Week 10

1.tutor : 英國大學的師徒制度

 governess : 陪讀，安親班老師

2. French Lieutanant’s Woman by John Fowles (Metafiction)

3. swap = switch (交換意味)

4. I think about → I wonder (will be better)

5. delicate <-> fragile

6. frag -破碎之意 : Frailty, the name is woman.(Hamlet)

Monday

1. brevity : economy of expression; conciseness

2. bright spark : a clever or witty person

3. brim-full : filled to the brim

4. bring-and buy sale : charity sale at which people bring items for sale and buy those brought by others

5. brittle : hard and fragile; apt to break

Tuesday

1. broken home : family disrupted by divorce or separation

2. bruise : discolouration of the skin caused esp. by a blow

3. bugbear : cause of annoyance

4. bulk buying : buying in quantity at a discount

5. bulletin : short official news report

Wednesday

1. bull-headed : obstinate, blundering

2. bumble : speak in rambling way

3. bumptious : offensively self-assertive or conceited

4. bureaucracy : government by central administration

5. burglary : illegal entry with intent to commit theft, do bodily harm, or do damage

Thursday

1. burlesque : comic imitation, parody

2. businesslike : efficient, systematic

3. busk : perform esp. music in the street etc. for tips

4. bust-up : quarrel/collapse

5. busybody : meddlesome person

Friday

1. butchery : needless or cruel slaughter(of people)

2. butter-fingers : person prone to drop things

3. buttery : food store, esp. in a college; snack-bar etc.

4. bygone : past, antiquated

5. bystander : person present but not taking part; onlooker