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cafe n. 咖啡館; 小吃店
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cafe常不僅供應飲料, 也供應些簡單的食物。 |
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at work 工作中
at play 玩樂中
例:Tom got fired because he fell asleep at work.
(湯姆因為工作時睡覺而被解雇。)
When the children are at play, they can't help being noisy.
(小孩子在玩耍時，不可能不吵鬧。) |
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dizzy a. 昏眩的
例:The man felt dizzy after jogging for ten minutes.
(那個男子在慢跑十分鐘後便覺得頭昏。) |
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scream vi. 尖聲叫喊 & vt. 高聲說出
例:When girls are frightened, they scream.
(女孩受驚時會尖叫。)
Little Billy screamed himself sick.
(小比利大聲尖叫說他生病了。) |
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terrified a. 感到恐懼的 (修飾人)
terrifying a. 可怕的; 令人恐懼的 (修飾事物)
terrify vt. 使恐懼; 嚇壞
be terrified of... 害怕……
=be afraid of...
=be frightened of...
例:My mother is terrified of rats.
(我媽媽怕老鼠。)
Riding on a roller coaster is terrifying.
(坐雲霄飛車令人心驚膽戰。)
＊roller coaster n. 雲霄飛車
The kidnappers terrified the poor boy.
(綁匪嚇壞了那個可憐的男孩。)
＊kidnapper n. 綁匪 |
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brave a. 勇敢的
例:The brave boy jumped into the lake to save the old man.
(那個勇敢的男孩跳到湖裡去救那名老翁。) |
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scare vt. 驚嚇
scare + 人 + to death 把某人嚇得要死
例:Your shadow scared me to death.
(你的影子把我嚇得半死。) |
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I bet! 我確信!
＊bet vi. 原指『打賭』, 此表『確信』
注意:
"I bet!"本為『我確信!』之意, 但在本句中為反諷的說法; 用以表達對於對方所發表的言論表示懷疑, 譯成『怎麼會/不可能/才怪』或『鬼才相信!』。
例:A: I can eat ten bowls of noodles in a minute.
B: I bet!
(甲：我一分鐘可以吃十碗麵。)
(乙：才怪！) |
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