F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

recital (n): a performance of music or poetry, usually given by one person or a small group of people
(通常指单人或一小群人表演的)独奏会,朗诵会
E.g.: I went to a violin recital today.
我今天听了一场小提琴独奏会。
E.g.:He is giving a recital of Bach’s sonatas.
他将举办巴赫奏鸣曲个人演奏会。

praise (v): to express admiration or approval of the achievements or characteristics of a person or thing
赞扬,表扬
E.g.: He should be praised for his honesty.
他应该因为诚实而获得表扬。
E.g.: My parents always praised me when I did well at school.
我在学校里表现好时父母总是夸奖我

alcoholic drink-酒精饮料

hangover (n)[C]a feeling of illness after drinking too much alcohol
(大量饮酒后的)宿醉,不适反应
E.g.: I had a terrible hangover the next morning.
第二天上午我宿醉反应很强烈。
E.g.: a hangover cure
解宿醉的方法

hungover (adj):feeling ill with a bad pain in the head and often wanting to vomit after having drunk too much alcohol
酒后难受的,宿醉的
E.g.: That was a great party last night, but I’m (feeling) really hungover this morning.
昨晚的聚会真棒,但今天早晨的宿醉真的很难受。

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escalate (v): to become or make something become greater or more serious
(使)增强;(使)扩大;(使)加剧;(使)恶化
E.g.: His financial problems escalated after he became unemployed.
他失业后,经济问题更是雪上加霜。
E.g.: The decision to escalate UN involvement has been made in the hopes of a swift end to the hostilities.
已决定加大联合国介入的力度,以期尽快结束敌对。
E.g.: The escalating rate of inflation will almost certainly bring escalating prices.
通货膨胀率的不断上升几乎肯定会导致物价攀升。

it requires my full attention-需要我全神贯注

well off (adj): rich
富有的,有钱的
E.g.: Her family was very well off.
她的家庭非常富有。
E.g.: [ before noun ] a well-off neighborhood
富人区

embezzle (v): to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for
贪污,侵吞;盗用,挪用(钱款)
E.g.: She embezzled thousands of dollars from the charity.
她侵吞了慈善机构数千美元的善款。

embezzlement (n): the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for:
E.g.: They were arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
E.g.: He’s accused of tax evasion, embezzlement, and fraud.

embezzler (n): someone who secretly takes money that is in their care or that belongs to an organization or business they work he or she works for:
E.g.: The detectives mistook him for a suspected embezzler.
E.g.: Businesses need to protect themselves from embezzlers.