dump

(名詞) 髒亂的地方;亂七八糟的地方。

  • Man, your house is a dump. (啊,你的房子髒亂不堪)

(名詞) 糞便 (feces)。

(動詞) 拉屎 (defecate)。

(動詞) 結束與…的關係,拋棄,甩掉。

  • Barry’s really upset - his girlfriend’s just dumped him. (貝瑞心情非常煩亂,他剛剛被他的女友甩了)

vibe

(名詞) 感想 (feelings),預感 (premonitions)。通常用複數。

  • I’m picking up some pretty negative vibes. (我逐漸興起一些相當不好的預感)

(名詞) (某個地方的) 氣氛。

  • The coffee shop has a nice vibe. (這家咖啡店的氣氛很好)

(名詞) 心情。

  • He’s in a good vibe. (他現在心情很好)

(動詞) (男女關係中) 相處融洽。

  • I like him. I think we could vibe. (我喜歡他。我想我們可以相處得很好)

dupe

(名詞) 完全一樣的東西;複製品;影本;副本 (duplicate)。

  • Keep a dupe of the letter. (保存一份這封信的影本)

(動詞) 複製;影印;拷貝

  • If I give you a blank CD, will you dupe that CD for me? (如果我給你一張空白 CD,你會為我拷貝那張 CD 嗎?)

(動詞) 欺騙;詐騙。

  • I got duped by the con artist. (我被詐騙集團騙了)

drop a dime

(動詞) 告密 (squeal; tell on someone)。

  • He dropped a dime on his brother who was using illegal drugs. (他告發了他吸毒的哥哥)

(動詞) 警告 (give someone a heads up)。通常寫成 drop someone a dime (警告某人)。

  • I am going to drop you a dime about your girlfriend. (關於你的女朋友,我要給你一項警告)

scoop

(名詞) 搭載 (某人);(開車) 接 (某人)。

  • Can you come to my place and give me a scoop? (你可以開車來我這裡接我?)

(名詞) 新聞的搶先報導;獨家新聞;(私人的) 最新內幕消息。

  • He got all the big scoops for the paper. (他為本報挖到所有重大的獨家新聞)
  • Did you get the inside scoop on their divorce? (你知道他們離婚的內幕?)

(動詞) 搶先報導 (新聞)。

  • We scooped the latest royal scandal. (我們搶先報導最新的皇室醜聞)

whiz

(名詞) 高手。

  • He is a whiz at the computer. (他是電腦高手)
  • She’s a real whiz when it comes to math! (她是個十足的數學高手!)

(名詞) 尿;尿尿。

  • I’ve got to take a whiz. (我要去尿尿)

(動詞) 尿尿。

  • I’ve got to go whiz. (我要去尿尿)

con

(名詞) (詐財的) 騙局 (scam)。

  • The insurance scheme was just a big con. (這個保險方案只是個大騙局)

(名詞) 囚犯 (convict, prisoner)。

  • Three cons escaped from the prison last night. (三名囚犯昨晚越獄了)

(名詞) 會議。這是 conference 的縮寫。

  • I’m going to a science fiction con this weekend. (本週末我要去參加一場科幻小說會議)

(動詞) 詐騙 (錢財);詐欺 (to scam)。

  • He was conned out of his life savings. (他畢生的積蓄都被騙光了)