1. presence n. 出席,到場,存在
Your presence is a present to the world .
你的存在是給予世界的一個禮物。
2. preening v. 整羽;自滿(preen的ing形式) n. 整羽;自我夸耀
He's always preening himself on his success.
他總是對自己的成功沾沾自喜。
3. prancing v. 歡騰(prance的ing形式)
The children were prancing about with delight.
孩子們高興得蹦蹦跳跳。
4. disagreeable adj. 不愉快的,厭惡的,不為人喜的
Some fruits are disagreeable to the taste.
有幾種果子味道不好。
5. stoop v. 彎下,彎下上身,屈服
Don't stoop to quarrel with her about it.
別降低身份為這事去跟她爭吵。
6. hospitality n. 好客,殷勤,酒店管理
In response to their hospitality, we wrote a thank-you note.
為回報他們的熱情,我們寫了一封感謝信。
7. reputation n. 聲譽,好名聲
He earned a high reputation for his learning.
他在學識方面享有很高的聲譽。
8. contredanse n. 對面舞,對面舞曲(三至四或六至八拍的)
9. glutinous adj. 粘性的,膠狀的
Add water gradually into glutinous rice flour.
把清水慢慢加入糯米粉中。
10. execrable adj. 惡劣的;可憎恨的
What an execrable meal!
這頓飯菜真是糟透了!
11. anarchic adj. 無法無天的,雜亂無章的
The situation in the country is becoming increasingly anarchic.
這個國家的局勢日益混亂。
12. leave n. 許可
Please give me leave to do what I like.
請允許我做自己喜歡的事。
13. please vt. 使高興,使滿意,取悅
He's very hard to please.
取悅他很難。
14. company n. 陪伴,同伴
His father asked him to avoid bad company.
他父親要他不要交壞朋友。