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Taiwan election angers China: BBC News Review
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林宜悉 posted on 2024/01/23Ever wondered how Taiwan's election results can make China fume? This BBC News Review breaks down the latest cross-strait relations and what "rock solid" support really means. You'll boost your vocabulary with terms like "status quo" and understand the situation with simple sentence structures!
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rock solid
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- Adjective
- Extremely reliable; completely dependable.
- Firm and unwavering; impossible to refute or undermine.
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US /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwoʊ/
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UK /ˌsteɪtəs ˈkwəʊ/
- Phrase
- The present situation
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- The existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
- The current situation or condition.
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US /ði ˈstetəs k'wəʊ/
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UK /ðə ˈsteitəs k'wəʊ/
- Noun
- The existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
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US /ˈlʊkɪŋ æt/
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UK /ˈlukiŋ æt/
- Phrasal Verb
- To use your eyes to focus on something
- To focus your eyes on something carefully
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