2020年3月17日 星期二

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McDonald's is selling a new Big Mac with four patties - CNN
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7 日前 - The Little Mac is similar to a McDonald's single cheeseburger: It's a single patty with a dollop of Special Sauce. It costs $2.29. The Double Big Mac, which costs $5.49, has four burger patties. It has 720 calories and 43 grams of ...

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Jones mentored the then-16-year-old Gore. "He taught me what to do in the studio. He taught me how to do it," she told World Café in 2005. "But he felt it was really important for me to understand live performing." Jones took Gore on a tour of New York's jazz club scene where she learned from greats such as Peggy Lee and Sarah Vaughn. "He would literally talk to me during the performance and say: watch this, look at this, listen to what the drummer does," Gore said.

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McDonald’s is sponsoring a song-contest using the jingle on MySpace. The official reason is the 40th anniversary of the Big Mac, but the then-and-now similarities are not entirely lost on the company.


then 

 Top 1000 frequently used words
Pronunciation: /ðɛn/ 

ADVERB1 At that time; at the time in question:

I was living in Cairo then[AFTER PREPOSITION]: Phoebe by then was exhausted[AS ADJECTIVE]: he accepted a peerage from the then Prime Minister, Edward Heath
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2After that; next; afterwards:she won the first and then the second game
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2.1Also; in addition:I’m paid a generous salary, and then there’s the money I’ve made at the races
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3In that case; therefore:if you do what I tell you, then there’s nothing to worry aboutwell, that’s okay then
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3.1Used at the end of a sentence to emphasize an inference being drawn:so you’re still here then
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3.2Used to finish off a conversation:see you in an hour then
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Phrases

then and there

Immediately:
she made up her mind then and there
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Origin

Old English thænne, thanne, thonne, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dan and Germandann, also to that and the.

patty
noun [C]
a piece of food made into a disc shape which is then cooked:
minced meat patties/sweet corn patties

patty. 〔肉料理の〕パテ、パティ◆挽肉や刻んだ野菜などを練り、円盤状にして焼いた料理。
be a far cry from
Definition of be a far cry from in English:


Be very different to:he is a far cry from the telegenic legislators who increasingly prowl Capitol Hill

  • Lama's upbringing was a far cry from his current life as an animal rights activist.
  • For Mrs Bulloch, 30, her role as shop manager is a far cry from her previous job as an air hostess.
  • This is the fifth generation of the Sonata and it is a far cry from the first generation model I found so tempting.
 1. : a long distance. 2. : something notably different far cry from what was intended

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