A: You have worked so hard. We have decided to give you a bonus.
B: Gosh, thanks!
bonus n. 1. 獎金,紅利;2. 額外給予的東西
A: What type of work does your company do?
B: This booklet contains all the details that you will need.
booklet n. 小冊子
A: The tickets will be on sale at the booth on the right.
B: Great, I’ll be there when it opens at 8.
booth n. 1. (隔開的)小房間,公用電話亭,崗亭;2. 售貨棚,貨攤
A: Is there a library in your town?
B: No, I have to travel to the next borough.
borough n. 自治城鎮(zhèn),(大城市的)行政區(qū)
A: I like to hold my baby to my bosom.
B: It must be a very comfortable feeling.
bosom n. 1. 胸部,乳房;2. 胸懷,內(nèi)心
A: There was so much food at dinner last night.
B: Yes, what a bounty!
bounty n. 1. (由政府提供的)獎金,賞金;2. 慷慨,大方
A: Those flower are beautiful, who gave you the bouquet?
B: My mother, they were a birthday gift.
bouquet n. 1. 花束;2. (酒的)芳香
A: Where do you live?
B: On the north side of the town, where the bourgeois tend to live.
bourgeois a. 1. 追求物質(zhì)享受的;2. 中產(chǎn)階級的;3. 資產(chǎn)階級的
n. 1. 追求物質(zhì)享受的人;2. 中產(chǎn)階級分子;3. 資產(chǎn)階級分子
A: Oops, I’ve made a blunder.
B: Don’t worry, we can fix it.
blunder n. (因無知,粗心等造成的)錯誤
vi. 1. 跌跌撞撞地走,慌亂地走;2. 犯錯誤
A: Do you not know how to cut bread?
B: Of course I do, but this knife is blunt.
blunt a. 1. 鈍的;2. 率直的,直言不諱的
vt. 1. 使遲鈍,使減弱;2. 使鈍
A: Do you remember your first birthday?
B: No, it is all a blur.
A: He blurred the corners of the picture to make it look old.
B: He did a good job of it.
blur n. 模糊,模糊的東西
v. (使)變模糊
A: Brian blurted out the answer before I even had a chance to think about it.
B: Yes, he is very smart.
blurt vt. (out) 脫口而出
A: You are very beautiful.
B: Stop, you are making me blush.
blush vi./n. 臉紅
A: Are there any bogs in your country?
B: Yes, plenty, particularly in the west, where it is very wet.
A: Would you like to come to the cinema with me tonight?
B: Can we go next week, I’m bogged down at work at the moment.
bog n. 沼澤
v. (down) 1. (使)陷入困境;2. (使)陷入泥沼
A: Family ties are the strongest form of bondage.
B: I don’t agree, I am not very close to my parents.
bondage n. 1. 奴役;2. 束縛
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