"a batch of letters"
"a deal of trouble"
"a lot of money"
"he made a mint on the stock market"
"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"
"it must have cost plenty"
"a slew of journalists"
"a wad of money"
"The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
"She nags her husband all day long"
The hen pecked at the corn.
母鸡啄食谷粒。
The cock pecked at the chickens.
公鸡啄小鸡。
He pecked listlessly at his breakfast of egg and bacon.
早餐时,他无精打采,只吃了一点鸡蛋和咸肉。