... key is to grasp the similarity of situation to be compared, and imaginably express the disadvantaged situation. Because eight- ball original meaning refers to the black ball with the number 8 when playing billiards, if the black ball blocks one ball, the player will be in the disadvantaged position. Besides appears in the form of the number, slang also often creates humor and ... tank during the World war £ »The horse's purse: prize £ •' cat: It rains cats and dogs.(the downfall) £ »Don't let the cat out of the bag.(don't leak the secret) £ »This book is the cat's pajamas (marv...

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... experienced death on the first day it self in trenches by the sniper's bullet. Pests There were millions of rats in the trenches. They were of two main types: the black rat & the brown rat. Both of them were detested but the brown rat was feared the most. The rats used to eat the human remain especially eyes and lungs. They ... grow up to the size of a cat. Men were furious and afraid by the rats. The soldiers had to be ready & attentive to be safe from the rats while they are asleep. They were killed by different ... ...

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... anybody, and didn't live in a menagerie, and was never killed in a market, and was not a horse, or an ass, or a cow, or a bull, or a tiger, or a dog, or a pig, or a cat, or a bear". Just before the ghost leaves Scrooge, it pulls out from the foldings of it's robe, two children. "Wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable", "yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but ... on, and how he is even pitied, even hated for being so miserable. The final shadow is the worst of all, and looks like death. "It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed it's head, it's face, it's ...

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• Grade Level: High School