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词汇 waifs-and-strays
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waifs and strays


idiomUK
people with no homes: 无家可归者
Her house is always full of waifs and strays.她的房子里总是住满无家可归的人。
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waifs and strays
Or let us assume, for the sake of argument, that it is a charity for waifsandstrays which owns some land.
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Should that charity for waifsandstrays have its charitable income reduced?
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They have 4,000 waifsandstrays, and they provide about 15,000 meals a day.
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They were waifsandstrays who certainly suffered physical deprivation.
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In exactly the same circumstances, the waifsandstrays can suffer.
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How many are there who are waifsandstrays?
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He has been described as compassionate, moral, sensitive and full of integrity; taking in waifsandstrays and helping his neighbours whenever possible.
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In later centuries, the expression waifsandstrays came to be used as metaphors for and ultimately became synonymous with abandoned or neglected children.
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