n. 预言，预言的事物( prediction的名词复数 )；

[例句] He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year...

[例句] Predictions that the recession will be short are small comfort to those already affected...

v. 伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )，戳出，拨弄，与（某人）性交；

[例句] Lindy poked him in the ribs.

[例句] He poked his finger into the hole.

n. 容易受骗的人，懦夫；

[例句] Davis was nobody's patsy...

[例句] He has long felt that Ray was set up, that he was a patsy.

n. 包裹( parcel的名词复数 )，一块地；

[例句] ...parcels of food and clothing...

[例句] He had a large brown paper parcel under his left arm.

n. 爸爸；

[例句] He was so much older than me, older even than my papa.

v. 有( possess的第三人称单数 )，具有，占据，感觉；

[例句] He was then arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon...

[例句] He is said to possess a fortune of more than two-and-a-half-thousand million dollars.

v. 祈祷，祷告( pray的现在分词 )，请求，恳求；

[例句] He spent his time in prison praying and studying...

[例句] Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to God.

v. 出版( publish的第三人称单数 )，（在互联网上）发表，公布，在报刊)发表；

[例句] They publish reference books...

[例句] His latest book of poetry will be published by Faber in May.

n. 承办商，伙食承办商；

[例句] ...purveyors of gourmet foods.

n. 海盗( pirate的名词复数 )，剽窃者，侵犯版权者，非法播音的人（或组织）；

[例句] In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.

[例句] Of course I knew Max was a rogue, a bit of a pirate.

n. 爪子( paw的名词复数 )，手；

[例句] The kitten was black with white front paws and a white splotch on her chest...

[例句] He removes a thorn from a lion's paw.

vt.& vi. 用犁耕田（plough的过去式与过去分词形式）；

[例句] They ploughed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland.

[例句] ...a carefully ploughed field.

n. 物理学家( physicist的名词复数 )；

[例句] ...a nuclear physicist.

v. 变得苍白，失色，变得暗淡( pale的第三人称单数 )；

[例句] Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

[例句] As we age, our skin becomes paler.

n. 小修道院，小的女修道院；

[例句] ...Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island.

v. 恳求，请求( plead的第三人称单数 )，提出…为借口[理由]，（向法庭）陈述案情，（在法庭）申辩，认罪，辩护；

[例句] The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home...

[例句] He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy...

n. 报春花，淡黄色，追求享乐（招至恶果），最佳部分；adj. 樱草的，淡黄色的，令人愉快的；

v. （警察、军队等）巡查( police的过去式和过去分词 )，维护治安，（委员会等）监督，管制；

[例句] The police are also looking for a second car...

[例句] Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...

v. （警察、军队等）巡查( police的第三人称单数 )，维护治安，（委员会等）监督，管制；

[例句] The police are also looking for a second car...

[例句] Police say they have arrested twenty people following the disturbances...

v. 练习( practise的第三人称单数 )，实习，积极从事，执业；

[例句] Lauren practises the piano every day...

[例句] When she wanted to get something right, she would practise and practise and practise.