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- thinkingn.思想;思维throughoutprep.遍及gatheringn.聚会turkeyn.火鸡observevt.庆祝prayern.祈祷prayvt.祈祷collectionn.收集;采集charityn.慈善lunaradj.阴历的;月球
- indicatevt.表明;象征lanternn.灯笼riddlen.谜语chatvi.闲谈;聊天significantadj.重要的;意义重大的cropn.农作物;庄稼tastyadj.美味的tastevt.previousvi.尝(起来)markadj.以前的;先前的
- cattlen.牛farmvt.耕种maintainvt.维持;保持differvi.相异;不同于sufficientadj. 足够的;充分featuren. 特色;特征newspapern. 报纸feastn. 宴会;节日pumpkinn. 南瓜reunionn. 重聚
- yamn.番薯;山药look ahead规划未来at night在夜里such as比如along with与……一起;连同at the time of在……的时候at the end of在……结束时throw ... away扔掉;丢弃it is believed ( that ) ...据说begin with以……开始
- instead of代替;而不是as long as只要differ from与……不同seriesn.系列;连续amountn.量;数量stuffn.材料;东西harvestn.收获enginen.发动机;机车accidentn.事故unitevt.vi.联合;团结
- keep off躲开;避开;不让……接近monstern.怪物;妖怪bulln.公牛stay deep in the mountains躲在深山beastn.兽;畜生frightenedadj.害怕的;受惊的frightenvt.使吃惊flamen.火焰;火舌figure out想出;算出;了解preventvt.vi.阻止
- stay up all night一夜不眠;守夜;熬夜beat on打击;敲打be replaced with被……代替firecrackern.爆竹;鞭炮set off firecrackers燃放鞭炮fireworkn.烟花;烟火curiousadj.好奇的elderly上了年纪的comparisonn.比较;对照highlightvt.突出;强调
- handwritingn.书写;书法signvt.签署personalityn.个性;性格lockvt.锁上;锁住musclen.肌肉researchern.研究人员researchn.vi.研究;调查anglen.角度messyadj.凌乱的messvt.弄脏;弄乱 n.凌乱
- neatadj.整洁的;干净的organisedadj.做事有条理的well-organisedadj.有序的;很有条理的individuallyadv.单独地,个别的individualadj.个人的;个别的prescriptionn.处方hieroglyphicsn.象形文字curiosityn.好奇心desktopn.桌面;台式电脑the American Declaration of Independence美国独立宣言
- clean off把……弄干净piles of成堆的get to work straight away立刻开始工作tidy up收拾;整理wastepaper basket废纸篓trash can垃圾桶