In 'She tore up the letter', the word 'up' is a particle.

在She tore up the letter句中，up是小品词。

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It looks like a made-up word.

这看起来像是一个杜撰的词。

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The word is they've split up.

据说他们离异了。

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Then,on April twenty-fifth, General Taylor received word that a large Mexican force had crossed the border a few kilometers up the river.

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But the word white shows up a lot in the high glycemic index foods -white rice, white spaghetti, white bread.

但是白色这个词会在,许多高血糖指数的食物中出现,白米,白面条,白面包

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And if you're our zero just continue standing there awkwardly, Alright. So with that said, we have a three-letter word so we'll have three rounds of hands going up or down.

如果你代表0，就站在那里别动，好，那么，我们有三个字母的单词,因此我们分三次分别表达这三个字母。

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Mr. CROUCH: Well, faith came by just believing God's word, and taking Him up on His word.

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Mr. ROBERTSON: That's why I made up that word.

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Whoever wrote that document and handed it out might want to launch Word and whip up a resume.

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