2009年5月3日 星期日

the bulk (of sth)

larceny-law the act or crime of stealing
Mexico had the bulk of the cases, with 397 infected people, and 16 deaths attributed to the virus, WHO said.

the bulk (of sth)
the main or largest part of something

backlog--a large amount of work that you need to complete, especially work that should already have been completed

bur·ro (bûrō, brō, brō)
n. pl. bur·ros
A small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal.
The Utes knocked him off the burro and killed him,

rife--if something bad or unpleasant is rife, it is very common

dysentery ---a serious disease of your bowels that makes them bleed and pass much more waste than usual

rankle--if something rankles, you still remember it angrily because it upset you or annoyed you a lot
As a result, the U.S. military has carried out airstrikes against militant targets in Pakistan, which have rankled relations between the two countries.



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