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短语wipe the slate clean的意思是一笔勾销，重新开始。

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1. Let's wipe the slate clean and forget our past quarrels.

让我们捐弃前嫌，忘却过去的争吵吧。 2. Now a new study published Friday in Science asks whether hand-washing can wipe the slate clean of any past behavior — even everyday decisions, like, say, choosing Paris over Rome for vacation. 如今在周五的《科学》杂志上发表的一项新研究正试图了解洗手能否洗刷掉人们对过去的任何行为的看法——甚至是日常决定，例如，选择去巴黎还是罗马度假。 3. My boss told me that he was willing to wipe the slate clean and that if I promised not to be late for work again I could continue in my present job. 老板告诉我他愿意不记前嫌，只要我保证上班不再迟到，我就可以继续担任现在的工作。

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Alan Pardew wants to wipe the slate clean, and will apparently tell Ben Arfa he is willing to forget what happened last season (that’s good), as long as Ben Arfa works hard  in games and follows the manager’s instructions – which wasn’t always true last season.

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