1.confinement n. 拘禁，限制，分娩

He has been put in solitary confinement for attacking another prisoner.
他因傷害另一囚犯而被隔離監禁。

2.rheumatic[ru:'mætik] adj. 風濕癥的，患風濕癥的，引起風濕癥的 n. 風濕癥患者

3.waistcoat n. 背心，馬甲

His waistcoat is beneath his coat.
他的背心穿在外套里面。

4.feeble[fi:bl] adj. 虛弱的，無力的

This was his fatal defect; he was of feeble will.
這是他致命的弱點，他意志薄弱。

5.hollow n. 洞，窟窿，山谷 adj. 空的，虛偽的，空腹的

This tree looks high and strong but actually its trunk is hollow.
這棵樹看起來又高又壯，實際上樹干是空的。

6.pulse n. 脈沖，脈波，脈搏 v. 跳動，脈跳

His pulse is not very regular.
他的脈搏不很規則。

7.indisposition n. 小病，不舒服，厭惡

I felt a certain indisposition to face reality.
我多少有些不愿意面對現實。