Financial times are tough, and yet the season can make demands on our wardrobes -- whether it's a cocktail party, a night of dancing, or one more dinner party.

困难的财务情况下，这个季度，我们的衣柜仍然要面对不同的要求，无论是个鸡尾酒会，舞会，或者一个晚宴。

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It's a nice cocktail party!

多好的鸡尾酒会啊！

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When he goes to a cocktail party, instead of talking to people, he makes tracks straight for the food table and he stays right there eating until it's time to go home.

每当他去参加鸡尾酒会的时候，他不跟别人讲话，而是直奔放食品的桌子。他可以呆在那里不停的吃，一直吃到回家为止。

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"Kook means the clueless beginner who paddles his surf board out to the other surfers in the lineup and starts chattering away like it's a cocktail party, completely ignores all the finely-tuned protocols of surf that have developed over decades."

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