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tony

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adj AmE informal [Date: 1800-1900; Origin: tone] fashionable and expensive 　We met in a tony restaurant uptown.

Question 2

Mercs and Beemers

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奔驰和宝马

Question 3

I’m a bit hard up at the moment.

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if you are hard up, you do not have much money

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walk-up

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‘walk-up

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pre-empt

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v. to make what someone has planned to do or say unnecessary or ineffective by saying or doing something first

Question 6

go to hell in a handbasket

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This phrase, meaning “to deteriorate rapidly”, originated in the U.S. in the early 20th century. A handbasket is just a basket with a handle. Something carried in a handbasket goes wherever it’s going without much resistance.

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death toll

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the total number of people who die in an accident, war etc 　As the unrest continued, the death toll rose . 　The official death toll stands at 53.

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keep a low profile

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to behave quietly and avoid doing things that will make people notice you

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spillover

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the effect that one situation or problem has on another situation

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bouquet

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a bunch of flowers tied together

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implant

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v.植入breast implantsSurgeons successfully implanted an artificial hip.

Question 12

She’s been feeling a bit off-colour lately.

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BrE

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impromptu speech/party/meeting

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n.a.ad. done or said without any preparation or planning

Question 14

oust

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to force someone out of a position of power, especially so that you can take their place oust sb from sth 　The Communists were finally ousted from power. ouster sb’s ouster/the ouster of sb 　the ouster of the brutal dictatorship

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beseech

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literary

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admonish

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from Latin admonere ‘to warn’, from ad- ‘to’ + monere ‘to warn’] formal to tell someone severely that they have done something wrong admonish sb for (doing) sth 　The witness was admonished for failing to answer the question.

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herald

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v.n. to be a sign of something that is going to come or happen soon

Question 18

synopsis

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a short description of the main events or ideas in a book, film etc = summary synopsis of 　a synopsis of the play

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garner

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from Latin granum ‘grain’] v. formal to take or collect something, especially information or support →glean 　The party garnered 70 percent of the vote.

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quell

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to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force = put down quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc 　Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.

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scowl

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to look at someone in an angry way →frown 　Patrick scowled, but did as he was told.

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vaulted ceiling/roof etc

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in the shape of or consisting of several arches joined together

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skew

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v. if something skews the results of a test etc, it affects the results, making them incorrect 　All the people we questioned lived in the same area, which had the effect of skewing the figures. Among the 50 per cent of the women who had the highest amounts of cortisol before pregnancy, the sex ratio was clearly skewed towards girls

Question 24

urchin

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old-fashioned a poor dirty untidy child

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muffler

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AmE a piece of equipment on a vehicle that makes the noise from the engine quieter

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churn rate

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noun [S or U] SPECIALIZED the number of customers who decide to stop using a service offered by one company and to use another company, usually because it offers a better service or price: Internet and cable television companies suffer from a high churn rate. With the different initiatives that we implemented, we lowered our churn rate to about five percent, which had a direct impact on revenue.

Question 27

sever

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v. Origin: severer, from Latin separare; SEPARATE2] [I and T] to cut through something completely, separating it into two parts, or to become cut in this way 　Martin's hand was severed in the accident. [T] to end a relationship with someone, or a connection with something, especially because of a disagreement sever ties/relations/connections/links etc (with/between sb) 　The two countries severed diplomatic relations. severance pay n.

Question 28

白惊喜一场 的表达

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get worked up over nothing

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layover

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stopover AmE a short stay between parts of a journey, especially a long plane journey British Equivalent: stopover

Question 30

come clean I will come clean as soon as we get to safety, OK?

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全盘招供to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret: I thought it was time to come clean (with everybody) about what I'd been doing. I will come clean as soon as we get to safety, OK? For now, you have to trust me, please!

Question 31

Orion

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猎户座

Question 32

skate over/around [skate over/around sth]

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to avoid mentioning a problem or subject, or not give it enough attention 　The President was accused of skating over the issue of the homeless. skate 滑冰

Question 33

conscript

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v. to make someone join the army, navy etc American Equivalent: draftconscript sb into sth 　Young Frenchmen were conscripted into the army and forced to fight in Algeria. draft My dad was eighteen when he got drafted into the army.

Question 34

dimple

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酒窝, 涟漪 Let’s see. He has a roman nose, bushy eyebrows and dimples!

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mole

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痣 My turn! She has a pointy nose, sunken eyes and a mole on her chin!

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crooked

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bent, twisted, or not in a straight line ≠ straight narrow crooked streets crooked nose

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eyelash

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睫毛

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saucer

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茶碟a small round plate that curves up at the edges that you put a cup on

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gravy boat

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a long jug that you pour gravy from

Question 40

acrimonious

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an acrimonious meeting or discussion is one in which people argue a lot and get very angry 　The meeting ended in an acrimonious dispute. Joanne, let’s not make this divorce any more acrimonious than it already is, okay?