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| Xiliyi District Community | primary production | accomplish the whole task at one stroke |
| there's no sign of anything happening yet; nothing has been done so far | The door must be either shut or open. | Alexander I |
| Elizabeth I | François I | Circumstances alter cases. |
| work steadily and make solid progresses as every step leaves its print | Each one is worse than the other | the first time one ever does sth. |
| (literally) One guest should not bother two hosts.--Since you have already helped me, please help me finish the task | try to make conversation | first signal system |
| In for a penny, in for a pound. | Maintaining stability is of top priority | OAU |
| optical, mechanical and electronic integration | Unless one is absolutely sure that he can succeed in doing something, he should not try it | Time makes all the difference. Different times call for different |
| irredentism | regard oneself as the No.1 authority in the world | primary productivity |
| happening once in two hundred years | pool | separate |
| member of a jury | person who constantly criticizes | confirmation or support by further evidence, esp from a different source |
| systematically | contrive a device, an experiment, a means of escape | If you're late once more you're getting the boot. |
| number of people or things close together without order | having an advantage over sb | doz bottles white wine 2.25 a bottle |
| lopsided | not fastened together | change `hands pass into another person's possession |
| the only thing | restricted | up to and including |
| only to a limited extent | between another and an observer, so that the first seems to pass across the surface of the second | presence of more than one meaning |
| To dry-cleaning suit, 3 | the `other be heard but either ignored or quickly forgotten | succession |
| state of having lost all hope | again and again | not be seen dead |
| triennial | successively | all in |
| in the ordinary course of events | Good speed! | Ardeshir |
| Clothaire Ier | Muawiyah I ibn Abi Sufyan | patriotic united front |
| awkward at first but skilful later on | Trinity Southern University | the enterprises that process raw materials on clients' demands, assemble parts for the clients and process according to the clients' samples; or engage in compensation trade. |
| act aimlessly | have a carping tongue | a catalogue of disasters |
| a casual glance at a book | take over the captaincy | live on the floor below |
| a pair of bloomers | a pair of brogues | a blustery day |
| lose a button | work in short bursts | a pair of bifocals |
| as an alternative | a tin of assorted biscuits | an autographed copy |
| piece cut off by biting | agency agreement | general identification test |
| canalization of exports | Noodle Soup with Assorted Vegetables | compositional heterogenity |
| nanosecond | a union of `allied trades | part of a surface |
| armfuls of flowers | a breath of scandal | burgle a shop |
| close with a loud noise | a ten-dollar bill | cost between one and two pounds |
| broad strip | commit a list to memory, ie memorize it | amount swallowed at one time |
| live in complete destitution | amount held by this | sugar-tongs |
| give a criminal a suspended sentence, ie not send him to prison unless he commits a further offence | coin of this value | stroke |
| a tactical move | have a swing | stamp on a spider |
| go for a dip | stake a business | pile |
| knickers | square deal => deal4. a square `meal large and satisfying meal | squeeze |
| some orange squash | a streak of good luck | consistent with sth |
| a beautiful stretch of countryside | a string of wins | over sth cross sth with one step |
| landward | a digest of the week's news | pied |
| with a steady purpose | glass of this | a set of oil-paints |
| a thin sheet of metal | a `dress length, ie a piece of cloth long enough to make a dress | a `Brownie pack |
| a thin layer of glue | any of these groups | tasty |
| takings | the penultimate day of the month | speak without pausing for breath, ie very quickly |
| the guilty party, ie the person who is to blame for sth | paste pieces of paper together | pearmain |
| an inexpertly executed stroke | droves of sightseers | oranges 10p ea |
| plonk | get a slice of the profit | contents of this |
| smash a window | small | [C] amount of this drunk or served |
| an interval of one octave | as hard as iron | with a firm |
| plot | give a sketch of one's plans | sigh |
| an in-joke | seven days in a week | on each side of the road |
| edit a book of poetry | a point on a scale | being one of four parts |
| put sth forward as a hypothesis | a spartan meal, ie a very simple one | CARRYING OUT AN ACTIVITY |
| a spare meal | spoonful | a re`pair kit |
| sporting | go out on a spree, ie go out to enjoy a spree | a first-`aid kit |
| group of the specified number | a bowl of soup served piping hot | have a soft heart |
| Otter' is spelt with a double t. otter | amount of tobacco this can hold | long draught of beer |
| as kind a man as ever drew breath | snog | a snifter of brandy |
| pitch the ball up a bit | not at all drunk | make a sudden dodge to the right |
| solidaginae o. hoffm. | spend a day by the coast, ie the seaside | be soundly beaten at chess |
| on Monday afternoon | a quarter of eleven, ie 10.45 am or pm | a bag of groceries |
| some of his friends | a member of the football team | one mouthful |
| doing a piece of work | a box of crackers | suffer disaster on disaster |
| You must be crackers! | one of our number, ie one of us | a cubic metre of coal |
| cut some flowers | a box of crystallized oranges | a ,two-edged remark |
| a slice of roast turkey | a tumbler of milk | mail |
| lump sum | master a foreign language | |