suave
goad
rift
In these pre-Internet days, Musk had to wait three agonizing weeks to get a plane ticket. Once it arrived, and without flinching, he left home for good.
在互联网问世之前，马斯克在煎熬中等待了三个星期才拿到机票。一拿到机票，他便毫不犹豫地离开了家，再也没有回来。
agonizing, 形容词，表示 “使人极度痛苦的，使人烦恼的”，extremely painful；例如：an agonizing decision
Musk did away with niggling fees and overdraft penalties.
马斯克取消了各种零星的手续费和透支罚款。
niggling，small and of little importance，
形容词，口语中表示 “琐碎的，不重要的”，trivial
✏️ niggling fees ：零星的手续费
The flimsy pitch got Musk thinking.
这些站不住脚的说辞却引发了马斯克思考.
flimsy，not likely to be true or to be believed
形容词，表示“不周密的”，即 “站不住脚的”；
例句：They have only the flimsiest of evidence against him.
