口语: 1. 小区用apartment complex, or building complex. residential compound, 也可以叫gated community. 不能直接叫community, 因为community倾向于指一群人, 而不是一个地方. 吃饱了: You are stuffed, really full. want the leftovers to go 打包. takeaway box打包盒. 调休: time off in lieu 指个人的调休, 一般不用于国家范围的调休, 你可以解释说work on the Sunday to make up for the extra day off on Friday. bridge day 是中间的那一天送一天假. A long weekend is a weekend that is at least three days long (i.e. a three-day weekend), due to a public or unofficial holiday occurring on either the following Monday or preceding Friday. Many countries also have four-day weekends, in which two days adjoining the weekend are holidays. In many countries, when a lone holiday occurs on a Tuesday or a Thursday, the day between the holiday and the weekend may also be designated as a holiday, set to be a movable or floating holiday, or work/school may be interrupted by consensus unofficially. This is typically referred to by a phrase involving "bridge" in many languages; for example in some Spanish-speaking countries the term is puente ("bridge") or simply "fin de semana largo". In Melbourne, Australia, the Melbourne Cup holiday is held on a Tuesday. The Monday is not a public holiday, but many people modify their work arrangements to also have the Monday off and many schools will have a "pupil free day", so it is colloquially referred to as the "Cup Day long weekend". 2. straight up 表示不加冰只有在点酒的时候才说, 饮料就说no ice or without ice, with a little ice, or with a lot of ice. trashy 素质低. 低素质. cut in line 插队. play dumb 装傻. 开学: back to school, school started. 身上湿了, 淋湿了: I'm soaked, got caught in the rain.
用法学习: 1. In criminal law, complicity is the act of helping, encouraging, or soliciting another individual to commit a crime. Common law refers to this as aiding and abetting(abet [əˈbɛt] I. If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression ' aid and abet'. to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal: His accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud. Shady lawyers abetted the company’s officers in stealing the funds. His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him. II. [journalism, or formal, disapproval] To abet something, especially something bad or undesirable, means to make it possible. The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality. ). One who is complicit in committing criminal conduct is an accomplice. Although an accomplice does not actually commit the crime, their actions help someone in the commission of the crime. An accomplice cannot be charged with a more serious crime than the primary perpetrator 主犯. Accomplice (从犯, 包括accessory 犯罪前或后提供了帮助鼓励, abettor犯罪时在场并提供了帮助), in law, a person who becomes equally guilty in the crime of another by knowingly and voluntarily aiding the other to commit the offense. An accomplice is either an accessory or an abettor. The accessory aids a criminal prior to the crime, whereas the abettor aids the offender during the crime itself. An accessory is someone who is not present during the commission of the offense but who assists, procures, encourages, or counsels the offender before the crime has been committed. In most jurisdictions the accessory must perform an act of assistance, and evidence of intention to facilitate the crime must be presented. Thus, owners of sporting-goods stores are not accessories to murder if they sell a rifle to someone who subsequently commits murder with it. An abettor(= principal in the second degree, person who assists another in the commission of a crime and is present when the crime is being committed but does not actually participate in the crime.) is someone who is present actually or constructively at the commission of a crime and incites, encourages, or assists the offender. Failing to try to prevent the offense, when a duty to act is imposed by law, is also considered to be abetment. It is no longer necessary to prove which kind of an accomplice a person is or to find the principal guilty before the accomplice can be convicted. Once a crime has been committed and a party is shown to have contributed to its commission, that person may be punished as a principal. An accessory after the fact is often not considered an accomplice but is treated as a separate offender. Such an offender is one who harbours, protects, or assists a person who has already committed an offense or is charged with committing an offense. Usually the offense must be a felony. Punishment for an accessory after the fact is universally less than that for the principal offender, except in cases of sedition or treason. accessory, in criminal law, a person who becomes equally guilty in the crime of another by knowingly and voluntarily aiding the criminal before or after the crime. An accessory is one kind of accomplice, the other being an abettor, who aids the criminal during the act itself. Common law once treated someone who aided the criminal after the commission of the crime as an accessory after the fact, but U.S. law no longer treats the aider as an accomplice to the crime but rather treats him as guilty of a separate crime, such as obstruction of justice. U.S. law has also largely abrogated the distinction between principal offenders, accessories before the fact, and abettors. Abettor, in law, a person who becomes equally guilty in the crime of another by knowingly and voluntarily aiding the criminal during the act itself. An abettor is one kind of accomplice (q.v.), the other being an accessory, who aids the criminal prior to or after the crime. Complicity VS Conspiracy: Each state's criminal charges will vary. But typically, if an individual takes an active role in the planning of a crime, they will be charged with conspiracy. A conspirator agrees with others to commit a future crime, while an accomplice assists, in some way, in the actual commission of a crime. Furthermore, conspirators can be guilty even if the underlying crime is not committed. 2. make I. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act. To make like a deer caught in the headlights. They made nice together, as if their fight never happened. He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands. II. To constitute. They make a cute couple. This makes the third infraction ( An infraction of a rule or law is an instance of breaking it. ...an infraction of school rules. ...parents of kids who committed minor infractions.). One swallow does not a summer make. (one swallow doesn't make a summer used to say that because one good thing has happened, it is not therefore certain that a situation is going to improve. said to mean that, although something good has happened, the situation may not continue to be good, and you cannot rely on it Sales are up by 1%, which is a vast improvement on the last six months. One swallow, however, doesn't make a summer and business could still be better.) III. To add up to, have a sum of. Two and four make six. IV. (transitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret. I don't know what to make of it. They couldn't make anything of the inscription. What time do you make it? V. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time. We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight. Heartbreak High: I'd better go. Told Mum I'd make dinner. But I'll message you next time I need to let one rip. VI. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction). They made westward over the snowy mountains. Make for the hills! It's a wildfire! They made away from the fire toward the river. VII. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status). They hope to make a bigger profit. He didn't make the choir after his voice changed. She made ten points in that game. 3. have a bite (to eat) To eat, especially a snack or a small meal that can be consumed quickly. Let's have a bite before we get on the road. I just stopped at a café to have a quick bite, but I'll be home soon, I promise. get/grab a bite 找点吃的 To seek out or prepare some food to eat, especially a snack or a small meal that can be consumed quickly. Let's grab a quick bite before we get on the road. A: "Do you want me to save you some dinner?" B: "No, I grabbed a bite in town earlier, so I'm fine." snack on (something) To eat small amounts of something as a snack. I love watching the birds and squirrels come up to the feeder throughout the day to snack on seeds. I've been snacking on that roast ham all day, so I'm not terribly hungry. a blanket of something 一厚层的, 厚厚一层的 a thick covering of something: The ground was covered by a thick blanket of snow. a blast from the past something or someone that surprises you because you had almost forgotten about it. a blaze of something something that has a very powerful or noticeable effect: The garden is a blaze of colourin autumn. blaze of glory She so badly wanted to end her career with a spectacular win – to go out in a blaze of glory. His book was launched in a blaze of publicity. Last week, the presenter stepped down from his 15-year role on the breakfast show in a blaze of controversy. We watched the sun go down in a blaze of red, orange, and gold. 4. ( be at ~, get at ~, go to ~, look at ~ ) the heart of the matter = the crux [krʌks] of the matter 问题的核心 The most important, basic, or fundamental essence or elements of an issue, problem, or matter at hand. Thank you all for attending this staff meeting. Before we get to the heart of the matter, I'd like to assure each of you that your job is secure. Here's the heart of the matter, Bill. We feel like you're performance has been slipping recently. the central issue of the matter. (Crux is an old word meaning "cross."). The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else. He said the crux of the matter was economic policy. All right, this is the crux of the matter. It's about time that we got to the heart of the matter. cyclical [ˈsɪk·lɪ·kəl] 周而复始的, 反复的 (also cyclic US [ˈsɑɪ·klɪk, ˈsɪk·lɪk]) I. happening as a complete set of events that repeat themselves regularly in the same order or in a regularly repeated period of time. Cyclical events happen in a particular order, one following the other, and are often repeated. used to describe an event that is part of a group of events that happen in a particular order, one following the other, and that are often repeated: Changes in the economy often follow a cyclical pattern. a cyclical dip/low. (a) cyclical decline/downturn/slowdown: The retail diamond market has gone into cyclical downturn. a cyclical high/peak/recovery. a cyclical boom/upswing/upturn. cyclical developments/factors: The increased mobility of capital has also made exchange rates more sensitive to cyclical developments. II. having a regular pattern of successful periods or increases followed by less successful periods or reductions: Prices are great now, but we have all seen market prices collapse, and we know that markets are cyclical. Real estate is a cyclical business. 5. one for the road a final drink before leaving a place. an alcoholic drink just before leaving: Before I went home, she persuaded me to have one for the road. "police forces are saying don't have one for the road—have none for the road". in short order 很快地, 非常快地, 迅速的 North American immediately; rapidly. without delay; quickly "after the killing the camp had been shut down in short order". no use to man or beast = no good to man or beast 百无一用的, 完全无用的, 没有用处的, 没有意义 completely useless. To be completely useless; to serve no purpose; to be unsuitable to anyone or anything. I admire the intelligence with which you argue your points, friend, but unless you're willing to put your words into action, I'm afraid your philosophizing is of no use to man or beast. After 20 years, my faithful old truck finally broke down for good. It's no use to man or beast anymore. Circumstances had compelled him, much against his will, to take no less than six beginners, some of them first-voyagers, of no use to man or beast. beast noun. I. Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength. That is a beast of a stadium. The subwoofer that comes with this set of speakers is a beast. II. (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically. III. (often collective) All non-human animals seen as a group. Language is what separates man and beast. IV. a person that is extremely talented at whatever they do and always display great determination, dedication, and resilience to always win or want to win. When you returned to a game you haven't played in years and discover you're still [a] beast at it. "beast" has got a verb from too: beasted. To have excelled at something as if using super-human beast like skills. I totally beasted my math test, got an A. Beasted is a word [some people] use in call of duty [read video games] when they absolutely destroy you. Player1: kills you "OHH! BEASTED!!" adj. (slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful. a whole different beast Something very different to, and often more difficult or complicated than, something else. You may think that your time as a TV show writer prepared you well for this project, but it's a whole different beast working on a film. It's one thing to babysit your friends' kids from time to time, but having your own children is a whole different beast! A: "I've been here 10 years already, so I don't think becoming a manager will be a big transition." B: "Are you serious? No, managing employees is a whole different beast." It's also unlikely society could return to a time when social media was not a part of our daily lives, Mr Misel said. "Even though we claim nostalgically, romantically that we want to [go back] … we're just not that kind of a beast," he said. beast of burden 用于载重的动物 A domesticated animal used by humans to carry or pull heavy loads. Camels have been used by people as beasts of burden for thousands of years because of their size, strength, and ability to travel long distances with minimal need for food and water. beast with two backs A couple engaged in sexual intercourse, referring to the exposure of each partner's back when embraced in the missionary or standing position. Usually used in the phrase "make the beast with two backs." I have my suspicions that, in secret, they are making the beast with two backs. feed the beast I. In politics, to fund or supplement governmental spending, especially through increased tax revenue. Primarily heard in US. Politicians are always looking for new ways to feed the beast, but if we really want the economy to recover, we need to be cutting taxes across the board. II. To devote or contribute an undue amount of resources, time, or energy to a self-perpetuating pursuit, situation, behavior, or desire. His addiction had become so severe that he sold everything he owned to keep feeding the beast. The country's leaders enlisted every able man to feed the beast of its war of expansion. We're brainwashed from a young age to continue feeding the beast of consumerism. music calms the savage beast = music soothes the savage beast Music often has a calming effect on people in an upset or frenzied state. Music often has a calming effect on people in an upset or frenzied state. If Joey starts screaming and throwing a tantrum, try playing some Brahms. It's really true what they say—music calms the savage beast. If Joey starts screaming and throwing a tantrum, try playing some Brahms. It's really true what they say—music soothes the savage beast. 6. go together I. If you say that two things go together, or that one thing goes together with another, you mean that they go well with each other or cannot be separated from each other. to look good together. If items of clothing, furniture, or food go together, they look or taste good when experienced at the same time: His suit, shirt, and tie didn't really go together. Do you think the cream dress and the blue jacket go together? I can see that some colours go together 协调, 相配, 颜色不搭, 不搭调 and some don't. Winckelmann declared that art and freedom went together. Poverty and illiteracy go together with high birth rates. II. 同时出现. to happen or be found together: Wisdom and maturity don't necessarily go together. Researchers have discovered that short-sightedness and high IQs seem to go together in children. to regularly exist at the same time, or often be found in the same place: Movies and popcorn just seem to go together. III. If two people are going together, they have a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. don't go doing something spoken used to tell someone not to do something, especially something that is wrong or bad. Be careful not to (do the thing stated). used to tell or warn somebody not to do something: Don't go getting yourself into trouble. If you go skateboarding today, please don't go getting yourself hurt. It's a secret, so don't go telling everyone. 7. temp 临时工 INFORMAL noun. a person employed to work for a short period, especially in an office while another person is absent or when there is extra work: I worked as a temp for a while before I got my first permanent job. Many companies are relying more on temps and part-timers. verb work as a temporary employee. If someone is temping, they are working as a temp. Like so many aspiring actresses, she ended up waiting tables and temping in office jobs. Mrs Reynolds has been temping since losing her job. "Suzanne was temping as a secretary". wiki: Temping can help you develop your skills and work in a variety of assignments until that happens. Pursuing your dreams while working is no bad thing – not only will you have an income while you job hunt, but you can meet new people and enjoy new experiences too. injured party 受委屈的, 受冤枉的 the person who has been unfairly treated in a particular situation. The injured party in a court case or dispute about unfair treatment is the person who says they were unfairly treated. The injured party got some compensation. injured I. hurt or physically harmed: She was told to stay in bed to rest her injured back. He's still conscious but he's fairly badly injured. The injured soldier crawled to safety. Several people were injured, two fatally. The hunt for the injured climber continued throughout the night. The air was abuzz with military helicopters, airlifting injured people and equipment. II. If your feelings are injured, someone has offended or upset you: It's nothing more than injured pride. the injured people who are injured, considered as a group: The injured were taken to several nearby hospitals. 8. minutiae [mɪˈnjuːʃɪiː] 每一个细节, 所有细节 The minutiae of something such as someone's job or life are the very small details of it. small and often not important details: The committee studied the minutiae of the report for hours. Comedy is so often based on the minutiae of everyday life. Much of his early work is concerned with the minutiae of rural life. focus squarely: I would say what we're squarely focused on is our shared vision for a peaceful, stable, prosperous region. Environmentally focused books for five to eight, meanwhile, tend to focus squarely on non-fiction, seeking to inform, motivate and call to arms. We should focus squarely on what we can do. frumpy 土气的, 无特色的 adj. [disapproval] If someone, especially a woman or her clothes, is described as frumpy, it means that their clothes are dull and not fashionable. (of a person or their clothes) old-fashioned and not attractive: I felt fat and frumpy. a frumpy cardigan. ...bulky, frumpy clothes. 9. needy I. 需要的人. Needy people do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy refugees. The needy are people who are needy. There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy. The proceeds from the sale go to help needy people in the area. the needy poor people: Let us pray for those who are not so fortunate as ourselves - the sick, the old, and the needy. Young Sheldon: Well, I kind of donated that fridge to the church. You know, for the needy. Are you kidding me? I see tense moments like this more than you think. I'll just give you guys some space. You know how much it's gonna cost to fix that fridge? $200. I have really good hearing 听力很好. Do you have any idea how hard I work for the money we get? II. If someone is needy, they need a lot of affection or emotional support. .…needy toddlers and demanding pre-schoolers. She dumped him for being 'too needy'. lightning strike 闪电 I. an occasion when lightning (= a flash of bright light in the sky that is produced by electricity moving between clouds or from clouds to the ground) hits something: The fire was caused by a lightning strike. With so many thunderstorms at this time of year, lightning strikes are a risk. II. a sudden and unexpected event, idea, etc.: Suddenly, out of the blue, John has a lightning strike of inspiration. The success of the book is explicable with hindsight, but at the time it was the classic example of a literary lightning strike. III. a sudden strike (= an act of refusing to work as a protest) without any warning and often without the official support of a trade union. a situation where employees stop work suddenly and without warning because of a disagreement with their employer about job conditions, job losses, pay, etc.: Union representatives called a lightning strike over a deadlock with the railway. Workers from three car plants staged lightning strikes. His sacking sparked a lightning strike by around 1,200 postal workers. Lightning could strike 保持乐观, 幸运可能降临, 也不是不可能, 也许呢, 万一呢. Who knows? Lightning could strike, right? So stay open. lightning never strikes (the same place) twice used to say that a very unusual event is not likely to happen again to the same person or in the same place The team was lucky to get that win but may not do as well next time. Lightning never strikes twice. 10. compute to calculate something: The government uses the household survey to compute the monthly unemployment rate. The firm declined to discuss the deal or say how the $650,000 figure was computed. Net asset value is computed at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. sth does not compute used to say that something does not have any meaning, or does not seem possible or correct. To make sense. (commonly used in mimicry of a science fictional robot and spoken in a robotic voice; most frequently in negative constructs) Does that compute, or do I need to explain further? It can't be done, it doesn't compute. The situation was bothering me because something about it just didn't compute. blue light: It might be a police drama with big themes, but it's still a police drama – one not lacking in car chases, kneecappings and bomb threats, written and directed to maximise the white-knuckle tension of frontline policing in a powder-keg community. The characters are so well drawn 刻画 that when they're thrust into any sort of tension, you want them – no, you need them – to be OK. Their faces are a mixture of empathy and trepidation, as they realise the letter of the law means they have to bring him in. No guns are drawn, and the man's rights are reluctantly read. This nuanced, complex approach to the idea of police work is precisely what makes Blue Lights, now in its second season and with a third and fourth already commissioned, one of the most compelling police dramas in recent years. You like Line of Duty but wish the characters were a little more well drawn in their personal lives? Blue Lights is for you. 11. dogbreath (vulgar, derogatory) Term of abuse. Calling someone “dog breath” is just another way of calling someone worthless and repulsive. bog I. [ C ] UK slang a toilet. A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet. I'm on the bog ― I'm sitting on/using the toilet. I'm in the bog ― I'm in the bathroom. I'm just going to nip to the bog. bog paper We've run out of bog paper. bog roll We've run out of bog roll. II. an area of soft, wet earth. bog-standard 普通的不能再普通的, 普通至极的 (informal, derogatory) Utterly basic, ordinary, or standard; unremarkable, unexceptional, etc. ordinary or basic. completely ordinary, without anything special added: My last car was just a bog-standard model. "a bog-standard PC". 12. segue [ˈseɡweɪ] 无缝转换, 无缝切换 verb intransitive to change smoothly from one song or subject of conversation to another without stopping. a. If something such as a piece of music or conversation segues into another piece of music or conversation, it changes into it or is followed by it without a break. to move easily and without interruption from one piece of music, part of a story, subject, or situation to another: His performance of "Caroline" segued into a cover version of "My Tears". The piece segues into his solo with the strings. ...his film's attempt, in its latter sections, to segue into comedy. ...a neat segue into an arrangement of 'Eleanor Rigby'. a movement without interruption from one piece of music, part of a story, subject, or situation to another: He stumbled over words and made awkward segues. Chapter 9 provides a nice segue into Chapter 10. b. To segue into something such as a new situation, job, or mood means to move into it. New year sales will segue into closing down sales. She segued from school plays to silver screen with terrifying alacrity. The trend gives her a segue into rock chick. 13. get a rise out of 激怒 informal provoke an angry or irritated response from (someone), especially by teasing. to annoy someone. to deliberately make someone angry by teasing them or making fun of them. Johnson stopped bothering him once he saw he couldn't get a rise out of him. Steve always manages to get a rise out of me with his racist jokes. Godwin's law, short for Godwin's law (or rule) of Nazi analogies 推己及人, 纳粹类比, is an Internet adage asserting: "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1." Promulgated ( promulgate [prɒməlgeɪt] 流行开来 I. If people promulgate a new law or a new idea, they make it widely known. to spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people The shipping industry promulgated a voluntary code. II. If a new law is promulgated by a government or national leader, it is publicly approved or made official. to announce something publicly, especially a new law: The new law was finally promulgated in the autumn of last year. A new constitution was promulgated last month. ...the promulgation of the constitution. ) by the American attorney and author Mike Godwin in 1990, Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990 as an experiment in memetics, specifically to address the ubiquity [juːˈbɪkwɪti] of such comparisons which he believes regrettably trivialize the Holocaust. Later, it was applied to any threaded online discussion, such as Internet forums, chat rooms, and social-media comment threads, as well as to speeches, articles, and other rhetoric where reductio ad Hitlerum occurs. 14. tittle-tattle 胡说八道, 嚼舌根, 八卦 [disapproval] talk about other people's lives that is usually unkind, disapproving, or not true. If you refer to something that a group of people talk about as tittle-tattle, you mean that you disapprove of it because it is not important, and there is no real evidence that it is true. ...tittle-tattle about the private lives of minor celebrities. tattle 告密, 告发 to secretly tell someone in authority, especially a teacher, that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble. to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody: Did you tattle on us to the teacher? foxhole A foxhole is a small hole which soldiers dig as a shelter from the enemy and from which they can shoot. a small hole dug in the ground during a war or military attack, used by a small group of soldiers as a base for shooting at the enemy and as a shelter from attack We froze but spent the night in foxholes. The original quarries, trenches, and foxholes were preserved and further developed into a system of channels and small ponds. Trenches, foxholes and other fortifications were generally camouflaged for later reuse. Upon touch-down, the player has to overcome several obstacles, including enemy soldiers and officers, mine fields, foxholes and bunkers. higher-order I. Involving more sophisticated thinking or reasoning. higher-order thinking. II. Of or relating to a class higher up in a hierarchy. of a high order/of the highest order 高级别的, 高等级的, 最高等级的 = of the first order = of the first magnitude/order/water of a very good kind or of the best kind. Of the greatest importance, significance, or magnitude. You have to study Shakespeare because he is a poet of the highest order. We need to close the highway immediately—this is an emergency of the highest order. an achievement of the highest order. A Federal Court judge has ordered Bruce Lehrmann to pay costs of a higher order than typically seen in defamation cases, but also declared there were "no real winners" in the multi-million-dollar legal battle. For the majority of the case, Ten was awarded indemnity costs which cover up to 95 per cent of their legal bill — substantially more than what is awarded for party/party, which is only about 65 per cent. indemnity I. If something provides indemnity, it provides insurance or protection against damage or loss. protection against possible damage or loss, especially a promise of payment, or the money paid if there is such damage or loss They were charged with failing to have professional indemnity cover. Political exiles had not been given indemnity from prosecution. II. An indemnity is an amount of money paid to someone because of some damage or loss they have suffered. The government paid the family an indemnity for the missing pictures. protection against possible damage or loss, or the money paid if there is damage or loss: indemnity for/against sth The policy provides an indemnity for loss of or damage to third-party property. provide/offer (an) indemnity This insurance provides indemnity against legal costs and damages. Creditors must give an indemnity to cover the costs of a potential claim. professional indemnity insurance. III. protection against having legal responsibility for something: indemnity against sth The doctors were given an indemnity against prosecution for performing abortions. a sum of money that is paid to someone for a loss, especially by one country to another country. letter of indemnity a legal document in which a person or company promises to pay for any loss that happens as a result of them doing a particular task. Letters of indemnity are often used when transporting goods by ship: The letter of indemnity protects the shipping company against any claims that may arise from the issue of a clean Bill of Lading. double indemnity = accidental death benefit a statement in an insurance agreement in which the company agrees to pay twice the usual amount if a person dies in an accident: Coverage was doubled to $200,000 because the death was accidental and subject to a double indemnity provision. of the highest magnitude Of the greatest importance or significance or to the greatest degree or extent. You have to study Shakespeare because he is a poet of the highest magnitude. We need to close the highway immediately—this is an emergency of the highest magnitude. of the first water Of the best quality; having the utmost skill or value. An allusion to the old system of grading diamonds, the most brilliant of which were deemed "of the first water." She is a lady of the first water—dignified, well spoken, and with unimpeachable 无可挑剔的, 挑不出毛病的 integrity. The restaurant is renowned for serving food of the first water. first-rate, second-rate: He's definitely a second-rate poet, nowhere near as good as his father. 15. there's no smoke without fire = where there's smoke, there's fire 无风不起浪, 苍蝇不叮无缝蛋 there's always some reason for a rumour. If unpleant things are said about someone or something, there is probably a good reason for it: She says the accusations are not true, but there's no smoke without fire.
Pro-Palestine Chants: Intifada is an Arabic word for a rebellion or uprising, or a resistance movement. It can be used to refer to an uprising against oppression. In the Palestinian context, the word refers to attempts to "shake off" the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the First and Second Intifadas, where it was originally chosen to connote "aggressive nonviolent resistance", a meaning it bore among Palestinian students in struggles in the 1980s and which they adopted as less confrontational than terms in earlier militant rhetoric since it bore no nuance of violence. "Intifada" is an Arabic word for resistance, used in protests to refer to an uprising against oppression, but the Anti-Defamation League, founded a century ago to counter the vilification of Jews, argues it is a slogan that calls for indiscriminate violence against Israel. Tensions are brewing over pro-Palestine encampments at universities across Australia, with leading universities writing to the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, for legal advice on whether protesters' chants were in breach of federal law. "I just don't understand how somebody like … Jason Clare, who would have a clear understanding of history, how they distinguish a comment like 'river to the sea' from what Hitler chanted in the 1930s. This is about elimination, annihilation [əˌnʌɪəˈleɪʃn] ( I. complete destruction or obliteration. "the threat of global annihilation". II. total defeat. "a show of independence is its only hope of avoiding annihilation in next year's elections". ), extermination ( exterminate verb. To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats. They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war. Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help. ...the extermination of hundreds of thousands of their countrymen. ) of the race of people of the Jewish faith – it's as simple as that," Dutton claimed. "If they're trying to make some sort of headroom for another interpretation that would be against what we know in the western world for that dreadful chant to be … are they doing it for political reasons? Are they willing to sacrifice the safety of the Jewish community and to try and encourage some of these lunatics that we're seeing at university campuses at the moment?" Max Kaiser, the executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, a newly-formed group of progressive Jewish academics, teachers, writers and lawyers, claimed the negative interpretation advanced 提出的 by Dutton on 2GB was "a very bad faith" 恶意满满的 reading of the chant. He was also strongly critical of the comparison to Hitler. The education minister, Jason Clare, has come under fire from opponents of the pro-Palestine demonstrations after saying the chants "from the river to the sea" and "intifada" meant different things to various groups. Opponents of the rallies characterise the chants as calls for the destruction of Israel, while pro-Palestine demonstrators use it as a call for Palestinian freedom and security. "It's definitely not something that should be construed as a threat to Jewish people or Israelis," Kaiser said. "It's really overblown. The rhetoric is offensive to the memories of the victims of the Holocaust. Anthony Albanese also rebuffed 驳斥, 反驳 Clare's comments on the chants this week, branding the "river to the sea" chant as "opposition to a two-state solution". a Labour MP, at a protest in London organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. "We won't rest until we have justice, until all people, Israelis and Palestinians, between the river and the sea can live in peaceful liberty," said Andy McDonald, Three days later, McDonald was suspended from the party pending an investigation, leaving the former shadow cabinet minister sitting as an independent for now. Some feel the decision was heavy handed 下手太重, 下手太狠了 while others see it as a sign of strong leadership from Keir Starmer as the Labour leader tries to draw a clear line between himself and his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn. With the language being so loaded, so contentious, and uttered at a time of a huge rise in antisemitic attacks, it was felt by Labour that McDonald had erred into the offensive. The former shadow chancellor John McDonnell noted that his friend had not used the full slogan, however.
Midsomer Murders: 1. steady the buffs 冷静, 别慌, 镇定: means "Keep calm!" or "Steady on, boys!". In 1858, the 2nd Battalion was stationed in Malta. Lieutenant John Cotter, Adjutant of the 2nd Buffs, would shout "Steady, The Buffs!", a phrase which has entered common parlance. The "Buffs" in the phrase is a reference to a famous British Army unit, the Third Regiment of Foot. The regiment, founded in 1572, was nicknamed "the Buffs" in the early 18th century because of the colors of its uniforms. Midsomer Murders: Well, comrades, as I see it, we need to establish whether one of us murdered Neville Williams. What, you don't think I - Well, it wasn't us. You said you would deal with him. Not like that! We haven't got the training. I had nothing to do with it. All right. Steady the buffs. If it wasn't one of us... it must be one of them. We need to find out more. Stiffen the Prussian guard to "stiffen" was to kill or murder—that is, to make a corpse of. used loosely as an expression of surprise or amazement, much like "I'll be damned!" or "Blow me down!" or "I'll be a son of a gun!" Midsomer murders: Oh, for Pete's sake! Sorry, old girl. Meditating. Richard's dead, Tim! Stiffen the Prussian guard. You must be desperate, old girl. No, don't be kind. It doesn't help. I've just been with the police. They say that he got drunk and fell. 2. Petty cash 小额开销 is a small amount of money kept on hand for small purchases or expenses. It is typically kept in a locked box or other secure location and is often used to pay for minor office supplies, postage, or travel expenses. Typically, a petty cash fund is established and then a custodian is assigned to manage. a small amount of money kept in an office for buying small things that are needed: Take the money for stamps out of petty cash. The most common way of accounting for petty cash expenditures is to use the imprest system. Midsomer Murders: You never met Conor, did you? He was a lot meaner than anyone gives him credit for. He was extremely generous with the community but absolutely beastly [biːstli] 不友好的, 让人不开心的, 不和气的 ( adj. [informal, old-fashioned] I. If you describe something as beastly, you mean that it is very unpleasant. The weather was beastly. II. If you describe someone as beastly, you mean that they are behaving unkindly. He must be wondering why everyone is being so beastly to him. Why are you being so beastly to me? We've had beastly weather all summer. ) to me about money. Even after he died... I was left with nothing. Just petty cash. Everything else went to service his posthumous [ˈpɒstʃʊməs] ( I. occurring, awarded, or appearing after the death of the originator. Dillon was posthumously awarded a Silver Star. "he was awarded a posthumous Military Cross". II. (of a child) born after the death of its father. "Newton was the posthumous son of an illiterate yeoman". ) good deeds. I had to do something and Mrs Hunnicutt's clever in those ways. Did Sam Callaghan know about this plan? Was he party to it 一份子? Sam? Oh, no. He doesn't know anything about... Look... I... I don't suppose you could keep this to yourself just for the moment? You see, I haven't quite filled the picture in for Sam as far as my own financial situation is concerned. 3. I heard they'd let you go. Yeah, they did. Good. No guard dog 看门狗, 看着你, 看护的? No. 4. You've done what? All right, Tom, no more evasions 逃避, 避而不谈, 躲躲闪闪, 闪烁其词, 含糊其辞( I. the act of avoiding something or someone: Her speech was full of excuses and evasions and never properly addressed the issue. II. the act of avoiding something unpleasant or unwanted: a political speech full of evasions. tax evasion (fare evasion 逃票) 避税, 逃税 (= illegally not paying tax). tax/fare/duty evasion. The former accountant was charged with multiple counts of tax evasion. evasion of sth This was a clear evasion of responsibility 逃避责任 on his part. Many people were angered at what they saw as an evasion of responsibility. He was arrested for tax evasion. If you accuse someone of evasion when they have been asked a question, you mean that they are deliberately avoiding giving a clear direct answer. We want straight answers. No evasions. Ted grinned in evasion and cleared his throat. ). I want to know if you're just stringing me along. I'm not stringing you along. I'm interested but not convinced. Put it like that. This case has shown up the publishing world in an ambiguous light. You can't make assumptions about everyone because of a few murders. 5. Helen Callaghan came to see me last night. She...claims that Sam has been involved in a very serious criminal deception. One that rather puts mine in the shade ( put/leave someone/something in the shade 大巫见小巫, 相形见绌 To put someone or something in the shade means to be so impressive that the person or thing seems unimportant by comparison. to be so good that another person or thing does not seem important or worth very much: Although I thought I'd done well, my sister's exam results put mine in the shade. ...a run that put every other hurdler's performance in the shade.). That's absolute rubbish. Who's been telling you all this? Shall we say "a reliable source"? Would you rather talk at the station, Mr Callaghan? You see, in my book, fraud and the need to keep it a secret are plausible motives for murder. I admit Jezebel was threatening to go to another publisher. I admit I fiddled 修饰, 篡改 a few figures. Yes, well, my source says that for the past year, you have been transferring large quantities of sales from lesser-known authors, to exaggerate the sales of Jezebel's books. Make sure she went with you to your new company, whose start-up you erroneously assumed Grace Maplin would be able to fund. Now, is that about accurate? So... Richard Rackham, Neville Williams, were they first to discover this? And did you, Mr Callaghan, commit murder to avoid exposure? Richard and Neville found out what I was doing, yes. They blackmailed me, yes. The price was a contract for two new books for Richard. I agreed. End of story. 6. How did you get on with Harry's? I thought it was a bit predictable, you know. I'm looking for inspiration, to tell you the truth. I've got three murders and I'm convinced there's only one killer and one big motive. This really is the most awful tripe ( tripe [traɪp] I. Tripe is the stomach of a pig, cow, or ox which is eaten as food. the covering of the inside of the stomach of an animal, such as a cow or sheep, used for food: stewed tripe. II. You refer to something that someone has said or written as tripe when you think that it is silly and worthless. ideas, suggestions, or writing that are stupid, silly, or have little value: She said my last essay was complete tripe. People talk a lot of tripe about fashion. I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life. ). 7. Oh, did you hear about our citizen's arrest of Mrs H? I did and very commendable too but I have a bigger fish to land ( "land the fish" is often used in the context of fishing or in a metaphorical sense to mean successfully completing a task or achieving a goal. In fishing, "landing the fish" refers to successfully getting the fish out of the water and onto the boat or shore. Metaphorically, it can mean successfully completing a project, reaching a goal, or achieving success in a particular endeavor.). I haven't got long. The prize-giving is in an hour. Just ten minutes of your technical expertise. 8. Grace is ripping off trust funds and pocketing the cash. She's using Mrs Hunnicutt to help her do it. I've seen her with my own eyes, Tim. And I'm not the only one. Is this wise, comrade? Miss Barnaby? It's true, Mr Settingfield. Mrs Maplin's suppliers are charging the trust way over the odds ( over the odds 多于正常价格 above what is generally considered acceptable, especially for a price. more than something is really worth: It's a nice enough car but I'm sure she paid over the odds for it. "you could be paying over the odds for perfume". pay over the odds to pay more for something than it is really worth Over the years, London's home owners have got used to having to pay over the odds for their property. ) for pretty much everything. Then splitting the difference with Grace. Mrs H is her go-between. There's the proof if you want it. 9. Callaghan's company is hanging by a thread 命悬一线. If it weren't for Jezebel, he'd be finished. I understood he was very successful. The company is, or was when his wife ran it. She owns all the shares. Jezebel's no better. She's from the stockbroker belt ( The stockbroker belt is an area outside a city, especially London, where rich people who travel to work in the city live. the area near London where many rich people live in large houses and from where they travel to work in the City (= the financial area of London) He grew up in the comfort of the Surrey stockbroker belt. The Stockbroker Belt is a loosely defined region overlapping the borders of the London metropolitan area and the commuter region surrounding Greater London, particularly in the vicinity of Surrey to the south-west of the city in South East England. ) not the gutter. The nearest she's got to the streets is getting into a cab outside Harvey Nick's. Even Milla's got a bit of history. Did you know she was Russian? Name of Poltova. Lost her family. Did a spell in the Gulag before pitching up in London after the war. Husband died young. Conor fell hopelessly in love with her. Poor chap. And when she refused him, he married Grace on the rebound. 10. I was having dinner at The Maid with Amanda here, my PA, and Marcus Poole, a colleague of mine. We left at closing time, walked back here and sat talking till...what? Oh...two in the morning. Did you see Jamie Cruickshank at all in the course of the evening ( I. undergoing the specified process. "a new textbook was in the course of preparation". II. during the specified period or activity. during an event or period of time. If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time. In the course of the 1930s, steel production in Britain approximately doubled. We struck up a conversation, in the course of which it emerged that he was a sailing man. The subpoena was issued in the course of a routine inquiry. How many really important calls do you get in the course of a day? "he was a friend to many people in the course of his life". in the course of doing something) while doing a particular activity: Your job description outlines the main duties that you will be carrying out in the course of your work. In the course of writing this essay, I was tempted many times to veer off the subject. )? I don't think so. He generally works in one of the other bars. I did see his father, though. When was that? When we were leaving. He
was coming out of the snug bar ( a small private room. The "snug" was a small private room or area, typically with access to the bar and a frosted glass window above head height. Customers in the snug paid a higher price for beer and nobody could look in and see the drinkers. A snug is a small private area closed off from the rest of the bar by a screen or partition. Usually contains a table and chairs or benches.). He'd had a few by the look of him. I believe you're trying to buy his garage (
I. A building (or section of a building) used to store a car or cars,
tools and other miscellaneous items. II. (chiefly Commonwealth, dated,
in US) A place where cars are serviced and repaired. (North America) auto shop, car workshop, vehicle workshop. III. ( chiefly Commonwealth ) A petrol filling station. (Britain, Ireland, Australia) petrol station; (North America) filling station, gas station, service station. Usage notes: Historically, a commercial garage would offer storage, refueling, servicing and repair of vehicles.
Since the mid-late 20th century, storage has become uncommon at
premises having the other functions. Now, refueling, servicing and
repair are becoming increasingly separated from each other. Few repair
garages still sell petrol; it is very uncommon for a new filling station
to have a mechanic or any facilities for servicing beyond inflating
tires; and a new kind of business exists to provide servicing: the
oil/lube change shop. ). His garage is failing badly.
I made him a very generous offer. Do you have some sort of... business
arrangement with Stephen Bannerman? We may have paid him the occasional consultancy fee, I suppose. Consultancy fee? It must be useful to have someone on board who knows the village - who's in debt and so on - and might be susceptible to a... generous offer. You need an edge in business. Did Stephen help you buy that garage on the Causton Road? Now you come to mention it,
yes, I think he did. Sells the cheapest petrol in the county. No wonder
Clive Cruickshank's garage is failing. You have done your homework,
Inspector. Well, you do need an edge in police work, Mr Haggard. 12.
What are you doing here, Haggard - as if I didn't know? Mr Cruickshank
owns the garage and the handsome house next to it. Lovely property.
Great potential. Yeah, well, stop licking your lips ( lick one's lips I. to pass one's tongue over the lips. She licked her lips while she waited for the food to be served. II. 垂涎欲滴. 垂涎三尺, 激动不已. 虎视眈眈. to feel or show excitement because something good is expected to happen. to feel pleasure at the thought of something: He licked his lips at the thought of all that money. The players knew they would win and were licking their lips as they waited for the game to start. make someone's mouth water 流口水, 垂涎三尺 to make someone hungry (for something); to cause saliva to flow in someone's mouth. to feel pleasure at the thought of something particularly beautiful or good Such beauty is enough to make anyone's mouth water. That beautiful salad makes my mouth water. Talking about food makes my mouth water. covet [ˈkʌvət] 垂涎, 觊觎, 贪图 to very much want something that someone else has. We still envy their lifestyles, covet垂涎 their Malibu mansions豪宅 and marvel at their romances. Don't covet (觊觎, 垂涎, 贪图) neighbour's wife. covetous adj. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (especially money); avaricious. drooling over垂涎三尺 to show extreme and sometimes silly pleasure while looking at someone or something: Roz and I sat by the swimming pool, drooling over all the gorgeous young men. I left Sara in the shop drooling over a green silk dress. smack one's lips 大嚼特嚼 If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating. 'I really want some dessert,' Keaton says, smacking his lips. ) cos I'm staying put. You can wave all the money you like. I won't roll over like some people in this village. Now, out of my way, Haggard. I'm off home to my lovely property. He could be trouble. Don't worry, he'll come round. They all do in the end. 11. And talking of sons - I hear your Stephen's pulling this bar down, making it part of the restaurant. Oh, is that what you hear, Clive? I hear you're selling your garage to Lawrence Haggard and going to Spain. Over my dead body. You ought to know better than listen to gossip in this village. 12. I still can't believe what happened to Jamie. Well, you'll be in shock. We all are. I suppose that's why everyone's acting so strangely. There was this big row in the snug the other night. Clive Cruickshank was drunk, so Stephen threw him out. Oh. Stephen must be a hard man to work for. He's all right. Mum doesn't like it so much now his dad's retired. What about your dad? He died when I was five. He had cancer. Oh, I'm sorry, I've got a big mouth 多嘴多舌, 话多. No. It's OK. Thanks for asking. Have you still got my card? I think so. Here's another one, just in case. 13. Are you working in the snug tonight? Yeah, worse luck. Why, what's wrong? My old man's in there, getting tanked up ( = drunk. tank up I. US informal to fill a vehicle with fuel: Make sure you tank up before you go. Gas is expensive on the highway. II. to imbibe or cause to imbibe a large quantity of alcoholic drink. imbibe [ɪmbaɪb] verb. I. [formal, often humorous] To imbibe alcohol means to drink it. They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol. Have you been imbibing again? No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to start imbibing. II. If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true. As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle. ). Hey, are you doing anything later on? Yes, Jamie, I am. Bella, Jamie. Everything OK in this neck of the woods 这边儿? Both: Fine, Mr Bannerman. 14. If your mental faculties 大脑( ability to think clearly. It was sad to see that his mental faculties had begun to fail.) go AWOL whenever you bump into Bella Monday, you and I are going to fall out big time... as you would say. 15. The wood is full of spent cartridges, Mr Benbow, why keep them? Because they puzzle me. What's there to be puzzled about? See, the thing is, as long as I'm in here, I can't earn a crust. I got my overheads ( 日常开销. 日常开支. The overheads of a business are its regular and essential expenses, such as salaries, rent, electricity, and phone bills. We are having to cut our costs to reduce overheads and remain competitive. the regular and necessary costs, such as rent and heating, that are involved in operating a business: cut/reduce/slash overheads The combined company aims to reduce annual overheads by as much as £2 billion. high/big/increased overheads Many big companies have been hit by high overheads and falling sales. low/small/reduced overheads. corporate/administrative/production overheads In an early restructuring move, the company is shutting stores and cutting administrative overheads. overhead costs/expenses The merger cut overhead costs in half.), you know, just like everybody else. 16. There's a Bergman season at the film society. We were talking about it. Oh, yeah, right. I was thinking about Wednesday. I don't mind which one we see, I love them all. Wednesday. Excellent. Good. I'll see you then. See you, Dad. Bye, Cully. Bergman, that's a bit heavy( When Barnaby commented that was heavy fare, he said that he would be happy to see Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca again, making it clear he and Cully were on two different tracks. ). I don't know. It might be Casablanca I'd watch that again. Casablanca? Yeah. Ingrid Bergman's in Casablanca. 16. Hello, Simon. Hello, Allegra. Your usual 常吃的, 常点的. Come round when you've locked up. We'll sign the papers. No, too many people are poking their noses in after this Cruickshank business. It has to be tonight. We're heading back to town in the morning. All right. Give me half an hour. I'll come round on foot. Less chance anyone'll see me. Why did he want to see you? Because Marcus is heading back to town first thing. We had to close the deal. What deal would that be? We're buying The Maid In Splendour. That's why Stephen was worried about gossip. He was going to carry on running it. Nothing would have changed. Except the profits. So you came back from the pub to here to wait for Stephen, yes? That's what I said. Who else knew he was coming here? No-one as far as I know. He didn't want anybody in the village to know what he was up to. The murderer must have known Stephen was going to use that path. He wasn't exactly short of enemies 不缺敌人. Clive was in the pub the other night causing mayhem. Stephen threw him out. 17. You'd better get back in the snug, Jamie, and serve the old codgers before they turn nasty. Where's your mother? She's just taking Mr Haggard's order. Bella, my dear, when you've got a moment, would you sort me out a large Scotch and put it in the usual place? You are a bad man. You're supposed to be cutting down. It's our little secret. 18. Is there room for a Scotch in that? Yeah, I suppose so, Dad. Well, there shouldn't be if you pulled me a full pint. All right, all right. Good evening, gentlemen. All's well 一切安好, I trust. Apart from your staff serving short measures ( short measure an amount, especially of alcohol, less than that which is declared or paid for. "coal users in North Yorkshire are being sold short measures". give somebody short measure 缺斤少两, 缺斤短两, 不足量 British English old-fashioned to give someone less than the correct amount of something, especially in a shop. ), yes. Er, they want another case of claret in the restaurant, Jamie. I'll keep an eye on the riffraff ( If you refer to a group of people as riffraff, you disapprove of them because you think they are not respectable. people with a bad reputation or of a low social class: She warned her son to keep away from such riffraff. ) in here. You should go easy on the boy, Clive. He's my son. I'll treat him as I see fit. Sons should be kept in their place. And you can keep that. And I suppose I'll have to buy you two hooligans a drink also. Same again, Wesley? Thank you kindly, Michael. Will you take a drink with me, Mr Benbow, sir? 19. No work clothes 工装, 工作服. What do you know about work clothes, you old stoat? You've never done a day's work in your life. No work clothes. When that notice goes up, ordinary folk'll have to drink elsewhere. Listen to me, you miserable beggars, no such sign's going up in this pub. Stephen's the boss now and, yes, he has plans and that's all right and proper. But everyone has always been welcome at The Maid and that's how it's going to stay. 20. Take some vegetables 那点蔬菜, 吃点蔬菜, darling. How's the Midsomer Film Festival coming along? Oh, great. The Erotica season sold out straightaway. Don't worry - I saved you some tickets. You must be joking. Lovely. Thank you, darling. Who on earth could that be? It might be Dan. Dan who? Dan Scott, Dad. I bumped into him in Causton. He said he might bring some paperwork over. Don't just leave him standing on the doorstep, Tom. How does the boy do it? He can smell a free meal at ten miles. I printed out those statistics you asked about. Thank you, sir. It's a sort of stew 炖菜, 一种炖物. A sort of stew. My favourite, Mrs B. Are you driving, Scott? Yes, sir. Then you won't be wanting any wine, will you?
have a bite to it (al dente) ( 反面: soggy, limp) VS toothy VS mouthfeel VS handfeel: have a bite to it 有嚼劲(多用于pasta): I. semi-resistant to the bite. "Al dente" really refers to the effect of restricted cooking leaving the item slightly resistant to the pressure of the teeth, in some people's opinion "a bit raw". It is often applied to vegetables and to pasta but not, in my experience, to meat. The equivalent for steak is "rare" but then steak gets tougher the more it's cooked whereas vegetables and pasta get softer. I prefer my pasta/burger to have a bite to it. having enough thickness or density. having a texture that you can get your teeth into" ("coarse" sausage with "chewy" bits, as opposed to a sausage made with smooth "mechanically-recovered meat" that's been pulverised to a slushy paste before being dried a bit and extruded into sausage skins. 一般不用于形容steak, 形容steak会说: Fillet steak is okay, but I'd rather have a rump steak that I can really get my teeth into (rump steak usually being much "tougher" than fillet steak, as well as possibly "tastier"). II. "piquant" (as in contains chilli). Spicy or strong food. it has a strong flavour. A food that has a "bite" to it, is a food that gives you a strong reaction. Eating a banana is "meh" but eating a hot pepper, or lemon, or strong curry, makes you say "wow!", "ahhh", or some other reaction. That reaction is the "bite". toothy [tuːθi] A toothy smile is one in which a person shows a lot of teeth. having or showing numerous, large, or projecting teeth. a toothy grin. It may be a while before he flashes that famously photogenic toothy smile again. mouthfeel [ˈmaʊθˌfiːl] 口感 noun. the texture of a substance as it is perceived in the mouth. the way that food or drink feels when you put in your mouth, especially when it feels pleasant. The texture of food, drink, etc. as perceived by the mouth. Starches enhance the mouthfeel of processed foods. The water is different from other brands because it has a different mouthfeel. the wine has a good mouthfeel. handfeel 手感 The way that something feels when touched by or held in the hand. wiki: Hand feel (Hand, Fabric hand, Fabric feel) is the property of fabrics related to the touch that expresses sensory comfort. It refers to the way fabrics feel against the skin or in the hand and conveys information about the cloth's softness and smoothness. Hand feel is an estimated and subjective property of different fabrics, but nowadays, hand feel could be measured and assessed statistically. What's the meaning of al dente?Literally translated as 'to the tooth', al dente is an Italian term used to describe the ideal consistency of pasta (and rice) when cooked. Al dente pasta is firm when bitten without being hard or chalky 粉粉的, 粉状的. Italians call pasta that has been cooked until soft 'stracotto' (overcooked). That said, there is a scale of al dente, and it is possible to overdo – or rather underdo – this approach to the point where the pasta is chalky and hard to digest (in Italian this is known as 'molto al dente'). To avoid pasta that is either too soft or too hard, you've got to strike a balance. How to cook pasta al dente? Cooking pasta al dente is an Italian obsession. But whilst Italians agree on the principle of al dente, in practice the level of al dente can vary from region to region, house to house and cook to cook. Regardless of where you sit on the al dente scale, the general idea is to cook your pasta for slightly less than the recommended cooking time. For example, if you're cooking dried pasta (pasta secca) then a good rule of thumb is to cook the pasta for 2 minutes less than the packet instructions, before fishing out a piece of pasta and tasting. If the pasta is firm but not chalky, then it's ready to be drained. Some packets of dried pasta will specify an 'al dente' cooking time – which can usually be trusted to deliver good results – but it's still worth testing the pasta while it cooks. When cooking pasta fresca (fresh pasta) be careful not to cook it for too long. Fresh filled pasta often takes as little as two minutes to be cooked to perfection, and if you leave it in for much longer than this, it can become soggy and limp 软哒哒的, 软塌塌的, 软耷耷的 (and can even disintegrate entirely). Here we also recommend that you test a piece after a couple of minutes of cooking, to avoid overdoing it. Though do note that some types of fresh pasta, for example trofie and orecchiette, may take a little longer to cook. For more specific information about how to make sure you perfectly cook your pasta, do take a look at our helpful guide which talks about all the different elements that you need to consider.
