电影《Love and other disasters》学习笔记(1)

1, you up? 你醒了？

2, brunch n. a meal that you eat in the late morning as a combination of breakfast and lunch

3, CPR, (Abbreviation for: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)【u】breathing air into the mouth of an unconscious person and pressing on their chest to keep them alive by send air around their body

4, Shag n. v [BrE, Slang] have sex with sb

5, florist n. a person who owns or works in a shop/store that sells flowers and plants

6, horticulture n. the study or practice of growing flowers, fruit and vegetables 园艺

7, hose n. (hosepipe) a long tube made of rubber, plastic, etc. used for putting water onto fires, gardens etc.

A garden hose

8, snob n. a person who admires people in the higher social classes too much and has no respect for people in the lower social classes

9, bougainvillaea n. a tropical climbing plant with red, purple, white or pink flowers

10, hay fever [u] n. an illness that affects the nose, eyes and throat and is cased by pollen from plants that is breathed from the air 花粉热

11, affirmation n. 肯定

Affirm v. (formal) to state firmly or publicly that sth. is true or that you support sth. strongly

12, ferocious adj. very aggressive or violet; very strong

13, two-bit, adj. [only before noun] not good or import

Eg. She wanted to be more than just a two-bit secretary.

14, call in sick 请病假

15, hats off to sb (old-fashion) to praise and thank someone for doing something helpful

16, squeeze v. to press sth firmly, especially with your fingers

n. (informal) boyfriend or girlfriend

17, Ipanema Beach ---a beach in Brazil

18, row n. [c] a noisy argument between two or more people

v. row with sb [BrE, informal]to have a noisy argument eg. Have a huge row with my girlfriend.

19, be in the middle of sth/of doing sth ---to be busy doing sth.

Eg. I'm the middle of something; can I call you back in a minute?

20, monogamy n[u] the fact or custom of being married to only one person at a particular time 一夫一妻制 （oak 橡树, pine松树, maple枫树, there must some connection between these three trees and monogamy??）

21, gaydar n.[u] (informal) the ability that a homosexual person is supposed to have to recognize other people who are homosexual

22, goose n. [BrE, informal] a silly person

23, rephrase v. to say or write sth using different words in order to make the meaning clearer.

24, Purple, Vogue --both are famous Fashion Magazine

25, stand sb. up (informal) to deliberately not meet sb. you have arranged to meet, especially sb. you are having a romantic relationship with

26, void n. adj. –a large empty space

27, Ad nauseam adv. (from Latin) if a person says or does sth ad nauseam, they say or do it again and again so that it becomes boring and annoying