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Unit Three My Stroke of Luck stroke n. 1) an unexpected piece (of sth) e.g. a stroke of genius/work 2) a sudden illness in part of the brain which damages it and can cause loss of the ability to move some part of the body 3) hitting movement e.g. to win by two strokes v. 1) touch gently e.g. He stroked the sleeping dog. 2) move sth gently e.g. I stroked away her tears. 3) be nice to sb so that they will do whatever you want give sb a ride/lift: give sb a free journey collide v. 1) (with/against), crash into; 2) (with sb) (over/on/about sth) disagree strongly collision n. [c, u] (with/of/between); in ～ with Translate: 他急匆匆地去赶地铁，结果在街角与一个骑车人相撞。Dashing to the subway station, he collided with a bike rider at the street corner. wreckage n. [u] pieces of ～Compare: wreck v. n. [c] 1) a ship, car, plane, etc. badly damaged; 2) [usu. sing.] (inf.) a person in a bad physical or mental condition; 3) (inf.) a vehicle, building, etc. in very bad condition; 4) (Am.) = crash, a car ～spinal a. e.g. a ～ injury spine n. e.g. be injured in the ～intuition n. 1) [u] 直觉力 do sth by ～, out of women’s ～; 2) [c] an idea or a strong feeling that sth is true although you cannot explain why; [SYN] instinct (2) e.g. have an ～ that…, have an ～ about… intuitive a. e.g. Women are more ～ than men. intuitively adv.: by intuition e.g. ～, she knew he was lying. intuit v. (fml.) know that sth is true based on your feelings rather than on facts, what sb tells you, etc. [V that] [VN] [V wh] occupation n. 1)… 2) the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, job, business, line of work e.g. Please state your name, age and ～. occupational a. e.g. ～ diseases occupy v. e.g. Most of the seats in the classroom have been ～ed. Translate: 她休假回来才发现自己的办公室已经被人占据了。(occupation) When she came back from holiday, she found her office under someone else’s occupation. fascism n. fascist n./a. e.g. Hitler is the epitome of ～ s. / ～ governments linguistic a. related to language; of or relating to the scientif