#字词篇
1. And if teenagers pass by our driveway, he drenches them.
driveway: 汽车道，（由私人住房通到大路的）私人车道
drench: to make somebody or something completely wet
造句：Every time neighborhood kids wander by our driveway, my naughty brother drenches them.
2. There was this guy in a hockey mask and he had a REAL chainsaw, Rodrick told me the chainsaw has a rubber blade, but I wasn't taking any chances.
a hockey mask: 曲棍球面具
chainsaw：电锯
a rubber blade:指电锯的锯片是橡胶的
take a chance: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
造句：Here is his enemy: a tall man with a hockey mask and a chainsaw in his hands. To be honest, it is a real chainsaw rather than a rubber blade one. Though he is frightened, he decides to take a chance.
3. Right when it looked like the chainsaw guy was going to catch us, Mom stepped in and bailed us out.
bail somebody out: to help somebody out of a difficult situation
造句：My younger sister bailed me out when my company collapsed.
4. I don't mean to brag or anything, but what we came up with was WAY better than the Crossland High School haunted house.
brag: to talk with excessive pride about an achievement or possession
come up with: to think of something such as a plan or an idea./to produce or provide something that people want
way: 副词词性 a considerable degree/extremely/very
造句：He brags that he comes up with a perfect plan, and it is way better than all of ours.
5. We realized we were gonna need to the word out that we were doing this thing, so we got some paper and made up a bunch of flyers.
word: information or news about somebody or something
a bunch of: a large number of people or things
造句：We made a bunch of flyers to let the word out that we'll throw a party tonight.
6. So had to cut some corners from our original plan.
cut corners: to do something in the easiest, cheapest, or fastest way
造句：Our boss told us to cut corners to make a cheap product.
7. But I could see that we had a chance to make a killing here. So I told the kids that admission was two bucks, and the fifty-cent thing was just a typo.
make a killing: to make a lot of money very quickly
typo: a small mistake in printed documents
造句：Due to a small typo on the price tag, the producer made a killing.
8. So at least we cleared two bucks today.
clear: 此处用作动词，表示earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
造句：He clears 500 bucks each month.
9. We tried to get him to out from under there, but he wouldn't budge. I started thinking about all the money we were losing with this kid clogging up the Hall of Screams...
budge: to move or change one attitude
clog up: become or cause to become obstructed
造句：With so many cars clogging up the street, it is hard for people to budge.
#句子篇
1. When 3:00 rolled around, we looked outside to see if anyone had showed up. And sure enough, there were about neighborhood kids waiting in line outside Rowley's basement.
分析：roll around: (of time or event) to happen
there be句型的用法。there be 句型中谓语动词即为be(带有相应形式变化)，如果句子中另出现动词，则使用其相应的非谓语形式。
如There were twenty about neighborhood kids waiting...
造句：When 7:00 rolled around, the famous band showed up. There were so many people watching the live show.
2. I admit that if you looked around, it didn't really look like a haunted house. All we had time to put together was the Hall of Screams and the Lake of Blood, which was just Rowley's old baby pool with half a bottle of ketchup in it.
分析：All we had time to put together was...本句中we had time to put together是省略了引导词that的定语从句。先行词为不定代词all, 也是本句的主语，因此谓语动词用单数was.
which引导非限制性定语从句，打逗号与主语隔开。先行词为the Lake of Blood, 在定语从句中做了主语。
baby pool
a bottle of ketchup: 一瓶番茄酱
造句：If you looked around you'll find that I haven't finished my homework yet. All I have read was just a few pages of the introduction part, which had no relation to the main plots.
#作文篇
Tonight my brother and I decide to throw a special party at home. To let the word out we printed a bunch of flyers two days ago. When 7:00 rolls around, many cars pull up in our driveway. There are many friends waiting in line beside the door. My brother puts on his hockey mask and shows up with a rubber blade chainsaw in his hands. "Let's make a killing!" My brother says to me. I feel way excited when our friends cough out 10 bucks for the admission. Actually, I do not mean to brag or anything, but our party gains real success. And we end up with clearing 400 bucks.
