音标:[prɪ'mɑnə,tori] ;
premonitory
[pri'mɔnitəri]
adj.
预先警告的,预先告诫的
预感的;预兆的;征兆的
【医学】前驱的;先期的

Let us enjoy reading this one of Birbal Stories of Birbal Returns Home. Birbal was in Persia at the invitation of the king of that country. Parties were given in his honor and rich presents were heaped on him. On the eve of his departure for home, a

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The Emperor Akbar was traveling to a distant place along with some of his courtiers. It was a hot day and the emperor was tiring of the journey. Cant anybody shorten this road for me? he asked, querulously. I can, said Birbal. The other courtiers loo

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One day the Emperor Akbar startled his courtiers with a strange question. If somebody pulled my whiskers what sort of punishment should be given to him? he asked. He should be flogged! said one courtier. He should be hanged! said another. He should b

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Birbal arrived late for a function and the emperor was displeased. My child was crying and I had to placate him, explained the courtier. Does it take so long to calm down a child? asked the emperor. It appears you know nothing about child rearing. No

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A farmer and his neighbor once went to Emperor Akbar's court with a complaint. Your Majesty, I bought a well from him, said the farmer pointing to his neighbor, and now he wants me to pay for the water. That's right, your Majesty, said the neighbor.

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One day Akbar and Birbal were riding through the countryside and they happened to pass by a cabbage patch. Cabbages are such delightful vegetables! said Akbar. I just love cabbage. The cabbage is king of vegetables! said Birbal. A few weeks later the

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One fine morning, a minister from Emperor Akbar's court had gathered in the assembly hall. He informed the Emperor that all his valuables had been stolen by a thief the previous night. Akbar was shocked to hear this because the place where that minis

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One day Akbar asked his courtiers if they could tell him the difference between truth and falsehood in three words or less. The courtiers looked at one another in bewilderment. What about you, Birbal? asked the emperor. I'm surprised that you too are

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当你让全场观众起立牵手会发生甚么事?混乱,没错!至少当简?麦戈尼格尔(Jane McGonigal)试着教TED听众玩她最喜欢的游戏时是这样的。接下来,当多人混战时,你猜想还会怎样呢?

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I've seen her face before, I've seen those eyes from long ago, They're reaching inside my soul I wish she could see my heart beating for her. What if I were to let you know, Would it be too much? But I can't wait to find if I'm invisible. (I'm)Asking

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在这个节目中我们将学到: 经典语境背诵 Mom: Benjamin and I have been married for 20 years. He is a good husband and father though he may be a little bit dull at times. But I knew this when we were dating. He is an honest man which ma

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By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 23 July 2007 Thai police have arrested and charged six people following a protest against last year's military coup that turned violent Sunday night, and they say more arrests are likely. From Bangkok, Roger Wilkison reports

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Caffeine Safely Stimulates Premaure Infants Almost all babies who are born very prematurely have trouble breathing. For decades, doctors have treated them with the stimulant caffeine, even though there was little scientific evidence to justify it. Br

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African Democrats Look for Ways to Curb Imperial Presidency The imperial presidency. Its the name given by many constitutional scholars and opposition politicians to unchecked powers that some say practically make the executive into a monarchy. Stron

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An Indian billionaire's pledge to donate nearly $2 billion to fund education programs has raised hopes that more of the country's super-rich will follow his example. Rapidly growing wealth in India contrasts sharply with the widespread poverty in the

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Britain may like to find out about more our voting system in elections. Our system gives smaller political parties a chance to be part of the government. We have MMP which is one kind of proportional representation. If a party gets a proportion of th

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The Tories did best in constituencies that voted heavily for Brexit: in six of their eight new English seats the Leave vote was over 60%. 在进行选区保守党做的最好的,有很多选民支持退欧:在他们的八个新英国座位中,有

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By Gary Thomas Washington 09 October 2009 The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama came as a surprise to most everyone. Few analysts thought a world leader with less than a year in office would win the world's most prestigious peace

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agricultural town
air gap flux
Alikianos
anhematopoiesis
annoyingness
anterior radiocarpal ligaments
arteriae vaginalis
attention flag
automobile engine
ballast
binary fluid
blue-ridged octopus
borchgrevink
bovinoid
bramanti
calorimeter system
charron
chirality plane
clippins
clofoctol
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cyflumetofen
dc discharge
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double -hook oil ring
downhill casting
electrophoretograms
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family Edaphosauridae
fiber protrusion
filter(ing)disk
frame-grounding circuit
free as a bird
fundeadouro
game chips
given over to
glyg
hahuu
Harmonite
hch
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hydnophora rigida
hyperperitonitis
in the extreme
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Iyevkovo
let that fly stick in to the wall
liquor ammoniae foeniculatum
lower-temperature
magnetic energy product
meell
middle child
monkey-nut
Nalanda
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neurophysiologically
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nosewheel
ordinary state
overpressed
paunt
Personal Web Server
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pinetti
plationoid contact
poor aggregate
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radiator stand
ravidus
riegel
Royal Naval Hydrographic Department
rubefaction
searching image
Seriphidium junceum
slide-gear
tape lifters
Telebrix38Solution
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three dimensional lattice
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throatless nozzle
tracer-controlled milling machine
trail-bikes
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wankfest
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whitegoods
woo sb to compliance
xenogears
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