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badly off (贫穷的)
well off (富裕的)
worse off (境况更差的) better off (情况更好的)
1. 如果他年轻时努力工作，现在就能过的舒服些。
If he had worked hard when young, he would be well off now.
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1. entertaining有趣的
故事虽然短，但是很有趣。
The story is short but entertaining. 2. entertainment娱乐
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1). entertain sb to sth用某物款待某人
1. 昨晚我招待朋友吃饭。
I entertained my friends to dinner yesterday evening.
2. 她用糖果款待同学们。
She entertained her classmates to candy.
2. 我去他家一看，发现他比我更穷。
I went to his home and found he was worse off than me.
2) 短缺的，缺少的 be badly off for = be short for
当时学校缺少教师。
The school was then badly off for teachers.
But in the end we all just le2a02v1 e a stage
那么说你选择问的问题是 “我们将要去的地方会
不会更好” 说实在的，虽然我不知道 确切的答案 但我的心却在说着“会的” 会更好 我们会更好 我们会过得更好 和星星一起 就算白天给我们带来 种种伤痛 夜晚可能带给我们寂寞 但最终我们都会在人生的 舞台上落下帷幕
2) 对……过敏/有不良反应
人们对有些食品严重过敏。
People can react badly to certain food.
n. reaction
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badly off
1) 境况不好的；贫穷的(通常作表语)
1. 他们很贫穷，根本没钱度假。
They were too badly off to afford a holiday.
2) entertain sb (with sth) (用某物) 使某人快乐
1.周末我们经常招待朋友。
We often entertain friends at weekends.
2. 他经常讲故事、说笑话逗我们开心。
He often entertains us with his stories and jokes.
3. 直到现在很多人还在与饥饿作斗争。
Many people have struggled against hunger up to now.
up to now 多与现在完成时连用；常用于现在
完成时的时间状语还有①so far(到目前为止); ②
since; ③in the past few years.
Up to now, I have been content with living in JN.
2）n. 满足；内容（书的）目录
我终于理解了她演讲的内容。
I finally understood the content of her speech.
3）v. 使某人感到满意或满足
content oneself with 用……使自己满意
玛丽只吃了一只苹果就心满意足了。
Mary contented herse2l0f21with an apple.
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Before buying the book, I looked through the contents. After reading it carefully, I found its content very amusing and I was content with it.
Still my heart is saying "Oh yes"
Better off
We'll be better off
Better off
We'll be better off with the stars
And so the day may bring a bed of nails
And the night may whisper lonely
2. 要是没有这些邻居，我们就生活得更安逸。
We’d be better off without these neighbors.
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And so the question that you chose to ask
"Will it be better where
we're going?"
And though the answer I don't know for fact
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react
1. 这是当前人民群众反应强烈的社会问题之一。
This is one of the social problems that people
react strongly.
react to
1) 反应；回应
你父亲对你的解释有什么反应？
How did your father react to your explanation?
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up to now
1. 到目前为止，我还没明白那词的意思。
Up to now, I haven’t worked out the meaning of the word.
2. 直到现在，他也没还清他的债务。
He hasn’t paid off his debt up to now.
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content
1) adj. 满意的，满足的
be content with =be satisfied/pleased with
be content to do 愿意做（某事）
到目前为止，我对居住在济宁感到非常满意。
Up to now, I have been content to live in Jinning.