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Question 1

absurdity

the absurdity of brushing your teeth

Answer 1

荒謬

刷牙這件事的荒謬之處。

Question 2

saliva

You’ll swap saliva with the boy or girl

Answer 2

唾液

Question 3

reciprocate

Let them reciprocate without stopping to consider where else their tongue has been.

Answer 3

重複同樣的動作

讓他們回以同樣的動作，卻不去想他們的舌頭曾到過哪裡。

Question 4

leftover morsels

They’re giving you mouth herpes or monos or leftiver morsels of their tuna-salad sandwich.

Answer 4

剩餘的殘渣

他們可能留下口唇皰疹、傳染性單核球症，甚至吞拿魚三明治殘渣。

Question 5

pluck

We pluck our eyebrows.

Answer 5

拔

我們修（拔）眉。

Question 6

slather

We slather our bodies with creams and lotions.

Answer 6

厚塗、塗滿

我們把各式乳霜和乳液厚厚地抹在身上。

Question 7

cosmos

The grand schemes of the cosmos.

Answer 7

宇宙

宇宙的宏大計畫。

Question 8

loaf

They’re loafing on the coach in their boxers.

Answer 8

偷懶閒混

他們只穿四角褲，懶洋洋地窩在沙發上。

Question 9

larvae

I saw an ant larvae in front of my house.

Answer 9

幼蟲

larva 為單數；larvae 為複數。

我在家門口看到一隻螞蟻幼蟲。

Question 10

to zoom

We are waiting for electronic bits to zoom through the air.

Answer 10

快速移動、迅速前進

我們坐著，等待電子訊號在空中飛速傳送。

Question 11

sluggers

The sluggers abducted me.

Answer 11

一群強壯的人

被一群壯漢／暴力份子綁走了！

Question 12

demise

The date of Earth’s demise.

Answer 12

消亡、終結

地球終結的日期。