Oct 5, 2010

1. baton: 指揮棒,接力棒,警棍
2. climactic: 最高潮的, 頂點的, 極點的
3. rugby: 英格蘭中部的都市;橄欖球
4. netball: 無擋板藍球

Sept 20, 2010

1. diplomate: 專科醫師
2. psychologist, psychiatrist,

Sept 11, 2010

1. grenade: 手榴彈

Sept 10, 2010

1. vent: 排氣口,出口,通風孔,發洩
2. curative: 治病的,有治病效力的
3. awe: 敬畏

Sept 09, 2010

1. magma: 岩漿,糊劑,糊
2. with most no more than -> Ex: with most no more than four meters tall
3. deceive: 欺騙,哄騙,行騙
4. or so: 約莫,大約…左右
5. cone: 圓錐體,球果, 火山錐
6. spew: 嘔吐,噴湧, 大量噴湧而出

Sept 8, 2010

1. textile: 紡織品,織物
2. liven: 使高興,使快活
3. draw on: 利用

Sept 06, 2010

1. fond: 溺愛地,憐愛地,情柔地
2. drape: 用布簾覆蓋,披上, 垂掛; 懸垂

Sept 04, 2010

1. catastrophic: 毀滅性的, 悲劇的
2. fuss: 大驚小怪,小題大作,忙亂
3. unforeseen: 無法預測的, 意料之外的
4. diabetes: 糖尿病
5. narcotic: 麻醉藥,鎮靜劑
6. utterly: 完全,全然,絕對

Sept 03, 2010

1. garment: 衣服,衣裝,外表
2. conveyor belt: 傳送帶

Sept 02, 2010

1. mishap: 不幸之事,災禍,惡運
2. spouse: 配偶
3. recourse: 依靠,依賴;訴諸,求助

July 31, 2010

1. detrimental: 有害的
2. scurry: 急趕,急跑,急轉
3. embark: 乘船,著手,從事,上飛機
4. voyage: 航行,航海,航程,旅行,航空

July 22~July 31, 2010

1. try out: 選拔, 甄選
2. audition: 藝文的甄選 -> music, dance

Demand
1. in demand: 受歡迎, popular in demand,
2. on demand: 一有要求就提供的服務, movie on demand, information on demand,
3. by popular demand: 基於大眾的要求

Nightmare (bad dream)
1. What a nightmare!

1. magician:
2. trickster, cheater, prank, practical joker -> 騙子, 喜歡惡作劇的人

Business (事情)
1. tricky business: 難搞的事情
2. serious business. Ex: Be quiet! This is a serious business
3. risky business


1. underestimate
2. overestimate

arctic: north pole
antarctic: south pole

polar opposite (兩種極端): They are poler opposite
opposite attract

July 30, 2010

1. shrink: 收縮,退縮,萎縮,縮小,畏縮
2. on the verge of: 接近于…;瀕于…
3. lucrative: 生利的, 賺錢的, 有利可圖的
4. within reach: 在附近,在不遠處,離得很近,在手邊
5. nautical mile: 海浬 (sea mile)

Tip (July 8th, 2010~July 21th, 2010)

Look

1. Look! Who's here!

2. look sb in the eye: look me in the eye. tell me the truth.

3. look sb up and down (negative): 上下打量

4. look no further: 不用再尋找了, 答案就在眼前

metaphor:暗喻；隱喻

simile (like/as): 明喻

analogy: 類比

canal: 運河

kennel: 狗窩, dog house, to be in the dog house: 因為做錯事, 受冷落, 懲罰

Uncountable Noun (a group of noun):

1. equipment: five pieces of equipment

2. work: tasks, projects, jobs

3. homework: I got lots of homework

4. luggage, candy, furniture, scenery (views)

Thanks

upset stomach

thanks to you: because of you , thanks to your foolish, we lost lots of money.

no thanks to you: I finally got the license, no thanks to you.

thanks but no thanks: polite way to turn down. Would you like join the party tonight. Thanks, but no thanks.

Brave

brave: to face the difficult/dangerous situation

to brave the traffic:

to brave the weather/hardship/the elements (大自然的力量)/the streets of tough neighborhood

brave, guts,

Give up:

1. give up: stop doing sth

2. give up on sth: abandon, 離棄, 失望, give up on a child

3. give yourself up: 自首,

Give

1. I'll give you that -> agree

2. point taken-> I agree

3. granted. Ex: Granted. But......

Fruit phrase.

1. cool as cucumber: 沉著, 安靜

2. go banana: really angry. She went banana when she knew her child burn the house.

3. hot potato

4. peanut: very little money, My bicycle cost me peanut.

1. all-nighter:

2. You bombed the test/school project

3. That car is pretty sweet(讚).

4. cram

Brighten

1. You brighten my day.

2. brighten up, The sky brighten up after it is rained.

July 28, 2010

1. set apart from: 使不同于, Ex: Many people think their business needs a great to set it apart from the competition.
2. put off: 推遲;拖延;阻止,勸阻;脫掉;去掉, Ex: put off starting a business.
3. map out: 擬定,制訂,計劃;在地圖上標出

July 27, 2010

1. hare: 兔,野兔
2. smart-aleck: 自作聰明的人, 自以為樣樣懂的人
3.

July 26,2010

1. caramel: 焦糖色, 淡褐色
2. caramel macchiato:
3. desperate: 沒有任何希望的; 無望的; 感到絕望的

July 23, 2010

1. venue: 犯罪地點,審判地,管轄地,集合地點

July, 22, 2010

1. brim: 邊; 邊緣, 裝滿, 注滿
2. keen: 敏銳的,銳利的,鋒利的;厲害的,激烈的,強烈的;渴望的,熱心的,喜歡的

July 21, 2010

Slang:
1. You rock: you're great
2. Stuff: and so on
3. so: without a doubt -> I'm so over my ex-boyfriend.
4. dig: understand or enjoy it.
5. go by the wayside: to be set aside or discarded because of other considerations.

July 20, 2010

1. way cool: sth very cool, very interesting, very good
2. short-lived: 短暫的
3. emphatic: 強調的
4. pepper: 使生動活潑
5. chillaxing (chill and relax): hang out and do nothing
6. have a blast: enjoy a great time
7. don't have a cow: don't get upset
8. proliferate: 增殖, 激增, 擴散
9. embrace: 擁抱,互相擁抱,包含,收買

July 19, 2010

1. Polish -> 擦亮, 磨光
2. Rub -> 擦,搓,摩擦,惹怒
3. puffy -> 脹大的,肥滿的,喘氣的,一陣陣吹的

July 16, 2010

1. I'll give you that -> I agree, point taken
2. livestock -> 家畜
3. fertilizer -> 肥料
4. get one's facts straight