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3) If your heart or your stomach flutters, you feel very excited or nervous. His heart fluttered with fear. 他因害怕而心跳得厉害。 The dying man’s pulse fluttered feebly. 垂死者的脉搏微弱地跳动着。 6. something of: in some sense to be, but not fully deserving the name He is something of an economist among us because his grandfather used to own a little store. She is something of a dentist in our village although the method she uses os quite crude. 7. cynic: someone who is not willing to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something, who believes that everybody is motivated by selfishness Even the most hardened cynic must agree that charity does some good. cynical: adj. [+about] unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something He was getting harder and more cynical about life. 他变得更加冷酷和愤世嫉俗。 The enormous difficulties make him cynical about the feasibility of the idea. 由于困难很大，他对这个主意是否可行持怀疑态度。 8． soar: 1) to fly, especially very high up in the sky an eagle soaring into the sky 搏击长空的鹰 soar over the ocean 在大海上空翱翔 The second missile soared into space. 第二枚导弹升入太空。 2) (amounts, prices etc.) to increase quickly to a high level The birthrate continues to soar. 出生率继续剧增。 The figures for unemployment have soared above the 1 million mark. 失业人数已猛增到100万以上。 soaring: adj. a soaring skyscraper 高耸入云的摩天大楼 soaring prices 飞涨的物价 9． plot: 1) a small piece of land a vegetable plot蔬菜地/a cemetery plot墓地/a plot of barley 一块大麦地 2) the set of connected events that a story, film etc is based on: The plot of “Twin Peaks” was so complicated that I couldn’t follow it. 3) a secret plan, involving several people, to do something harmful or illegal: [+to] a plot against the government/ a plot to assassinate the President hatch a plot: start making a plan 9． bloom 1)n. a flower or flowers the bloom of a cherry tree/green leaves with red blooms 绿叶红花