Compound rubber

compound ['kɑmpaʊnd]

n. 场地;复合物;（筑有围墙的）院子;复合词;

com全部+pound放→全部放到一起→化合物

rubber ['rʌbɚ]

n. 橡胶;橡皮;决胜局;避孕套; adj. 橡胶制成的; vt. 涂橡胶于;用橡胶制造; vi. 扭转脖子看;好奇地引颈而望;

rubb=rub相互磨擦+er名词后缀 → 能相互摩擦的 → 橡皮

I used to stop for hitch-hikers'till the day I picked up that maniac.

自从有一天搭了一个精神病人以后，我碰到搭顺风车的人就不再停下来了。

Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.

贫非耻，耻贫乃耻。

Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.

10年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗？我的丈夫比尔当时在政府的一个部门工作。我们被邀请参加一个宫庭舞会，所以我需要借一点珠宝首饰。