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👉strike up sth  建立（關係）;開始（交談）

     to start a relationship or conversation with someone

e.g. He gets really jealous if his girlfriend strikes up a friendship with another man. 

       如果他的女友和其他男性建立起友誼的話，他會很嫉妒。

👉mechanism (n.) 體制，結構方式

       a way of doing something that is planned or part of a system

e.g. The mechanism for collecting taxes needs revising.

       稅收制度需要檢討。

👉ridiculous (adj.) 愚蠢的;荒唐的;可笑的

        stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at

e.g. It's ridiculous to expect a two-year-old to be able to read!

       指望一個兩歲的孩子能閱讀真是太荒唐了！

👉legitimate (adj.) 合法的，正當的，法律允許的

       allowed by law

e.g. The army must give power back to the legitimate government.

       軍隊必須將權力交還給合法政府。

👉regulate (v.) 控制，管理

        to control something, especially by making it work in a particular way

e.g. Her mother strictly regulates how much TV she can watch.

       她媽媽嚴格控制她看電視的時間。