2010年PETS4考试写作精选短语14
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a far cry from
A great distance from (OFTEN FIGURATIVE)
EXAMPLE:
“After reading the resort’s colorful brochure we had expected a luxury hotel, but the shabby old hotel was a far cry from our expectations.”
burn the midnight oil
(verb phrase)
to work hard very late into the night--and as if working only by the light of an oil lamp
EXAMPLE:
"The manager had so much work piling up on her desk she knew she was going to have to burn the midnight oil to finish it."
本文标题：2010年PETS4考试写作精选短语14 - 全国英语等级考试_PETS作文_公共英语等级考试写作A great distance from (OFTEN FIGURATIVE)
EXAMPLE:
“After reading the resort’s colorful brochure we had expected a luxury hotel, but the shabby old hotel was a far cry from our expectations.”
burn the midnight oil
(verb phrase)
to work hard very late into the night--and as if working only by the light of an oil lamp
EXAMPLE:
"The manager had so much work piling up on her desk she knew she was going to have to burn the midnight oil to finish it."
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