architecture arch:stand for order 拱

anarchy

Richard Cory

from sole to crown

figurative language

Synedoche

But still be fluttered

pulses when he said 呼吸般自然

clear cut

Don’t wish too well.

It might come true.

You are such a snob. sn/sl 擬聲

zipper bag 夾鏈袋

domestic do:內在的

benefit bene:good

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

algebra geometry goe:earth

She is credited with

Bologna 屁啦~ (sausage)

pepperoni 爛肉

That’s rubbish垃圾

Patristics: church fathers pa:爸/ma:媽

patriarch父系 matriarch 母系

trendy/fashionable

1. displace

to take the place of someone or something

-Investment in the nationalized industries has simply displaced private investment.

2. domestic

relating to the country being talked about, and not other countries

-The domestic economy showed no improvement.

3. layout

the way in which the different parts of something are arranged

The user gradually becomes familiar with the layout of the keyboard.

4.maintenance

work that is done to keep something such as a building, machine, or piece of equipment repaired and in good condition

-regular/routine/preventive maintenance

5. partition

the process of dividing a country into two or more separate countries

-the partition of the former Yugoslavia

6. practical

involving or relating to real situations and events

-Applicants for the job must have at least three years of practical experience.

7. prior

happening, existing, or done before a particular time

- Illegally parked cars may be removed at any time without prior notice.

8. storage

the act of storing something

-The table can be folded flat for easy storage.

9. float

to rest or move slowly on the surface of a liquid and not sink

-Their raft would not float.

10. impose on

to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it

-They have imposed restrictions on trade with foreign companies.

11. mount

if a particular feeling mounts, it gets stronger over a period of time

-Tension continues to mount between the two parties.

12.ongoing

still happening or being done

-an ongoing discussion/investigation/study

13.radiance

to do or make something again in the same way as before

-Other scientists have been unable to replicate his results.

14. shift

if an idea, attitude, or plan shifts, or if someone shifts it, it changes

-Public opinion had shifted sharply to the left following the war.

15. shortage

a lack of something that you need or want

-Refugees are facing serious food and fuel shortages.

16. suspend

to officially stop someone from doing their job or from going to school for a limited time because they have done something wrong

-The Football Association suspended him for spitting at an opponent.

17. tear down

to destroy or remove a structure or part of a structure

-That old house should have been torn down years ago.

18. transformation

a change into someone or something completely different, or the process by which this happens

-After three weeks we noticed a total transformation in his behaviour.

19. credit

to believe that something is true

- I could scarcely credit what had happened.

20. geometry

the way in which different things are arranged in relation to each other

-The room had a pleasing geometry about it.

21. fluttered

to move up and down or from side to side with short, quick, light movements, or to make something move in this way

-Thousands of spectators fluttered Olympic and national flags.

22. snob

someone who thinks their opinions and judgments are better than other people's

-a wine/art/music snob

23. architecture

a particular style or way of designing buildings

-The church is a typical example of Gothic architecture.

24. rubbish

things that you throw away because they are no longer useful, such as old food, paper or plastic used for wrapping things, and empty containers

-The council is encouraging people to recycle their household rubbish.

25.litter

to be spread around a place in large numbers

-Paper cups littered the ground.