A: I beckoned him to come, but he refused to move.
B: Perhaps you were not polite enough.
beckon v. 示意;召唤
A: Watch out, there is a beetle crawling under your leg.
B: Ah, I hate insects.
beetle n. 甲虫
A: You should have telephoned me beforehand when you knew you were going to be late.
B: I am sorry, but my mobile phone is broken.
beforehand ad. 预先,事先
A: There is no need to bellow orders at me.
B: Sorry, but I did not think that you would hear me unless I shouted.
A: The fire is going out. What should I do?
B: Use the bellows to blow air onto it.
bellow vi. 1. 咆哮,怒吼;2. 吼叫
vt. 大声发出,大声喝道
n. 1. 喊声,咆哮;2. 风箱
A: I have a pain in my belly.
B: Well, you should have bad breakfast.
belly n. 肚子,腹部
A: Thank you for the beautiful present, you are far too benevolent.
B: You are most welcome. Kindness is not a complaint.
benevolent a. 仁慈的,善意的,慈善的
A: The test results have come back and the lump was benign.
B: Thanks, Doctor. I was so worried.
benign a. 1.善良的,慈祥的;2. 良性的,无危险的
A: My little brother has barricaded himself into his bedroom and refused to come out.
B: Dont worry, when he gets hungry he will come out.
A: The old town walls were initially built as barricades to keep the enemy out.
B: It is a shame that they have been so badly damaged!
barricade n. 路障,栅栏,障碍
vt. 设路障于,挡住
A: Do you have a basement in your house?
B: Yes, but we only use it for storage.
basement n. 地下室
A: This music is terrible.
B: I think that it is just because the bass is too loud.
bass n. 1. 男低音,低声部,低音乐器,2. 鲈鱼
A: I once read a book about an unwanted bastard child that was left to grow up alone in a forest.
B: I think that I may have read that one also.
bastard n. 1. 坏蛋,混蛋;2. 私生子
A: There is a wonderful smell coming from the kitchen.
B: I am glad that you like it, I have just made a batch of biscuits.
batch n. 1.一批,一组,一群; 2. 一批生产量
A: The woman was horribly battered by her husband.
B: How awful, I hope that she left him.
A: Do you like pancakes?
B: No, and nothing else that is made out of batter.
batter v. 连续猛击
n. 面糊
A: Where did you buy your necklace?
B: Oh, I just bought the beads and made it myself.
bead n. 1.小珠子;2.小滴
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美国习惯用语-第119讲:chicken out/chicken feed
美国习惯用语-第114讲:beefy/to beef up
美国习惯用语-第111讲:shrimp/crab
美国习惯用语-第132讲:backslider/backslapper
美国习惯用语-第149讲:everything from soup to&
美国习惯用语-第150讲:to kiss someone or
美国习惯用语-第109讲:to call up
美国习惯用语-第95讲:on a cloud
美国习惯用语-第115讲:snowball/snow job
美国习惯用语-第145讲:set of wheels/free-wheeler
美国习惯用语-第107讲:hors d´oeuvres
美国习惯用语-第162讲:To get it in the&nb
美国习惯用语-第142讲:to skin someone alive/sk
美国习惯用语-第120讲:spring chicken/goose bumps
美国习惯用语-第117讲:where-is-the-beef/turkey farm
美国习惯用语-第121讲:to make hay/to go h
美国习惯用语-第94讲:cloudy
美国习惯用语-第141讲:all skin and bones
美国习惯用语-第143讲:one of a kind/top-notch
美国习惯用语-第136讲:now the ball is in&
美国习惯用语-第91讲:to throw a curve
美国习惯用语-第123讲:belly laugh/knee-slapper
美国习惯用语-第93讲:to cry in one´s
美国习惯用语-第124讲:a straw in the wind
美国习惯用语-第135讲:to play ball/on the 
美国习惯用语-第130讲:dinks/sandwich generation
美国习惯用语-第122讲:the last straw/to sow&nb
美国习惯用语-第126讲:penny-pincher/cheapskate
美国习惯用语-第144讲:to crash the gate/to&nbs
美国习惯用语-第108讲:to call the shots