greengrocer [?ɡri?n?ɡr?us?] n. 蔬菜水果零售商
【構】green(綠葉菜類)+grocer(食物雜貨商)=greengrocer(蔬菜水果零售商)
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A: I must go to the greengrocer's.
B: Anything you forgot to buy?
A:我還得到蔬菜水果店去一下。
B:有東西你忘記買了?
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absent [??bs?nt] adj. 缺席的
【派】absence 缺席
【搭】be absent from 缺席
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A: Is everyone here?
B: No, Bill is absent.
A:大家都到齊了嗎?
B:沒有,比爾沒來。
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Monday [?m?ndi] n. 星期一
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A: Mary will start working next Monday in place of me.
B: We'll miss the time we spent together.
A:瑪麗下周一將代替我開始工作。
B:我們會懷念和你一起共事的時光。
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Tuesday [?tju?zdi] n. 星期二
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A: Any day except Tuesday would be convenient for me.
B: Good. Let's make it next Monday.
A:除了周二外任何一天我都方便。
B:太好了,我們就定在下周一吧。
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Wednesday [?wenzdi] n. 星期三
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A: When shall we leave for Dalian?
B: What would you say about next Wednesday?
A:我們什么時候動身去大連?
B:你看下星期三怎么樣?
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Thursday [?θ??zdi] n. 星期四
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A: I won't be able to keep my appointment with you on Thursday.
B: Then can we make it another time?
A:星期四我不能跟你約會了。
B:那我們能約一個別的時間嗎?
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keep [ki?p] v. (身體健康)處于(狀態(tài))
【派】keeper 保管人
【搭】keep healthy 保持健康
keep a secret 保守秘密
keep silent 保持安靜
keep one's word 遵守諾言
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A: He exercised strenuously to keep his body in good condition.
B: It's not easy to keep on doing that.
A:他刻苦訓練,以使身體處于良好狀態(tài)。
B:堅持那么做很不容易。
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spend [spend] v. 度過
【派】spending 開銷,花費
【搭】spend on 花在……上面
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A: What's your plan about the coming holiday?
B: I want to spend it in mountains.
A:對于即將到來的假期你有什么計劃?
B:我準備在大山里度過。
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weekend [?wi?kend] n. 周末
【構】week(星期)+end(結束)=weekend(周末)
【擴】weekday 工作日
【搭】at the weekend 周末
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A: We'll have to work overtime this weekend.
B: The staff certainly isn't going to like that!
A:這周末大家都得加班。
B:大家一定不會喜歡這個主意的!
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Friday [?fraidi] n. 星期五
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A: Could you cover for me on Friday?
B: Sorry, I have to take my son to the hospital that day.
A:你星期五能不能幫我代班?
B:對不起,那天我要帶我兒子去醫(yī)院。
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Saturday [?s?t?di] n. 星期六
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A: Do you want to have a single room or a double room?
B: A double room for Saturday and Sunday.
A:您要單人房還是雙人房?
B:要一間星期六和星期天住的雙人房。
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Sunday [?s?ndi] n. 星期日
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A: Do you jog every day?
B: No, Sunday is my free day.
A:你每天都慢跑嗎?
B:不,周日我休息。
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country [?k?ntri] n. 鄉(xiāng)村
【派】countryside 農(nóng)村,鄉(xiāng)下
【擴】villagery 鄉(xiāng)村,村莊
【搭】in the country 在鄉(xiāng)下
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A: We hope to move to the country in the near future.
B: But it's not very convenient there.
A:我們希望不久的將來搬到鄉(xiāng)下去住。
B:但是那兒不太方便啊。
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lucky [?l?ki] adj. 幸運的
【派】luckily 幸運地
【擴】fortunate 幸運的
【反】unfortunate 倒霉的
【搭】lucky dog 幸運兒
lucky day 幸運日
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A: I'd like to talk to you about my vacation.
B: You're lucky. I'm just going to draw up the holiday rotation this year.
A:我想同您談談我的假期。
B:你真幸運,我正準備制訂今年的假期輪值表。
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