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4) feel 摸 e.g. Just feel how cold my hands are! e.g He gently felt the softness of the baby's cheek. e.g She felt his forehead. Perhaps he had a temperature. e.g. Feel this scarf – it’s incredibly soft! e.g Your hair feels so soft. 1) feel for someone 同情某人 e.g. I know what it's like to be lonely, so I do feel for her. e.g. I really feel for people who suffer from depression. 6) feel it appropriate/necessary/important etc to do something: e.g. He always felt it necessary to explain his actions. 8) feel free to do something 随意做某事 e.g. Feel free to contact us at any time. e.g. Feel free to stay here as long as you want. Don’t worry. 9) feel one’s age 开始意识到自己的年龄了 e.g. You really start to feel you age when you spend time around these kids. e.g. I start to feel my age when I watch these funny videos. 10) feel your way 摸索着干，摸索着走 e.g. It's my first month in the job so I'm still feeling my way. e.g. The room was so dark, I had to feel my way along the wall to the door. 11) feel someone out 摸摸底, 看看别人意见和想法 e.g. Why don’t you feel them out to see how they think of this? e.g. I think they are trying to feel out what the new relationship should be. e.g. I thought I’d feel out some of my colleagues before the meeting. 12) feel someone up 猥亵某人 That's the second time she's been felt up on the Metro. 13)feel up to 有精力做某事 I don’t feel up to going out tonight. I don’t feel up to eating anything. 60—dead 1) no longer alive 死的 e.g. We didn’t know if she was dead or alive.  备注：find somebody dead e.g. A man was found dead in the apartment. 2) not working because there is no power不工作 e.g. I picked up the phone but discovered the line was dead. e.g. Suddenly the radio went dead. e.g. I think the batteries are dead. e.g. My phone's dead. Can I use yours? 扩展：My phone's dead. My phone died. 扩展：bad/poor reception. I've got bad reception here. 扩展：I'm out of data. 3) a place that is dead is boring because there is nothing interesting or exciting happening there. 无聊 e.g. This place is dead after nine o'clock. e.g. This place is dead. Let's go somewhere else. 4) not active or being used 很长时间没使用了 e.g. The luxury car market has been dead in recent months. 5) tired 疲惫的 e.g. I can’t go out tonight. I’m absolutely dead! 1) dead + adj. 形容程度 e.g. We all sat waiting in dead silence. e.g. The train came to a dead stop. e.g. I'm dead serious. e.g. It was dead boring. e.g. He's dead against the plan. /Her family were dead against the marriage. 7) over my dead body 绝无可能 e.g. You’ll marry him over my dead body! e.g. You want to take my kids away from me? Over my dead body! 8) in serious trouble 我就“死”了，常用句型：If …, I’m dead. e.g. If Mum finds out about this, I’m dead. e.g. You’re in dead trouble now (=in very serious trouble)! e.g. If you say one more word, you’re dead meat 9) drop dead 突然死亡，“去死吧”(used to rudely and angrily tell someone to go away and leave you alone) e.g. One day he just dropped dead in/on the street. e.g. One of their neighbors just dropped dead on the tennis court. e.g. He dropped dead at the age of 52. 10) dead end e.g. The investigation has reached a dead end. 调查走进了死胡同。 e.g. The road dead-ended halfway up the mountain. e.g. It’s a dead-end job. 11) beat a dead horse 徒劳无功 e.g. My son's room is a constant mess even though he knows he's expected to keep it tidy. My wife and I have done everything from pleading with him to threatening him, but it's been a waste of our time. We're simply beating a dead horse. He'll never change. e.g. Someone breaks up with their girl/boyfriend and continues to bitch about them to their friends weeks later. That person is beating a dead horse, the relationship is over there is no point in thinking about it since the matter is already resolved with you having broken up. Son: Can I borrow your car to go to the party? Dad: We've talked about it, and the answer is no. You're beating a dead horse. 61—pick 1) Pick on: to bully or to single one person out 欺负某人 e.g. Teenagers always pick on the new kid in school. e.g. All of my friends picked on me when I shaved my head. e.g. The boss is often picking on Jim because he’s not the smartest guy in the office. 2) pick out: to choose something 挑选 I told Gina to pick out a new pair of shoes for her birthday present. I picked out some flowers to put at the reception desk. I picked out a nice tie to wear with my blue suit. 3) Pick up 1. to lift 捡起来 e.g. He picked up his book and left the room. e.g. Pick it up. /Pick up the toys on the floor. 2. to learn through experience 学习 e.g. I picked up a little Korean when I lived in Seoul. e.g. When did you pick up smoking? 3 to speed up or become busy 变得忙碌起来 e.g. Sanya really picks up in March because of Spring Break. 4 to get somebody by car 开车接某人 e.g. When do you get off work? I’ll pick you up. E.g. I’ll pick you up after work first and then we can go to the movies. 5 to buy or get something 买 e.g. Please pick some milk up when you go to the store. 6 to pay a bill for somebody else 付账单（pick up tab） e.g. Peter picked up our tab at the bar. 7. to continue something at a later date 继续 e.g. Let’s finish this for the day and pick it up again tomorrow. e.g. Let’s pick up the thing we were talking about yesterday. 8. to receive a signal e.g. I think she likes me. I am picking up a lot of signals. 4) Pick at 1. to eat slowly 吃的很慢，挑剔 e.g. Peter picks at his food. He eats like a bird. 5) Pick off : to remove e.g. Toni picked the hairs off her sweater one by one. 测试： 1. She picked me______ after my English class. 2. Stop picking ______ him! Can’t you see he doesn’t like it? 3. I had to pick the tomatoes ______ Scott’s burger. He doesn’t like tomatoes. 4. I wish my girlfriend would pick ______ the bill sometimes. Going out is really expensive. 5. I don’t have service on my cell phone. I am not picking ______ any wifi signal. 6. I am going to take you to buy a new pair of sunglasses for your birthday. You can pick ______ the ones you like. 7. I’ll run down to the store to pick ______ some new batteries. 8. My daughter doesn’t eat much. She just picks ______ her food.