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                      |   | 1. | old wives' tale n.  (尤指老婦人所持的) 愚蠢的迷信, 無稽之談 |  
                      | 例:Danny: You shouldn't wash your hair for one month after you give birth, Jenny. Jenny: Come on. That's just an old wives' tale.
 (丹尼:珍妮,妳生產後一個月內都不可以洗頭。)
 (珍妮:得了吧。那只是無稽之談罷了。)
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                      |   | 2. | hurt vt. & vi.  (使) 疼痛 |  
                      | 動詞三態均為hurt。 例:Maggie hurt her feet by wearing high heels all day.
 (美琪穿了一整天的高跟鞋腳都痛了。)
 Putting acupuncture needles in your body doesn't hurt.
 (將針灸用的針插到你的身體裡是不會痛的。)
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                      |  | 3. | play soccer  踢足球 |  
                      | 注意: 『play + 運動名稱』中間不能置任何冠詞 (the/a), 如: play soccer、play baseball (打棒球)、play basketball (打籃球)、play volleyball (打排球)、play badminton (打羽毛球)、play tennis (打網球) 等。
 例:Billy always plays soccer with his friends on weekends.
 (比利在週末時都會和朋友一起踢足球。)
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                      |  | 4. | spicy a.  辛辣的; 加有香料的 |  
                      | 例:Indian food is very spicy. (印度料理非常辛辣。)
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                      |  | 5. | irritate vt.  刺激, 使疼痛 |  
                      | 例:You'd better clean that wound before it gets infected. (你最好在傷口感染前清理一下。)
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                      |  | 6. | wound n.  傷 (口) |  
                      | 例:Steve likes to wear weird clothes. (史提夫喜歡穿著奇裝異服。)
 Tom may not be very smart but he isn't dumb, either.
 (湯姆也許不是很聰明,但他也不笨。)
 *dumb a. 笨的
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                      |  | 7. | weird a.  怪異的 |  
                      | 例:Steve likes to wear weird clothes. (史提夫喜歡穿著奇裝異服。)
 Tom may not be very smart but he isn't dumb, either.
 (湯姆也許不是很聰明,但他也不笨。)
 *dumb a. 笨的
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                      |  | 8. | believe in...  相信……的真實性; 信仰…… |  
                      | 例:I don't believe in feng shui. (我不相信風水。)
 *feng shui是風水的羅馬拼音詞, 相當於英文的geomancy n.
 Mr. Lin is a Christian; he believes in Jesus.
 (林先生是基督徒,他信仰耶穌。)
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                      |  | 9. | Or I'll never hear the end of it.  否則我的耳根就別想清淨。 |  
                      | = Or people will never stop teasing me about it. *tease vt. 取笑, 揶揄
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