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筆記

spring break 春假

Have a nice day. = Happy holiday. 假期愉快

Resurrection 復活

equi-:same

equal, equinox,

-eum/ium: small one, mass —especially in botanical terms

Moveable Feast 流動的饗宴

*40是很長的代表和界線

*5是神聖的數字

The wedding at cana 人物光圈

Calvary 十字架

cap: head

caption, capital, decapitate

dia-: go through

diabetes, diachronic, diagram

單字

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assume

verb

to believe that something is true, even though no one has told you or even though you have no proof

as: to, forward

assimilate, assent, assort

diameter

noun

a straight line that crosses a circle through the centre, or the length of this line

dia-: go through

diabetes, diachronic, diagram

ecosystem

noun

all the plants and animals in a particular area, considered as a system with parts that depend on one another

eco-: ecological

ecosphere, eco-friendly, ecocide

emerge

verb

to come out of something or out from behind something

embrace, embroider, emend

frontier

noun

a border between two countries, especially one with official points where people or vehicles cross

-er/-ar/-ur/-eer/-ier: doer,device for

teacher, engineer, pioneer

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giant

adjective

extremely large

larder, laparoscopy, lapel

limb

noun

an arm, or a leg

like-minded, likewise, limber

manage to

phrase

to succeed in doing something annoying or wrong

do, perform, conduct

penetrate

verb

to get inside an object or body by getting through something

pen-/pene-: almost

peninsula, penultimate, peneplain

rot

verb

to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something decay in this way

rotate, rouge, rotor blade

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alert

verb

able to think in a clear and intelligent way

albino, alchemist, alcove

bush

noun

a plant that is smaller than a tree and has a lot of thin branches growing close together

bushel, burnish, bursary

cylinder

noun

an object shaped like a wide tube

-er/-ar/-ur/-eer/-ier: doer,device for

fighter, radar, pioneer

desperately

phrase

in a very worried or angry way

de-: reduce, away, down, remove

decelerate, dethrone, debug

foliage

noun

the leaves of a plant or tree

foliage, folio, follicle

gap

noun

a space or opening in the middle of something or between things

garage, garble, gargle

grab

verb

to take hold of something in a rough or rude way

gown, gouge, gracious

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gravity

noun

the force that makes any two objects that have mass move towards each other. The most common example of this is when an object falls to the ground

-ty: condition of being

security, safety, loyalty

layer

noun

an amount or sheet of a substance that covers a surface or that lies between two things or two other substances

laze, leadoff, leak

lean

verb

to move your body so it is closer to or further from someone or something, for example by bending at the waist

leap, lease, leafy

leap

verb

to move somewhere suddenly and quickly

leash, leastwise, leather

shrug

verb

to move your shoulders up and let them drop to show that you do not know something or do not care

shudder, shuffle, shrink

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swing

verb

to move, or to make something move, backwards and forwards or from one side to another, especially from a fixed point

swine, swirl, swish

tangle

noun

the untidy shape that things make when they are twisted round each other or round something else

tallow, tally, tame

work one’s way

phrase

if you work your way somewhere, you travel there slowly and with difficulty

approach, make for, make towards

plaid

noun

a type of cloth that has a pattern of squares, especially one that is traditional in Scotland

plagiarize, placid, plagiarize

consolation

noun

something that makes you feel less unhappy or disappointed

con-: together, extension

connect, connatural, conjoined