figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work - find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"...
the noun from the late 1700s. Most of the Panelists still disapprove of the intransitive use of the verb meaning "to have an effect": in our 2015 survey, 78 percent of the Panel (down only slightly from 85 percent in 2001) rejectedThese policies are impacting on our ability to achieve...
There are few martial arts films I know of that have so many richly developed characters and relationships. The only one that even comes to mind in Tsui’s own epic Once Upon a Time in China. The Peking Opera setting provides Tsui a world full of potential meaning, and he plays it up...
This chance meeting with a flake of chalk took place on top of Scafell Pike, a place full of modern monuments and offerings, to the dead mainly, many of whose ashes lie around the summit cairn, and older structures that could be interpreted as monuments; the Neolithic Axe working sites. T...
②The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804,which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why.很可能是恐怖分子导致了埃及航空804航班在地中海上空坠毁,这一悲剧再次提醒人们为什么要履行耗时的安全程序。
1.The solution to the mystery of the monarch’s amazing ability comes at a time 解决黑脉金斑蝶惊人能力之谜的方法是在它遭遇严重麻烦的时候出现的。 2. we know about this lovely creature, the chance it will sur...
deconstruct:to analyse a text in order to show that there is no fixed meaning within the text but that the meaning is created each time in the act of reading distract:to take somebody’s attention away from what they are trying to do ...
That plane crash, then, indirectly bought the farm for the farmer. There are a number of other origins suggested for the phrase, but all of that is to say, euphemisms rely on a common understanding of the phrase itself, not its literal meaning. Euphemism synonyms Euphemisms are among many ...
Construction of new homes in the last 2 years has plummeted, meaning home and apartment prices can’t fall due to excessive unfulfilled demand. China New Housing Construction Down Remember the last US housing crash? Mortgage lending was hot and risky. Mortgage growth in China is at 20% and ...
ring a bellTo serve as a reminder, to bring to mind; to have meaning or significance. Although the exact origin of this expression is not known, it may stem from the former practice of ringing church bells to signal the hour or to inform the populace of significant events, such as birth...