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--- mywiki:english:eng202106 [2021/07/27 07:55] – shaoguoh
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 all writers are **copycats**: (especially in children's use) a person who copies another's behaviour, dress, or ideas.
-the goat had been skinned and neatly **eviscerated**: **disembowel** (a person or animal)
+the goat had been **skinned** and neatly **eviscerated**
-  * eviscerated /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/:
+  * eviscerated /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/: Disembowel (a person or animal).
   * **disembowel**[dɪsɪmˈbaʊəl: cut open and remove the internal organs of.
      * the dinosaur used its claw to disembowel prey
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   * I know you're discouraged after getting fired, but you need to **get back on the horse** that bucked you and start looking for work.
   * I've been single for three years since my divorce, but now I think it's time to **get back on the horse** and start dating again.
+  * buck
+     * 1. (of a horse) to perform a buck. Eg: he's got to get his head down to buck
+     * 2. oppose or resist (something oppressive or inevitable). Eg: the shares **bucked** the market trend
 He was **out of practice** at cooking: not currently **proficient in** a particular activity or skill through not having exercised or performed it for some time
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   * **deck**: decorate or adorn brightly or festively.
   * **bough**/baʊ/: a main branch of a tree.
-  * **holly**: a widely distributed **shrub**冬青树
+  * **holly** /ˈhɒli/: a widely distributed **shrub**冬青树
 **Sit back** and relax – I’ll open a bottle of wine: get into a comfortable position, for example in a chair, and relax
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 Your cereal got so **mushy**: soft and **pulpy**
   * **soggy**: soaked with moisture or other liquid
-  * **mushy**”: resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular
+  * **mushy**” /ˈmʌʃi/: resembling or having the consistency of **mush**; **semiliquid**, pasty, or granular
      * I don't especially like mushy oatmeal.
   * **pulpy**: resembling or consisting of pulp; mushy.