A: Stop agitate your brother!
B: He is the one that started it.
agitate vi. (for,against)煽動,鼓動
vt. 1. 攪動,搖動;2. 使焦慮不安
A: Try to calm down. The wound is not serious.
B: But I am in agony.
agony n. (極度的)痛苦,創(chuàng)痛
A: Do you like your new neighbours?
B: Yes, I find them very agreeable.
agreeable a. 1. 令人愉快的,愜意的;2. (欣然)同意的,樂意的
A: My grandmother lives alone.
B: Oh, mine now has an aide to help her in the home.
aide n. 助手,副官
A: You are not looking well today.
B: Unfortunately, I always have some sort of ailment in the winter.
ailment n. 小病,疾病
A: This room is far too warm.
B: Turn on the air-conditioning then.
air-conditioning n. 空調設備,空調系統(tǒng)
A: I tripped up walking down the aisle in church last Sunday.
B: That is because you never tie your laces property.
aisle n. 過道,通道
A: Did you take a lot of photos on your holidays?
B: Yeah, two album full.
album n. 粘貼簿,集郵簿,像冊
A: I’m not too fond of alcoholic drinks.
B: Well I usually drink Coke as well.
alcoholic a. 1. 酒精的,含酒精的;2. 由酒精引起的
n. 酗酒者
A: I would love to visit South America.
B: So would I , but at the moment it seems almost alien to me.
alien a. 1. 外國的,外國人的;2. 陌生的;3. 性質不同的,不相容的
n. 1. 外國人,外僑;2. 外星人
A: The new girl in our class seems to be alienated from us.
B: I will invite her to join us at lunch, maybe that will help.
alienate vt. 1. 使疏遠,使不友好,離間;2. 轉讓,讓渡(財產(chǎn)等)
A: He alleged that he was burgled during the night.
B: I do not believe him, he is always telling lies.
allege vt. 斷言,宣稱,硬說
A: Here is some cream to alleviate your pain.
B: Thanks, I will use it straight away.
alleviate vt. 減輕,緩解,緩和
A: Where did you lose your purse?
B: In the alley beside my house.
alley n. 小巷,胡同
A: I have been allotted only two shelves for all my belongings in the door.
B: I am sure that you can ask for more space if you need it.
allot vt. 分配,撥出
A: Is your ring made of pure silver?
B: No, I think that it is just an alloy.
alloy n. 合金
vt. 將……鑄成合金
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