Daily Vocab

Question 1

Around/ Round the corner

Answer 1

Aporoaching

Drawing near

Question 2

Exploit

Answer 2

(-) 剝削

(+) 發揮 e.g. exploit your potential

Question 3

Capitalise on

Answer 3

Make use of 善用

Question 4

Pay tribute to

Answer 4

Show respect for

Question 5

Pay homage to

Answer 5

Show respect for
Show reverence for
Pay tribute to

Question 6

Show reverence for

Answer 6

Show respect for
Pay tribute to
Pay homage to

Question 7

Stand on ceremony

Answer 7

那麼拘謹

Don’t stand on ceremony, just make yourself at home.

Question 8

At home

Answer 8

“Just make yourself at home”
Comfortable
Relaxed
Cosy

Question 9

Hospitality

Answer 9

款待

“Thanks for your kind hospitality.”

Question 10

滂沱大雨

Answer 10

Raining cats and dogs

Question 11

Pledge

Answer 11

承諾
Commitment
Promise
e.g. Marriage is a life time pledge

Question 12

A piece of cake

Question 13

A millennium

Answer 13

1000 years

Question 14

Hypocrite

Answer 14

虛偽的人

Question 15

Pretence

Answer 15

掩飾

He makes no pretence, he is a very genuine person.

Question 16

Pretentious

Answer 16

自大
Conceited
Complacent 自滿
Pompous
Arrogent 高傲

Question 17

Resignation

Answer 17

請辭

Question 18

Tendered (verb)

Answer 18

Offered or presented something formally

e.g. He tendered his resignation to the company for some reason.

Question 19

repave

Answer 19

重新鋪砌

e.g. The plan encompasses repacing the street and planting 70 trees.

Question 20

Splashing (money) out on

Answer 20

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Question 21

Economical

Answer 21

Inexpensive

Affordable

Question 22

Nostalgic

Answer 22

懷念

Question 23

Harness

Answer 23

Control

Question 24

Bemoaned

Answer 24

Bemoan: express discontent or sorrow over (something)

Question 25

Rise to

Answer 25

克服

Can we rise to the challenge of mass unemployment?

Question 26

Impromptu

Answer 26

即興

Question 27

Enacted

Answer 27

The law should be enacted in no time

Question 28

Discrediting 否認

Question 29

Trianglate

Answer 29

三重認證

Triangulating evidence is a way out.

Question 30

 credentials

Answer 30

Always check the author’s credentials and qualifications

Question 31

Extend a warm welcome

Answer 31

I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the Opening of our graduation ceremony

Question 32

Discordant

Answer 32

lack harmony

e.g. If you prioritise work before your children, you undoubtedly run the risk of having a discordant relationship with your children.

Question 33

Perform with flying colours

Answer 33

you do it very successfully

e.g. Chris had passed her exams with flying colours.

Question 34

Go down the drain

Answer 34

I just can’t bear to see all your hard work go down the drain.

Question 35

Be prejudiced against

Answer 35

Have bias against
Discriminate against
Look down on/upon

e.g. We should not be prejudiced against ethnic minorities

Question 36

Consciousness vs Conscience vs conscientiousness

Answer 36

Consciousness 知覺
Conscience 良心
conscientiousness 盡責 一絲不苟

Question 37

merely

Answer 37

A true friend don’t just merely standby silently when others are tearing you down

Question 38

In the throes of

Answer 38

in the middle of doing or dealing with something very difficult or painful.

e.g. In the throes of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-2020,

Question 39

Slog

Answer 39

to walk heavily and with difficulty

e.g. As we slog our way towards a post-pandemic world,

Question 40

social malady

Answer 40

an unwholesome or disordered condition e.g. poverty, homelessness