMS stands for Short Message Services and is also commonly referred to as a "text message". 开始学习
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a written message that is sent or received on a mobile phone Send me a text message once you’ve arrived.
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A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor. 开始学习
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a computer game in which you move images on a screen using electronic controls There are always ads for video games on the TV these days.
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Fast food is a mass-produced food that is prepared and served very quickly. 开始学习
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food such as hamburgers which is prepared quickly and that you can take away with you There are lots of fast food outlets in the high street.
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social networking website A Website that enables users to create public profiles within that web site. Used to form relationships with other users of the same website who access their profile. 开始学习
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a website where people put information about themselves and can send messages to other people Facebook is probably the best-known social networking website.
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Less serious than getting together or dating. Spending time with someone in the context of friendship or in the context of casually exploring whether you like someone as just a friend or maybe more than a friend. 开始学习
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to spend a lot of time in a particular place or with particular people I don’t really know who she hangs out with
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A shopping mall is a modern, chiefly North American, term for a form of shopping precinct or shopping center 开始学习
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a group of shops together in one large covered building She goes to the shopping mall with her friends at the weekend.
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A mobile phone, known as a cell phone in North America, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area 开始学习
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a telephone that you can carry with you and use in any place The latest mobile phones are on sale here
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A mobile device is a handheld tablet or other device that is made for portability, and is therefore both compact and lightweight. 开始学习
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an electronic machine, especially a phone or computer, that you can carry with you and use in any place This app will work on all your mobile devices.
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to move or happen faster You see drivers speeding up when they should be slowing down. 开始学习
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to move or happen faster, or to make (something) move or happen faster The truck speeded up going down the hill.
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Sending you some smiles to brighten your day! 开始学习
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to make (something) more colourful or attractive She bought some flowers to brighten up the room.
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If you jazz something up, you make it look more interesting, colourful, or exciting. 开始学习
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to make something more attractive or exciting Jazz up your everyday meals with our new range of seasonings.
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to continue doing something or being in a situation He went on working until he was 91.
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to continue doing something You’ll have an accident if you carry on driving like that.
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This world is a dance floor ... Keep on dancing! 开始学习
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to continue doing something, or to do something many times You just have to keep on trying.
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"I appreciate the goodbye party. However, I wasn't aware I was going anywhere." 开始学习
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to make someone leave their job when they are old or ill and pay them a pension, or to get rid of something because it is old or not useful any more Many of the old ships have been pensioned off.
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go back on a promise or fail to keep to an arrangement. "we were going to Spain together and he cried off at the last moment" 开始学习
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to say that you cannot do something that you have already promised to do Leah and I were going to go to Morocco together, but at the last moment she cried off.
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to decide that a planned event will not take place The trip to Italy might be called off.
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to turn off a machine, light, radio etc using a switch The burglar alarm was switched off.
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to get information about something or someone. He was found out cheating in the exam. 开始学习
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to get (information), after trying to discover it or by chance Has anyone bothered to find out how much all this is going to cost?
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Assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known. E.g. You should learn to speak out in meetings with your boss. 开始学习
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to publicly speak in protest about something, especially when protesting could be dangerous Five students who had spoken out against the regime were arrested.
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to be much better or more important than somebody/something. Four points stand out as being more important than the rest. 开始学习
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to be very easy to see or notice or to be much better than other similar people or things That day still stands out as the greatest day in my life.
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When Atheist calls out to God: O God, save me! 开始学习
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‘Hi there!’ I called out.
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Most GROUTH happens slowly. OVER TIME. The Slow Down Challenge 开始学习
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to become slower or to make (something) slower The ice on the road slowed us down.
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"Narrow down" means "to reduce the number of possibilities, options or choices 开始学习
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to reduce the number of things included in a range The police have narrowed down their list of suspects.
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to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way: The library is cracking down on people who lose their books. 开始学习
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to become more strict in dealing with a problem and punishing the people involved The government is determined to crack down on terrorism. We all want to crack down on crime...
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To put in the designated place for storage 开始学习
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to put (something) in the place where it is usually kept He put his toys away every night.
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if something blows away or is blown away, the wind moves it away from you until you cannot see or touch it. His hat blew away on the roller coaster. She switched on the fan to blow away the smoke. 开始学习
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to move, or to make (something) move, away from a place by the force of the wind or a current of air
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DO NOT REMOVE: You can't take it away! 开始学习
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to remove (someone or something), or make (something) disappear She whisked the tray off the table and took it away.
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To make somebody remember something or think about it again. The photographs brought back many pleasant memories. 开始学习
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to start to use something again that was used in the past The city council has decided to bring back the old electric trams.
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-remember, recapture the past, indulge in memories. When I think back on my youth, I wish I had studied harder. 开始学习
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to think about things that happened in the past Thinking back, it amazes me how we survived on so little sleep.
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Think about the past. Old people often LOOK BACK on over their lives. 开始学习
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to think about something that happened in the past When I look back on those days I realise I was desperately unhappy
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Cast your mind back to this morning when you woke up – what were your first thoughts? 开始学习
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to think about something again or to remember something He frowned, casting his mind back over the conversation.
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Do random things, not be serious. Make a place disorganized. Do something incorrectly. 开始学习
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to spend time lazily, doing things slowly and in a way that is not planned He spent his vacation messing around on the farm.
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Doctors stand around the bed with the sick. 开始学习
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to stand somewhere and not do anything We stood around saying goodbye for a while.
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You hang around, I'll go on ahead. To linger some place without doing anything productive. There are always kids hanging around the diner after school, as if they don't have any homework to do. 开始学习
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to wait or spend time somewhere, doing nothing I hung around the station for an hour but he never came.
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To think about carefully. I'll mull over and get back to you. 开始学习
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to consider something for a long time We mulled over the candidates and finally chose one.
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Poring over a book means reading it with great attention. 开始学习
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to read or look at something very carefully for a long time She was poring over a book.
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Man holding his son up to look over a fence. 开始学习
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to examine (something or someone) quickly, without paying much attention to detail Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?
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to consider, deliberate • E.g. Let's think over his proposal before we see him again 开始学习
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to consider (something) carefully before making a decision Why don’t you think it over and give me a call in a couple of days?
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Office talk over coffee. So she finally kisses me, and poof! Goodbye froggy. How was your weekend? 开始学习
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to discuss a problem with someone before deciding what to do Talk over any worries with your GP.
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Look up to the sky, and maybe you will find your happiness. 开始学习
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if a situation is looking up, it is improving Now the summer’s here, things are looking up!
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If you soldier on at something, you continue to do it although it is difficult or unpleasant. The government has soldiered on as if nothing were wrong 开始学习
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to continue working in spite of difficulties We’ll just have to soldier on without him.
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The tributes are flooding in as Microsoft announces plans to kill off Paint 开始学习
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to stop or remove something completely These figures kill off any hope that the economy is poised for recovery.
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to begin to feel more relaxed and less emotional, or to make someone do this. Calm down and tell us what’s going on. 开始学习
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to become quiet and relaxed after you have been angry, excited, nervous, or upset, or to make someone become quiet and relaxed Calm down and tell me what happened.
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When you tidy up or tidy a place up, you put things back in their proper places so that everything is neat. 开始学习
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to make a place look neatly arranged with everything in the right place It’s time we tidied up the office.
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“Slip back” is used for falls that come after rises. 开始学习
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to gradually start being in a particular condition again or doing things in the way they were done before He had begun to slip back into debt.
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Today would have been a perfect day to lounge around with no pants on. But some people at work complain. 开始学习
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to spend time relaxing and doing nothing, often when you should be doing something James does nothing but lounge around the apartment.
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investigative journalism should be fearless 开始学习
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work or activities that involve investigating something He’s a well-known investigative journalist.
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In simple terms, an injunction means that one of the parties to a certain action must either do something or refrain from doing something. 开始学习
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an order given by a court, which tells someone not to do something The family is seeking an injunction against the book’s publication.
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Whistle Blowing” is the term used to refer to unauthorized reporting or disclosure of confidential information in institutional settings. 开始学习
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telling people in authority or the public about dishonest or illegal practices The company had paid out substantial sums to discourage whistle-blowing employees.
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The transmission of confidential, private, sensitive, proprietary, or valuable information through email or IM may represent a significant security risk. 开始学习
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sensitive information needs to be dealt with very carefully, because it is secret or because it may offend people She has access to sensitive information about national security.
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a story or piece of news discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others: The paper managed to secure a major scoop and broke the scandal to the world. 开始学习
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an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know it He managed to get the scoop of the year when he broke the news.
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Official definition of an information source: Book, document, database, person that provides information 开始学习
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a person, book, or document that supplies you with information I’ve heard from reliable sources that the company is in trouble.
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How would you survive for 10 years on a deserted island? 开始学习
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empty and quiet because no people are there The old mine now stands completely deserted.
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Abandoned castles around the world 开始学习
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an abandoned building, car, boat etc has been left by the people who owned or used it The car was found abandoned in Bristol.
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An aerial view of an uninhabited tropical island 开始学习
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an uninhabited place does not have anyone living there They found an uninhabited island in the Caribbean.
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helping someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been seriously ill, in prison, or on drugs He was sent to a special rehabilitation unit for stroke patients.
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term comes from quarantena, meaning forty-day period. 开始学习
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a period of time when a person or animal is kept apart from others in case they are carrying a disease, or the state of being kept apart in this way The monkeys were kept in quarantine for 31 days.
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