word-watcher, word-catcher -> wordsmith
bother
» I don’t know why I bother! Nobody ever listens! 我不知道我干吗要浪费时间！根本没人听！
energy
» It’s a waste of time and energy. 那是浪费时间和精力。
ˌjack sb aˈround
(NAmE) (informal) to treat sb in a way that is deliberately not helpful to them or wastes their time 把某人摆来摆去；故意不合作（或浪费某人的时间）
» Let’s go. We’re being jacked around here. 咱们走吧。别在这儿浪费时间了。
ˌpick yourself ˈup
to stand up again after you have fallen（跌倒后）站起来
» He just picked himself up and went on running. 他爬起来继续跑。
» (figurative) She didn’t waste time feeling sorry for herself—she just picked herself up and carried on. 她没有浪费时间自怜，而是振作起来继续干。
time
» What a waste of time! 太浪费时间了！
view
» In my view it was a waste of time. 依我看，这是浪费时间。
waste sth
» to waste time/food/energy 浪费时间╱食物╱能源
waste sth on sth
» Why waste money on clothes you don’t need? 为什么浪费钱买你不需要的衣服呢？
waste sth (in) doing sth
» She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately). 她当即拒绝了提议。
» You’re wasting your time trying to explain it to him (= because he will not understand). 你跟他解释是在浪费时间。
waster
» He’s a time-waster.他总是浪费时间。
Gone Girl
A Novel
By: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Kirby Heyborne
Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
Unabridged
Release date: 06-05-12
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Audio
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