05/01 Notes

‧Watch “A room with a view”

‧Teacher recommened movie: “Devil’s Advocate”

‧Sometimes the nude scene in the movie is necessary.

 

Etymology

‧voc, vok- to call, word, e.g.: vocabulary

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Words of a day

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‧berth (n.) [bɝθ]

a.       a bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port

e.g.: She booked a berth on the ferry from Palermo to Naples.

‧constitutional (adj.) [͵kɑnstəˋtjuʃən!]

a.       allowed by or contained in a constitution

e.g.: Such a policy would not be constitutional.

‧smack (v.) [smæk]

a.       to hit someone or something forcefully with the flat inside part of your hand, producing a short, loud noise, especially as a way of punishing a child

b.      to hit something hard against something else

e.g.: I smacked my head on the corner of the shelf.

‧ideology (n.) [͵aɪdɪˋɑlədʒɪ]

a.       a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based

e.g.: The people are caught between two opposing ideologies.

‧revelation (n.) [rɛv!ˋeʃən]

a.       the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known

e.g.: His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.

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‧veteran (n.) [ˋvɛtərən]

a.       old soldier or long-serving member of any group.

b.      US ex-serviceman or servicewoman.

‧bore (n.) [bor]

a.       someone who talks too much about boring subjects

e.g.: I had to sit next to Michael at dinner - he's such a bore.

b.      an activity or situation that is annoying or unpleasant

e.g.: It's an awful bore cooking a meal every night.

‧appeal (n.) [əˋpil]

a.       attractiveness

b.      a request to the public for money, information, or help

e.g.: They're launching (= starting) an appeal to raise money for famine victims.

c.       law referral of a case to a higher court.

‧mediocre(adj.) [ˋmidɪ͵okɚ]

a.        indifferent in quality.

b.        second-rate.

‧heartthrob (n.) [ˋhɑrt͵θrɑb]

a.        person for whom one has romantic feelings. 

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‧ lieutenant (n.) [luˋtɛnənt]

a.       A deputy or substitute acting for a superior

e.g.: Certainly a number of his lieutenants and cohorts have been captured in recent months.

‧deputy (n.) [ˋdɛpjətɪ]

a.  A person who is appointed to undertake the duties of a superior in the superior’s absence

e.g.: His deputy has been largely running the business for the past year.

‧ sergeant (n.) [ˋsɑrdʒənt]

a.  rank of non-commissioned officer in the army or air force, above corporal and below staff sergeant.

e.g.: It is us, staff sergeants and sergeants, who don't want to take the time to train and mentor soldiers.

‧ naval (adj.) [ˋnev!]

a.  Relating to a navy or navies

e.g.: I would like to study about the naval history between the Japanese and the Royal Navy.

‧intact (adj.) [ɪnˋtækt]

a.  Not damaged or impaired in any way; complete

e.g.: The church was almost in ruins but its tower remained intact.

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‧decency (n.) [ˋdisnsɪ]

a.       behaviour that is good, moral, and acceptable in society

e.g.: She didn't even have the decency to apologize.

‧banns (n.) [bænz]

a.     a public announcement made in a church, especially in the UK, that two people are going to get married

e.g.: The banns were published in their local parish church.

‧sensuous (adj.) [`sɛnʃʊəs]

a.     giving or expressing pleasure through the physical senses, rather than pleasing the mind or the intelligence

e.g.: She luxuriated in the sensuous feel of the silk sheets.

‧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.

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‧deferential (adj.) [͵dɛfəˋrɛnʃəl]

a.       polite and showing respect

e.g.: She is always extremely deferential towards ainyone in authority.

‧patronizing (adj.) [ˋpetrən͵aɪzɪŋ]

a.       speaking or behaving towards someone as if they are stupid or not important

e.g.: It's that patronizing tone of hers that I can't bear.

‧breed (v.) [brid]

‧intellect (n.) [ˋɪntl͵ɛkt]

a.       the ability to understand and to think in an intelligent way

e.g.: Her energy and intellect are respected all over the world.

b.      a very educated person whose interests are studying and other activities that involve careful thinking

‧empyrean (n.) [ ͵ɛmpaɪˋriən]

a.        the highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light.

the abode of God and the angels; paradise.