crunch=strike or crush noisily，使…发出咯吱声，vt

Joe’s job is crunching words at a computer, which means he is a modern writer.

Go hand in hand with和…联系紧密

What goes hand in hand with confidence is hard work.

partner with和…合作

Joe’s company partnered with some prestigious schools to create a special language project targeted at teenagers keen on learning English. 

Stagger作vi讲是“蹒跚”的意思，作vt讲除了有“使…震惊”的意思，还有“使…错开”的意思=arrange events, payments, hours, etc. so that they do not occur at the same time. ; staggered shifts= a work schedule arrangement where employees start and finish their work at different times.

Joe starts to work late and also finishes his work late on every workday as his company is in favor of staggered shifts. 

crosswind= a wind blowing at an angle to the direction a vehicle is traveling in，侧风，可数

Short runways and crosswinds make landing aircraft on this small island tricky（tricky除了可以表示“狡猾的”，也可以表示“困难的，棘手的”，相当于difficult）.

in excess of =more than超过

At its peak, there are in excess of 200,000 visitors in a single day in this tourist destination.

Desalinate= remove salt from seawater，使…脱盐，也就是淡化…（海水），vt，名词为desalination，不可数

Desalinating seawater in a large quantity is not a cheap option at least for now, so we’d better use water in an economical way.

guano=the excrement（相当于feces，粪便）of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer(可作不可数名词），鸟粪，不可数，相当于bird poop

Bird guano can be used as fertilizer.

mulch= material such as decaying leaves, bark, or compost spread around or over a plant to enrich or insulate the soil,覆料（护根），可不可数都可

A thick blanket of mulch can help keep the moisture in the soil close to the plant.

in honor of= as a celebration or expression of respect for，对…表示敬意

A parade was held in honor of the National Day.

litter= a group of young animals born to an animal（A be born to B 表示 A被B生下）  at one time,一胎（胎表示一次生育，用litter说明一次生了不止一个）幼崽，常用a litter of

A litter of hog piglets was born in this zoo on Mother’s Day.