words

1、lunatic  疯子，狂人；精神失常者

Honestly，one look at him and I became a lunatic.

2、lashes  睫毛       dazzle  炫目     breathtaking  惊人的，惊险的

Something in his eyes. They're blue, and framed in the blackness of his lashes, they're dazzling. Absolutely breathtaking.

3、recruit  雇佣，征募，招聘

She'd recruit me to help her wash or dust or vacumm.

4、chore  零星工作，令人讨厌的或繁重的工作   （chore to chore  从家务到杂务）

She wouldn't tolerate the dribbling of a soccer ball around the house as I moved from chore to chore.

5、overwhelm  压倒，淹没，压垮，覆盖

The scent of a ball must overwhelm a dog.

6、chomp  切齿， 格格地咬牙，咬响牙齿

Champ（狗狗的名字）would eventually try to chomp it, then lose the ball to me.

7、retrieve  取回，恢复，找回猎物，去找回它

You'll just have to go retrieve it.

8、preoccupied  心事重重的，全神贯注的       tug  拽         sleeve  袖子，套管

And the minute I was sure she was good and preoccupied, I tugged on her sleeve and asked,"Now?"

9、turquoise  绿松石，青绿色，天蓝色

Bryce were wearing matching turquoise polo shirts, which I thought was really cute.

10、cricket  蟋蟀，板球

I called, "Hi!" into the van, which made Bryce jump, and then quick as a cricket.

11、catapulte  弹进

The tragedy of it catapulted me into the moving van.

12、swirl  旋转，打旋       twirl  转动，旋转

They hold you fast while the rest of the world swirls and twirls and falls completely away.

13、wiggle  扭动，摆动         doorknob  球形门拉手          tease  挑逗，取笑，戏弄

She wiggled the bathroom doorknob and started teasing Bryce something fierce.

14、cooties  虱子

Afraid she's got cooties?

15、dizzying  灿烂的， 使人眩晕的，愚蠢的

All I knew was that his eyes were a dizzying blue, that he had a sister who was not to be trusted.

16、whippet  惠比特犬， 小灵狗

Like a wolf and a whippet --- only science would put them on the same tree.

17、hum  哼唱，忙碌，活跃

The sight of him --- the thought of him --- still sent my heart humming.

18、ninny  傻子，笨人        whiny  爱发牢骚的，烦躁的        gossipy  多嘴，八卦        backstabbing  陷害

Shelly Stalls is a ninny. A whiny, gossipy, backstabbing ninny who says one thing to one person and the opposite to another.

19、undisputed  无可争辩的       diva  主角

She's the undisputed diva of drama.

20、swoon  昏厥，昏倒

She'd bring in some note and be sure to swoon a little for the teacher the first few days of the year......

21、bug  烦恼，折磨，使痛苦

What bugged me about it was not the fact that she got out of P.E.

22、asthma  哮喘，气喘

23、shimmy  摇动，震颤，晃动          cuddle  拥抱，搂抱

And on the days she let it all hang down, she'd sort of shimmy and cuddle inside it like it was a blanket......

24、herds  人群，群众，兽群，牧群，群集

I was hoping for herds of teachers to appear so they could see the real Shelly Stalls in action

25、squawk  叫声，发出粗厉的叫声        scratch  刮，擦，划痕

no amount of her squawking or scratching was going to get me to unlock her until a teacher arrived.

26、mussed-up  弄乱了的

In the end, Shelly went home early with a bad case of mussed-up hair......

27、braids  辫子，发辫

Shelly was back the next day with a head full of braids.

28、detention  拘留，扣押，阻留

Mr.Mertins had a detention policy about spelling,where if you missed more than seven out of twenty-five words......

29、earlobes 耳垂       fuzz  绒毛

His hair smelled like watermelon, and  his earlobes had fuzz. Soft, blond fuzz.

Phrases

1、stretch their legs  伸展自己的腿（放松一下）

Give them a chance to stretch their legs, Julianna.

2、wind up  使结束，收尾，煞尾

Somehow that ball will wind up in their yard and you'll just have to go retrieve it.

3、worn out  磨损，疲乏

I remember feeling sorry for Mr. Loski because he looked worn out, moving boxes all by himself.

4、drift away  抛开，漂走，游离，（人）渐渐离开

And the only thing keeping you from drifting away is the other person's eyes.

5、hot chick  辣妹

There's a hot chick out here waiting for you!

6、yank on  猛拉一下， 快而有力地拉

I yanked on her arm and told her to stop it......

7、carousel horses  旋转木马

8、swift kick  猛踢

Mrs.Shultz is a sturdy lady who probably secretly appreciates the value of a swift kick well placed......

9、lean in 向前一步，跻身

I'd lean in and whisper answers to him,hoping that maybe I could spend lunch with him instead.