03/13 Notes

‧You are blooming！ 妳好美！

‧Basic text orginize五段論證法:

There’s always has a hypothesis to definition

Part of speech

‧後面還有

Reversed

Please turn to reversed back.

Please reverse to other side.

 

Grammar

I am interested in some interesting.

I feel bored.

 

Etymology

‧cap- head, e.g.: capabilities, capacity

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Words of a day

03/09

‧egotism (n.) /ˈi·ɡəˌtɪz·əm/

a.      a building where a car or cars are kept, esp. one that is next to or part of a house

e.g.: The car wasn’t in the garage so I thought you weren’t home.

b.      A garage is also a place where you can have your car repaired.

‧garage (n.) /ɡəˈræʒ/

a.      a building where a car is kept, built next to or as part of a house

e.g.: Did you put the car in the garage?

b.      a place where cars are repaired

e.g.: The car's still at the garage getting fixed.

c.       UK ( US gas station) a place where fuel is sold for cars and other vehicles

d.      UK a place where cars are sold

‧shed (n.) /ʃed/

a.      a small building usually used for storage or shelter

e.g.: The lawn mower is kept in the shed.

‧silhouette (n.) /ˌsɪluˈet/

a.      a dark shape seen against a light surface

e.g.: The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill was clear against the winter sky.

‧involuntarily (adj.) /ɪn`vɑlən͵tɛrəlɪ/

a.      not done by choice; done unwillingly, or without the decision or intention of the person involved

e.g.: A sharp tap on the knee usually causes an involuntary movement of the lower leg.

03/10

‧dock (n.) /dɑk/

a.      an area of water in a port that can be closed off and that is used for putting goods onto and taking them off ships or repairing ships

‧desolate (adj.) /`dɛslɪt/

a.      A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it

e.g.: The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.

b.  extremely sad and feeling alone

e.g.: She felt desolate when her best friend moved away.

‧ridge (n.) /rɪdʒ/

a.      a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain

e.g.: We walked along the narrow mountain ridge.

b.  the part of a roof where the sloping sides join at the top

‧grotesque (adj.) / gro`tɛsk/

a.      strange and unpleasant, especially in a silly or slightly frightening way

e.g.: By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.

‧chimney (n.) /ˋtʃɪmnɪ /

a.      a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside

e.g.: Factory chimneys belched dense white smoke into the sky.

03/11

‧dim (adj.) /dɪm/

a.      not giving or having much light

e.g.: The lamp gave out a dim light.

b.      something that you remember slightly, but not very well

e.g.: I had a dim recollection of having met her before.

c.       not very clever

e.g.: He's a nice guy, but a little dim.

‧ghastly (adj.) /ˋgæstlɪ/

a.       unpleasant and shocking

e.g.: Today's newspaper gives all the ghastly details of the murder.

b.       extremely bad

e.g.: What ghastly weather!

c.       If someone looks ghastly, they look very ill or very shocked, especially with a very pale face

e.g.: You look ghastly - are you okay?

‧spade (n.) / sped /

a.      a tool used for digging especially soil or sand, with a long handle and a flat blade

e.g.: The kids took their buckets and spades to the beach.

b.      one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

c.       one of the four suits in playing cards, which has one or more black symbols like a pointed leaf with a short stem

e.g.: Don't you have any spades?

‧bleak (adj.) / blik /

a.      If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive

e.g.: The house stands on a bleak, windswept hilltop.

b.      Bleak weather is cold and unpleasant.

c.       If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future

e.g.: The economic outlook is bleak.

‧gigantic (adj.) /ˌdʒaɪˈɡæn.tɪk/

a.      extremely large

e.g.: The cost has been gigantic.

‧oculist (n.) /`ɑkjəlɪst/

a.      old-fashioned -a doctor who examines and treats people's eyes

03/12

‧dumping (n.) /ˈdʌm.pɪŋ/

a.      the act of getting rid of something that is not wanted

e.g.: They have promised to limit the dumping of sewage sludge in the sea.

‧barge (v.) / bɑrdʒ/

a.      to hurry somewhere or through a place in a rude and forceful way

e.g.: They barged through the crowds.

‧dismal (adj.) /ˈdɪz.məl/

a.      sad and without hope

b.      very bad

e.g.: The acting was dismal, wasn't it?

‧resent (v.) /rɪˈzent/

a.      to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like

e.g.: She bitterly resented her father's new wife.

‧saunter (v.) /`sɔntɚ/

a.      to walk in a slow and relaxed way, often in no particular direction

e.g.: He sauntered by, looking very pleased with himself.

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‧literally (adv.) / ˋlɪtərəlɪ/

a.      using the real or original meaning of a word or phrase

e.g.: They were responsible for literally millions of deaths.

b.      If you translate literally, you translate each word in a text separately, without looking at how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence

c.       used to emphasize what you are saying

e.g.: He missed that kick literally by miles.

d.      simply or just

‧tank (n.) /tæŋk/

a.      a container that holds liquid or gas

b.      a large military fighting vehicle designed to protect those inside it from attack, driven by wheels that turn inside moving metal belts

‧luncheon (n.) /`lʌntʃən/

a.      formal -lunch

‧supercilious (adj.) / ͵supɚ`sɪlɪəs /

a.      behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important

e.g.: He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.