《Moments from Women's Lives》notes for myself:

1.00:28處"It's hard to put one's finger on it."

put one's finger on sth →【if you put your finger on something,you see and identify exactly what it is. 】

2.00:49處“of course,he was apologetic , effusively.”

apologetic.a ,apology.n ,apologize.v effusively.adv ,effusive.a→ 【expressing feelings of gratitude,pleasure or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.】

3.00:54處“his assistant was quite emphatic about this.”

emphatic[im?fadik]a.→【expressing something forcibly and clearly】

4.01:02處“i was to know that he'd been looking forward to our meeting very much.”

be to do sth→【used to talk about arrangements for the future/used to give an order or to tell some one about a rule】

look forward to sth/doing sth→【to be excited and pleased about something that is going to happen】

ps:how was i to know?→【expressing something you did wrong was not your fault because you did not have enough information】

5.3:11處"I'm really very confident in my capabilities with regard to this."

with regard to同concerning/referring to/relating to/with respect to

6.3:40處"just to run some lines."

run.v.→【the liguid flows/you experience some feeling or think sth quickly/a feeling or noise spreads/publish or print some articles,books and so on/sth lasts for a period of time /turn on sth/start a program or sth and let it continue/sb be in charge with sth……】

7.4:24處“my grandfather was a big influence on me.”

influence.v.→【sb or sth have an effect on someone or something】

n.→【the power to make others agree with u or do what you want/a power to affect what happens/someone or something that has the power above】

i'm under sb's influence/sb has an influence on me/sb be an influence on me/sb influences me deeply.我受sb影響

PS：

if someone is under the influence,their mind is affected by alcohol or drugs.

influential.a ,influenced.a ,influent.v&a , influencer.n ,influenza.n流感

8.4:41處“all a bit sticking out.”

stick out→【to go past the surface or edge of sth/to be very easy to notice/to continue doing sth difficult or unpleasant to the end】

9.6:05處“it's so important we're all on the same page.”

be on the same page→【two or more people are in agreement/thinking in the same manner.】

10.8:56處“one day ,there was a ferocious lion.”

one day→【at some time in the future/on a day in the past】

ferocious.a→【savagely firece,cruel or violent/extreme and unpleasant】

11.09:09處“finally,a deal was struck.”

strike.v→【sb hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or sth/a disaster or other unwelcome phenomenon occur suddenly and have harmful effect on/a thought or idea come into one's mind suddenly and unexpectedly】

strike-struck-struck

strike a deal→【to come to an agreement】

12.

game.n.游戲、比賽、獵物a.勇敢的v賭博

are you game?你要試試嗎？

I'm game.我想試/奉陪到底

give the game away.露出馬腳

play the game.按規(guī)矩辦事

what's your game?你在耍什么花招？

easy game易上當(dāng)?shù)娜?/p>

on the game 偷竊、賣淫

game theory博弈論

ahead of the game 領(lǐng)先、捷足先登