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1. Police in South Africa say they’ve arrested eight of their own officers on suspicion of murdering a taxi driver from Mozambique

on suspicion of 有嫌疑
例句：She was under arrest on suspicion of murder.
她因涉嫌谋杀而被逮捕。

2. President Obama has described a raft of government spending reductions as ‘dumb and arbitrary cuts to things people depend on.’

depend on 依赖；相信
例句：Children must depend on their parents.
孩子们必须依赖他们的父母。

3. The cuts are due to start taking effect later today after his latest talks with Congressional Republicans on reducing the deficit broke up without any sign of a deal.

due to 由于
例句：His success is due to industry.
他的成功是由于勤奋。

4. The president said the pain of the 85 billion dollars worth of cuts wouldn’t be felt right away, it will be a slow grind costing 750,000 jobs, damaging growth and making the economy weaker.

right away 马上
例句：Can you come see me right away?
你能马上来见我吗?

5. A man in Florida has been swallowed up by a ten-meter wide sinkhole that opened up underneath a bedroom of his house.

swallow up 淹没，耗尽
例句：I need your help to swallow up this spell.
你帮我来吞没这个咒语。
open up 开发；打开
例句：I can help you open up more territories.
我能帮你开辟更多的市场。