The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year --- everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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n. 电话;听筒;（发声或使用声音的）工具;说某种语言的;
vt.& vi. 打电话（给某人）;
💡 phon声音 + e → n.电话，电话机；耳机
"My kids spend hours chatting on the phone to their friends."
我的几个孩子在电话上和朋友聊天一聊就是几个小时。
近义：telephone, call, blower, pronunciation, telephonic, ring
n. 公司，商号;作伴，伴侣，客人;连队，中队;（社交）集会，聚会;
💡 com(together)+pan(bread)+y(名词后缀)→交谊；伙伴
"He absconded with the company funds."
他卷走公司的资金潜逃了。
近义：institution, merging, partnership, pool, society, trust
反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
n. 年;年纪;一年的期间;某年级的学生;
"The students return in October for the start of the new academic year."
学生于十月返校，开始新学年的学习。
近义：twelvemonth, annum
scum
[skʌm]
n. 浮渣;泡沫;糟粕;
vi. 产生泡沫;被浮渣覆盖;
vt. 将浮渣去除掉;
"Skim off any scum."
撇净浮沫。
近义：crust, scrape, lees, sullage, scoria, tailings
n. 地球;陆地;泥土;兽穴;
vt. 把（电线）接地;盖（土）;追赶入洞穴;
vi. 躲进地洞;
💡 耳屎(谐音):耳朵屎长得有点像 泥土-泥土当然长在 地球上啦 ear(耳朵)+t(植物)+h(动物):听到感受到的一切之所在- 地球
"I rammed down the earth around the newly - planted tree."
我将新栽的树周围的土捣硬.
近义：ground, hill, mound, bank, plains, mainland
n. 十亿 ; 数以十亿计;大量;
💡 联想Bill Gates, 世界亿万富翁: 十亿 网友：卢海彧 补充：bill(账单)+i（我）+on（上）我的账单上有十亿
"Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing ￡60 billion."
借款很可能猛增至惊人的600亿英镑.
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"Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion, great understanding goes with great compassion."