1, Wait up! 等等我。used to ask sb to stop or go more slowly so that you can join them
2, Niche, (business) an opportunity to sell a particular product to a particular group of people
Eg. a niche market 瞄准机会的市场
3, podium--a small platform that a person stands on when giving a speech
4, yawn n. 哈欠 v. 打哈欠
5, -athon -- (yawnathon) suffix ---an event in which a particular activity is done for a very long time, especially one organized to raise money for charity
6, effing adj. (only before noun) (BrE Slang) ---a swear word that many people find offensive that is used to emphasize a comment or an angry statement, used instead of saying "fucking"
7, obstacle n 障碍，妨碍物
Eg, the road to the future is full of obstacles.
8, dash (short for dashboard) ---the part of the car in front of the driver that has instruments and controls in it. 汽车等的仪表盘
9, walnut n. 胡桃木 （常用做汽车内饰）
10, mope v. to spend your time doing nothing and feeling sorry for yourself.
Eg. Moping won't do any good. 闷闷不乐没有任何益处。
Mope about/around (disapproving)to spend time walking around a place with no particular purpose, especially because you feel sorry for yourself.
Eg. Instead of moping around the house all day, you should be out there looking for a job.
11, regular n. customer 经常光临的顾客
--a customer who often goes to a particular shop/store, pub or restaurant etc.
12, Kebab n. small pieces of meat and vegetables cooked on a wooden or metal stick
13, pathetic adj. Œmaking your feel pity or sadness
The starving children were a pathetic sight.
(informal) weak or not successful
A pathetic excuse 一个无用的借口
14, bug n. any small insect
v. Œto put a special device somewhere in order to listen secretly to other people's conversation 窃听
They were bugging his telephone conversation.
to annoy or irritate sb.
Stop bugging me
(Idiom) Bug off! 滚开 --a rude way of telling sb. to go away
15, You are all bark and no bite. 你是个 嘴上巨人，行动矮子。
16, pester v.
Pester sb. (for/with sth.) to annoy sb, especially by asking them sth. many times
Bereaved adj. –having lost a relative or close friend who has recently died
Eg. Pestering the recently bereaved? 纠缠那些丧失亲人的人？
17, crammed adj. –packed, full of things or people
Eg. The room was crammed full of people.
18, Let's take this mountain to Mohammed.
Originated from: If you can't take Mohammed to the mountain, take the mountain to the Mohammed.
Means: if someone won't understand what you want them to understand by seeing something you want them to see, bring what you want them to see to them.
19, pitch n. –talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell things or persuade people to do sth.
v. to sell sth.
Eg. Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch.
20, Wham! ---was a pop band formed in 1981 by George Michel and Andrew Ridgeley.
21, teppanyaki n. (日) 铁板烧
22, sarcastic adj. –showing or expressing sarcasm 挖苦的， 讽刺的
23, witty adj. (witter, wittest) --able to say or write clever, amusing things 诙谐的， 富于机智的
A witty speaker, a witty remark
24, seclude v. 隔离
Seclude yourself/sb from sb/sth.
--to keep yourself/sb. away from contact with other people
Secluded adj (of a place) quiet and private; not sued or disturbed by other people
A secluded garden 室外桃源
25, heroine n. 女英雄， 女主人公
26, bloke n. (BrE slang) 小伙子 ---（informal） a man
Eg. He seemed like a nice bloke.
27, accolade n. (formal) praise or an award for an achievement that people admire
28, tweedledee and tweedledum
--two characters in the children's book <through the looking glasses> by Lew's Carroll. They are both fat and dressed in exactly the same way, and their names are sometimes used to describe two people who look or behave like one another
29, shag n. (BrE, slang) an act of sex with sb.
v. to have sex with sb.
30, tadpole n. a small creature with a large head and a small tail that lives in water and is the young form of frog or toad. 蝌蚪
31, chutzpah n. (often approving) behavior or a person's attitude that is rude or shocking but so confident that people may feel forced to admire it
32, patron n. Œa person who uses a particular shop/store, restaurant etc.
Patrons are requested not to smoke.
a person who gives money and support to artists and writers
Patron saint 保护神 a Christian saint who is believed to protect a particular place or group of people
St. Patrick , Ireland's patron saint
33, sling v. (informal) to throw sth somewhere in careless way
Eg. Don't just sling your clothes on the floor.
Sling them out.
34, erotica n. books, pictures etc that are intended to wake sb. feel sexual desire
35, reinvent n. 重复发明， 重新使用
36, genre n. 类型， 流派 a particular type of style of literature, art, film or music that you can recognize because of its special features
37, cine adj. (only before noun) connected with films/movies and the film/movie industry
38, postmodern adj. 后现代主义的
Postmodernism n. 后现代主义 a style and movement in art, architecture, literature etc in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles, for example by mixing features from traditional and modern styles
39, highbrow adj. 高文化修养的人
40, monochrome adj. 单色的 (of photographs) using only black, white and shades of grey
41, busted adj. 失败了的 caught in the act of doing sth wrong and likely to be punished
Eg. You are so busted.
42, Uno, dos 西班牙语 1， 2
43, granted, adv. Used to show that sth is true
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