On Writing Well-chapter 14

1.words and expressions

When he turned 65 I began to pester him

Pester sb (for / with sth) to annoy sb, especially by asking them sth many times

打扰；纠缠；烦扰。   SYN  badger :

▪ [VN]Journalists pestered neighbours for information.

记者缠着邻居打听消息。

He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week.

他打电话骚扰她有一个多星期了。

The horses were continually pestered by flies.

马不断地被苍蝇叮咬。

▪ [VN to inf]

The kids kept pestering me to read to them.

娃娃们老缠着我给他们读故事书。

So meager is their after-school existence

近义scanty。 scant

反义 ample。 abundant

This chapter is not intented as a license to Prattle just for therapy

verb ~ (on / away) (about sb / sth) (old-fashioned, often disapproving) to talk a lot about unimportant things

闲扯；唠叨:

She prattled on about her children all evening.

她整个晚上没完没了地唠叨她的孩子们的事。

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