executive:執(zhí)行總監(jiān)

on various occasions

enlist:贏得

?I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!

我不得不砍了一棵樹(shù)，然后找了7位鄰居幫忙把它從院子里弄出去。

run into

the other day:不久前的某一天

launch a conference

session=meeting

women in business:女商人

at lenth=in details

feasible? [if sth is feasible, it can be done,achieved or made]可行的

on a basis of 以...為基礎(chǔ)

a clip of 一個(gè)片段

restive? [if you are restive, you feel bored,impatient and unsatisfied.]不滿意，不耐煩的

incline to?

subject line標(biāo)題欄

liven sth up:使...有生氣

cut to the chase:切中要點(diǎn)

flattery:恭維，奉承n=butter sb up?

flattering:奉承的

lay it on thick：過(guò)分奉承（口語(yǔ)）

in addition to:除了...之外

manipulative:好支使的 ? [ skillful in influencing or controling others to your own advantage]

function [a large formal dinner\party]盛宴

for a start：首先

it was miles too slow [by great amount or a long way] 在很大程度上，類同于it was way too slow

singularly明顯的

ungratifying不令人滿足的

time takes no skill to give:抽出時(shí)間不需要什么技巧

And rather than ask if I had enjoyed it, it would have been better to attest how much they had enjoyed having me.

attest:[to say\prove\show that is true]證明

specify:[explain it in an exact and detailed way]具體說(shuō)明

rattle on[ talk incessantly or tiresomely]啰嗦，喋喋不休

Thank you to bringing the evening to life and for scorching wit and sense.

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