In the phrase 'Paris, the capital of France', 'the capital of France' is in apposition to 'Paris'.

在短语Paris, the capital of France中，the capital of France是Paris的同位语。

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What does the underlined phrase "calm down" mean in Chinese?

划线短语“calm down”在中文里是什么意思？

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While doing extensive reading, you don't have to puzzle over every single word or phrase in the passage.

在进行泛读时，不用仔细琢磨文中的每个单词或短语。

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Sameer Taher Mahdi heard the phrase "Blackwater in Iraq" on a news report.

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Moore is quoting here in that phrase "business documents and school-books," as she tells us, from Tolstoy, a prose writer.

穆尔在那个短语里引用了这句,“商业文书和教科书“，正如她告诉我们的，引用来自托尔斯泰，俄国小说家。

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But Milton's also sensitive to the fact that the very phrase "Christian epic" is in some way a contradiction in terms.

但弥尔顿对有些事实也很敏锐,某种意义上“基督教史诗“这个词语,本身就是矛盾的。

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Some media and blog commentators argue it has arrived too late for The Times to keep its social contract with readers to report the news "without fear or favor, " in a phrase embedded in Times lore.

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It could be waiting for you in someone's eyes, in a phrase of music, in a starry night.

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McCHESNEY: The Texas transportation authorities eventually opened the southbound lanes to northbound traffic and Texas highway troopers took gas to some, but it was, in a phrase, a drop in a bucket.

NPR: Gridlock Hampers Texas Evacuation Efforts