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cut off
In following months, Al Afdhal often partially reimbursed drivers who had not been paid in several months, but cut off payment to drivers who had been receiving their monthly payments, and so on.
In this sentence, what's the meaning by "cut off"? Does it mean stop paying the salary or reduce the salary?
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ammunition vest
what is ammunition vest? Is it bulletproof? Or just a vest which can put bullets in it?
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special, especial, particular, specific and peculiar
Could you please tell me the difference between special, especial, particular, specific and peculiar? In which case should use which word. Please explain with examples.Thanks a lot!!!
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chive, leek, scallion,shallot
What is chive? leek? scallion?shallot? Are they different things? Can you discribe these four things? Then, what is green onion? spring onion? welsh onion? What is chinese chive? garlic chive? chinese leek? Are they equal to one of the four things mentioned above? In addition, is there any other name of these things? please list them. Thanks a lot!
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what does it mean by this sentence
Here is the sentence:
"A lot of people are smart and skeptical, but not everyone wants to devote his or her life to uncovering graft at the public buildings authority."
I don't really get the meaning of "AT the public buildings authority".
Does it mean they don't want to uncover some people's graft to the public buildings authority, or they don't want to uncover the public buildings authority's graft?
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what does it mean by this sentence
Here is the sentence:
"A lot of people are smart and skeptical, but not everyone wants to devote his or her life to uncovering graft at the public buildings authority."
I don't really get the meaning of "AT the public buildings authority".
Does it mean they don't want to uncover some people's graft to the public buildings authority, or they don't want to uncover the public buildings authority's graft?
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nationality
i've got a form to fill. But I'm not sure how to fill up "Nationality". China or Chinese??
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how to express " we qualified the accredition after evaluation. Hereby issued this certificate."
i know my expression is awful. It's a certificate. I don't know how to translate it into English.
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the gift for Hanukkah
Joey wants to give his girl friend a gift for her birthday. He gets a pen at Office Max. -_-!!
Chandler: Huh-huh! You can't give her that.
Joey: Why not?
Chandler: Because she's not eleven! And it's not the seventh night of Hanukkah!
Q: Please tell me something about "the seventh night of Hanukkah".
I know a little about Hanukkah. It lasts 8 days. Childrens can get a gift each day. What kind of gift will they get? Is it very small, so Chandler said that?
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car pools only
When I was travelling in Amercian, I saw some signals on the road --'CAR POOLS ONLY'. What does that mean??
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