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abortion (n)
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การทำแท้ง antinym antiabortion
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contentious (adj)
kวn'tenชวs, เคินเท็นเชียส |
quarrelsome, argumentative, เกี่ยวกับการทะเลาะวิวาท
speaking podium in a 14-hour showdown that was at turns theatrical and contentious |
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frivolous (adj)
'frivวlวs, ฟริเวอะลัส |
Unworthy of serious attention, ไร้สาระ, ไม่สำคัญ
They lambasted the legislation for creating new taxes and failing to curb frivolous medical-malpractice lawsuits. |
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gubernatorial (adj)
gju bวnว'tdriวl, กูเบอะเนอะ'ทอเรียล |
เกี่ยวกับผู้ว่าการรัฐ
They may have becom more skittish due to the victories Tuesday of Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersy |
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lambaste (v)
laem'beist แลมเบสท |
วิพากวิจารณือย่างแรง
They lambasted the legislation for creating new taxes and failing to curb frivolous medical-malpractice lawsuits. |
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parliamentary (n)
pa r lว'mentri, พารเลอะเม้นเทอะรี |
รัฐสภา
The senate faces the added challenge of parliamentary rules |
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rhetoric (n)
'retวrik, เร็ทเทอะริค |
วาทะศิลป์
emotional speeches and share rhetoric |
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skittish (adj)
'skit tiช, 'สกิท ทิช |
lively มีชีวิตชีวา/ nervous ตื่นตะหนก
They may have becom more skittish due to the victories Tuesday of Republican gubernatorial candidates in Virginia and New Jersy |
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theatricl (adj)
ธi'aetrikl, ธิแอททริเคิล |
Marked by exaggerated self-display and unnatural behavior; affectedly dramatic, โอ้อวด เสแสร้ง ดัดจริต
speaking podium in a 14-hour showdown that was at turns theatrical and contentious |
