2016年9月25日 星期日

Note from textbook

Vocabulary

Week1,Day1
voracious
indiscriminate
selective
eminent
steep-->steeped
replete

Week1,Day2
abound
prognosticate
automaton
matron

Week1,Day3
paradox
realm
annals
compound
tinge

Week1,Day4
badger
implore
drudgery
interminable

Review
implore:   to plead urgently for aid or mercy
replete:    completely filled or supplied with
steeped :  soaked ,drenched,saturated
prognosticate:   to predict or fortell a future event
tinge:       a trace ,smattering,or slight degree
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Idiom

1,to eat a humble pie--to admit your error and apologize.
2,a pig in a poke--an item you purchase without having seen;a disappointment.
3.a flash in the pan--promising at the start but then disappointing.
4.to pour oil on troubled water--to make peace ,to calm someone down.



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