1.call in v. 召集，召来，邀请，拜访，叫 ... 进来，打电话，要求归还，收回

We could call in on Patrick on the way to your mother's.
我们到你母亲家去，不妨顺路到帕特里克家串个门儿。

2.sparkle['spɑ:kl] n. 闪耀，火花 v. 闪耀，冒火花

The wet grass sparkles in the sun.
太阳使湿草闪闪发光。

3.astonishment n. 惊讶，令人惊讶的事

They all stared with astonishment.
他们全都惊讶地瞪着眼。

4.fortnight n. 两星期，十四天

I see them about once a fortnight.
我大约两星期见他们一次。

5.odious adj. 可憎的，讨厌的

Comparisons are odious.
人比人，气死人。

6.entail[in'teil] vt. 使必需，使蒙受;限定继承 n. 限定继承权

The house and estate are entailed on the eldest daughter.
这所房子和地产限定由长女继承。