| Level
- Hard |
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Word
/ Phrase |
Meaning
|
Translation |
Example
sentence |
Audio |
| 1 |
a
pat on the back
id |
show
someone they did well |
鼓勵、讚揚 |
My
dad gave me a pat on the back for doing well in my
English project. |
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|
2 |
come
up short id |
not
do well enough |
失水準 |
The
LA Lakers usually win but they came up short today.
They lost to the Houston Rockets. |
|
| 3 |
dead
set against id |
strongly
disagree with doing something |
堅決反對 |
My
parents want me to study in the UK but I'm dead set against
it. I like my school here. |
|
| 4 |
It
means a lot to me. phr |
it's important to me |
對我十分重要 |
Thanks
for giving me a birthday present. It means a lot to me.
|
|
| 5 |
My
lips are sealed! id |
I
won't tell anyone. |
我不會對任何人說 |
I
saw you kissing Clark. Don't worry. My lips are sealed!
I won't tell Whitney. |
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