1.確切時間點=>簡單式(ex.about six years ago
2.capable,ba capable of,capacity才能
e.g. I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately.
3.enter a race參加比賽
4.lungs(恆複數),lung cancer肺癌
e.g. The lungs are in fact constructed of thousands of tiny tubes.
5.one of the+名詞(複數)
6.It doesn't matter/I don't mind it=>我不在意
e.g. It doesn't matter if you win or lose.
7.farther(非抽象)更遠
e.g. Both of my sisters moved even farther away from home.
8.further(抽象)更遠
e.g. The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.
9.Youth is not a time of life, it's a state of mind
10.turgid腫脹=swollen,bombasticin style
e.g. The rest of the arts scene looks increasingly turgid by comparison.
11.
- I'm interested in interesting music.
- I was shocked for something very shocking
- I felt embarrassed for something very embarrassing
- I'm bored with something very boring
生字筆記
1.determined:means ended
e.g. Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.
2.Deuce:a slang term for the Devil
e.g. What the deuce is that?
3.diabolical:devilish or evil
e.g. It was a diabolical error, a schoolboy error.
4.direction:address
e.g. The direction of the prevailing winds should be taken into account.
5.dissemble:hide or conceal
e.g. I tried to dissemble an interest I didn't feel.
6.dissolve:to release from life
e.g. Substances such as ammonia give out heat when they dissolve.
7.distrain:to distrain is to seize the property of someone who is in debt in compensation for the money owed
e.g. If he doesn't pay, will the court distrain upon him?
8.Divan:a Divan was originally a Turkish council of state-the name was transferred to the couches they sat on and is used to mean this in English
e.g. Lord Henry stretched himself out on the divan and laughed.
9.divorcement:separation
e.g. And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
10.dog in the manger:this phrase describes someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
e.g. No child wants to play with a dog in the manger.
11.dolorifuge:a word which Thomas Hardy invented.It means pain-killer or comfort
12.dome:building
e.g. The builders have perched a light concrete dome on eight slender columns.
13.domestic:here domestic means a person's management of the house
e.g. And what of the effect on U.S domestic opinion?
14.dunce:is another word of idiot
e.g. He used to be a dunce at school.
15.Ecod:a slang exclamation meaning 'Oh,God!"
16.egg-hot:an egg-hot(see also 'flip' and 'negus') was a hot drink made from beer and eggs, sweetened with nutmeg
e.g. Bacon and an egg with a cup of hot milk , please.
17.encores:a short extra performance at the end of a longer one, which the entertainter gives because the audience has enthusiastically asked for it
e.g. They performed another two songs as encores.
18.equipage:an elegant and impressive carriage
e.g. His purse, which was very dry at that moment , did not permit him any other equipage.
19.exordium:is the opening part of a speech
e.g. This exordium, and Miss Pross's two hands in quite agonised entreaty clasping his, decided Mr. Cruncher.
20.expect:here expect means to wait for
e.g. Don't expect me to come and visit you there.
21.familiars:spirits or devils who come to someone when they are called
e.g. We are familiars of the Chinese Embassy.
22.fantods:a person who fidgets or can't stop moving nervously
23.farthing:an old unit of British currency which was worth a quarter of a penny
e.g. Farthing Lane's just above the High Street and parallel with it.
24.farthingale:a hoop worn under a skirt to extend it
e.g. Margaret pinned up her kirtle and farthingale, for the road was wet.
25.favours:here favours is an old word which means ribbons
e.g. In her extreme youth, Maria had sold her sexual favours for money.
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