早上
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ponder:you think carefully about something
舉例：She sat back for a minute to ponder her next move in the game.
*pad for paper
舉例：A knee pad 護膝/shoulder pad
social butterfly
exude:very、huge
舉例：She exudes confidence
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*discern 很不清楚，但是你要辨別出來
舉例：It's difficult to discern any pattern in these figures.
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*overwhelm 淹沒
Government troops(針對) have overwhelm the rebels(反抗) and seized control of the capital!
*fixated 念念不忘
舉例：fixed on the past
舉例：He became fixated with his best friend's wife.
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*knack: a skill
舉例：A knack for remembering faces.
舉例：There's a knack to using this corkscrew.
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5.
*bring sth up:keep talking about something 一直講某件事
舉例：She's always bringing up her health problems.
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6.
*go the distance 賣力，努力
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7.
*briefing
舉例：They received through briefing they left the country.
*pitch
(1)sport field(UK)
舉例：A football pitch.
(2)
舉例：The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.
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*make out
舉例：I cannot make out what this politician is saying.
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11-1.
B.urgency
C.boredom
D.contentment
11-2. amplify
舉例：amplify music
舉例：A funeral can amplify the feeling of regret and loss for the relatives.
*layoffs
舉例：The recent economic crisis has let to massive layoffs.
*layoff
舉例：John is playing again a six-week layoff due to injury.
*baby step
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14. job hunt
Job hinting
14-2.
B.sincere 真誠的
D.exhausted 精疲力盡的，精疲力竭的；耗盡的，用完的
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*weight on sth: cause problems for something
舉例：Worries about a week dollar weighted heavily on Wall Street.
*compel: push someone to do something 強迫，被迫
*purge(v)淨化；清除
舉例：Partly leaders have undertaken to purge the party of extremists.
*initiatives(n)倡議；進取心；主動權； (adj)開始的；初步的；創始的
舉例：The peace initiative was welcomed by both sides.
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16. dared
dare(v)激；敢；竟敢；挑戰
A.cosy: comfortable warm 舒適的
B.frigid:very cool 寒冷的，嚴寒的
C.indifferent:don't care about anything, not interesting 不感興趣的；不關心的
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17. misconceive 不周詳
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18. invent(v)發明，創造；虛構
B.the sky 's the limit = there is no limit
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20. *infiltrate
(1)使思想或人員潛入
舉例：A journalist managed to infiltrate the powerful drug cartel.
(2)滲透
舉例：The new idea about corporate management had began to infiltrate (into) local government.
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22. respectable
character
willingness
A. exemplify
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23. performance
essence
ministry
A.came to life
B.complicated
C.personified:perfect examples of sth
D.convoluted:a very long sentence and difficult to understand
舉例：A convoluted sentence.
舉例：Her book is full of long, convoluted sentences.
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24. And at the very end:something no happen
circus
performance
death-defying
A.*culminate
舉例：Their many years of research have finally culminate in a cure for the disease.
*defy:difficult to explain 難以形容混亂場面。公然反抗，藐視；向...挑戰；惹
(1)The chaos at the airport defies description. 挑戰
(2-1)Children openly defy their teachers. 藐視，不尊重
(2-2)A few workers have defied the majority decision and gone into work despite the strike.
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26-1.
C.renovations
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27. fraudulent(adj)欺騙的，詐欺的；騙取的
fraudulent claims 盜刷
interest利息
27-2.
B.nostalgic
wistful
C.panicked
D.urgent
27-5. victimized:cheated 受騙
B.trap 受困
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