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第82篇日記。

1.「account」：常見的意思是“賬戶”，此處是“敘述，描繪”的意思。

原句：I have given this account of the “Frost King” affair because it was important in my life and education

例句： He was too shocked to give an account of what had happened.

2.「faculty」：常見的意思是“（大學的）全體教員”，此處是“才能，技能（formal, a particular skill that someone has）”的意思。

原句：I wrote timidly, fearfully, but resolutely, urged on by my teacher, who knew that if I persevered, I should find my mental foothold again and get a grip on my faculties.

例句：She had a great faculty for absorbing information.

inlaid with? 鑲嵌著...

bundles of? 滿是

little more than? 僅僅是

bear out? 證實；支持

blame on? 把責任推給…怪到…頭上

clutch at? 試圖突然抓住, 抓向

emerge from? 從（困境中）擺脫出來，出頭