executive:执行总监
on various occasions
enlist:赢得
•I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!
我不得不砍了一棵树，然后找了7位邻居帮忙把它从院子里弄出去。
run into
the other day:不久前的某一天
launch a conference
session=meeting
women in business:女商人
at lenth=in details
feasible [if sth is feasible, it can be done,achieved or made]可行的
on a basis of 以...为基础
a clip of 一个片段
restive [if you are restive, you feel bored,impatient and unsatisfied.]不满意，不耐烦的
incline to
subject line标题栏
liven sth up:使...有生气
cut to the chase:切中要点
flattery:恭维，奉承n=butter sb up
flattering:奉承的
lay it on thick：过分奉承（口语）
in addition to:除了...之外
manipulative:好支使的 [ skillful in influencing or controling others to your own advantage]
function [a large formal dinner\party]盛宴
for a start：首先
it was miles too slow [by great amount or a long way] 在很大程度上，类同于it was way too slow
singularly明显的
ungratifying不令人满足的
time takes no skill to give:抽出时间不需要什么技巧
And rather than ask if I had enjoyed it, it would have been better to attest how much they had enjoyed having me.
attest:[to say\prove\show that is true]证明
specify:[explain it in an exact and detailed way]具体说明
rattle on[ talk incessantly or tiresomely]啰嗦，喋喋不休
Thank you to bringing the evening to life and for scorching wit and sense.
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