2025年6月19日 星期四

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How Britain Could Exit ‘Brexit’
By MAX FISHER
The country has a few options for how it might remain in the European Union. Each carries significant risks — but, then again, so does leaving.





Jamie Oliver would like a more pukka PM than Boris Johnson



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The Economist


Poppycock. Perhaps the Supreme Leader simply did not understand it?

Iran says the West is not honouring its side of the nuclear deal
The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is not happy.

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[SENTENCE ADVERB] Used to introduce a further point for consideration, supporting or contrasting with what has just been said:I never saw any signs, but then again, maybe I wasn’t looking

pukka 

Pronunciation: /ˈpʌkə/ 

(also pukkah)

ADJECTIVE

informal
1.1Of or appropriate to high or respectable society:it wouldn’t be considered the pukka thing to do
2British Excellent:hey, man, that shirt’s pukka

Origin

Late 17th century: from Hindi pakkā 'cooked, ripe, substantial'.



poppycock 

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpɪkɒk/ 



NOUN

[MASS NOUN] informal
Nonsense:he said I was talking poppycock


Origin

Mid 19th century: from Dutch dialect pappekak, from pap 'soft' + kak 'dung'.


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