Set 6 Flashcards

0
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Tenement

A

A building for living, esp. one rented to tenants (房客)

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1
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Fire marshal

A

Member of a fire department

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2
Q

Lumber

A

To mover ponderously (笨重)

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3
Q

Teetering

A

Wobble

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4
Q

Apt to

A
  1. Unusually fitted or qualified

2. Inclined

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5
Q

Sneer

A

A contemptuous mocking smile

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6
Q

Dentures

A

False teeth

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7
Q

Tawdry

A

Cheap and gaudy in appearance

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8
Q

Tag end

A

The last remaining part of something

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9
Q

Oblong

A

橢圓型

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10
Q

Mingle

A

Mixed with

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11
Q

Spittle

A

唾沫

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12
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Trundle

A
  1. To move on wheels

2. To move slowly

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13
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Winded

A

Have difficulty breathing due to exertion(physical effort) or a blow to the stomach

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14
Q

Confetti

A

五彩紙屑

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15
Q

coup de grace

A

Deathblow

16
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At a low ebb

A

In a poor state

17
Q

Matinee

A

An entertainment at daytime

18
Q

Advance man

A

A person who visits a location before the arrival of an important visitor for arrangements

19
Q

Tottering

A
  1. Move in a feeble, unsteady way

2. About to collapse

20
Q

Insolvency

A

Inability to repay debts

21
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Thrumming

A
  1. Continuous rhythmic humming

2. Strum the strings of an instrument

22
Q

Proclaim

A
  1. to announce

2. To extol

23
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Tenebrous

A

Dark; shadowy or obscure

24
Q

Whicker

A

Horse cry

25
Q

Muddle

A

To make Impure, obscure

26
Q

Hedges

A

Grass wall

27
Q

Woeful

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Grievous

28
Q

Alfresco

A

Outdoors

29
Q

Scuffed and scabbed

A

Scratched, chipped…covered with crusted blood

30
Q

Lurch

A

An abrupt,uncontrolled movement

31
Q

Tamp down

A

To press down lightly

32
Q

Spew

A

Expel large quantities of something rapidly and forcefully