Outdoors vs. the Great Outdoors

兩種不同的「戶外」

run outdoors(adv.)
I like to run outdoors.

outdoor (adj)
outdoor clothes
outdoor coffee
outdoor air pollution

the outdoors(n) 戶外 != the Great Outdoors 大自然

Candidates 和 Applicants 的差別

Candidates : 候選人



Applicants : 申請人

Wrong As a Verb

to wrong someone 虧待某人重傷某人

wrong 當動詞，通常用被動

being wronged(v.) 被無禮地對待

加害者:a wrong doer
----> a wrong person (錯誤說法)

in the wrong 錯之在他
ex : He admitted that he was in the wrong.

Disinterested 和 Uninterested 的差別

disinterested 無私的; 公正的
ex: A judge should be disinterested.


uninterested 不感興趣的; 不關心的
ex: uninterested in gardening/marriage

Flick 與 Flack 的差別

Flick

sci-fi flicks = science fiction movie

chick flick 女生愛看的電影
chick 【俚】少女; 少婦; 小妞;年輕的女生
flick【俚】電影


flick (v)


Flack

【口】嚴厲的批評，譴責
Don't give me any flack. 不要跟我過不去

Data 與 Datum

data(用多了，
也當作當單數名詞了) , datum (data的單數)

raw data (生的資料即"原始"資料) --> cooked data(煮熟的資料即"處理過"的資料)
(raw data also called primary data)

um--> a
bacteria --> 細菌複數
bacterium --> 單數

media --> medium的複數
medium --> 單數

curricula --> curriculum的複數
curriculum --> 單數

Marriage Idioms 與結婚相關的片語

a match mate in heaven 天作之合

the perfect couple 天生一對

tie a knot 打結 引申為"結婚"

get hitched (hitched 套住綁住)
ex: They are going to get hitched soon. 他們準備不久就結婚。


take the plunge 冒險嘗試 -> 結婚

Coach 的多重定義

coach

1.【美】巴士, 公車; 【英】長途公車.; 經濟艙
2.(運動隊的)教練; (協助應付考試的)家庭教師
3.(舊時的)四輪大馬車, 公共馬車

flying coach 搭經濟艙

a glass coach 玻璃馬車

coachman 馬車夫

Whoa & Other Exclamations

whoa 咳! [hwo] (叫馬停住或慢走)

Whoa, slow down.

cool

crazy
That's crazy. 不可置信

right on 正確，的確(打靶中)

ya,right. 有質疑(跟真的一樣鬼才相信)

天才與天份

genius 特殊的才能，天性；天才的人物
He has a genius for music.

a stroke of genius 天才的表現，神來一筆

Einstein 天才
He is an Einstein for fashion.
He is smart, but he is no Einstein.


brain【口】聰明人, 智者

bathtub 浴缸

Site, Sight and Cite

site(n.) 地點, 場所
a building site
a site for a new school

sight(n.) 視力視覺；景色, 景象
lose your sight

cite(v.) 引用; 引...為證; 舉出
cite an example

Rites 與 Rituals 的差別

Rites (n) 祭典； 儀式; 慣例
rite of marriage


Rituals 儀式, 典禮 (跟宗教有關)；慣例，例行公事(如每晚喝牛奶)

Specially 與 Especially 的差別

Specially(ad) : 專門為了某種用途，目的
ex: specially-designed

Especially : 尤其地，強調
ex: She is especially kind to me.

fury(n) [ˋfjʊrɪ] 暴怒
furious(adj)

bury [ˋbɛrɪ] 埋葬

fatty food 高脂食物

fat free 低脂

lean meat 無脂肪的肉

chew the fat 閒聊

fat chance 機會很少 發生機會很低