Jun2023 Flashcards
legacy
A legacy is a gift that you leave to someone in your will.
vague
I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.
exquisite
Today i’m going to meet with Giuliana, who make some of the most exquisite gelato in the country.
She has exquisite taste.
pamper
Why not pamper yourself after a hard day with a hot bath scented with oils?
spontaneous
She’s such a spontaneous, lively woman.
The audience burst into spontaneous applause.
call for
This calls for a celebration!
It’s the sort of work that calls for a high level of concentration.
Emerge
What my neighbours see as i emerge from my house once a week to get a delivery.
appeal
They’re launching an appeal to raise money for famine victims.
foster
Would you consider fostering a child?
scoop sb up
Waiting for her foster family to scoop her up.
I scooped up my belongings into my handbag.
prescribe
I’ve been prescribed painkillers.
courageous
It was courageous of her to challenge the managing director’s decision.
a sense of inferiority
His ill treatment as a child had given him a strong sense of inferiority.
how to describe the $$ is high?
These prices are just outrageous.
The price is ridiculous.
overtake
Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake another car.
preliminary
Preliminary results show that the vaccine is effective.
tentative
I have tentative plans to take a trip to Seattle in July.
prostitution
Poverty drove her to prostitution.
conformity
Our goal is to improve conformity with customer requirements.
conformity to specification 符合規格
comply
There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.
consistency
The sauce has the consistency of creamed butter.
innocence
純真 (mayday)
She pleaded her innocence, but no one believed her.
She has a child-like innocence which I find very appealing.
appealing
=attractive, interesting
He had a nice smile and an appealing personality.
plead
She pleaded her innocence, but no one believed her.
perspective
I’d like to get someone else’s perspective on this.
growl
stomach growl (hungry)
dissertation
專題論文
Ann did her dissertation on sth.
thesis
a doctoral thesis
phural= theses
observation
May I make an observation?
observation wheel
remarkable
Nelson Mandela was a truly remarkable man.
coincidence
You chose exactly the same wallpaper as us - what a coincidence!
contemporary
contemporary music/literature
paragliding
滑翔傘
parachute
The plan is to parachute into the town.
parasailing
水上拖傘
kayak
=narrow canoe
verdict
The jury reached a unanimous verdict of guilty.
The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after a short deliberation.
reinforce
His behaviour merely reinforced my dislike of him.
to reinforce the English I have learned
broth
chicken/beef broth
From scratch
I had to learn English from scratch in my country. (From the very beginning)
Leverage
I really leverage the power of using the media to learn English.
astrology
I believe in astrology.
So, what’s your sign?
incompetent
If you need an incompetent handyman with no skills! one star.
go around
doing something bad again and again
spend/waste the time to do
You can’t just go around using people’s stuff without their permission!
You don’t go around giving $500? (to others)
