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VANCOUVER - Hundreds and possibly thousands of Taiwanese-Canadian expatriates are making tracks for their homeland to vote in next weekend's presidential ...
Being the child of a well-known writer was, for Mr. Amis, both blessing and curse. It helped put him on the map earlier than he might otherwise have gotten there. It made him familiar at an early age with London’s hothouse publishing world. It also helped make him a figure of fascination, resentment and envy.
By DENNY LEE
Drawn by low prices and Paris-like elegance, expat artists, designers and musicians are transforming Buenos Aires into a throbbing hothouse of cool.
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（death-throes：名詞，處於臨終痛苦中。throe，劇痛，加s指分娩時的陣痛，或臨死時的痛苦掙扎。例句：The sick old man is in the death throes.（這名生病的老人正處於臨終痛苦中。））
noun [C] (INFORMAL expat) adjective
someone who does not live in their own country:
A large community of expatriates has settled there.
an expatriate Scot
expatriate
verb [T] FORMAL
to use force or law to remove someone from their own country:
The new leaders expatriated the ruling family.
verb [I] -bb-
1 to produce a strong, regular beat:
Both records have a good throbbing bass which is great to dance to.
See also heartthrob.
2 If a part of your body throbs, you feel pain in it in a series of regular beats:
His head throbbed, and his body ached.
The throbbing pain in his leg was becoming unbearable.
throb
noun [S]
the throb of the engine
death throes plural noun LITERARY
the process of dying or ending in a very painful or unpleasant way:
Mercutio, fatally stabbed, staggers round the stage in his death throes.
The government was in its death throes.
hothouse
noun
1 [C] a heated glass building in which plants are grown:
hothouse tomatoes
2 [C usually singular] OFTEN DISAPPROVING a place or surroundings in which people, especially children, are taught to develop skills and knowledge unusually quickly:
He was attracted by the hothouse atmosphere of Britain's top schools.
3 [C] a place where there is a lot of a particular activity:
a literary/political hothouse
cool (FASHIONABLE)
adjective INFORMAL
fashionable or attractive:
Angie's got some cool new sunglasses.
Now I know it won't look very cool, but this hat will keep the sun out of your eyes.
sag1
/saɡ/
verb
- 1.sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength."she let her head sag lower and lower"
- 2.decline to a lower level, usually temporarily."exports are forging ahead while home sales sag"
noun
- 1.a downward curve or bulge in a structure caused by weakness or excessive weight or pressure."a sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels"
- 2.a decline, especially a temporary one.
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