VOA慢速英语:Don't Let Anyone 'Get Your Goat'

domesticate – v. to breed or train (an animal) to need and accept the care of human beings : to tame (an animal)

digest – v. to change (food that you have eaten) by a biological process into simpler forms that can be used by the body

tuft a small bunch of feathers, hairs, grass, etc., that grow close together : tufts of grass : A tuft of hair stuck out from under his hat.

folk etymology – n. the transformation of words so as to give them an apparent relationship to other better-known or better-understood words

urban legend – n. a story about an unusual event or occurrence that many people believe is true but that is not true

character – n. one of the persons of a drama or novel

aggravate – v. informal : to make (someone) angry : to annoy or bother (someone)

irk – v. to bother or annoy (someone) : irksome – adj.

vex – v. to annoy or worry (someone) : vexing – adj.