05/08 Notes

School Orchestra performance in Tianan.

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Words of a day

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‧worship (n.) [ˋwɝʃɪp]

a.       to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god

e.g.: On the island the people worshipped different gods.

b.      to go to a religious ceremony

e.g.: They socialize together and worship in the same mosque.

‧executant (n.) [ɪgˋzɛkjʊtənt]

a.        one who performs or carries out, especially a skilled performer

e.g.: The dancer is the choreographer's executant.

‧pearl (n.) [pɝl]

a.       a small, round object, usually white, that forms around a grain of sand inside the shell of a sea creature, especially an oyster . Pearls are valuable and are used to make jewellery

‧pictorial (adj.) [pɪkˋtorɪəl]

a.       shown in the form of a picture or photograph

e.g.: The exhibition is a pictorial history/record of the town in the 19th century.

‧gainsay (v.) [genˋse]

a.       to refuse to accept something as the truth

e.g.: Certainly there's no gainsaying the technical brilliance of his performance.

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‧despair (n.) [dɪˋspɛr]

a.       the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation

e.g.: They're in (the depths of) despair over/about the money they've lost.

‧drape (n.) [drep]

a.       to put something such as cloth or a piece of clothing loosely over something

e.g.: He draped his jacket over the back of the chair and sat down to eat.

b.      to be loosely covered with a cloth

e.g.: The coffins were all draped with the national flag.

‧linger (v.) [ˋlɪŋgɚ]

a.       to take a long time to leave or disappear

e.g.: After the play had finished, we lingered for a while in the bar hoping to catch sight of the actors.

‧disperse (v.) [dɪˋspɝs]

a.       to spread across or move away over a large area, or to make something do this

e.g.: When the rain came down the crowds started to disperse.

‧intoxicate (v.) [ɪnˋtɑksə͵ket]

a.       to make someone drunk

e.g.: The drug has the power to heal or intoxicate.

b.      to make someone excited, happy, and slightly out of control

e.g.: His music never fails to intoxicate me.

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‧caress (v.) [kəˋrɛs]

a.       to touch or kiss someone in a gentle and loving way

e.g.: Gently he caressed her cheek.

‧ponder (v.) [ˋpɑndɚ]

a.       to think carefully about something, especially for a noticeable length of time

e.g.: She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.

‧parish (n.) [ˋpærɪʃ]

a.       in some Churches, an area cared for by one priest with its own church, or (in England) the smallest unit of local government

e.g.: The parish has welcomed the new vicar with open arms.

‧auspices (n.) [ˋɔspɪsɪz]

a.       with the protection or support of someone or something, especially an organization

e.g.: Financial aid is being provided to the country under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund.

‧vicar (n.) [ˋvɪkɚ]

a.       a priest in the Church of England who is in charge of a church and the religious needs of people in a particular area

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‧champagne (n.) [ʃæmˋpen]

a.       an expensive white or pink fizzy (= with bubbles) wine made in the Champagne area of Eastern France, or, more generally, any similar wine. Champagne is often drunk to celebrate something

‧cork (n.) [kɔrk]

a.       the light, soft bark (= outer covering) of a Mediterranean tree

b.      a short, cylinder-shaped piece of cork, plastic, or rubber that is put into the top of a bottle, especially a wine bottle, to close it

e.g.: I can't get the cork out of the bottle - can you try?

‧quickens (v.) [ˋkwɪkən]

a.       to become quicker, or to make something become quicker

e.g.: This is music that will make your pulse quicken.

b.      If a feeling or quality quickens, it becomes more active, or to make a feeling or quality do this

‧intricacies (n.) [ˋɪntrəkəsɪ]

a.       complicated details

e.g.: I enjoyed the film, but I couldn't follow all the intricacies of the plot.

b.      the quality of having a lot of complicated small parts or details

‧sermon (n.) [ˋsɝmən]

a.       a part of a Christian church ceremony in which a priest gives a talk on a religious or moral subject, often based on something written in the Bible

e.g.: The Reverend William Cronshaw delivered/preached the sermon.

b.      a long talk in which someone advises other people how they should behave in order to be better people

e.g.: I really don't think it's a politician's job to go delivering sermons on public morality.

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‧duet (n.) [duˋɛt]

a.       a song or other piece of music sung or played by two people

‧generality (n.) [͵dʒɛnəˋrælətɪ]

a.       an occasion when what someone says contains no details, and often very little meaning, or a statement of this type

e.g.: We need to get away from generalities and focus on the issues.

‧lump (n.) [lʌmp]

a.       a piece of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape

b.      a separate large amount

e.g.: I'll be getting the insurance money in two lumps.

‧sop (n.) [sɑp]

a.       something of little importance or value that is offered to stop complaints or unhappiness

e.g.: Critics see the increase in defence spending as a sop to the armed forces rather than an improvement of national security.

‧angelic (adj.) [ænˋdʒɛlɪk]

a.  very beautiful and very good