Daily English Dictation 58 - intermedia
🎧 Listening Practice
My listening:
Hey hey! Lala, I'm sorry to hope that first you should hold back for a time minute. Oh, all right. I'll give us a chance to visit.Answer:
Hey, Lilith, sorry to the holdup, but Frasier should be back from the dentist any minute. Oh, all right. That'll give us a chance to visit.Pronunciation:
Hey, Lilith, sorry to the holdup, but Frasier should be back from the denti<u>st a</u>ny minute. Oh, all right. That'll gi<u>ve us a</u> chance to visit.
sorry for => sorry fur
📖 Accumulation
robbery /ˈrɑːbəri/ (n.)(c) 抢劫，盗窃:
- There was an armed <u>robbery</u> at the gas station last night.
Collocations: armed robbery bank robbery attempted robbery commit a robbery robbery suspect
Related: burglary theft mugging heist holdup break-in larceny
stick up (slang) 持枪抢劫:
- Two men tried to <u>stick up</u> a liquor store but were caught immediately.
Collocations: ~ a bank ~ a store ~ sb. attempted ~ ~ artist
Related: holdup mug rob heist armed robbery hold sb. at gunpoint snatch
arm /ɑːrm/ (n.)(c) 手臂，上肢:
- She fell off her bike and broke her left <u>arm</u>.
Collocations: left arm right arm broken arm upper arm arm in arm
Related: elbow wrist shoulder forearm limb hand leg
chitchat /ˈtʃɪtʃæt/ (👻informal) (n.)(u) 闲聊，聊天:
- We had some idle <u>chitchat</u> over a cup of coffee.
Collocations: idle chitchat have a chitchat chitchat about mindless chitchat endless chitchat
Related: small talk gossip chatter banter conversation chat talk
get caught up (👻informal) 被卷入，被缠住；忙于:
- I <u>got caught up</u> in traffic and missed the beginning of the meeting.
Collocations: ~ in traffic ~ in the moment ~ in work ~ with friends ~ on sleep
Related: be delayed be held up get sidetracked be engrossed lose track of time be involved be tangled up