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reception n. 欢迎会;招待会 (cf. receptionist) firm n. /company公司 (cf. firm adj. ; firmly adv.) close the door firmly answer me with firm confidence Frank outstanding(adj.) stand out speak out outspoken adj. 直言不讳的,坦率的,不客气的 (e.g. an outspoken critic of the government 直言批评政府的人 * be outspoken in ones remarks 直言不讳 Adv. outspoken critical 坦率批评的To critize/se outspoken Wide(adj./adv.) /widely (cf. speak out ) *human being(s): man, woman, boy, girl, etc. 人类: *humans human beings *human race (u.n.) /human kind (u.n.) *man, his , V.sing. men , their … V.pl. motto n. 座右铭,格言 (Good, better, best, never let it rest!) put one’s foot in one’s mouth 犯使人难堪的,错误的,说错话: embarrass(v.) shortcoming n. 缺点,短处{cf. fault(s), weakness(es); disadvantage; merit; advantage} absence n. 缺乏,不存在 ; (cf. be absent from ;(opposite) be present in ) hardworking diligent(adj.) diligence (n.) cy—n. efficient –efficiency * systematic adj. 非偶然的,经常的; (cf. systematically; dramatic ; dramatically) coincidence n. 巧合(c.n. u.n.)on the same train. =We travelled on the same train by chance/by accident/accidentally/unexpectedly. By sheer/complete coincidence Mary is there too. Could it be a coincidence? customer n. 顾客,客户 (cf. consumer) awkward adj. 尴尬的; clumsy; ungraeful ; embarrassed; difficult to use; badly designed tease v. 戏弄,嘲弄,揶揄 ; play a joke/trick on sb.; make a fool of sb.; make fun of sb. ; laugh at … contradict v. 反驳 (n. contradiction ) contradictory (adj.) (to) Be contrary(adj.) to … ; be opposite to *on the contrary(n.) ;相反 pregnant adj. 怀孕的 (cf. pregnancy n.) efficient –efficiency frequent; frequently; frequency (n.) apology n. 道歉,致歉; make an apology to sb. for (doing) sth. ;=say sorry to sb. for (doing) sth.= apologize/se to sb. for (doing) sth. *thank sb. for (doing) sth. =be thankful/grateful/obliged to sb. for (doing) sth. cautious adj. 谨慎的,慎重的,小心的(cf. caution n.) variety; various , vary, varied very ed, ing, s *acquaintance c. n. 熟人 … .. He has some little acquaintance(u.