1) Stop

熟义：n./v. 停止 僻义：n. 句号

We must pour out a large stream of essential words, unhampered by stops, or qualifying adjectives, or finite verbs.

我们必须大量使用基本词汇，摆脱句号，修饰性形容词及限定动词的羁绊。

2) Sound

熟义 n. 声音, 语音, 噪音 v. 听起来

僻义adj. 健全的, 合理的, 有效彻底的, 健康的 (sound and safe: 安然无恙)

If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new plants be environmentally sound.

如果我们准备保护大气，关键要让这些新发电厂对环境无害。

3) Firm

熟义 adj. 结实的，稳固的 僻义 n. 公司，商号

Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the victim, when data went astray.

直到加利福尼亚最近通过了一项法律，美国的公司不必告知任何人信息何时泄露，甚至包括受害人。

It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.

人们早已知道在客户翻阅电话簿时，名叫AAAA的出租汽车公司要比Zodiac出租汽车公司有很大的优越性。

This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy.

这个现象造成了人们对小型企业和民族资本的作用以及世界经济的最终稳定的严重忧虑。

4) Might

熟义 may的过去式 僻义 n. 力量，威权 (with might and main: 尽全力)

The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might.

这个浪潮从异常活跃的美国席卷到欧洲，并以不可比拟的威力影响到正在崛起的国家。

5) Weather

熟义：n. 天气 僻义：v. 经受风雨，度过难关

This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times.

这种"附加工人效应"可以支持失业保险或残疾保险所提供的保障制度，以帮助家庭渡过困难时期。