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n. gallantry 勇气，殷勤 1）bravery :勇敢：英勇 He displayed great gallantry in trying to save a boy from drowning. He won a medal for gallantry. 2) elaborate politeness or amorous act or speech to a woman.对妇女的殷勤 He won many hearts by his gallantry. adj. gallant勇敢的，殷勤的 And yet, for all their worries, what would we do without the ladies? 句子中for all的意思是“尽管”虽然。 For all his wealth, he was unhappy. 尽管他有万贯家产，但他并不幸福。 He is a poor musician for all his training. 尽管接受了训练，他还是个蹩脚的音乐家。 Not much of a housekeeper, would you say, ladies? 这是一个省略句，原句应为Would you say that she is not much of a housekeeper, ladies? be not much of意思为“不是很好的” He is not much of a linguist. 他不是个了不起的语言学家。 I want to get the lay of things… I want to find out the layout of things upstairs, the arrangements of things upstairs keep an eye out/open for sth./sb.: look out for sth./ watch for sth. closely 留心，注意 I have lost my ring—could you keep an eye out for it when you clean the house? Would you please keep an eye on my lugguage. v. snoop about/around sth. 四处打探调查 snoop into sth. 打听闲事 n. snooper: a government snooper 政府的秘密调查员 It is impolite to snoop about others privacy. Snooper n.打听者，窥视者 Snoopy adj.爱打听的，爱管闲事的Offensively curious or inquisitive She was fired because she was snoopy. shove v. 推挤撞 push  shove sth. out of place deputy n. 1.代理人，代表2. (政府官员的)副手，副职，助理 His brother was acting as his deputy in America. 他的兄弟充当他在美洲的代理人。 Jack Lang, Frances minister for culture, and his deputy, Catherine Tasca. 法国文化部长杰克·朗和他的副手凯瑟琳·塔斯卡。 adj. 副的；代理的 slick vt. 1. 使平滑，使光滑，使光亮： to slick the plank with a plane 用刨子刨光木板 to be slicked by painting 漆得光净明亮 2. [美国口语]打扮，装扮；修饰(up): to slick oneself up打扮起来 to slick the room up把房间装饰一番 slick up: tidy up, clean up slick up为口语化表达，意思为“使整洁，使漂亮”。 slick adj. 1. 光滑的；有光泽的 2. 圆滑的，油滑的；口齿伶俐的 The roads are slick with wet mud.  close adj. miserly, mean 吝啬的 Lesson 5Trifles (Part One) Contents 1. Background Information 2. Text 3. Exercises About the author Susan Glaspell 苏珊·格拉斯珀尔 The Verge 《边缘》 Alisons Hous