一段新闻，学习了三个词组

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Text messages may reveal motive for bus murder
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8 P5 z7 ]' h- n8 LWe may have the first hint of a motive for the shocking murder on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last week.
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; a( y) S3 z. L2 c# Q5 F+ DInfomation obtained by iNews 880 and the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper suggests an incident involving a woman brought victim Tim McLean and accused killer Vince Li together.

) t+ ~0 i' @  ~# f+ ~8 G" t- y4 XThe information given to us said at the stopover in Brandon, an Asian Guy had been hitting on a girl that Tim knew on the bus and that Tim told him to "lay off".

$ V) k' d, _$ Z( z2 o$ q7 iThe Winnipeg Free Press suggests Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba.

0 @1 n3 q: H1 G3 X$ G1 \% wThe pair seemed friendly but as the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.

Answers:

Chat up -- Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
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Hit on -- Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s]

Lay off –- 1. Stop doing something, quit, as in Lay off that noise for a minute, so the baby can get to sleep, or She resolved to lay off smoking. [Early 1900s] ;
1 T; o; P! i4 `) L6 d) m: o" X6 w          2. Stop bothering or annoying someone, as in Lay off or I'll tell the teacher. [Slang; c. 1900]

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irish

就是说有动机了？可以定一级谋杀。

織紗千影

Thanks for sharing