occasionally
ad. happening sometimes but not very often 偶爾地,間或
occasional a.
consume
v. eat or drink; use up 吃;喝;耗盡;消費
superwoman
n. a woman having more than ordinary human powers and abilities 具有非凡才能的女性,女強人
politician
n. 政治家;政客
care for
take care of; like or love 照料;喜歡,喜愛
pediatrician
n. 兒科醫生
anchorwoman (pl anchorwomen)
n. (廣播、電視節目的)女主持人
anchor
n. 錨
corporation
n. 公司
spotless
a. absolutely clean 十分清潔的
Swiss
a., n. 瑞士的,瑞士人(的)
rarely
ad. not happening often 很少,難得
guilt
n. the feelings produced by belief that one has done wrong; the fact of having broken the law 內疚;有罪
guilty
a. 感到內疚的,感到慚愧的;有罪的
strawberry
n. 草莓
gaily
a. in a cheerful manner 鮮艷地;快樂地
red-checked
a. 有紅格子圖案的
ribbon
n. 絲帶,緞帶,裝飾帶
decorate
vt. add (sth.) in order to make a thing more attractive to look at 裝飾
client
n. a person who buys goods or service 顧客,客戶
lap
n. (人坐著時)大腿的上方,膝上;(旅程的)一段
v. (波浪)拍打
reproach▲
vt. criticize (sb.) for failing to do sth. 責備
movers and shakers
people who have power and a lot of influence 有權有勢的人們
theory
n. 理論
tonal
a. 音調的,聲調的
harmony
n. 和諧;協調;一致
baseball
n. 棒球
by nature
生性
get one's act together
(infml) organize oneself and one's activities so that one does things in an effective way 將自己的各事安排得有條不紊
military
a. 軍事的,軍隊的
novel
n. 小說
put pencil/pen to paper
start to write 開始動筆寫