1.bargaining n. 交易，契約，交涉

Some hard bargaining is called for.
需要進行艱難的談判。

2.candlelight['k?ndl.lait] n. 燭火，黃昏

The family dined by candlelight.
全家人在燭光下進餐。

3.keenly['ki:nli] adv. 銳利地，敏捷地，激烈地

He observes keenly but says very little.
他觀察敏銳，但說得很少。

4.stigma n. 恥辱，污名 n. 柱頭

There should be no stigma attached to being poor.
貧窮不應該與恥辱扯上任何關系。

5.tenant n. 房客，佃戶，承租人，占用者 vt. 租借，租賃

Are you an owner-occupier or a tenant?
你住自己的房子還是租房住？

6.ruthless['ru:θlis] adj. 殘忍的，無情的

He was utterly ruthless in his determination to succeed.
他下定決心爭取成功。

7.plantation n. 種植園，大農場，殖民地

There were hundreds of slaves in the plantation.
這個種植園里有數百名奴隸。

8.peril['peril] n. 危險，冒險 vt. 置 ... 于險境，冒險

The ship was in imminent peril of being wrecked.
那條船馬上就有失事的危險。

9.barn[bɑ:n] n. 谷倉，牲口棚，車庫，大而空蕩的農屋

The soldiers bedded down in a barn.
士兵們在谷倉里打鋪過夜。

10.confiscation n. 沒收，充公，征收

We shall not be responsible for any confiscation and fines arising therefrom.
我們對由此造成的任何展品沒收和罰款不予負責。

11.entrench v. 挖壕溝，(牢固地）確立，保護，侵占，侵犯

The enemy were strongly entrenched on the other side of the river.
敵軍在河的對岸用堅固的壕溝防守。

12.aristocracy n. 貴族，貴族階級

That expert is an aristocracy of his society.
那個專家是他所在的學會里最權威的人。