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Maye had family scattered all across Canada, and Musk began reaching out to them
- reach out to sb: to show sb that you are interested in them and/or want to help them
仿句：The company needs to find a new way to reaching out to itselve
Musk called a second cousin out of the blue from the bus station and hitched a ride to his house
- out of the blue: unexpectedly; without warming
His decision about leaving came out of the blue
Musk found a note on the dorm room door, notifying him that he'd been stood up
- stand sb up: to deliberately not meet sb you have arranged to meet, especially sb you are having a romantic relationship with
Justine had already fallen in love with an older man and then ditched him to go to college
- ditch: v. ~sb/sth. to get rid of sth/sb because you no longer want or need it/them
He ditched his girlfriend - dump sb 也有与某人结束恋爱关系的意思
几个小词组：
- run-of-the-mill: adj. ordinary, with no special or interesting features
- Johnny-come-lately: n. （尤指自负的）新人，新手
- spot-on： adj. exactly right
- matter-of-fact: adj. 不动感情的，据实的
Summary:
Somebody had to stay sober during these parties, I was paying my own way through college and could make an entire month's rent in one night. Adeo was in charge of doing cool shit around the house, and I would run the party 看完这里超佩服他，作为一个目标明确的人就是这样一种存在，不会因为各种因素影响自己的行为，就连在追妹子时，也不忘成绩要拔尖。看到这一段想起木心写过的一句话“富可敌国等到大毒枭，他们不吸海洛因，衣冠楚楚，文质彬彬，会蔼然对你说：年轻人，珍惜青春、生命，只有一次生命
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