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--- mywiki:english:eng202107 [2021/09/24 10:00] – shaoguoh
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   * **Ablation** /əˈbleɪʃ(ə)n/: the surgical removal of body tissue.
   * ablate: verb
 Over the past 20 years, Chinese authorities could **turn a blind eye to** some illegal business **practices**, tax **evasion** or wrongdoings, because the economy enjoyed robust growth
-sneak snuck snuck
+**blind side**: a direction in which a person has a poor view of approaching traffic or danger.
+  * a punch delivered on the referee's **blind side**
+sneak - snuck - snuck
 an **unequivocal** answer
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 they were fired for **catcalling** at women: make a whistle, shout, or comment of a sexual nature to a woman passing by.
 He **gets picked on** because he's small.: to criticize, annoy, or punish someone repeatedly and unfairly
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 **frumpy** tracksuit: 不修边幅的运动服
   * **frumpy**: dowdy and old-fashioned (typically used of a woman or her clothes).
-  * dowdy /ˈdaʊdi/: (of a person or their clothes) unfashionable and unstylish in appearance (typically used of a woman).
+  * **dowdy** /ˈdaʊdi/: (of a person or their clothes) **unfashionable** and **unstylish** in appearance (typically used of a woman).
 if you got it, **flaunt** it: display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.
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       * verb: apply (ointment, polish, or a similar substance) with a back and forth motion.
          * she took out her sun cream and rubbed some on her nose
-      * noub: the central problem or difficulty in a situation.
+      * noun: the central problem or difficulty in a situation.
 **act up**
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 crowds made him feel **claustrophobic**: (of a person) having an extreme or irrational fear of confined places.
   * claustrophobic /klɔːstrəˈfəʊbɪk/
-  * claustro-, claustr-: lock, barrier; to close, to shut; a confined space
+  * **claustro**-, claustr-: lock, barrier; to close, to shut; a confined space
-  * -phobic: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone;
+  * -**phobic**: fear, extreme fear of; morbid, excessive, irrational fear, or terror of something or someone;
 acres of **arable** land: (of land) used or suitable for growing crops.