后綴 -le, -l,-el = 反復,小,動作的結果或做動作時使
動詞、形容詞、名詞后綴-le意為"repetition,pertaining to ,that which"。這個后綴-le有三層含義：（1）屬于動詞后綴，表示“反復或連續(xù)動作、動作的小幅度重復”；（2）屬于名詞后綴表示“小”，表示“做某種動作時所使用的東西，或某種動作的結果”。
1.coddle
v. treat with great care and tenderness,pamper 悉心照料；嬌生慣養(yǎng),溺愛
例句：His mother coddled him too much,so he never learned discipline.他媽媽太嬌慣她了，所以，一點都不懂規(guī)矩。
2.dawdle
v.be slow;waste time 游手好閑，浪費時間
例句：Every time she passed the janitor,sister Teresa would say "don't dawdle,Mr.Jones."。特雷莎修女每次經看門人時都會說：“別虛度光陰，瓊斯先生。”
3.dwindle
v. become less or smaller by degrees 逐漸減少，縮小
例句：South Korea's farmland dwindles by 3-4% each year as more and more is developed.隨著越來越多的農田被開發(fā)利用，韓國農田每年都減少3-4倍。
4.fickle
adj. often changing;not constant感情，天氣等易變的；變幻無常的
例句：The taste of the public is so fickle that a TV performer who is a big hit one season may be out of a job the next.大眾品位如此多變，上一季走紅的電視演員很可能在下一季沒有工作了。
5.grapple
v. seize firmly;struggle with somebody or something at close quarters;try to deal with a problem etc.抓住，抓緊；格斗；設法解決問題
n.coming to grips 抓；搏斗；抓鉤
例句：The government,grappling with a $12.8 billion debt,is not likely to approve funding for the project.政府目前正在設法解決128美元債務的問題，所以不大可能同意為此項目資金。
6.haggle
v. argue or dispute especially the price of something or the terms of a bargain 爭論，計價還價
例句：The prices marked on the goods are not fixed and with a little haggling it's possible to get them reduced by fifty percent or more.商品上所標示的價格并非固定不變的，可以通過討價還價將價格降低50%或更多。
7.hurtle
v. rush or fly violently 猛沖，碰撞；急飛
例句：The explosion sent huge metal pieces of the truck hurting through the air.爆炸使卡車巨大的金屬碎片彈到了空中。
8.jostle
v.push roughly against;push 撞；推擠
例句：Expect to be jostled as you make your way into the crowded subway train.預想一下，擠進地鐵時你會被人推擠碰撞。
9.wrangle
v.take part in a noisy or angry argument 吵架
例句：Ranch workers gather here to drink beers,tell stories and ,of course ,to wrangle.牧場的工人聚集在這里喝酒、聊天，當然也會發(fā)生口角。
10.topple
v. (cause to) be unsteady and overturn (使)傾倒，(使)跌倒；顛覆
例句：In 1973,the military failed twice to topple the Sanchez government.1973年軍隊再次試圖顛覆桑切斯政府，但都以失敗告終。
11.squabble
n. noisy quarrel about something trivial (為瑣事)爭吵，爭論
例句:My neighbors' constant squabbles forced me to move out.鄰居經常爭吵迫使我不得不搬走。
12.rubble
n.bits of broken stone,rock or brickwork碎石,瓦礫
例句：Within seconds the once posh Sam Poong Department Store was reduced to rubble.在幾秒鐘內，曾經豪華一時的三豐百貨商場就化作了碎石。