How to ask for what you want- and get ti every time

executive:执行总监

on various occasions

enlist:赢得

•I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!

我不得不砍了一棵树，然后找了7位邻居帮忙把它从院子里弄出去。

run into

the other day:不久前的某一天

launch a conference

session=meeting

women in business:女商人

at lenth=in details

feasible  [if sth is feasible, it can be done,achieved or made]可行的

on a basis of 以...为基础

a clip of 一个片段

restive  [if you are restive, you feel bored,impatient and unsatisfied.]不满意，不耐烦的

incline to 

subject line标题栏

liven sth up:使...有生气

cut to the chase:切中要点

flattery:恭维，奉承n=butter sb up 

flattering:奉承的

lay it on thick：过分奉承（口语）

in addition to:除了...之外

manipulative:好支使的   [ skillful in influencing or controling others to your own advantage]

function [a large formal dinner\party]盛宴

for a start：首先

it was miles too slow [by great amount or a long way] 在很大程度上，类同于it was way too slow

singularly明显的

ungratifying不令人满足的

time takes no skill to give:抽出时间不需要什么技巧

And rather than ask if I had enjoyed it, it would have been better to attest how much they had enjoyed having me.

attest:[to say\prove\show that is true]证明

specify:[explain it in an exact and detailed way]具体说明

rattle on[ talk incessantly or tiresomely]啰嗦，喋喋不休

Thank you to bringing the evening to life and for scorching wit and sense.

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