* shatter
vt. break (sth.) suddenly into small pieces; smash (sth.) 粉碎；砸碎

confines
n. (fml) limits; borders; boundaries （正式）界限；邊界；范圍

leak
v. 1. （使）滲漏
2. make known （使）泄露出去
n. 漏隙；漏出物

* defy
vt. disobey; fight against; show no fear or respect for 違抗；蔑視

* defiance
n. behaviour showing one's disobedience to sb. or ignorance of sb. 違抗；蔑視

* soothe
vt. make less angry or upset; calm or comfort 撫慰；使平靜

nightmare
n. an unpleasant and terrible dream 惡夢

irreversibility
n. a state of things which cannot be turned back, changed or improved 不可挽回；不可逆轉

fade
vi. 1. (away) disappear or die gradually 逐漸消失
2. lose strength, colour, freshness, etc. 衰頹；褪色；凋謝

Phrases and Expressions

go out of control
be no longer under control 失去控制

smash into
hit forcefully against 猛地撞在…

head on
with the head or front parts meeting violently 迎面地，正面地

by chance
by accident; unintentionally 偶然地；意外地

comment on
make a remark or give an opinion on 評論；就…發表意見

make a difference
有影響；起作用

take back one's words
admit that one was wrong in what one has said 收回說過的話

maid of honor
首席女儐相

[n.]-to-be
未來的…

fade into
gradually disappear and become (sth. of no importance) 逐漸消失而變成（無足輕重的東西）

pull up [to/at/in front of a place]
(of vehicles) drive up to and stop at （車輛）到達，駛入

Proper Names

Linda Weltner
琳達·韋爾特納（女子名）