1.words and expressions
When he turned 65 I began to pester him
Pester sb (for / with sth) to annoy sb, especially by asking them sth many times
打扰；纠缠；烦扰。 SYN badger :
▪ [VN]Journalists pestered neighbours for information.
记者缠着邻居打听消息。
He has been pestering her with phone calls for over a week.
他打电话骚扰她有一个多星期了。
The horses were continually pestered by flies.
马不断地被苍蝇叮咬。
▪ [VN to inf]
The kids kept pestering me to read to them.
娃娃们老缠着我给他们读故事书。
So meager is their after-school existence
近义scanty。 scant
反义 ample。 abundant
This chapter is not intented as a license to Prattle just for therapy
verb ~ (on / away) (about sb / sth) (old-fashioned, often disapproving) to talk a lot about unimportant things
闲扯；唠叨:
She prattled on about her children all evening.
她整个晚上没完没了地唠叨她的孩子们的事。
2.summry
