Calm (pt&pp.calmed)
adj. 鎮定的；平靜的；（海洋，天氣等）安靜的，平靜的；（人）從容不迫的
vt.& vi.（使）平靜，（使）鎮定；（使）鎮靜
n. 平靜；鎮定；安定；無風
vt. 使安靜；使冷靜；使鎮定；使（疼痛等）減輕
vi. 安靜下來，平靜下來，鎮靜下來

Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened...
鎮靜點，告訴我出了什么事。
Alan looked at him and said calmly, 'I don't believe you.'
艾倫看著他，平靜地說：“我不相信你說的話。”
She was breathing quickly and tried to calm herself...
她呼吸急促，盡力讓自己平靜下來。

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Dispute (pt&pp.disputed)
vt.& vi. 辯論，爭論
vt. 就…進行爭論，辯論；對…的真實或有效進行爭論，懷疑；爭奪，競爭；抵抗，抵制
n. 辯論；爭端；（勞資）糾紛；罷工
vi. 激烈爭辯；爭執；爭吵；吵架

They have won previous pay disputes with the government...
在先前和政府的工資糾紛中他們贏了。
Nobody disputed that Davey was clever...
沒有人懷疑戴維是聰明的。
The two countries are in dispute over the boundaries of their coastal waters...
兩國在近海水域分界線上尚存分歧。

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Previous to
在…之前

Previous to this, she'd always been well.
這以前，她身體一向很好。

劇情百科

如果說之前華生對于大型巨獸覺得是流言蜚語,夏洛克只不過是過度興奮而產生幻覺。那么，當他自己親眼看見巨獸時他已驚呆了。如果這巨獸真的存在，它即能游走森林里，也能串入實驗室，這未免太神通廣大了吧？

考考你 Q&A
Q: Please use the word or phrase you just learnt to complete the sentence beblow.

1.Did he speak to you ______?
他跟你直接談過話?
2.It cannot _____ the opportunities which industry may offer.
它并不能響應行業所提供的機會。

A:本期答案見下期