English note week 13

上課筆記

Unit 8: Less is More

Movement: related to history, or new trend

procol harum - a whiter shade of pale

‘’What a nuisance’’ means someone is bad

單字筆記

1.      Charge: to impose or ask as a price or fee:

That store charges $25 for leather gloves.

2.      Foe: an opponent in a game or contest; adversary:

He is a political foe.

3.      formidable: of discouraging or awesome strength, size, difficulty, etc.; intimidating:

It’s a formidable problem.

4.      frailty: moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation.

We know too much now about the hollowness of institutions and the frailty of their leaders.

5.      gaze: to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.

She looks out of the frame, her gaze sometimes seeming to meet that of the viewer, other times looking off into the distance.

6.      grunt: to utter the deep, guttural sound characteristic of a hog.

Fortunately, the Food Sense App for the iPhone does the grunt work for you.

7.      Hold: to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp:

She held the purse in her right hand.

8.      majestic: of lofty dignity or imposing aspect; stately; grand:

He has a majestic view of the dingy back entrance of a Hilton hotel.

9.      mate: one of a pair:

I can't find the mate to this glove.

10.  Season: one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter)

The second season of Girls premiered Sunday, and—what a surprise!

11.  menace: something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat:

Air pollution is a menace to health.

12.  nostril: either of the two external openings of the nose.

Everyone has two nostrils in their nose.

13.  retreat: a place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy:

The library was his retreat.

14.  sideways: facing to the side.

It has to be displayed left to right, not upside down or sideways.

15.  snarl: to growl threateningly or viciously, especially with a raised upper lip to bare the teeth, as a dog.

I heard then a sigh next to me that had an undertone not unlike a snarl.

16.  chill: coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness:

I feel cold in the chill of evening.

17.  despair: someone or something that causes hopelessness:

He is the despair of his mother.

18.  fury: unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:

The gods unleashed their fury on the offending mortal.

19.  growl: to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility:

The dog growled at the mail carrier.

20.  intent: having the attention sharply focused or fixed on something:

He has an intent on my job.

21.  outlast: to endure or last longer than:

The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.

22.  petrify: to benumb or paralyze with astonishment, horror, or other strong emotion:

I was petrified with fear.

23.  rusty: having lost agility or alertness; out of practice:

I am a bit rusty at tennis.

24.  tame: change from wild or savage state

The sheep are tame animals.

25.  twitch: to tug or pull at with a quick

He constantly twitched at his collar.