1-for/in the foreseeable future 在可预见的将来

For the foreseeable future, it's not safe to gather in numbers.

2-conviviality 欢乐，高兴

Rituals that used to be full of conviviality are now epidemological threats.

3-whittle 缩减

4-kick in 开始见效，开始运作；凑份子

Birthday parties have been cancelled, weddings were delivered hastily in backyards with the guests list whittled to five choice people before the next restriction kicked in.

5-squeeze into 挤进，塞进

6-ill-fitting 不合适的

7-obligingly 热情地

The 20-yesr-olds squeeze themselves into ill-fitting suits and heels for each other's 21sts, the bridesmaids obligingly wear their matching aubergine or sienna-all are playing their part in familiar performances that rely on an audience.

8-on the hunt for 寻找，寻求

9-wear a groove 不断重复，成为习惯

10-carol 圣诞颂歌

But we should know that we aren't just on the hunt for ways of connecting; we are on the hunt for ways of connecting that become habits, that will wear a groove into our brain in the same way that singing carols did, or raising the glass at a wedding.