The non-fungible token (NFT) space has grown into an impressive $27bn (£19.8bn) market, with people across the world purchasing digital land, music, and art that cannot be physically seen or touched.

• fungible： replaceable by another identical item; mutually interchangeable. 可互换的，代替的

snarls /snɑːl/

• The dog in my yard usually snarls at walking people in the street. 向…叫.
• I don't know why my hair snarls easily. 缠结

a prolific author 多产的

They believed they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder… 诈骗

These text messages are purveyors of the job scam: The scammers lure people in with seemingly well-paying and easy jobs, only to end up taking money from these victims.

• purveyors /pəˈveɪə,pəːˈveɪə/: a person who sells or deals in particular goods.
• scammers: a person who commits fraud or participates in a dishonest scheme.

If you have plans to sell your home, don't splurge on renovation: spend (money) freely or extravagantly.

• splurge /spləːdʒ/

The Chinese zodiac is a pseudoscientific classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle

• zodiac [ˈzəʊdiæk]
• pseudoscientific: 伪科学的

My eyes are gummy. 我的眼睛黏糊糊的。

• gummy: Having the sticky properties of an adhesive; covered with adhesive gum

Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity. 使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使

• steroids /ˈstɪərɔɪd,ˈstɛrɔɪd/: Drug making muscles bigger and giving more energy

we can't let these thoughtless morons get away with mindless vandalism every weekend: a stupid person.

We can calculate the deflection with this equation.

joining ['dʒɔɪnɪŋ]

The wrecker moved the wrecked cars to a safe place. 清障车将马路上停放的病车拖到了安全地点.

an ambitious yuppie lawyer. 雄心勃勃的雅皮士律师 (属于中上阶层的年轻专业人士)

• yuppie: A young person with a well-paid job and a fashionable lifestyle.

electric bug/mosquito racket 球拍

As part of this training, a mock scenario would be conducted on November 30th, 1983 模拟场景

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service was formed in 1952, Modelling after Britain's foreign intelligence agency, MI6.

The scalpel accompanys my mother everyday. 外科手术刀每天都陪伴着我妈妈. [ˈskælpəl]

accompany ↔ company

• accompany: go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.
  • “the two sisters were to accompany us to London”
• company: associate with; keep company with.
  • “these men which have companied with us all this time”

We chatted over tea and scones. 我们一边喝茶吃烤饼一边聊天。

Hornbills take shelter from the rain on Seletar resident's balcony

Would you like white meat or dark meat ?

• dark meat: the meat that comes from the legs and thighs of chickens, turkeys, ducks, etc. Dark meat is less useful in industry, especially fast food, because it is difficult to mold into shapes.
• white meat: the lighter-colored meat of poultry (light meat), coming from the breast, as contrasted with dark meat from the legs.

Rotation ↔ Revolution , rotate ↔ Revolve

• Rotation: refers to an object's spinning motion about its own axis.
  • Earth rotates on its own axis, producing the 24-hour day
• Revolution: refers the object's orbital motion around another object. For example,
  • Earth revolves about the Sun, producing the 365-day year.

rev: 使发动机）快速旋转

• The taxi driver revved up his engine. 出租车司机把发动机发动起来。
• I could hear the car revving outside. 我可以听到外面汽车发动的声音。

RPM stands for revolutions per minute

gear: 齿轮; 排挡; 传动装置; （使）适应，使…准备好

• (British English) to change gear 换挡
• (North Amercian English) to shift gear 换挡
• Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack. 赛跑者绕过最后一个弯道后开始加速，以图超越同组的其他选手。
• (British English)The party organization is moving into top gear as the election approaches. 随着选举的临近，这个政党的组织工作正在紧锣密鼓地进行

Lever ↔ level

Neighbours eventually levered open the door with a crowbar. 邻居们最终用一根铁撬把门撬开了。

• lever: 用杠杆撬动
• crowbar: [ˈkrəʊbɑ:®]

Stir in 1 level teaspoon of yeast. 加入一平茶匙的酵母后搅拌。

Iglesias scored twice to level the score… 伊格莱西亚斯连进两球，追平了比分

crap: Something of extremely poor quality ↔ crab

• (British English)Her latest film is a load of crap . 她最近的一部电影很糟糕。
• Don't pull that crap. 别胡扯了.

A voyeur was seen lurking around the girl's dormitory. 有人看到一位偷窥狂躲藏在女生宿舍附近.

• voyeur 英[vwaɪˈɜ:®]美[vɔɪˈjə]: a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others

Police beat: A small police station, with a limited range of facilities, located in an officer's residence or in a shopping centre

Finally, we wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.最后, 我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者.

• byline: a line in a newspaper naming the writer of an article

The company was saddled with debts of £12 million. 公司背着1 200万英镑的债务。