If you **air out** your sleeping bag after you use it, it will smell better the next time you get in: To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate. 

a **rookie** cop: rookie /ˈrʊki/: a new recruit, especially in the army or police.
  * rookie /ˈrʊki/


napkin **holder**

I've gotten the kids **out of my hair** for a few hours so I can go and get a relaxing massage by myself.
  * out of my hair: No longer pestering or annoying to one; not one's responsibility or burden any longer.

**dork**: a contemptible, socially inept person.

But my whole life does not **revolve around** you.

**What goes around comes around**:  If you ignore the other guy when he asks for help, you might just be setting yourself up for a little of the same later on.

I did it and **conquered my fear**

**splash**:
  * splash with a liquid, typically a thick or viscous one.
     * a passing cart rolled by, **splattering** him with mud
  * splash (a liquid) over a surface or object.
     * she wiped the **splattered** blood from her face

**zillionaire ** /ˈziljənɛː/ an extremely rich person. 兆亿富翁

As Russia and the West **face off** on Ukraine in perhaps the biggest crisis on the European continent since World War II, the globe's two largest emerging powers, China and India, have remained largely **on the sidelines**.
  * **face off**: take up an attitude of confrontation, especially at the start of a fight or game.
  * **sideline**: a position where one is observing a situation rather than being directly involved in it.

**Konbu**: Japanese: 昆布, 象海带

**miso** paste: 味噌汤

she **chaperoned** the children at all times: accompany and look after or supervise

**phlegm** /flɛm/

She's my main **squeeze**: someone's main girlfriend, boyfriend, or lover

he **left** you **in the lurch** when you needed him most: leave someone abruptly and without assistance or support when they are in a difficult situation.

**peninsula** /pɪˈnɪnsjʊlə/: a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.

a means of solving disputes without **recourse** to courts of law: the use of (someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation 追索权

**recourse** <-> resource

**turd**:
  * a piece of **fecal** matter 粪 屎 
     * **fecal** /ˈfiːk(ə)l/: discharge of fecal matter
  * **vulgar** : a contemptible person： You four-eyed turd

Katherine pulled back the heavy velvet **drapes**: long curtains
  * velvet /ˈvɛlvɪt/: a closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side.


He is **brimming** with ideas: be full of a particular quality, feeling, etc.