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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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cost the gradual destruction

0Unfortunately, Taiwan's rapid economic growth has 01u00cost the gradual destruction of environmental heritage02u00, which results in the decrease in the numbers of certain precious native species. 01b00Several reasons are responsible for this environmental crisis.02b02br
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00First, 01u00cost02u00 here means 01u00sacrifice02u00 but does it sound good to you?02br
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00Second, does the line in bold sound right to you?02br
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00Thanks.0-
  

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"02i 02br 02br 00 The sentence in bold is fine. 0-

  • "02i 02br 02br 00 The sentence in bold is fine.
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0 It's not quite 01i00sacrifice02i00, it's:02br
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01i00 "the01b00 price 02b00for this growth has been the gradual ...."02i02br
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00 The sentence in bold is fine. 0-
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0Thanks, Marius. 02br
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00Does 01u00cost 02u00sounds right in that context?0-
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0 Yes, it is.02br
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00 See:02br
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00 Select: cost [2, verb]02br
00 Learn ALL meanings there. 0230hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/cost

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