http://sharedcopy.com/public/users/eslpod/may+10/comments.xml sharedcopy.com http://sharedcopy.com/images/logo-sharedcopy.png?V0 ESLPod.com's ESL Podcast http://www.nytimes.com.sharedcopy.com/2010/05/25/science/earth/e61f12f1c8cbbcdac06ffb54211b347c.html#66525 Tue, 25 May 2010 13:15:24 +0000 <span class="content comments_count_5 withoutphoto" ><span class="text" ><div class="html_gist nytimes_com"><input class="csspath" type="hidden" value="body div#shell div#page.tabContent.active div#main div.spanAB.wrap.closing div#abColumn.abColumn div#article div.columnGroup.first div.articleInline.runaroundLeft div.inlineImage.module div.image img.shcp_dimension_190x220" /><img class="shcp_dimension_190x220" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/05/24/us/24spillspan-cnd/24spillspan-cnd-articleInline.jpg" height="150" alt="" /></div> <p class="comment_body comment_body1" > Hits home = arrives, has a strong impact on something <a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/763s9f#shcp0" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></p> <blockquote class="comment_body comment_body2" >i n abst raction<a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/763s9f#shcp2" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></blockquote> <blockquote class="comment_body comment_body3" > oil slick<a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/763s9f#shcp3" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></blockquote> <p class="comment_body comment_body4" > in abstraction = not real, theoretical but not actual, not existing in the real world <a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/763s9f#shcp4" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></p> <p class="comment_body comment_body5" > oil slick - petroleum that has escaped into the water, usually causing environmental damage <a href="http://r4.sharedcopy.com/763s9f#shcp5" > ^{link &raquo;}</a ></p> </span ></span> eslpod 1