Vocab

Question 1

intersperse

Answer 1

You are pale and tired…in an hour or so you sit up and feel you could take a little nourishment. And you do. Then you smoke, seriously, you see friends, you potter, you play cards, you flirt with a book, you take a stroll, you caress the piano…by jove! A quarter past eleven.

For me, this might often be a reflection of meeting friends or colleagues for spontaneous drinks and turning a “quick check” of my Twitter notifications into an hour-long scroll before deciding to treat myself with an hour or three of Netflix before bed interspersed with snack-breaks.

Question 2

meticulously

Answer 2

Calendars > to-do lists

The second tool in my belt has been my calendar. After failing to utilise to-do lists in a million different ways, I’ve now split my life into three colour-coded sections, each with its own calendar, and I diarise items for each meticulously.

Question 3

propel someone into/to/towards something

Answer 3

to cause someone to do an activity or be in a situation
推動（某人）做…／將（某人）推向（某一境地）
The film propelled him to international stardom.
這部電影使他成為了國際巨星。
That self-belief propelled him from store clerk to founder of a string of restaurants.
His touchdown propelled the team to a 28-15 victory.
The election propelled him into the presidency of one of the world’s richest nations.
They blocked oil refineries, propelling Britain towards a fuel crisis.