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point n. [U] the purpose or usefulness

l  What’s the point of this meeting anyway?

l  The whole point of this legislation is to protect children.

n  legislation [ledʒis'leiʃən] n. 立法，法律

n  legal ['li:gəl] adj. 律师的；法律方面的；合法的，法定的

u  the legal profession 律师业

u  seek legal advice 法律咨询

u  legal adviser 法律顾问

u  legal aid 法律援助

u  take a legal action 提起诉讼

u  a legal holiday 法定假日

u  Customers have a legal right to demand a replacement or a refund for faulty products.

l  refund ['ri:fʌnd] n./v. 归还；偿还

n  refund one’s money 退钱

n  appropriation refund 拨款退回

u  appropriation [əprəupri'eiʃən] n. 拨用，挪用，拨款

u  appropriate [ə'prəuprieit] v. 拨出（款项）

l  appropriate funds for education 拨款作教育基金

l  appropriate for 拨出（款项、房屋等）供…之用

l  Five thousand dollars has been appropriated for the investment.

n  charges refund 收费退款

n  refund of fare (n. [C] 车费，船费) 退还票款

n  She asked for a refund because the goods were damaged.

n  We can refund your deposit in cases of illness.

n  Your expenses will be refunded in full.

u  She was able to get legal aid to help with the court case.

u  The court orderd him to pay all legal expenses.

l  We’re going to lose anyway, so I can’t see the point of playing.

l  I didn’t see the point in moving to London.

rugby ['rʌgbi] n. 橄榄球

hook [huk] n. 钩，钩状，镰刀，陷阱

intimate ['intimit] adj. 亲密的，私人的，秘密的 vt. 暗示，通知，告诉 n.熟友

l  intimate discussion=close discussion

outstanding=excellent

see…as…: regard…as…, consider…as…, think of…as…, view…as…, look upon/on…as…

simply=only

stand around=stand about

on the company=paid by the company

l  The drinks are on me!

chat to sb

rather than=instead of

l  I think you’d call it a lecture rather than a talk.

l  Rather than go straight on to university why not get some work experience first?

l  Tom decided to quit rather than accept the new rules.

social chit-chat 闲聊

add up to missed opportunities=lead to/result in/to have a particular result or effect

l  It all added up to a lot of hard work for all fo us.

l  There proposals do not add up to any real help for the poor.

lie=exist vi.+adv./prep. if a problem, an answer, blame etc lies somewhere, it is caused by, exists, or can be found in that thing, person, or situation

l  fault/blame/responsibility lies with sb

l  Part of the blame must lie with social services.

l  the problem/answer etc lies with/in sth

l  The difficulty lies in providing sufficient ([sə'fiʃənt] adj. 足够的，充分的) evidence.

l  The strength of the book lies in the fact that the material from classroom experience.

lie vi. （lay, lain, lying） 躺，平放；位于

lie vi. （lied, lied） 说谎；造成错觉，欺骗 vt. 用谎骗使得…，谎骗；用谎言毁损

lay vt. （laid, laid） 放，搁下；铺设，砌；把…压平，使倒下；使处于某种状态；铺，涂；布置

have poor timing=choose the wrong moment

recipe ['resipi] n. 食譜，處方，秘訣

l  recipe for success

key to: key to success, key to the door

l  answer to my question, entrance to the valley

rapport [ræ'pɔ:] n. 關係，同意，一致

mutual ['mju:tjuəl] adj. 相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的

swap [swɔp] n. 以貨易貨 vt./vi. 交換，替換，交易

preoccupied [pri:'ɔkjupaid] adj. 被先占得，出神的，一心一意的