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A Place for the Rejects

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ID: 2404 Upper Intermediate
You're a flawed dress shirt. You're labeled incorrectly. Your buttons don't match. There's a weird seam running down your back. Nobody wants you. Or do they? Learn about the world of rejects and high quality fakes in this lesson!
Fri Mar 21 2014 | Greg, Vera
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
眼熟 yǎnshú to look familiar
发福 fāfú to get fatter
巧 qiǎo coincidental
凑合 còuhe to make do
走过路过，不要错过……耐克的T恤只要50元了哦！
zǒuguò lùguò ，bù yào cuòguò ……nàikè de Txù zhǐyào wǔshí yuán le ò ！
Cross the road. Don't miss it... Nike's t-shirt's only 50 yuan!
你看那个人，怎么那么眼熟。
nǐ kàn nà ge rén ，zěnme nàme yǎnshú 。
Look at that guy. He looks so familiar.
咦？那不是你老家的邻居唐……唐什么来着？哎呀，一下子想不起来了。
yí ？nà bù shì nǐ lǎojiā de línjū táng ……táng shénme láizhe ？āiyā ，yīxiàzi xiǎngbuqǐlai le 。
Hey? Isn't that Tang, your neighbor from your hometown? Tang something? Jeez, all of a sudden I can't remember.
唐果！
tángguǒ ！
Tang Guo!
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