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spoil the ship for a ha'porth o'tar
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- spoil the ship for a ha'porth o'tar
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[proverb]
[proverb]
[proverb]
[proverb]
因小失大
Examples
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to spoil o.s.
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犒劳自己
→ spoil
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the elements conspired to spoil our picnic
→ conspire
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spare the rod, spoil the child
→ spare
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this gold ring was part of the spoil
→ spoil
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The caterpillar is the larva of the butterfly, the tadpole is the larva of the frog.
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毛虫是蝴蝶的幼虫;蝌蚪是青蛙的幼体。
→ caterpillar
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The Chinese mainland faces the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea on the east and south.
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中国大陆的东部和南部濒临的海域有渤海,黄海,东海和南海。
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The People's Republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian continent on the western coast of the Pacific.
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中华人民共和国位于亚洲东部、太平洋西岸。
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In the movie, the man was thirsty for the blood of the boss.
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电影里那个男人非常希望能杀了自己的老板。
→ thirsty
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A sentence is in the active form when the action stated by the verb is performed by the subject.
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如果动词描述的动作是由主语发出的,这句话就是主动语态。
→ active
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As I was smoking near the window, the wind blew away all the ash around the room.
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我在窗边吸烟时,风吹走了屋子里所有的烟灰。
→ ash
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