WORDS

crucial ['kruʃ(ə)l] 关键性的，至关重要的

identity [aɪ'dentəti] 身份，特征

But luckily Mr Roy got one crucial fact wrong, and that was the identity of the person we were playing the joke on.

例句：Improved consumer confidence is crucial to an economic recovery.

造句：The basic grammer was crucial to my English writing.

tack 方法，方针，做名词可用于表达大头针，图钉

tack on 添加，附加

Mr Roy seemed pretty satisfied with my apology and he let me go without even tacking on any detention.

detention 拘留，扣押，监禁

例句：The company, like so many others in the industry, decided to tack on a social element into one of its products.

造句：I usually tack on a piece of "Answer" when I hand out the questionnaire.

track down 追查，追踪，查出

So Rowley's party had to be put on hold while the staff tried to track down this kid's parents.

例句：There's never been a way to track down a child killer. . . until now

造句：Please help me track down the criminal.

SENTENCES

I let him know exactly what I thought of that idea by slugging him in the arm. 我打了他的胳膊让他知道我对这个主意的真实想法。

句式：I let him know exactly what I thought of...

造句：I let them know exactly what I thought of that match by laughing at them for ten second.

JOURNAL

I have complained to a friend about my English problem, because I found that's so hard to correct the grammar mistakes. For example, I don't know when to use "have", when to use "had",when to use "have had" and stuff like this. But luckily, I still have time to correct it. I really want to find the fastest way.

TIPS

chew sb out 严厉责备某人

I‘ve always heard that when Mr Roy is done chewing a kid out,...

And now I can tell you fristhand that it's true.

...but the people I worked for stiffed me,...

stiff原指硬的，不易弯曲的，也可表示不友好的，不给小费

It kind of ticked me off,...类似于昨天提到的set Chirag off，让某人生气，激怒某人