1. Each law has its loophole.
loophole 漏洞
2.You can also substitute low-fat buttermilk or yogurt in recipes that call for cream cheese or sour cream.
substitute直接加宾语
call for,“需要”，可以替换“need”
low-fat buttermilk 低脂的白脱牛奶
cream milk 奶油芝士
sour cream 酸奶油
3. In her late sixties she traveled over Europe with a crony of equal years.
a crony of equal years 同年的密友
travel over Europe 漫游欧洲
4. After checking into a motel room in Beaver, the exhausted trucker collapsed on the bed in his sooty clothes and phoned his wife.
sooty clothes 乌黑的衣服
5. A standard optimization is loop unrolling; the complier will unroll the loops to reduce the number of branches.
a standard optimization 标准的优化
loop unrolling= unroll the loops 循环展开
complier 编译器
reduce the number of branches 减少分支的数量
6. His inexplicable debts were a byword in his circle.
inexplicable debts 来历不明的借款，“inexplicable”是“无法解释的意思”，但翻译时要注意与形容词相搭配的名词
byword 议论的话题
7. Twilight merged into total darkness.
暮色四合，渐而一片漆黑。
唯美的景色描写，在可以描述夜幕慢慢降临的场景
8. He's making an important sales pitch today.
make an important sales pitch 进行一次很重要的推销，pitch的意思是“游说，推销辞令”
9. This is only a fiddling sum of money to me.
A fiddling sum of money 一笔微不足道的钱
10.she looked at her attacker with fear and loathing.
loathing 名词，“厌恶，憎恨”
仿写：I looked at my boyfriend with admire.
10. she is one of the recipients of the prizes.
the recipient of the prize 获奖者
11. She will need medica help and counseling to overcome the tragedy.
medical help and counseling 医疗帮助和心理咨询，“counseling”是名词，意思是：咨询服务
11. Coward is one who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.（Ambrose Bierce）
in a perilous emergency 在危机时刻
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