Dave-English

*catapult - 彈射 *stepping stone or a stumbling block - 墊腳石 or 絆腳石 *Bitmap vs V ector  - 點陣 vs  向量 *candidly - 坦誠的 *sure-fire - 萬無一失 *Proprietary - 專有的 (Proprietary internal tools and tech-stack) *flub - 糊塗/搞砸 (I flub the interview) *cohort - 幫、合夥 *cardinal sin - 大罪 *silver bullet - 卍解 *devouring - 吞噬 （I immediately start devouring my hamburger) *inflection - 曲折 Good Usages To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" - English idiom that suggests to view something, specifically claims that may be misleading or unverified, with skepticism or to not interpret something literally.

*Contrived - 做作 (The movie's contrived ending was a big disappointment.) *Orbit - 軌道 *Obliterated - 抹殺 *Menace - 威脅 *Gratuity - 小費 *Effeminate - 柔弱 *Intricate - 錯綜複雜 *Capitulate - 投降 (Capitulate means that he stopped resistance more than surrendering) *Commandments - 誡命 *Excavation - 挖掘 *O stracizing - 排斥/排擠 Regurgitate - 反芻 Infringe - 侵犯 Good Usages Get the importance it deserves - 得到該有的重視 On the other side of the fence - in a completely different situation or position from the one you are used to (He looked uncomfortable on the other side of the fence from his former colleagues.)

*Drenched in sweat - 汗流浹背 *Atrium - 心房 / 中庭 *Contaminate - 汙染 *Mortem - 屍檢 *Rhetoric - 修辭 *Tropes - 比喻 *Terse - 簡潔 *Swanky - 時髦 *Inflammation - 發炎 *Saga - 傳奇 *Stifle - 窒息 Contiguous - 連續的 Propeller - 螺旋槳 Ergonomic - 人體工學 Stipend - 助學金 Euphoria - 欣快感 Unsolicited - 不請自來的 Captivated - 著迷 Pledges - 誓言 Good Usages I don't want to burn the bridge - 不想要沒有後路 Get worked up - 被激怒 Get bent out of shape - 被激怒 (I'm not getting bent out of shape because people don't respect my opinion. I'm used to that.) Take it with a grain of salt - 對事情半信半疑