shorten to缩写为
brick n.砖
a red brick house 一个红砖房子
calendar/ˈkælɪndə(r)/n.日历
a school calendar学校日历
have confidence in 对……有信心
as long as只要
talk him into doing 说服他做某事
not so much as 甚至不
a large crowd of people一大群人
cleave/kliːv/vi.裂开
adjunct/ˈædʒʌŋkt/n.
附属物；附加语，修饰语
cleave for place adjunct地方修饰
elderly/ˈeldəli/adj.
上了年纪的
nevertheless/ˌnevəðəˈles/
adv.然而，不过
all his life他一生中
by no means绝不
on purpose故意地
horizon/həˈraɪz(ə)n/地平线
below the horizon地平线下
jump with joy高兴跳起来
know-it-all万事通
know-it-alls
three times the price
三倍价格
He must have waited here for an hour，didn't he?
他一定在这里等了一个小时，是吗？