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筆記

²  流行

Ø   trendy 流行的

Ø   movement: a kind of trend

²  coincidence 巧合

ü   make her one of us 讓她成為我們的一份子(娶她)

ü   Good gracious! 天哪！(文雅的用法，意義 =  OMG)

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displace

verb

to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else

dis-: not

dislike, disagree, discontinue

domestic

adjective

relating to people’s homes and family life

dom- : home

dominance, dominate, domicile

layout

noun

the way in which the different parts of something are arranged

laxative, layoff, lazarus

maintenance

noun

work that is done to keep something such as a building, machine, or piece of equipment repaired and in good condition

main-: principal, major

maintain, mainland, maintenance

movement

noun

a group of people who share the same aim and work together to achieve it

-ment: a suffix of nouns, often concrete, denoting an action or resulting state ( abridgment; refreshment), a product ( fragment), or means ( ornament).

compliment, statement, department

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partition

noun

a wall, screen, or piece of glass used to separate one area from another in a room or vehicle

-ion/ation: action of, process of

indication, relaxation, perfection

practical

adjective

involving or relating to real situations and events

-ic, -ical: relating to, resembling

scenic, geometric, geographical

prior

adjective

happening, existing, or done before a particular time

pri- : first

prime, prioritize, prince

storage

noun

the act of storing something

-age: the action, result or state of

shortage, reportage, parentage

decrease

verb

to become less

decline, depress, decay

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architect

noun

someone whose job is to design buildings

arch- : chief, ancient 

archaic, archbishop, archaeology

vacuum

noun

a space that has had all the air and any other gases removed from it

vac- : empty

vacancy, vacation, evacuate

radiance

noun

happiness that you can see in someone’s appearance or smile

-ance: action, state, quality or process

absorbance, abundance, acceptance

transformation

noun

a change into someone or something completely different, or the process by which this happens

trans-: change, move

transcode, transmigrate, transvest

replicate

verb

to do or make something again in the same way as before

re-: again, back, backward

regenerate, refurbish, retype

float

verb

to rest or move slowly on the surface of a liquid and not sink

fling, flirt, flirtatious

impose on

phrase

to be a bother to someone; to make a request of something to someone

impregnate with, impress, impress as

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mount

verb

if a particular feeling mounts, it gets stronger over a period of time

motorist, motormouth, mourn

ongoing

adjective

still happening or being done

-ing: having the quality of

disturbing, surprising, encouraging

shift

verb

if an idea, attitude, or plan shifts, or if someone shifts it, it changes

sheriff, shipment, shingle

shortage

noun

a lack of something that you need or want

-age: the action, result or state of

storage, reportage, parentage

suspend

verb

to officially stop someone from doing their job or from going to school for a limited time because they have done something wrong

-pend/-pens: use up, hang

expense, expenditure, spend

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tear down

phrase

to destroy or remove a structure or part of a structure

pull down, tear down, wreck

remote control

noun

a piece of equipment that you use for controlling a machine such as a television or stereo system from a short distance away

con-: together, extension

connect, connatural, conjoined

sepia

adjective

something that is sepia is a red-brown colour

sentiment, sentinel, separable

maximize

verb

to make something as large as possible

-ize: make or cause to become

realize, organize, popularize

briefcase

noun

a case for carrying documents and other things to work

-case: examine, inspect

showcase, uncase, incase