VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

The Well-Spoken Thesaurus

https://b-ok.cc/book/1227559/9fc22d

The Handmaid’s Tale 使女的故故事

https://v.qq.com/detail/s/sdp0018n9t82d08.html

Today we focused on:

gibber (v):to speak quickly in a way that cannot be understood, usually when you are very frightened or confused
通常因为害怕或头脑不清而)急促不清地说,语无伦次地说
Stop gibbering, man, and tell us what you saw.
别这么语无伦次的,老兄,告诉我们你看到什么了。

gibberish (n)spoken or written words that have no meaning
名其妙的话(或文字);文理不通的话(或文字);胡扯
I was so nervous, I just started talking gibberish.
我太紧张了,开始语无伦次起来。

posh (adj):(of people and their voices) from a high social class
(人或口音)上流社会的;谈吐高雅的
A woman with a very posh accent phoned for him earlier.
一位谈吐高雅的女士早些时候打电话找他。

他是我大学的学长。He was my senior at college