Love Story Day7

1.a battery (of sth)

a large number of things or people of the same type 一系列；一批；一群

仿 She faced a battery of problems.

原But of course we would both undergo a battery of tests.

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2.retard                                    VERB

retard  sth

to make the development or progress of sth slower 阻礙；減緩；使放慢速度

仿The heavy snow retarded our progress.

原The doctor explained that what therapy they had for Jenny's form of leukemia was merely palliative-it could relieve, it might retard, but it could not reverse.

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3.shoulder                                VERB

shoulder sth

to accept the responsibility for sth 承擔；擔負accept responsibility 承擔責任

仿I stand shoulder to shoulder with you on this issue.(肩并肩，紧靠着，齐心协力)

原I had resolved to tell nobody, to shoulder the entire burden myself.

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4.get into the habit of

养成…的习惯；沾染上…的习气

仿 Get into the habit of sleeping regularly.

原I had gotten into the habit of window shopping on Fifth Avenue, looking at the wonderful and silly extravagant things I would have bought Jennifer had I not wanted to keep up that fiction of . . . normal.

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5.cuddled up           依偎着，蜷缩着

仿 The girl cuddled up to her boyfriend.

原In the back seat, Jenny was cuddled up against me. I was kissing her hair.

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6.

jump the lights

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