用法学习: 1. When it comes to pizza, I don't like those big boys大品牌 like Pizza Hut, Domino, Eagle Boys. 2. A waiver自动放弃 is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege. While a waiver is often in writing, sometimes a person's actions can act as a waiver. An example of a written waiver is a disclaimer, which becomes a waiver when accepted. Other names for waivers are exculpatory clauses, releases, or hold harmless clauses. A consignment托买, 代卖货物协议 agreement is an agreement between a consignee and consignor for the storage, transfer, sale or resale and use of the commodity. The consignee may take goods from the consignment stock for use or resale subject to payment to the consignor agreeably to the terms bargained in the consignment agreement. The unsold goods will normally be returned by the consignee to the consignor. An assignment委托协议 is a term used with similar meanings in the law of contracts and in the law of real estate. In both instances, it encompasses the transfer of rights held by one party—the assignor—to another party—the assignee. The legal nature of the assignment determines some additional rights and liabilities that accompany the act. 3. on tap I. Lit. having to do with beer served from a barrel or keg. Do you have any imported beers on tap here? I like beer on tap. The canned stuff tastes funny to me. II. Fig. immediately available. 随时可用 I have just the kind of person you're talking about on tap. The cook has any kind of food you might want on tap. keep tab(s) (on someone or something) and keep track (of someone or something) Fig. to monitor someone or something; to follow the activities of someone or something. I'm supposed to keep track of my books. Try to keep tabs on everyone who works for you. It's hard to keep tabs when you have a lot of other work to do. I can't keep track of the money I earn. Maybe someone else is spending it. 4. Leonardo DiCaprio's Most Riveting( rivit ['rivit] I. 一种螺钉 A metal bolt or pin having a head on one end, inserted through aligned holes in the pieces to be joined and then hammered on the plain end so as to form a second head.II. To engross or hold (the attention, for example). rivet ([rivit]) someone's attention. Fig. to keep someone's attention fixed [on something]. The movie riveted the audience's attention. Professor Jones's lecture riveted the students' attention. rivet v. I. to attach or fasten parts by using rivets II. to install rivets. III. (transitive) to command the attention of. n. 一种圆柱型的钉子, 用于把不同的部分钉在一起. A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end. ) Performances "J.Edgar" star Leonardo DiCaprio's acting skills and powerful performance made him an international superstar. His most recent portrayal of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in the self-titled Clint Eastwood film shows DiCaprio's extraordinary range and intelligence. 5. Just had my old dog euthanised安乐死 today. wheelbarrow独轮手推车. 电影简介What's Eating Gilbert Grape: The relationship between the brothers is one of care and protection. In order to cope with his frenetic狂乱狂热的 life, Gilbert has taken on a secret love affair with a housewife, Betty, whilst her insensitive不敏感的, unsuspecting毫不怀疑的 husband Ken, is fully intent on selling Gilbert insurance for his family. A new chain supermarket has opened, threatening the small Lamson's Grocery store where Gilbert works, as well as threatening all the other small-time ( Insignificant or unimportant; minor ) businesses in Endora. The chain supermarket stocks all kinds of goods, rendering many of the local shops redundant. This is a key theme in the film - which constantly portrays the futility of goods made with love in light of ever sweeping横扫一切的 corporate greed公司的贪婪. His mother, Bonnie is morbidly obese after years of depression following her husband's suicide.With Bonnie unable to care for them by herself, Gilbert has taken responsibility for repairing their shanty of a farmhouse while looking after Arnie, who has a habit of climbing up the town water tower if left unsupervised（没人管, unattended: you can leave your car here unattended. ） for too long, all while his older sister Amy and younger sister Ellen slave away (slave away (at something) 累的要死要活的 Fig. to work very hard (doing something). I'm tired of slaving away at this and getting nowhere. I'm slaving away for $7.00 an hour and have no prospects for the future.) in the kitchen. Gilbert's unusual life circumstances threaten to get in the way of his budding romance with a young girl. Gilbert leaves Arnie alone in the bathtub by himself, believing he is
now old enough to get out on his own. He returns home late and wakes up
the following morning to find Arnie still in the bath, shivering in the
now-cold water. Gilbert's guilt is compounded ( i. 合成 ii. 加重, 恶化 to intensify by an added element his anxiety was compounded by her crying ) by his family's anger. The siblings realize that her removal离去, 离世 would draw a gawking crowd看热闹的人群 and want to protect their mother from being a spectacle. They empty the house except for their mother's body, then Gilbert sets the house on fire. 6. do a runner拔腿就跑, 起来就跑 Slang to run away in order to escape trouble or to avoid paying for something. If people leave a restaurant without paying, they do a runner. All right, we'll get a cab, then do a runner. give someone some skin 让对方和自己击一下掌 Sl. [for two people] to touch two hands together in a special greeting, like a handshake. (One hand may be slapped down on top of the other, or they may be slapped together palm to palm with the arms held vertically. Usually said as a command.) Hey, Bob, give me some skin! Come over here, you guys. I want you to meet my brother and give him some skin! an axiom公理 ['æksiəm] (theorems定理) I. A self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim: "It is an economic axiom as old as the hills (old as the hills very old; ancient. (*Also: as ~.) That's not a new joke; it's as old as the hills! Our family custom of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day is old as the hills. ) that goods and services can be paid for only with goods and services" (Albert Jay Nock). II. An established rule, principle, or law. III. A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument; a postulate.
Facebook Is Investigating the Huge Cocks Spamming Your Newsfeed: Good news! Facebook is aware of the hardcore porn and gross violent images that have been flooding the site for the past two days. And they're working to get to the bottom of the Great Porn Flood of 2011. Facebook said "Protecting the people who use Facebook from spam and malicious content is a top priority for us and we are always working to improve our systems to isolate and remove material that violates our terms. We have recently experienced an increase in reports and we are investigating and addressing the issue." In the meantime, penises, boobs and gore( 戈尔 [go:] I. 顶, 撞 (of an animal, such as a bull) To pierce or stab with a horn or tusk. II. 淤血, 凝血, 血块 blood shed from a wound, esp when coagulated/clotted. III. 赤裸裸的暴力电影画面 graphic violence, the depiction of particularly vivid and realistic acts of violence and brutality in visual media such as literature, film, television, and video games. It may be real, simulated live action, or animated. A type of horror movie where the emphasis is on the action/detail of the killing as compared to Splatter where the emphasis is on the Killing itself. Often very explicit. Aftermath is a very nasty but good gore movie. ) continue to infest Facebook. A new spam image is terrorizing poor moms who just want to tend to their Farmville farm: Justin Bieber photoshopped to look like he's, uh, serenading( 浅吟低唱 [,seri'neid] a piece of music appropriate to the evening, characteristically played outside the house of a woman. ) a giant cock. If you see your coworker flushing their eyes with lemon juice in the bathroom, this could be why! The porn flood is now officially the funniest thing to happen on Facebook, ever.
八卦汇集: . Leonardo DiCaprio threw himself a 37th birthday, and spent it hanging out with Bradley Cooper and "a bevy of Victoria's Secret models." This is a blind item ( 未证实的八卦传闻 When a gossip columnist doesn't have enough
evidence to support a claim about a celebrity, where naming said
celebrity would result in a lawsuit, giving no names but mild clues to
the celebrity's identity in the latest gossip. Today's Blind Item: "Which blonde is no longer giving sweet kisses to her boy-band husband?" ) waiting to happen. About hetero model orgies or closet cases, though? 2. Brad Pitt said he'd retire from acting in three years, but now he says "I wasn't actually putting an exact deadline on my expiration date," so chill out. 3. Because she(Eclipse女星) wanted to cause thousands of teenage girls to drop dead( Slang II. Very impressive; spectacular, outstandingly or exceptionally drop-dead gorgeous , "a special video of the best-dressed women making drop-dead, knockout entrances at parties and fashion shows in Paris and New York" (André Leon Talley). a drop-dead person or piece of clothing is very beautiful (always before noun) Her exquisite figure was shown off to the full充分展现 in a drop-dead black dress. He turned up to the concert with a drop-dead gorgeous woman on his arm. II. Of or relating to a deadline that cannot be changed: a drop-dead date. ) from violent swooning, Kristen informed the masses that marrying her real boyfriend onscreen was "a genuine experience. I literally took that walk. I remember it… like it was almost a ceremony in my own life."
