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Points Date Pair Term / Answer given Level Status Gloss
- May 26 '11 esl>eng "De cine" in cinema mode easy closed ok
- Apr 16 '08 chi>eng 处处注意皆知识 留心处处皆学问 = a grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge easy open no
- Feb 9 '07 eng>chi what for want of a better term for want of = 由于缺乏(某物) easy closed no
- Jan 5 '06 eng>chi official 解释: easy closed no
4 Nov 13 '05 chi>eng 编剧 ? easy closed no
- Jul 22 '05 eng>chi sentence translation 解释 easy closed no
- Jul 13 '05 eng>chi you must prepare yourself for the possibility... prepare yourself = 做心理准备 easy closed no
- Jun 4 '05 eng>chi restage 再一次使(某事)发生 easy closed ok
- May 25 '05 chi>eng 模棱 FYI origin of the idiom = '但模棱以持两端可矣' easy closed ok
- Dec 13 '04 eng>chi The foece was with him. see Star Wars 'May the force be with you'=> 愿念力与他同在 easy closed ok
- Dec 10 '04 eng>chi tipping...evenly balanced scales in favor of the incunbent => tipping the scales/balance in favour of the incumbent easy closed no
- Nov 21 '04 eng>chi not rocket science FYI also 'you don't have to be a rocket scientist to do that/to figure that out' easy closed ok
4 Nov 21 '04 eng>chi And while not the final word 它虽然不能算是这个题目的定论 easy closed no
- Oct 26 '04 eng>chi poignant 伤心的;辛酸的 easy closed ok
- Sep 7 '04 eng>chi pretty faces around but not right 周围美脸但不对劲 easy closed ok
4 Aug 17 '04 eng>chi later, during (此)以后,在(进行the grim business of family addiction therapy)的时候, easy closed no
- Aug 4 '04 eng>eng changing in what blacks would accept from in = in regard to easy closed ok
4 Aug 4 '04 eng>eng smash smash records = break records (two meanings - a 'play on words' on smash and records) easy closed no
4 Aug 4 '04 eng>eng have to drop the car off with Roger to get me a new dash I thought (it would get to the point where) I would need to leave the car at Roger's place ... easy closed no
- Aug 2 '04 eng>chi "set to" set to music = 为[歌词]谱曲 =>set to great choral music = 谱成great/wonderful大合唱音乐 easy closed no
- Aug 2 '04 eng>chi pinched himself pinched himself (to see if he was dreaming) easy closed no
- Jul 13 '04 eng>eng always feigning a bluff ignorance of the ways of fashion and the needs thus caus all along pretending to be ignorant (in a bluff way) of the customs of fashion and their requirement easy closed ok
- Jul 13 '04 eng>chi governess cart a type of horse-drawn carriage easy open no
4 Jun 6 '04 eng>chi scramble to one feet 赶忙爬起身来 easy closed no
4 Jun 2 '04 eng>chi kick me in the shins 猛烈批评我;'打骂';'惩罚我';'疼打我几下' easy closed no
- Jun 2 '04 eng>chi The world is very evil, the times are waxing late waxing late = getting, becoming, growing (near the end times/end of the world) easy closed ok
- May 30 '04 eng>chi split if a very popular girl, each dance a new partner. she changes partners partway through each dance. easy closed no
4 May 29 '04 eng>chi someone is walking over the dark, starshiny spot that is to be my grave 按迷信 if you shiver someone is walking over your grave easy closed no
- May 29 '04 eng>chi not lawful to be uttered of 等于想他的非常难听的话;在心里咒他;骂他 easy closed ok
4 May 29 '04 eng>chi pitch in tooth and claw (必须)猛烈地/激烈地一起动手 easy closed no
- May 28 '04 eng>chi taffy-pull taffy (AmE) => toffee (BrE) easy closed ok
4 May 27 '04 eng>chi Rap wood 好运常在;希望如意 easy closed ok
- Apr 4 '04 eng>chi to blow oneself up blow (sth) up = 炸毁 =>把自己炸毁 (所以这种人叫做'suicide bombers',人家变成炸弹) easy closed no
- Apr 1 '04 eng>eng love law law-abiding, legalistic easy closed ok
4 Mar 27 '04 eng>chi in some quantity in (quite) some quantity = quite a lot 不少 easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>eng was born out of should be 'was born of' easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi the horse started forward in the traces and pinched off the fingertip the action of the horse moving forward tightened the logchain and pinched off her fingertip. easy closed no
4 Mar 26 '04 eng>chi thus far missed thus far = up until now 至此;迄今 easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi Do I need to cough? 我应该咳嗽吗? 我是不是应该咳嗽一声?(让孩子们知道我在他们哪儿) easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi paper cartridge/paper of shot/fitted a brass cap to the nipple shot = (不会爆炸的)弹丸;(铅)沙弹 easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi a steep broken pitch of rock broken = 中断的;不连贯的 easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi open to doubt open to sth = 对谋事物不设防的 easy closed ok
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi stepped in place with their hind ends gathered under them stepped in place = stepped on the spot (no forward movement) easy closed no
- Mar 26 '04 eng>chi cut back and circled 穿回去;穿回来; 跑回(动物/人)后面 easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>chi make partial sense make sense = 有明确的意义; make partial sense = 部分有明确的意义 easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>chi vowed to keep their minds on was the homecoming 后来,两个人所说好的是千万要保留/坚持将来数月后的回故乡的事. easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng vowed to keep their minds on was the homecoming keep your mind on something easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng among the things that were definition: number sb/sth among sb/sth easy closed ok
- Mar 25 '04 eng>eng But this too/breed compassion/breed hardness breed = to cause something to happen, usually something bad easy closed no
- Mar 25 '04 eng>chi But this too/breed compassion/breed hardness breed = 滋生;产生;引起;招致 easy closed no
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