A to Z Mysteries: The Absent Author (Ron Roy)

Saturday, August 18, 2013, 11:53 PM

  

he was sweating buckets

sweat buckets  (informal)

to sweat a lot 

I was sweating buckets under my plastic rain jacket.

a bank of elevators
幾個並排的電梯

The bed was still made this morning.
就是這張床昨晚沒有人睡過

paid off the baby-sitter,

付錢讓她離開

My kid sister devours his books!”
我的小妹超喜歡他寫的書

Linkletter will have a fit.”

Get angry

go over the facts again?”

I’m feeling a bit peckish,

Hungry

without peer

unequaled; unrivaled:

he is a goalkeeper without peer.

something is bugging me, but I can’t figure out what it is.

Dink blotted his jeans with a handful of paper napkins.

blot

to make a wet surface become dry by pressing soft paper or cloth on it

vivid memories, dreams, descriptions etc are so clear that they seem real

barrette  /bæˈret/ n [C]
AmE a small metal or plastic object used to keep a woman's hair in place

keep a straight face
to not laugh or smile, even though something is funny

clam up [PHRASAL VERB] V P
If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets. (INFORMAL)
As soon as I told her my name, she clammed up.