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• 停电: power cut 
   
  Relative explainations: 
  <service interruption> <current failure> <power failure> <black out> <cut-off> <interruption of service> <outage> <mains failure> <current interruption>  
   
  Examples: 
  1. 频繁的停电使工厂停产。 
  Production in the factories stopped because of frequent power failures. 
  2. 因停电所有的灯都熄灭了. 
  There was a power cut and all the lights went out. 
  3. 停电使水供应陷于瘫痪。 
  The electricity failure paralysed the water supply. 
  4. 我正在做晚饭时停电了。 
  While I was cooking supper the electricity went off. 
  5. 表演正好进行到一半时停电了。 
  The light went out bang in the middle of the performance.

• futile
• unobstructed

• in a class all its own

  • [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
    If someone is in a class of their own, they have more of a particular skill or quality than anyone else. If something is in a class of its own, it is better than any other similar thing.
    As a player, he was in a class of his own.
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• haunts

  • [VERB] V n
    If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time.
• thumbs up

  • 1 [N-SING]
    A thumbs-up or a thumbs-up sign is a sign that you make by raising your thumb to show that you agree with someone, that you are happy with an idea or situation, or that everything is all right.
    She checked the hall, then gave the others a thumbs-up sign.
    2 [N-SING] the N
    If you give a plan, idea, or suggestion the thumbs-up, you indicate that you approve of it and are willing to accept it. (INFORMAL)
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• Sum Total

  • The sum total of a number of things is all the things added or considered together. You often use this expression to indicate that you are disappointed because the total amount is rather small.
    That small room contained the sum total of the family's possessions...
• awkward
• daring
• did stopped

  • did stop?

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• refused to work
• reminded me of

  • If someone reminds you of a fact or event that you already know about, they say something which makes you think about it.
    So she simply welcomed him and reminded him of the last time they had met...
    I had to remind myself that being confident is not the same as being perfect!

• brass tacks

  • Brass tacks is an object used in the popular expression "get down to brass tacks". The expression usually means clearing out confusing details and finding out the real facts about something.