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dreamy


- 1. having a magical or pleasantly unreal quality; dreamlike


The atmosphere is tranquil and dreamy.


He gazed at me with a dreamy look in his eyes.


- 2. delightful; gorgeous


I bet he was really dreamy.


She has these dreamy blue eyes.


The movie opens with a dreamy shot of a sunset.
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slip     v.

- pass or change to a lower, worse, or different condition, typically in a gradual or imperceptible way

Many people feel standards have slipped.

If the details are anything to go by, customers are faced with slipping standards.
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容易混淆的两个动词

crumble vs crumple

crumble - break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration

The plaster started to crumble.

She nervously crumbled the bread between her fingers. 
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crumple - crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled

He crumpled up the paper bag.

He crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the waste basket.
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英文里的"狼吞"! 英文写作的绝对好词! 太形象了!

Everyday New Phrases:

wolf down

- eat something as fast as possible, gulping down meal as quickly as you can
SYN: gulp, gobble

John wolfed down his sandwich in order to get to school on time.

I was at home with our six-year-old daughter, Laila, who was busy wolfing down a bowl of Coco Pops.
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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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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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Everyday New Phrases:

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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Everyday New Phrases:

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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