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" The Alchemist " Chapter 2 Part 14

The boy couldn't believe what he was seeing: the oasis, rather than being just a well surrounded by a few palm trees—as he had seen once in a geography book—was much larger than many towns back in Spain. There were three hundred wells, fifty thousand

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cup of tea

cup of tea: that means the type of person or thing that one generally likes.Examples:1. Tennis isn't my cup of tea. I prefer table tennis.2. I know John is nice, but he's not my cup of tea.Note: This expression is almost used in the negative.Why is i

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" The Alchemist " Chapter 2 Part13

The times rush past, and so do the caravans, thought the alchemist, as he watched the hundreds of people and animals arriving at the oasis. People were shouting at the new arrivals, dust obscured the desert sun, and the children of the oasis were bur

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Go overboard

Go overboard means to be excessive."I like to have a glass of wine each evening but I never go overboard" (not excessive with the wine)."Do you like this dress or do you think I have gone overboard?" (dressed excessively)

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narrow down

narrow down: that means to reduce the number of possibilities, options or choicesExample:There are so many magazines in the library to read, finally, I narrowed down my choice to the ones I could get easily near my seat.For more information please vi

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do a double take

do a double take: that means to look at something or someone twice because you are so surprised at what you have seen.Examples:1. When I saw a man with 200 cm high walking on the street, I did a double take.2. Tom did a double take when he saw his fa

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lost ID

dear I have a proplem please help me I am adamamith I lost my ID and used leave MYEC icon and I couldn't comeback to my EC againplease I need help me to comback to my ec

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Nida's progress report!

I'm going to use this place as my diary where I can keep a track of my progress and save links to my favorite English learning websites.

Here I will keep record of my personal progress so you may not find it something interesting or worthy of reading.

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stumble across

stumble across: that means to meet someone or find something unexpectedly.Examples:1. I stumbled across my high school classmate yesterday at the MRT station.2. My brother stumbled across an interesting puzzle this morning when he read the newspapers

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