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.