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发表于 2007-8-6 16:49 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式

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The Oxford Dictionary's latest definition of the1 |( G3 [; J- I; y$ K
following words.! x3 G  T/ ]% c) R! V! ?* r
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*Divorce:" G5 k$ h# ?& o  \
*Future tense of marriage*
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Cigarette:( w6 \+ H6 i& u8 e* g- v
*A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire
/ r1 `; x3 _% Dat one end and a fool on the other. *' S7 o- e8 I. j1 i! a
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Lecture:- ~# S/ a$ R0 X0 ]$ F
*An art of transferring information from the+ f7 I1 e& c/ X. @
notes of the lecturer to the notes of the9 z  W+ E' ~8 y! ~# f" n$ C
students without passing through the minds* E8 B: e3 \1 m- K  |- V
of either.*  ^7 U; P& P, B1 ]- Y0 K7 S
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Compromise:. Z' }& Z/ q0 X- C# ]9 {
*The art of dividing a cake in such a way that
7 b$ m, u8 C* K$ R- V+ h  geverybody believes he got the biggest piece.*% u, U/ s  V, ~
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Tears:" O$ {8 e0 M  N& K
*The hydraulic force by which masculine will-power( o2 O' H# p" [2 k! x! Y% ]% s
is defeated by feminine water power.** U5 d7 B( g4 d: b' P: w
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6 A1 r; Q; ?3 b1 Q2 F3 NDictionary:
9 s% r" G  C& R, L1 E*A place where success comes before work.*; H" K# h1 e7 \: @6 S) T

' f& e9 D, p! zConference Room:
$ p, M% o8 {: ^+ T- ]' S: A4 H' b& U*A place where everybody talks, nobody listens  I7 x. j* O0 I* t& M0 V
and everybody disagrees later on.*# F, r' k- Z% ]3 ~- s' H# c
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9 T3 ^/ m) R. \# n; I9 B/ T; |$ FClassic:
8 n: F& f0 B% N5 i. `; T6 a*A book which people praise, but do not read.*
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  S% d! @. G, MSmile:
: A# `" T- }' d7 H9 `* A2 @*A curve that can set a lot of things straight.*' A  o1 [: N7 y) m0 k2 H

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Office:+ b3 o4 j* b1 O% ]$ h
*A place where you can relax after your strenuous home2 ?$ o+ k5 `5 N5 c
life.*
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Yawn:
, g+ t6 C. i9 K1 ~*The only time some married men ever get to open their& I& N; p: A! F/ a/ G8 t
mouth.*9 B% U) Y4 K8 D2 g

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9 c% F% g! Z# R) u1 ~Etc:  s; `- ?3 K, \
*A sign to make others believe that you know more than$ N9 ]0 g* b' a5 U) j$ z
you actually do.*- a) i9 O4 @, L6 f! E5 Q9 }

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: q1 W( F1 @5 `' C3 ~Committee:1 |9 q6 k8 l* {/ p/ d$ u
*Individuals who can do nothing individually and2 o  c$ o2 B5 w3 g% P* T
sit to decide that nothing can be done together.*
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Experience:
9 S" C( m+ Z7 }7 f*The name men give to their mistakes.*
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Atom Bomb:
8 `/ X9 Y6 ?: f, o9 F6 b- h' S*An invention to end all inventions.*
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Philosopher:
  W- }# {+ P8 w0 i6 @5 f  ?*A fool who torments himself during life, to be
: l/ E* _3 X+ t1 J$ e- x5 a. {0 fspoken of when dead.*
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Diplomat:" q( H, d3 G( U3 R* x- }
*A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way
9 n3 Y: o7 u/ k3 M* g$ j/ `that you actually look forward to the trip.*
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, n  `& g! t7 EOpportunist:
" U  F7 X; \' V5 k) h* w*A person who starts taking a bath if he accidentally* o$ A4 E3 n7 q: U3 j1 e! q" O
falls into a river.*( @; B2 ~! R5 @1 M2 T

/ N* T* t3 s: t1 `" [* f+ ~) G3 sOptimist:
7 |4 s! q# g/ ]1 ]7 n*A person who while falling from Eiffel tower says in
! m$ k! }/ n$ {' o: gmidway 'See I am not injured yet!!' *
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: X' C8 E+ M9 O0 s' {+ tMiser:/ R! Z6 h# W# y' N
*A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.*
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Father:3 P! T& S* \- _5 J7 t: F
*A banker provided by nature.*
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Criminal:
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caught.*
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Politician:
+ H3 t/ m, G3 P. C' A) \" B6 A*One who shakes your hand before elections and your' l0 l0 G. }4 X" u) |' P0 [9 V
confidence after.*
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Doctor:6 r9 u* w, u/ c/ n* p
*A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills
$ L6 u" s$ B2 ~! gyou with his bills.*
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*Someone who is early when you are late and late
/ T3 X, H2 [% w/ G& B; m# Awhen you are early.*

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发表于 2007-8-7 12:44 | 显示全部楼层
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发表于 2007-9-21 23:54 | 显示全部楼层
ROTFL!!!!
- w, {. f0 X" r; `I love it, the English humour! " b) H* ]8 [1 x; `9 R  D! e
So black!
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