Day 15 -- Page 160-170

#学新词

1. While I was waiting for Rowley to show up, I watched Manny trying to build a snowman out of the piddly crumbs of snow that were left over from our snowball.

*piddly: trivial, piddling- very small or not important

*crumb: a very small piece of food, especially of bread or cake, that has fallen off a larger piece

She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater.

My sentence:

Picking up the crumb on the floor is a good habit for a kid to have.

2. Dad was already mad at me for tearing up the sod, so I knew I was in for it.

*tear up: to damage, remove, or effect an opening in

tore up the street to lay a new water main.

*be in for sth: 要遭到。。。

My sentence:

After tearing up my sister's precious photos unconsciously, I thought I would be in for it.

3. Right when it looked like we were going to get in an all-out fight, we got ambushed from the street.

* all-out: made with maximum effort

*ambush: to make a surprise attack on sb/sth from a hidden position

The guerrillas ambushed them near the bridge.

My sentence:

The most dangerous thing in the war happens when the army was ambushed by the enemy.

4. There's only one comic slot, and up until now this kid named Bryan Little has been hogging it all to himself.

*hog: to use or keep most of sth yourself and stop others from using or having it

She preferred to keep in the background rather than hogging the limelight.

My sentence:

When I asked my nephew to offer his plastic gun to his cousin, he hogged it tightly and cried to refuse my request.

5. Me and Rowley decided to team up and do a cartoon together.

*team up: if you team up with someone, you join them in order to work together for a particular purpose.

Elton teamed up with Eric Clapton to wow thousands at a Wembley rock concert...

My sentence:

You need to team up with reliable colleagues to finish this tough project.

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#Composition

After a stressful period of work, I told myself that I need to have a rest. I thought that I can skip today's composition. I got totally blank when I really wanted to write down something.

I can not stay in my study to read and write notes tonight due to some personal reasons. So I just went into the living room. But mom and my elder sister was talking to me one by one. After 30 minutes, I can think out nothing. 

I wanted to stop trying to hand on today's note and ate two peaches. I became calm again and finished this diary. 

Although it is not good, I at least have tried.