用法学习: 1. somebody's right-hand man/woman someone who helps you with your work and who you depend upon. the most helpful assistant, chief assistant, man Friday assistant,
helper, supporter, help - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of
a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; the person who is the closest henchman to a leader, or assistant to a
boss. This is all to do with the fact that most people are right-handed -
maybe this meant they held their sword in their right hand and needed
protection there: they'd be vulnerable when they lifted their sword to
strike. How will the Director cope without his right-hand man, who resigned yesterday due to ill health? 2. complex adj., v. [kəmˈplɛks], [ˈkom plɛks]; n. [ˈkom plɛks]) n. I. an obsession or excessive fear. A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing 心理阴影. In psychology, a group of related, often repressed ideas and impulses that compel characteristic or habitual patterns of thought, feelings, and behavior. No longer in scientific use: He's got a complex about cats. Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss. II. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. A whole composed of interconnected or interwoven parts: a complex of cities and suburbs; the military-industrial complex. III. (chemistry) 化合物. A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules. adj. I. 繁杂的. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple. a complex being; a complex idea. II. (mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is a square root of −1. complex function. complexion (kəmˈplɛkʃən) I. The natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face. Naturally exfoliate and brighten the complexion with this non-drying, rebalancing preparation. The lackluster 黯淡无光 pallor of a smoker's complexion is a result of inadequately nourished skin cells. The first offender is described as having a tanned complexion and short black hair. II. General character, aspect, or appearance: findings that will alter the complexion of the problem. the general complexion of a nation's finances. This testimony put a different complexion on things. Then, in his next over, Hoggard claimed two in two balls, a double strike which altered the complexion of the contest. III. A viewpoint, inclination, or attitude: a conservative political complexion. IV. The combination of the four humors of cold, heat, moistness, and dryness in specific proportions, thought in ancient and medieval physiology to control the temperament and the constitution of the body. 3. break out (in pimples/with a rash/of sth.) 爆出痘痘, 长痘痘 to erupt with something such as a rash, a cold sweat, or pimples. [for the skin] to erupt with pimples, hives, or lesions, from a specific disease such as measles, chicken pox, rubella, etc. Nick and Dan broke out with chicken pox. They both broke out at the same time. After being in the woods, I broke out in a rash. I think it's poison ivy. Detergents make the skin on my hands break out. I hate to break out like that. Whenever I eat chocolate, I break out in pimples the next day. I am having a low self-esteem today, my face is frustrating me. I broke out in four places on my face in one night, and I have a photo shoot tomorrow(self-esteem Pride in oneself; self-respect. respect for or a favourable opinion of oneself. Confidence in one's own worth; self-respect.). break [something] out I. to make food or drink available. Break out the champagne and drink to the couple's health! II. to begin suddenly and with force A fight broke out in the dance club. Usage notes: usually used to describe a fight, argument, or war. III. to escape from a place or a situation. Two inmates broke out of prison and are still at large. Usage notes: often used with of, as in the example. break something out (of something) to remove something from something else by force. Carefully, she broke the gemstone out of the side of the rock face. She broke the gemstone out carefully. 5. crop up
to appear without warning; to happen suddenly; [for something] to begin
to reveal itself in the open. To occur, especially suddenly or
unexpectedly. We'll finish tonight if no problems crop up. Some new problems cropped up at the last minute. Officials
fear that the virus could crop up in the United States. Interest in
international issues has cropped up on many university campuses. Theft by finding 非故意偷窃 occurs when someone who chances upon an object which seems abandoned takes possession of 据为己有 the object but fails to take steps to establish whether the object is abandoned and not merely lost or unattended. In some jurisdictions the crime is called "larceny by finding" or "stealing by finding". If the owner has renounced all property rights in the object, then the property is abandoned. Since theft is the unlawful taking of another person's property, an essential element of the actus reus of theft is absent. 6. jitter I. To be nervous or uneasy; fidget. II. 晃动. 摇晃. To make small quick jumpy movements. The pictures on the wall jitter whenever a truck drives by. n. I. A jittering movement; a tic. II. the jitters 心慌, 不安, 紧张 A fit of nervousness. nervousness and anxiety. a feeling of fright or uneasiness (usu. prec. by the): to get the jitters in an empty house. get the jitters (informal) to feel anxious, especially before an important event. I always get the jitters before an interview. Turkey is seen as one of the key reasons for the jitters in emerging markets over the past couple of weeks. The market wanted them to shore up their currency with an aggressive rate hike. They did that and actually went further than they were expected to. It's really one of the biggest rate hikes you’ll ever see and the markets have taken it very well. 7. 墨尔本teenager入选MLB New York Yankees: I have been waiting for many years to see if Brandon Stenhouse had the physical and mental makeup ( makeup The qualities or temperament that constitute a personality; disposition. physical or mental constitution: the makeup of a criminal. Lying is not in her makeup.) to be considered as a possible Yankee. He will then move to the US full-time to live his dream. The Yankees' Australian scout球探 John Wadsworth said the young gun would be given "every opportunity" to become a Major League star. With at least two other MLB clubs circling, Yankees scouts gave Stenhouse his ticket to the big time this week along with an educational scholarship and a bag of merchandise including the club's famous cap. "It's a good opportunity but I don't think it will hit him until he gets over there," his father Dave Stenhouse told News Limited. "He got a big bag full of stuff which I think made him the happiest and mum and dad are happy too since we don't have to pay for anything anymore." "It's still sinking in and I was a bit nervous signing the contract but it is a dream come true," Stenhouse said. 8. deodorant (di:ˈəudərənt) 除味剂, 除臭剂 I. a substance applied to the body to suppress or mask the odour of perspiration or other body odours. a deodorant spray. II. any substance for destroying or masking odours, such as liquid sprayed into the air. antiperspirant 抗汗剂 (ˌæntiˈpɜ:spərənt) n. An astringent preparation applied to the skin to decrease perspiration. perspire (pəˈspaiə) 排汗 vb. to secrete or exude (perspiration) through the pores of the skin. 9. The read-through, table-read, or table work is a stage of film, television and theatre production when an organized reading around a table of the screenplay or script by the actors with speaking parts is conducted. In addition to the cast members with speaking parts, the read-through is usually attended by the principal financiers or studio executives, producers, heads of department, writers, and directors. It is extremely rare for anyone not involved in the production to be permitted to attend. It is usually the first time everyone involved in the production will have gathered together and it is traditional to go around the table (usually a ring of tables, in fact) and allow everyone to introduce themselves by both name and job. The director may then open proceedings by making a short speech outlining his or her aspirations for the project. An additional professional actor not otherwise involved in the production may be hired to read the non-dialogue parts of the script such as scene headings and action. These parts of the script are usually edited down severely for the purposes of the read-through to keep the pace of the reading up. 10. regift 礼物送人 give (an unwanted gift that one has received) to someone else as a gift. To give something as a gift which the giver previously received as a gift; to give to a person something previously received as a gift. Do you think she'll regift that horrendous vase? [no object]: the survey showed that 5 per cent of consumers plan to regift this Christmas. wiki: Regifting or regiving is the act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else, sometimes in the guise of a new gift. One example of a formalization of this activity are the white elephant gift exchanges不需要礼物交换, in which items can be regifted from year to year. Regiving differs from straightforward giving直接赠送 in that goods are not acquired specifically for donation. Typically, goods that have been received as a gift are offered to others, unbeknown to them that it was originally a gift to the person offering it. Often the motives are principally charitable but also includes giving items which are surplus to one's needs. However, re-gifting also refers the means of giving away赠送 unwanted gifts as a way of disposing them. Consider the "fruitcake gift" scenario. Someone receives a fruitcake but they don't like (or want) fruitcake but think someone else might. They give it away to someone who also may not like fruitcake either. 11. talk away 继续说吧, 接着说吧 To continue to talk for a long time. Nobody's listening, but she just keeps talking away. A: Are you old and fat? B: No. A: Talk away then. 12. 母亲留2儿子车内致死: She told her new live-in boyfriend同居男友 she was taking the boys to play in the snow and drove them to a snow park, where she met up with a male friend to have sex in the car park. After about 30 minutes, Tyler opened the door and Ms Jensen returned him to her car, gave him a mobile phone to play with and secured the child locks before returning to her friend. Ms Jensen's defence attributes her poor decision making to her low IQ of 76, which makes her borderline developmentally disabled.13. 裸体海滩被禁: "Let's be honest," Fitzroy Island owner Doug Gamble said. "Not a lot of nudists are the Greek gods or goddesses希腊女神 they imagine themselves to be." The Australian Nudists Association and Free Beaches Australia have long claimed Nudey Beach as a popular destination to go starkers.
抚养权争夺战中父女双亡: However, past the colourful hanging children's jackets and card which Eeva made for her dad, sits a container of anti-anxiety drugs. They are a grim 冷酷无情的, 残酷的 hint of the darkness behind the discovery of the bodies of the father and daughter - just a short walk from the front door of 55-year-old Diana Hutchings' first-storey flat. They are a clue to the effect the tug-of-love over the custody of the four-year-old had on Hutchings. Investigators are yet to determine how Hutchings and his bubbly blonde daughter Eeva Anna-Leena Dorendahl-Hutchings died, but what is certain is that tumult ( [ˈtʌməlt] uproar. I. Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd. II. Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds. the tumult of the elements. the tumult of the spirits or passions. III. A riot or uprising. tumultuous. ruckus[rʌkəs] I. A noisy disturbance and/or commotion. II. A row, fight. rumpus A noisy, sometimes violent disturbance; noise and confusion; a quarrel. ) and heartache dominated 充斥, 主导 four-year-old Eeva's short life. Before Hutchings disappeared with Eeva on January 11 he said in signed affidavits that he feared his estranged wife Michelle Dorendahl. "She goes into irrational rages when she does not get what she wants," he wrote. Both parents were also ordered not to "denigrate 贬低, 毁谤, 诋毁" ( I. (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame. II. (transitive) To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage. ) the other in front of Eeva. The court orders only hinted at the bitter fight over Eeva's company. In applications to the Federal Circuit Court last year, Dorendahl expressed fears Hutchings was "delaying return to disappear with child," and "it will be hard to locate father as he is unemployed, has no assets, lives with his father and is behaving erratically." Her fears proved prophetic 预言兴致的, 担心变成了现实. After Eeva returned from a trip to Peru with her mother last year, Hutchings said: "I had grave concerns about my child travelling to South America … I do not see any justifiable reason正当理由 to put my four-year-old child at risk when there is a safe alternative of Eeva being at home安全的待在家里." Diana Hutchings kissed her son Greg and granddaughter Eeva goodbye on January 11. He was due to hand back the preschooler to his estranged wife and Eeva's mother, Michelle Dorendahl, at a nearby beach, but failed to do so, sparking an international police search. "We are shocked, we need to process it 消化 and to show respect for two beautiful people," Ms Hutchings said. "We were trying to help find them, but now we just need the police to investigate. She was a beautiful girl and he was a beautiful man as well." A crime scene was established and the bodies remained in situ(=there) while forensic police gathered evidence收集证据 for the coroner. "We believe the bodies have been there a long time," Det Supt Wilkins said, adding that no note字条, 便条 was found at the scene and that it was too early to say if the case was a murder-suicide. 12. Can I take a lover 找个情人, 出轨 in my 50s? Our arrangement seemed perfect: No commitment, only pleasure. Then I started wanting more. I want to believe I am a woman who can deal with having a lover — a man I go to bed with who is neither boyfriend nor husband. Sex that is occasional, not quite casual.
killing it(可能指好的, 也可能指坏的), killed it; rip it = kill it, let it rip: I'M KILLING IT! performing at the highest level; ripping; mostly associated with the american drifting motorsport or can just be a decal that is put on the winshield of your car. Guy 1: You see that guys 240? Guy 2: Yea what about it? Guy 1: It says I'M KILLING IT! on his winshield. Guy 2: ohh what a faggot.... John was killin it all day long in the competition". I know I am fat and ugly now, but I am telling you, ten years ago, I am killing it. Killing it = performing [doing something] at the highest level. Synonyms = murdered [it], ripped [it], assaulted [it], crushed [it]. Antonyms = ruined, destroyed, really messed up. "it depends on what they're talking about. but it often means they are doing a good job. he's killling it means he's doing great.". "it means like he's beast at whatever he's doing". Like in youtube videos in the comments people would say "Lil' Wayne killed it" or "Drake killed this song": "Definitley is a good thing. Killed it, kinda like, Nailed it or did it perfectly. "I think it depends on the rest of the sentence before deciding if it's good or bad. Like for example, "I'm my opinion they killed the cartoons when they made the Avatar the last air bender movies." That would be a bad 'killed it'. I'm saying that they ruined the cartoon with the movie. But if I said, "Dude I totally killed that test!" That would be good, because I'm saying that I did great on the test or I think I killed it. Hope this helps!" Example 1: Person 1: Wow this song is sick! Person 2: Yeah, the artist KILLED it! Example 2: Person 1: I did a cover for the song Beat It by Michael Jackson. Do you like it? Person 2: Wow, …. You killed the song man.... RIP IT = kill it, LET IT RIP: "going all out during a party so hard that you literally rip it." let it/her rip 火力全开: I. allow something, especially a vehicle, to go at full speed. to make a vehicle or machine move very fast. He would get up early Sunday mornings, fire up the lawnmower, and let her rip. Usage notes: the pronoun her is often used to refer to a machine "We'll get on to the motorway and let her rip". II. Allow something to happen forcefully or without interference. utter or express something forcefully and noisily. to do something with energy and enthusiasm. Hendrix would walk into a
recording studio, turn on his amp, and let it rip while the tape
recorder rolled. "Once she started a tirade长篇攻击性演说, it was best to let it rip". let rip I. 大为光火. 勃然大怒. to suddenly express your emotions without control. This time I was furious and I let rip. He's a very restrained 非常克制的人 sort of person - you can't imagine him ever really letting rip. II. (British & Australian very informal) 放屁. to allow gas to escape from your bottom loudly. You can't just let rip when you're in a smart restaurant. The African American/Hip Hop slang phrase "rip it" can refer to "ripping something into shreds" and in so doing "killing it". "Ripping a performance [into shreds]" could mean that you "broke it down" to its very core. Because that performance was taken apart [and put together] to its very essense, it can be said to be killed, and -at the same time - said to be at thee hight of its "aliveness". It also occurs to me that "rip it" is an updated form of "let it rip". "Let it rip"/"rip it" carry the connotation of "going all out [going "hard"]. Because the performer "went hard", (was intense but cool & in control; put himself or herself at risk, put himself or herself wholely in that performance, he or she "nailed" ("killed") that performance.
Lorde rocked by onslaught at Auckland Airport: Grammy-winning singer Lorde has let fly ( let fly (with) something I. to throw something or shoot something from a weapon. Police officers let fly canisters of tear gas. The guy in the leather jacket was leaping over the counter when I let fly with a soda bottle. II. to express yourself in a way that will excite or anger others. to start shouting angrily (sometimes + at ). If you disagree with the officials, it's bad form to let fly with four-letter words. When she got together with her friends, they would let fly all their innermost secrets. I was so angry I let fly at them as soon as they came in. Gripping the arms of his chair, he let fly a barrage of offensive comments. ) at media and fans after an enthusiastic welcome home at Auckland Airport that she has described as "sad". In a barrage of angry tweets, Lorde, real name Ella Yelich-O'Connor, attacked media for "almost" pushing herself and her family over and the "lecherous gaze ( lechery (ˈlɛtʃərɪ) n unrestrained and promiscuous sexuality. unrestrained indulgence of sexual desire. lecherous (ˈlɛtʃərəs) 赤裸裸的, 不加掩饰的 Given to, characterized by, or eliciting lechery. )" to which she is subjected. But just as soon as she launched the angry onslaught, the 17-year-old appears to have had a change of heart and hastily deleted the series of messages. "I understand that people of note(someone of note a person who is famous. We invited a speaker of note to lecture at the next meeting. The baseball player of note was inducted into the Hall of Fame.) are supposedly fair game for everyone to photograph and film but that doesn't make it acceptable," she had tweeted. "There is a difference between attention from fans, which I love, and the constant, often lecherous gaze that I am subjected to in this industry. "I know that success comes with a price tag有代价(come/go with territory), it just sucks when you see that in your tiny home country where you previously felt safe." However, her backtracking came way too late after the grumpy发脾气的 messages were re-tweeted and "favourited" thousands of times by her nearly 1 million followers. Lorde has had a meteoric (ˌmi tiˈɔrik, -ˈor-) rise 流星速度窜红 over the past year, driven largely by the success of her smash hit Royals. This week, Royals netted 囊括, 纳入囊中 her song of the year and best pop solo performance at the Grammys and she was seen rubbing shoulders with pop royalty including Sir Paul McCartney and Beyonce. Widely praised for her poise and confidence, the Auckland teenager is clearly still getting used to the sudden fame that has been thrust upon her and all the attention she is receiving – some of it very strange indeed. There is even the start of a Lorde age conspiracy theory — reminiscent of the bizarre "birther" rumours that have long surrounded Barrack Obama — questioning whether the talented youngster can really be just 17. Gossip blog Gawker has rounded up theories from some of the wilder shores of the internet that pick over ( pick something over 细查, 细察, 一点点查看 to examine a group of things carefully. to look through something carefully, looking for something special. The boss picked over every word in Kelley's memo. She picked the strawberries over, selecting the largest ones.) the singer's song lyrics and interviews for signs she might be older than she claims. One wannabe sleuth(sleuth I. a detective. II. a bloodhound. wannabe a person who desires to be, or be like, someone or something else: a group of Marilyn Monroe wannabes. a wannabe film star.) has even applied for a copy of Lorde's birth certificate in an effort to confirm or deny the gossip. The Auckland teenager had earlier told awaiting media in Auckland that the feeling of winning her New Zealand awards was more intense than the Grammys. She took home four awards from the NZ Music Awards in November. "I feel like I was more freaking(Used as an intensive: Traffic was a freaking nightmare. his freaking mother; this is freaking weird. ) when I won my New Zealand awards to be honest," the 17-year-old said. "It's super cool but it becomes a normal thing once you're amongst it." Lorde greeted waiting fans at Auckland Airport and appeared happy to get photos with the devoted crowd. Kate Corrigan was among those who got a photo with Lorde in the arrivals hall机场到达大厅. "I love her, I think she is amazing." She said Lorde was lovely and she appreciated the star took the time to meet fans. Cara Gibson, 15, also waited for her favourite singer at the airport. She said Lorde's international success has been incredible. "It's so good that someone from such a small country can make it over there." Lorde's manager Scott Maclachlan, said he was happy to return to New Zealand, and they were both in disbelief 难以置信 that Royals was named best pop solo performance at the Grammys. "This is the highlight for all of us, being back in New Zealand," he said. "It was great being in LA but coming back to this and the wellwishes - I'm really chuffed and I know she (Lorde) is." The star will not have long to rest 没有多长休息时间 after her 12-hour flight from Los Angeles, as she's due to play to a hometown crowd of eager fans on Wednesday night. She was originally billed to play St Jerome's Laneway Festival on Monday, but agreed to do a make-up show at Silo Park on Wednesday night after she pulled out of the festival line-up to attend the Grammys.
