spooktacular (comparative more spooktacular, superlative most spooktacular)
(slang) Spooky and spectacular; wonderfully frightening.

Victoria: what do you think of studying abroad? Ian: I think it's a great idea. Studying abroad will offer you plenty of new opportunities. Are you planning on going abroad? V: yes, I hope so. I am studying for my IELTS right now. I: which country do

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auricular, adj 耳(状)的;听觉的 【例】an auricular tube [医]听诊器 【源】源自拉丁语 auricula耳 【区】particular(adj 特殊的),一起记。你们不觉得耳朵是最特殊的器官吗? 【参】aural(adj 听觉的

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This is the second in our three-part Business English Podcast lesson on a useful telephone and sales skill: cold calling. You can always make yourself more persuasive by asking well-considered questions and really listening to the answers. This princ

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In BEP 34, we talked about clarifying what was said , for example, What did you just say? I didnt catch that. In todays Business English Pod lesson, well look at clarifying what was meant, for example, What do you mean by that? or What Im trying to s

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This is the first in a two-part Business English Podcast series on clarifying. To clarify means to make clear. Today well look at phrases and skills for clarifying what was said. For example, I didnt quite catch that. Could you say that again? This i

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By David Gollust State Department 30 March 2007 The State Department says it is seeking clarification of reports Sudan has softened its opposition to new international peacekeepers for Darfur. The reported change of position by Sudanese President Oma

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AS IT IS 2013-05-04 The Wonder Wheel and Spook-A-Rama Reopen at Coney Island Hello again, and welcome to AS IT IS your daily magazine show from VOA Learning English. Im June Simms. Today we hear about how sea levels are rising around the world, and w

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Asking for Elaboration Could you elaborate (on that)? Could you tell me a little more about it? Could you give (me) some details? Could you fill me in on that? Could you expound on that? What else can you tell us (about that)? Is there anything else

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By Amberin Zaman Istanbul 13 May 2007 Demonstrators attend a rally in support of secularism in Izmir, western coastal city of Turkey, 13 May 2007 Tens of thousands of secular Turks massed in the Aegean port city of Izmir Sunday to protest Turkey's Is

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 26 May 2006 Sudanese refugee children sit in their makeshift classroom, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 in the refugee camp Kou Kou Angarana in Chad some 30 kilometers from the Sudan border The U.N. refugee agency says it is very di

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vanessa carlton--Nolita fairytale I know, you know, We don't see And so our truths wait patiently I walk the streets with a song in my head We ebb and we flow so Got my toes on my pup at the foot of my bed My heart always seems to know Now take the g

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By Luis Ramirez Beijing 23 September 2006 A U.S. scholar, who just visited North Korea, says Pyongyang plans to unload more fuel rods at its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, which would boost its weapons capability. The move appears to be aimed at pressuri

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The United Nation's official in charge of humanitarian aid has expressed concern over Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir's remarks Monday that he wants all international aid groups out of his country within a year. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir a

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Boasting an impressive list of screen credits in her native Italy, actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta is probably most famous on the world stage for her role as a ruthless assassin in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. Cucinotta also playe

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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 04 July 2006 Just hours to go for the Italian and German national soccer teams to face off against each other in the World Cup semifinal in Germany. Fans are getting ready for what they hope will be a great game of soccer

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By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 08 January 2007 watch Childhood Obesity report The World Health Organization reports that at least one and a half billion adults are overweight and approximately 400 million are obese. What may be even more shocking i

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 July 2007 Somali woman holding her child at a Dadaab refugee camp in Northern Kenya (File Photo) U.N. agencies are warning malnutrition rates in refugee camps in Kenya have reached alarming levels. The U.N. Refugee Agency, W

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By Amberin Zaman Istanbul 14 April 2007 Thousands of Turks march towards Ataturk's mausoleum for a wreath laying ceremony in support of secularism after a rally in Ankara, 14 Apr 2007 More than 200,000 Turks protested in Turkey's capital Saturday aga

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今天我们要学的词是spook。 Spook, 惊吓。 Stocks took a nose dive as fears about the global economy spooked investors, 全球经济低迷使投资者惧怕市场前景,造成股票市场暴跌。 Retail sales fell unexpectedly in June as

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PARIS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Jamaican sprinter Lerone Clarke clocked the fastest 60-meter time this season on Tuesday at the Lievin indoor meet in France. The Commonwealth Games champion, 30, timed 6.5 seconds to win the match, and finished clear of Fr

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Abelin's reacytion
amplexus
and at that
ASME Vessel Code ASME
astringer
astronomical point
atp monophosphatase
beef tenderloin
behavioral implications
bewicks
bottleneck analysis
bridge cut off relay
canal of Stilling
chamoised
chemical unconformity
clearings
common sickle pine
composite liquid
cotton plug
crack width calculation
current system punch output device
disc fungi
disturbance observer
dolourous
Donoughmore
e.s.l
ecphoria
El Jute
eMLC
external feed line
extract a tooth
freight handling
germling
give a poor account of oneself
goldsmith
graded authentication
haemosiderosis
Holliday model
HR (humidity relative)
ilunga
indorsed bill
irish-born
judd
jumping seed
kamchatkite
lagertannin
lipiduria
low-metal content
Mariazell
megillot
microbacterium lacticum
mild dehydration
miniwarehouse
morphophysiological variation
National Physical Laboratory
ncgas
Neoceratodus forsteri
open interface
opinione
oyome-san
p27kip1
pantiliners
paratomic
phloromyotomy
pleustophyte
plunk for
preparation jar
production program of vehicle maintenance
propeller tube
pseudolovenia hirsuta
quartermistress
ratio of forging reduction
respersion
retroduodenal
roll hot stamping machine
round chart instrument
sanhotoxin
scaldhead
sendup
shutteth
side-delivery spreader
silcretes
slip on welding plate flange
sociology of teaching
solar antapex
steel-toe boot
subject test
sulfolane process
sunken pan
super decanter
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tormenteth
transport equipment
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volgas
voltage drop compensation directional relay
waved stitch
weddin
work someone out
Zhibian