Unit 12 Fact and fantasy
hesitate to do sth. 遲疑于做……
in case you need something, please don't hesitate to ask me. 如果你需要什么東西, 請不客氣地對我說
n. hesitation 猶豫 without hesitation 毫不猶豫
25. horror n. the horror of war戰爭的恐怖 horror film 恐怖影片
he was filled with horror at the sight.他看見那種情景嚇得發抖
to one’s horror
have a horror of 對……感到害怕horrible adj. a horrible nightmare
strike horror into sb.使某人毛骨悚然
adj horrible 可怕的，令人恐懼的 a horrible nightmare horrify –horrifying --horrified
討厭的what a horrible building!多難看的一座建筑物! what horrible weather!這鬼天氣
26.cut up : cut sth into pieces / cut sth into slices使受苦
jean was really cut up when her husband left her.
在丈夫拋棄她之后，簡痛苦極了。
cut across 取捷徑；走近路；超越
we cut across the field to save time.為了節省時間我們抄近路從田地穿過
cut back 剪枝；修剪
減少；縮小；削減vi/vt
(1)= cut down e.g.peter smokes but he tries to cut back.
(2)cut back （on） e.g. if you cut back on fat and sugar, you will lose weight.
cut down砍倒；砍傷；砍死 cut down a tree
減少；減低vi/vt
cut down (on )smoking: cut back on
減少抽煙
cut in 插嘴 don't cut in while i'm talking.（get in / break in /interrupt ）
我說話時別插嘴。
超車搶擋；（突然）插入 to cut in on a queue=jump the queue加塞兒
cut out
剪除；切掉； remove sth from a large piece by cutting
to cut out a dress裁剪衣服
i cut this article out of a magazine for you .從雜志上為你剪下了這篇文章
停止；放棄=give up e.g. cut out smoking戒煙
cut off
切斷（水源，電源，電話） we got cut off in the middle of the call.我們的電話打到一半就被切斷了
使隔絕/ 中斷，斷絕：
the flood completely cut off the town.
our house is cut off from the rest of the town.我們家與鎮上的其他住戶離得很遠。
all his friends suddenly cut him off.