concise and to the point，brief ；
[例句] 首相已听取了她议会助手的简要汇报。 The Prime Minister has been briefed by her parliamentary aides.
[例句] 导游简要地介绍了那个遗址的历史。 A guide gives a brief talk on the history of the site.
flatter，compliment，butter up，lay it on with a trowel ；
[例句] 全都是些部长们常说的骗人鬼话和少不了的奉承恭维。 There was all the usual humbug and obligatory compliments from ministers.
[例句] 不要吹捧得太露骨，不过一定要恭维得他们很惬意。 Don't lay it on too thick, but make sure they are flattered.
conclude，establish，conclusion ；
[例句] 美丽的塞浦路斯岛是缔结良缘的美妙之地。 The beautiful island of Cyprus is a magical place to get married.
[例句] 我们缔结了一份正式合约. We entered into a solemn bond.
plot，scheme，conspire，contrive，devise ；
[例句] 该女士图谋攫取最高权力。 The lady conspired to seize supreme power.
[例句] 那些男孩在图谋捣蛋. The boys are brewing some mischief.
really，indeed，actually ；
[例句] 委实使我吃惊! That really astonishes me!
[例句] 这花园委实漂亮. The garden is indeed beautiful.
compile，draw up，fabricate，invent，work out ；
[例句] 根据控方意见，官员们精心编造了事情经过。 According to the prosecution, the officers manufactured an elaborate story.
[例句] 一位不道德的记者编造的一篇报道 a news story manufactured by an unscrupulous journalist
credentials，papers，certificate，paper ；
[例句] 一位被警察拦下的摩洛哥青年拒绝出示他的证件。 A young Moroccan stopped by police refused to show his papers.
[例句] 英国会对运载证件不齐全的乘客进入国内的航空公司课以罚款。 Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers.
creditor，loaner，claimant，obligee，debtee ；
[例句] 那工头把自己的小汽车让与了债权人. The boss assigned his car to his creditor.
[例句] 墨西哥和菲律宾均已与商业银行债权人达成了协议。 Mexico and the Philippines have both concluded agreements with their commercial bank creditors.
crew member，attendant on a train，[美] train conductor，steward，trainman ；
[例句] 他们还声称保安人员将一位乘务员推搡至一边。 They also claim that the security team elbowed aside a steward.
[例句] 他签约了P&O航运公司，成为了一名乘务员。 He signed up as a steward with P&O Lines.
diadema，imperial crown，royal crown，corona，crown；
[例句] 镶满钻石的王冠 a crown encrusted with diamonds
[例句] 王冠上镶嵌着稀世珍宝—有钻石、红宝石、绿宝石。 The crown was set with precious jewels—diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
custom，mores ；
[例句] 古罗马人征服英国的时候也带来了这个风俗。 When they conquered Britain, the Romans brought this custom with them.
[例句] 不谙当地风俗的游客 visitors unacquainted with local customs
custom made，custom-tailor，have sth. made to order，have sth. custom-made，customization ；
[例句] 你也可以按照自己的要求定制家具。 Furniture can also be custom-made to suit your own requirements.
[例句] 服务费价格诱人且内容按个人需求量身定制。 The services are attractively priced and are tailored to suit individual requirements.
lovable，likable，lovely，likability，loveliness ；
[例句] 最好别和检查员发生冲突，他们可爱记仇了。 Better not tangle with the censors. They're very vindictive.
[例句] 她不漂亮。但她有几分可爱。 She wasn't beautiful. But she was kind of cute.
pickpocket，shoplifter，cutpurse，ganef，jostler；
[例句] 在布鲁塞尔机场，他被扒手盯上，钱包被偷走了。 At Brussels airport he fell victim to pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
[例句] 拥挤的市场是扒手大展身手的好地方。 Crowded markets are a happy hunting ground for pickpockets.
documents attesting to the giving or receiving of money, goods, etc., such as receipts, bills, vouchers and invoices，bill of document ；
[例句] 邮资单据不能当作收据。 Proof of postage will not be accepted as proof of receipt.
[例句] 店员让我在单据上签字。 The clerk asked me to sign the docket.
causing death，fatal，mortal，deadly，deadliness ；
[例句] 这些障碍物对于想要往上游游动的鱼儿来说是致命的。 The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.
[例句] 很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。 It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.
landfall，landslide，landslip，débacle，avalanche ；
[例句] 山崩川竭. The mountain fell down and the river dried up.
[例句] 山崩切断了这个山谷与外界的联系. The slide cut off the valley from the rest of the world.
trap，put [cast，drop，lay，ensnare；
[例句] 该队队员装扮成毒品贩子，诱捕罪犯头目。 The team posed as drug dealers to trap the ringleaders.
[例句] 警方已经被进一步授权诱捕毒贩。 The police have been given extra powers to entrap drug traffickers.
undisciplined，careless and sloppy，unorganized，scattered，desultoriness ；
[例句] 这些官员行事十分散漫。 The officers were rather slovenly in their methods.
[例句] 他因散漫、无礼而丢了军职。 He'd lost his stripes for slovenliness and cheek.
heterodoxy，heresy，heathenism，deviationism，heathendom ；
[例句] 他因为信奉异端思想而以火刑处死。 He was burned at the stake for heresy.
[例句] 他的观点时常带有明显的异端色彩. His opinions have always been distinctly heterodox.