People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.
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n. 人，人類;居民;人民;種族;
vt. 居住于，布滿;使住滿人，在…殖民;把動物放養在;
?? popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我討厭和沒有幽默感的人打交道。
近義：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks
反義：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
vt.& vi. 收緊;（使）變緊;（使）繃緊;加緊;
?? tight 緊的+en使... → v.變緊, 繃緊, 拉緊
"The strap is too loose. Tighten it up a bit."
帶子太松了, 再勒一勒.
近義：hug, stiffen, strain, stress, tauten, tense
反義：loosen, untie
vt. 打破(break的過去式和過去分詞);折斷;
adj. 破產的;缺乏資金的;
"All the windows broke with the force of the blast."
爆炸的力量震碎了所有的窗戶。
近義：penniless, bankrupt, skint, broken
反義：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
n. （用于姓名或姓之前，對未婚女子的稱呼）小姐;女士;失誤;
v. 漏掉;錯過（機會）;思念;沒遇到;
?? 諧音小姐美得迷死(Miss)人
"I miss you dreadfully."
我非常想念您。
近義：lose, waste, miscalculate, mistake, fail, mislay
反義：strike, encounter, neglect, overlook, shelve, unlearn
adj. 貧窮的，貧乏的;令人憐憫的，可憐的;匱乏的;低劣的;
n. the poor 貧困者，窮人;
?? 穿破（po）衣服的人（or），是因為 貧窮的
"Taxes should be levied more on the rich than on the poor."
向富人征收的稅應該比窮人的多.
近義：indigent, impecunious, landless, meager, miserly, needy
反義：loaded, moneyed, monied, opulent, abundant, propertied
vt. 猛拉;把（牛肉）切成薄片曬干;
vt.& vi. （使…）猝然一動[顫動];
n. 突然的拉[推，扭];<醫>（肌肉的）痙攣，抽搐;蠢人;急促而猛烈的動作，猛地一拉;
"It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part."
這是她未加思索做出的反應。
近義：twitch, yank, jolt, bump, lug, pluck