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Hari Sanil, works at Delta Air Lines Updated Jul 19, 2017
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BONUS: This water is really warm, I'm staying in for a few more minutes.

Enjoy!

​ ▌VOCABULARY:

  • orbit: v. move in orbit round (sth) 在绕(某 物)的轨道上运行; 环绕轨道运行: orbit in space 在太空中沿轨道运行;n. path followed by a planet, star, moon, etc round another body (天体运行的)轨道: the earth's orbit round the sun 地球绕行太阳的轨道;
  • checkmate: (in chess) situation in which one player cannot prevent the capture of his king and the other player is therefore the winner (国际象棋中)将死;total defeat 彻底失败;
  • shuffle: slide (playing-cards) over one another to change their order 洗(纸牌): Who is going to shuffle? 谁洗牌?
  • outlive: live longer than (sb) 比(某人)活得久;
  • vice versa: the other way round; with the terms or conditions reversed 反之亦然; 反过来情况也一样;
  • Braille: system of reading and writing for blind people, using raised dots to represent letters which can be read by touching them 盲文(供盲人阅读和书写用的凸点符号)

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