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Crown Vic Идиома

lip service

support shown by words only and not by action They paid lip service to the proposal but I don

press into service

required to help, forced to serve The young men were injured, so the old men were pressed into service.

snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

win when it appears that you will lose, mount a comeback The opinion polls showed we were losing, but we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

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a derogatory name for a Vise Lord

at sb's service

ready for sb．'s use or command听任某人使用；听任某人差遣
I am at your service at any time．我随时为你效劳。
My bike is at your service．我的自行车你随便用好了。

convict of

declare to be guilty of 宣判…有罪
The man was convicted of robbery．那人被判盗窃罪。

vice versa

conversely反之亦然；反过来也是如此
The man blames his wife and vice versa．这人责备他的妻子，他妻子反过来又责备他。
Students should learn from teachers and vice versa．学生应当向教师学习，教师也应当向学生学习。
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1．chat or talk with与…聊天
Don't visit with your friend on the telephone．不要跟朋友在电话里聊天。
2．visit访问；看望
We hope you will visit with us sometime．我们希望你什么时候来我们这儿作客。
She loves visiting with her neigh bours on Sundays．她喜欢在星期天和邻居聊天。

To the victors belong the spoils

Idiom(s): To the victors belong the spoils

Theme: WINNING

A proverb meaning that the winners achieve power over people and property.
• The mayor took office and immediately fired many workers and hired new ones. Everyone said, "To the victors belong the spoils."
• The office of president includes the right to live in the White House and at Camp David. To the victors belong the spoils.

pay lip service

Idiom(s): pay lip service (to sth)

Theme: RESPECT - INSINCERE

to express loyalty, respect, or support for something insincerely.
• You don't really care about politics. You're just paying lip service to the candidate.
• Don't sit here and pay lip service. Get busy!

out of service

Idiom(s): out of service

Theme: NONFUNCTIONING

inoperable; not now operating.
• Both elevators are out of service, so I had to use the stairs.
• The washroom is temporarily out of service.

Crown Vic

A chatty name for the Ford Crown Victoria, a archetypal of auto bogus by Ford from 1992–2011. Often acclimated in advertence to badge interceptors that were fabricated from this archetypal of car. My aboriginal car in aerial academy was a 1995 Crown Vic. Man, I admired that thing. I'll never balloon seeing my brother taken abroad by the cops in the aback of a Crown Vic.Learn more: crown, Vic

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