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audience audi:stand for

scarce sca負面

predicts dictionary dic:to say a word

behind the bar/graph 關進監牢

pass the bar 通過律師考試

ironic

ly→ stands for the adverb suffix(ending) ex. friendly lovely elderly deadly cowardly

generate ge:beginning

temperature 氣質 英文不會用到「你很有氣質」

rehabilitate

1. rehabilitate

to help someone to give up drugs or alcohol, so that they can return to a healthy, independent, and useful life

-The new scheme is aimed at rehabilitating local heroin addicts.

to try to make people respect someone or something again

-The new government is desperate to rehabilitate their country's image.

2. abandon

to leave someone when you should stay with them and look after them

-His mother abandoned him when he was five days old.

to leave a place, especially because it is difficult or dangerous to stay there

-Most of the villagers have abandoned their homes and fled.

3. abuse

cruel, violent, or unfair treatment, especially of someone who does not have the power to prevent it

-The regime had been responsible for serious human rights abuses.

4.collapse

if a building or other structure collapses, it suddenly falls down

-There were fears that the roof would collapse.

to suddenly fall down and become very ill or unconscious

-A man had collapsed on the hospital steps.

5. drought

a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die

-The ground is as hard as stone after the drought .

6. harsh

harsh conditions or places are unpleasant and difficult to live in

-the harsh environment of the desert

7.resource

the qualities and skills that someone has and can use for dealing with problems

-He needed all his resources to escape alive.

8.settlement

a formal agreement that ends a disagreement

-They are negotiating a peace settlement.

a place where people have come to live permanently, usually when there were very few people living there before

-They discovered the remains of an early Anglo-Saxon settlement.

9. spray

if you spray a liquid, or if it sprays, it is forced out of a container through a small hole into the air

-The fountain's cool water sprayed upwards with a pleasant hiss.

10. standard

a level of quality or achievement, especially one that people generally consider normal or acceptable

-What can be done to raise standards in schools?

11. breeze.

a light wind

-The curtains fluttered gently in the breeze.

12. dust

very small pieces of dirt that cover surfaces inside buildings like a powder

-The dictionaries were covered in dust.

13.flush out

to clean something using a lot of water

-Flush the pipes out with clean water.

14. generate

to make money

-The business is not generating enough revenue to cover its costs.

15.humid

hot and wet in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable

-The weather in Taiwan often humid

16. microclimate

the weather or temperature in a specific small area, especially when this is different from the weather or temperature in the area surrounding it

- Study on the microclimate of sheep - raising house in winter in pasturing area of northern ecotone

17. orient

to have a particular emphasis or aim

-My Russian course is heavily oriented towards grammar.

18. outskirts

the areas of a town or city that are furthest away from the centre

-Alberton is located in Johannesburg's eastern outskirts.

19. pedestrian

someone who is walking, especially in a town or city, instead of driving or riding

-The area is open to cyclists and pedestrians.

20. promising

likely to be successful or very good

-Portugal got off to a promising start with a goal in the 13th minute.

21.perspective

a way of thinking about something

-You can call it brave or foolish, depending on your perspective.

a sensible way of judging how good, bad, important etc something is in comparison with other things

- put something into perspective: This kind of tragedy puts a mere football match into perspective.

22. renewable

a renewable contract, agreement etc can be continued for a longer period of time

-It's a three-year contract, renewable for a further 12 months if both parties agree.

renewable energy and natural materials replace themselves by natural processes, so that they are never completely used up

-The wood in our furniture all comes from renewable sources.

23. self-sufficient

able to provide everything that you need by yourself, without help from other people

-Their farms were largely, but not entirely, self-sufficient .

24. take over

to begin to do something that someone else was doing

-Can you take over the cooking while I walk the dog?

25. scarce

if something is scarce, there is not very much of it

-Fresh water and medicines were scarce in the disaster area.