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vb. Deny the truth of..

“pull one’s leg. When you pull a person’s leg you are spoofing or making fun of him, usually in a good-humored way. But that wasn’t always the meaning of the expression. When the expression first turned up in Scotland about a hundred years ago, it was lacking the lighthearted touch it has today. In those days ‘pull one’s leg’ meant to make of fool of him, often by outright cheating. The best theory of the origin of the phrase is that by tripping a person - pulling his leg - you can throw him into a state of confusion and make him look very foolish indeed.” From “Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins” by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollinsPublishers)
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1) SPECIALIZED a piece of music which has no formal structure and which expresses powerful feelings: 狂想曲

Rachmaninov’s ‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’

2) FORMAL a speech or piece of writing that contains powerful feelings and enthusiasm:

The students produced a rhapsody of excuses, ranging from a 16-wheeler crashing into a house to a severe case of food poisoning blamed on the school cafeteria.

1) a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
2) If your stomach grumbles, it makes a low continuous noise, usually because you are hungry.

Grumble, grumble:

Complaining is good for you as long as you’re not complaining to the person you’re complaining about. – Lynn Johnston, For Better or For Worse

The term chick flick is slang for a movie that appeals mainly to women or young girls, either by design or popular consensus.

Somehow I thought that chick-flick sounds very negative, like, oh, you are going to watch a chick-flick.. :P

When used as a noun: power and influence over other people or events

Examples:

The queen may have privilege but she has no real political clout.

But celebrity clout has declined with the industry itself. The burgeoning celebrity press has overexposed big stars like Mr. Cruise and put a harsh spotlight on their every move [Wall Street Journal].

oops- int .[u:ps, ups]
(=whoops)唬! (对自己的错误、笨拙的行为或冒昧的事表示惊压讶、懊恼时所发出的惊叹声)

noun: DISAPPROVING a rough and sometimes violent man

[as form of address] Take your hands off me, you brute!
In the end she used brute force (= extreme physical strength) to push him out.

In the real world:

Whether you draw each image on a page of the book or in a Flash keyframe, I call this the brute-force technique because it’s manual and very involved.

Definition: large in size, substantial.

Example:

Sex may have laid a hefty claim on the male brain, but it doesn’t seem to be relevant when it comes to what he’s really looking for in a partner, which is just that—a partner.