The phrasal verb 'tear up' is separable because you can say 'She tore the letter up' or 'She tore up the letter'.

* tear up 是可以分开的短语动词，因为既可以说 She tore the letter up ，又可以说 She tore up the letter。

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Yet MPs say Sir Thomas has exceeded his brief. Asked to assess whether their claims met the letter of the law, he has come up with his own standards of what could be considered reasonable.

然而议员们称托马斯爵士的工作已经超越职能范围了，他本是被派来核实议员们的申报是否合法的，现在他却已经提出了自己的批准申请标准。

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Why leave the reader guessing? Go ahead and say right up front why you are writing the letter.

为什么要让读者自己猜测呢？您应该直截了当地说出您为什么要写这封信。

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"Sources say the letter was from a pent-up Holmes to one of his professors, " the news organization reported.

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When the fund became part of the Tocqueville family in 2009, "people called us up to say, 'Please don't get rid of the shareholder letter when you go there, ' " Ms. Kotis says.

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