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每日新词组:

Everyday New Phrases:

break (one's) back

- to put forth a great deal of effort

I've been breaking my back trying to get a passing grade this semester, so failing by two measly points is incredibly frustrating.

Don't break your back trying to please these people — they'll never appreciate it.

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a beehive of activity:

- a place where everyone is very busy. 

Later that afternoon, Shillong’s former polo field, now home to the Khasi Hills Archery Sports Institute, was a beehive of activity.

Waikiki, one of the world's best known beaches, is a hive of activity. 

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每日新单词

Unassuming - not pretentious or arrogant, modest

Scrawl - write in a hurried, careless way

My curiosity was piqued by the blackboards hanging unassumingly in front of each one, where numbers were scrawled in white chalk.

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好词好句

All of a sudden, an anxious silence fell on the sportsmen and the onlookers alike.

注意 silence fell on 的用法。而且还 anxious silence。

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fall in(into) place

- to fit together; to become organized; to make sense. 

After we heard the whole story, things began to fall in place. 

When you get older, the different parts of your life begin to fall into place.

He likes to try everything, and everything just seems to fall in place.

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happy-go-lucky

not easily made worried or anxious; A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried.

Someone who is happy-go-lucky enjoys life and does not worry about the future .

Happy-go-lucky is to be cheerful about most all things. To have a positive view on life.

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forgive

- cancel (a debt)

He proposed that their debts should be forgiven.

Mr Ruffin decided to forgive the rent on the trumpet.

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A stretch of blindingly bright sand caressed by the blue Atlantic. A curved cliff envelops the beach like a pair of protective wings.

注意 caress 的用法。以前介绍过 lap 的用法，意思比较接近。

The beautiful sandy beaches are gently lapped by the waves.

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laden - heavily loaded or weighed down.

a tree laden with apples.

a truck laden with timber. 

The banks are laden with bad loans.

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acquisitive:

- excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

We live in a competitive and acquisitive society.