Desert boot

desert ['dɛzɚt]

n. 沙漠;荒地;应得的赏罚;功劳，美德; adj. 沙漠的;荒芜的，不毛的;无人的;

de分开+sert加入，插入→不再加入→离开

boot [but]

n. 长靴，皮靴;防护罩;[多用于英国]行李箱;[俚语]解雇，激动; vt. 穿（靴）;踢;[俚语]解雇;[计算机科学]引导; vi. 帮助或益处;

May I speak to Miss Tan, please?

可以请谭小姐听电话吗？

He can't really mean to work against us, can he?

他不可能故意妨碍我们的，对吗？

On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;

那天晚上在回家的路上，我低头一看，发现项链不再挂在我的脖子上了。我告诉了比尔。我们马上赶回王宫去寻找。我们询问了那儿的每一个人，问他们是不是拾到了一条项链。可是，真倒霉。我们找不到那条项链；它丢失了。