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Reading to Develop Your IdeasBook 3 咸阳师范学院外语系 廖运全 张丽萍 孟鸿雁 Unit 1 Family and Marriage New words and expressions for Reading One stop by: If you stop by somewhere, you make a short visit to a person or place. (INFORMAL) Perhaps I’ll stop by the hospital... I’ll stop by to see Leigh before going home. drop something off or drop somebody off: to take something or someone to a place by car and leave them there on your way to another place I’ll drop you off on my way home. renowned: A person or place that is renowned for something, usually something good, is well known because of it. The area is renowned for its Romanesque （罗马风格的）churches... placidly: calmly and peacefully Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe. rant and rave: If you say that someone rants and raves, you mean that they talk loudly and angrily in an uncontrolled way. 大声叫嚷 I don’t rant and rave or throw tea cups. Why don’t you stop ranting and raving for a minute and listen? tick off: If you tick off a list of something, you go through each item at a time. 列举 ticked off: American English angry or annoyed Mark’s ticked off with me for some reason. give somebody a ticking off: British English informal to tell someone angrily that you are annoyed with them or disapprove of something they have done (tick somebody off) grievance: If you have a grievance about something that has happened or been done, you believe that it was unfair. They had a legitimate grievance... The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences. rip up old grievances: 重提旧怨; 翻出老帐 harpy: A harpy is an insulting word for a woman who nags all the time and may be nasty. henpecked: A man who is henpecked is always being told what to do by his wife, and is afraid to disagree with her. a henpecked husband diabetic: A diabetic is a person who suffers from diabetes. pick up: to acquire casually or by accident 不经意得到, 随便或偶然地获得 picked up a mink coat on sale 减价抛售时随手买了一件貂皮大衣 on the dot: informa