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n. 开玩笑,揶揄,取消 teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation


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n. 乐队指挥 a conductor of a band


Spelling Word: bandmaster
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n. 地下室 cellar; a part of a building that is below the level of the first floor


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v. 得子,产生 produce; give rise to


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v. 遗赠,遗留 leave to someone by a will; hand down


Spelling Word: bequeath
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a. 两年一度 every two years; lasting or living for two years


Spelling Word: biennial
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a. 阴冷的,寒冷的,没有指 望的 cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable


Spelling Word: bleak
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n. 封锁 shutting up of a place by troops or ships; obstruction to passage


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n. 恩惠,福利 blessing; benefit bestowed, especially in response to a request


Spelling Word: boon
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a. 富足的,慷慨的 abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously


Spelling Word: bountiful