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a few sticks (of furniture): pieces legacy jackpot: top prize or reward hit the jackpot: to achieve great success, esp through luck rumble seat: a folding outside seat at the rear of some early cars
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up to: able to do or deal with This must have saddened my mother… the twist of fate 命运的捉弄? …the fate that…. allocate: distribute
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be content with: be satisfied with If disappointed, though, she ….. = though she was disappointed (in me) self-pity: pity for oneself, especially exaggerated or self-indulgent pity be realistic about: be aware of things as they really are
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weighty: solemn; serious bestow: to present as a gift or an honor have every right to do worthy of
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knighthood: the rank, dignity, or vocation of a knight trustworthy: reliable spunk: courage, grit, will power go far: succeed in a big way; get to the top