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Lesson 7, mutilated ladies 残钞鉴别组 Mutilate （injure, damage or disfigure (sb/sth) by breaking, tearing or cutting off a necessary part）（折断，撕去，割掉某部分）使损伤，残缺 the invaders cut off their prisoners’ arms and legs and threw their mutilated bodies into the ditch 侵略者把俘虏的四肢砍掉，然后把残缺不全的躯体扔进沟里 --〉mutilate an article by removing a whole paragraph from it 把文章整段删除，弄得面目全非 Trim (make sth neat or smooth by cutting away irregular parts)（切除不规则部分）使整齐或光洁，整修 trim one’s beard 修胡须trim the trees 修剪树枝 --〉trim sth(off) (remove sth or reduce sth by cutting ) 用切，割，剪）除去或削减 trim an article 删减文章 trim a lot off the travel budget 大量削减旅行预算。Chop a fair chunk off the budget 将预算大量削减 Cut jobs, shed jobs裁员, lay sb off 下岗( job cut –》the laid off workers下岗工人 Chew (grind food between the teeth)咀嚼或嚼碎 bite off more than one can chew 嘴大喉咙小 chew sth over（think about sth slowly and carefully）(从容，谨慎地) 仔细想 I will give you till tomorrow to chew it over 我给你一天时间，好好考虑这个问题 Munch (chew with much movement of the jaw) 用力咀嚼，大嚼 considering that the earth many have millions of insect species, there are many more ripe for munching. 考虑到地球上有数百万的昆虫种类，有很多等待着人类来咀嚼 Devour吞噬the lions devoured the buffalo 狮子吞噬了野牛the fire devoured the forest大火吞噬了森林 Devour book after book一本一本的读书，求知若渴 = be thirsty/greedy for knowledge Read whatever book that one can lay his hand on 拿到什么读什么 Devour sb with one’s eyes 色迷迷的看着某人 Fiancé 未婚夫 fiancée 未婚妻 Be engaged to sb 订婚了 Childhood sweethearts 青梅竹马 The text When you rescued your trousers, did you find the note was whiter than white? 当你把裤子抢救出来时，你有没有发现那张纸币已经变得比白纸还要白 1, rescue sb/sth (from sth/sb) （save or bring away sb/sth from danger, captivity）（从危险，囚禁中）搭救 rescue the hostage 抢救人质 ---〉rescue sb from bankruptcy 援救某人免予破产 rescue sb from an embarrassing situation 给某人解围 salvage sth from sth （recover sth from a wreck, damaged vehicle, etc） 从失事的船，车辆中抢救某事物Valuable raw materials were salvaged 打捞起很多贵重原材料 (比喻)how can she salvage her reputation after the scandal出了这件丢人的事以后还怎么能够挽回名誉呢 2, whiter than white 非常白 形容词自身的比较，达到夸张的效