[The Egg]Daniel(R+L)

Unit4

・crude=rough=raw 粗糙的

・precise

・precision

・crude estimate

・precise estimate

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・I have no/little aptitude for sport

・we will take your personal aptitude and abilities into account

・altitude

・latitude

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・predominant 優越的，掌控的，主要的 =dominant

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・chaotic/chaos

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・plenty of=lots of

・plentiful=abundant

・scarcely=rarely scarcity

・scarce

・scarse

・sparsely

・densely

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・spontaneous

・instantaneous

・simultaneous

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・indigenous=aboriginal

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・particularly dot painting, has taken off and started selling on a big scale internationally.

・...and archaeologists at one site have discovered what appears to be an outsides palette of ochres, dating back 18,000 years.

Unit5

・ruin=demolish

・remnant=relic=remains

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・fascinating

・spectacular

・fabulous

・stunning

・astonishing

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・anthropologist

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・cliff

・hummer and nail

・I nailed it

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・tap dance 踢踏舞

・my phone is being tapped 竊聽

・tap into 汲取資源

>tap into students' attention/Taiwan's market

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・possess/possession/possessive

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・Be keen on sth. 熱切、渴望=be interested in

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・we're entering into an uncharted territory.

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・fault 斷層 checked/chipped 缺失

・flaw flawless=perfect

・blemish

・defect

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・pile up=stack up stack 書架

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・marine 海洋的 maritime/aquatic animals 水中的

・aquifer

・aquarium

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・compact 擠壓，緊密的

・compress/compression

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・skeleton/skeletal

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・mimic/imitate emulate 仿效

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・plate 盤子，車牌，板塊

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・plate number 車牌號碼

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・alumni 校友

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・at auction

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・wear away 磨損/out/down

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・fissure=cleft=crack=crevice=cleavage

>Clare was wearing a low-cut dress which showed off her cleavage.

>All the builders were wearing low-rising jeans and showing off their cracks.

>Their builder's bums weren't a pleasant sight.

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・soluble

・solve

・dissolve

・resolve

・absolve

・console

・solution

・sole

・solvent

・solvent abuse: nail polish/superglue

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・erode/erosion=corrode/corrosion

・eat away=rust

・rusty