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大英两千年:The British(E4)


1 in 5 is a sex worker OMG

courtier=noblemen

promicuous=have sex with many

promiscuity

vice===prostitution

treble===becomes 3 times greater

oppression=force

repression=restrict

odious=so unpleasant

To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.

When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave.

If you say that someone is wrangling with someone over a question or issue, you mean that they have been arguing angrily for quite a long time about

drill sb means to train sb to do many times

If you describe someone as a maverick, you mean that they are unconventional and independent, and do not think or behave in the same way as other people.it.sleepy port 无生机

inferno,a place suggests hell

inspirational

marvel at it===wow

propel 加力

medeoric 迅速成功的

bare-knuckle 赤手

risqué 有伤风化的

bear pit: a place, such as parliament or the stock market ,where there are a lot of aggressive, argumentative and competitive people

calvary:where jesus was crucified

cavalry:rider

cavalier:a person who doesn't give a FUCK abt others

on the line:in danger

treasurer is the person who is in charge of finances

speculation(high risk,high profits)

chancellor (head of university/head of money—

abduct=be abducted =be taken away by force

Money talks

In politics, spin is the way in which political parties try to present everything they do in a positive way to the public and the media.

the bubble has to burst(open)

offload(giving out/get rid of sth u don't want)


大英两千年The British(2012)

又名:英国人

主演:Scot Cooper 萨缪尔·韦斯特 提摩西·韦斯特 艾恩·格拉法德 

导演:Marion Milne / Nick Green / 路易丝·胡珀 / Jenny Ash /