詞匯精講：

1. graze

雙語釋義：touch or scrape (sth) lightly while passing

[vt.]（經過時）觸及或輕擦（某物）; 磨擦; 蹭

語法用法：~ (sth) (against/along sth)

典型范例：Our bumpers just grazed as we passed.

我們錯車時保險杠互相蹭了一下。

A bullet grazed against his cheek.

子彈擦傷了他的面頰。

2. lawsuit

雙語釋義：a claim or complaint against sb that a person or an organization can make in a court of law

[u.n] 訴訟，控訴

典型范例：As we were poor we lost the lawsuit.

由于我們窮，官司打輸了。

The lawsuit was then pending.

那件訟案因而尚未解決。

短語精講：

1. be terrible about：對......感到很糟糕，對.....感到可怕

例：Let's have coffee together, I feel terrible about what happened.

讓我們一起喝杯咖啡，我對所發生的事感到很難受。

I later felt terrible about this. They headed up to find those people and met death instead.

結果是多么可怕:這些警察和消防隊員趕去救他們，卻和他們死在了一起。

2. mean for：故意企圖（某事發生），故意打算讓（某事發生）

例：It was an accident. I didn't mean for it to happen.

這真的是意外，我不是故意的。

3. an embarrassment for sb：對某人來說難堪

例：The case is an acute embarrassment for the Government.

這件事情讓政府極其為難。

It would be an embarrassment for me to go back home form work in advance.

提早下班我不好意思。

4. be embarrassed about：因......而尷尬，因......而局促不安

例：This can make them nervous or embarrassed about speaking English in public.

這可能導致他們在公眾場合說英語感到緊張或尷尬。

I' m embarrassed about my mistake, so please don' t draw attention to it.

我出了這種錯誤很不好意思, 請不要和別人提起。

7. be excited about：因......而興奮

例：I'm really excited about seeing Grandpa.

一想到要見到爺爺， 我就覺得興奮。

You know I'm very excited about his arrival.

知道我對他的到來是多么興奮。

8. an embarrassment to sb.：讓某人為難的人

例：He's an embarrassment to his family.

他是家中叫人為難的人。