A: Brian blurted out the answer before I even had a chance to think about it.
B: Yes, he is very smart.
blurt
vt. (out) 脫口而出

A: You are very beautiful.
B: Stop, you are making me blush.
blush
vi./n. 臉紅

A: Are there any bogs in your country?
B: Yes, plenty, particularly in the west, where it is very wet.

A: Would you like to come to the cinema with me tonight?
B: Can we go next week, I’m bogged down at work at the moment.
bog
n. 沼澤
v. (down) 1.(使)陷入困境; 2.(使)陷入泥沼

A: Family ties are the strongest form of bondage.
B: I don’t agree, I am not very close to my parents.
bondage
n. 1.奴役；2.束縛

A: You have worked so hard. We have decided to give you a bonus.
B: Gosh, thanks!
bonus
n. 1.獎金，紅利; 2.額外給予的東西

A: What type of work does your company do?
B: This booklet contains all the details that you will need.
booklet
n. 小冊子

A: The tickets will be on sale at the booth on the right.
B: Great, I’ll be there when it opens at 8.
booth
n. 1.(隔開的)小房間,公用電話亭, 崗亭; 2.售貨棚,貨攤

A: Is there a library in your town?
B: No, I have to travel to the next borough.
borough
n. 自治城鎮(zhèn)，(大城市的)行政區(qū)

A: I like to hold my baby to my bosom.
B: It must be a very comfortable feeling.
bosom
n. 1.胸部，乳房； 2.胸懷，內(nèi)心

A: There was so much food at dinner last night.
B: Yes, what a bounty!
bounty
n.1.(由政府提供的)獎金，賞金; 2.慷慨，大方

A: Those flower are beautiful, who gave you the bouquet?
B: My mother, they were a birthday gift.
bouquet
n. 1.花束; 2.(酒的)芳香

A: Where do you live?
B: On the north side of the town, where the bourgeois tend to live.
bourgeois
a. 1.追求物質(zhì)享受的；2.中產(chǎn)階級的；3.資產(chǎn)階級的
n. 1.追求物質(zhì)享受的人; 2.中產(chǎn)階級分子； 3.資產(chǎn)階級分子

A: You are not looking very well at the moment.
B: Yeah, I had a nasty bout of food poisoning last week.
bout
n. 1.(疾病等的)侵襲，發(fā)作; 2.一次,一陣，一回; 3.拳擊(或摔交)比賽

A: Doctor, I have been having some bowel problems lately.
B: Well, sit down and I will see what I can do.
bowel
n. 1.腸; 2.[pl.]內(nèi)部，深處

A: I enjoy bowling and usually play on Sunday afternoon.
B: I’d love to join you next week.
bowling
n. 保齡球運動

A: The students set up a boycott outside the school gates.
B: Why? What was the problem?
boycott
vt./n. (聯(lián)合)抵制,拒絕參與

A: I broke my leg and had to wear a brace for two months.
B: That must have been very painful.
brace
vt. 1.使防備，使受鍛煉; 2.支住，撐牢; 3.使繃緊
n. 支架,托架

A: That is a beautiful bracelet that you are wearing.
B: Thanks, it was my grandmother’s.
bracelet
n. 手鐲，臂鐲

A: Excuse me, sir, but should this sentence be put in brackets?
B: No, they are not necessary.

A: The bookshelves are falling down.
B: That is because you did not bracket them to the wall.
bracket
n. 1.括號; 2.(年齡，收入等的)等級段，檔次; 3.壁架，托架
vt. 1.把…置于括號內(nèi); 2.把…歸入同一類

A: Billy is always bragging about his success.
B: Ah, he is still young, be patient with him.
brag
v. 自夸，吹噓

A: Would you like a brandy?
B: No, thanks. It is too early for a drink.
brandy
n. 白蘭地酒

A: What happened to Peter? I see that he broke his arm.
B: Oh, he got into a brawl on the street last night.
brawl
n./vi. 爭吵，打架