Vocab & phrases

commendable
1. 值得讚美的;可欽佩的
2. 可推薦的

tumultuous
吵鬧的,喧嘩的
騷亂的,騷動的;混亂的.狂暴的,激烈的
the most tumultuous decade of the century

succumb
屈服;委棄;聽任,被壓垮;死
The government succumbed to public pressure.
He succumbed to his injuries.

voluminous
多卷的;長篇的;冗長的
龐大的;大量的;容量大的
寬鬆的

scrunch
碾,壓;踩;咬嚼
揉皺
蹲;蜷縮[(+up)]
喀擦喀擦地作響

supposedly
根據推測;據稱;大概,可能
Economic recovery is supposedly getting underway.

Boldfaced
1. 厚顏無恥的;冒失的
2. 粗體黑體字的

full-fledged stardom

cellulite
(肥胖者大腿等處的)脂肪團

startlingly sensitive
驚人地;使人驚奇地

holding on to one last chair-leg of familiarity

notoriety
惡名昭彰;聲名狼藉

bona fide
1. 【拉】真實的;有誠意的

dissolves into giggles.
1. 分解
2. 使溶解;使融化;使液化
3. 解散;使終結
4. 驅散;毀滅
5. 弄明白,解(謎)
4. 感動,軟化[(+in/into)]
5. 消失
The coach dissolved into the blackness.

candlelit dinner
燭光的

Johansson's ripe looks teeter on the edge of indecency
1. 成熟的;適宜食用的,醇美的
2. 成年的,圓滑的,老成的[(+in)]
He is ripe in judgement.
他具有成熟的判斷力。
3. 準備妥當的,時機成熟的[F][(+for)]
The time is ripe for a new foreign policy.

lends her a mystique that starring opposite a teen hunk might not provide

seductress
勾引男人的女人

she says with grave sincerity.
1. 重大的The situation poses a grave threat to peace
2. 嚴重的;嚴肅的,認真的
Her face became very grave.

dig dirt on you

Get oneself back on one’s feet