Week 7: notes_ Chap. 8-9 (etymology)

Week 7	Chap. 8-9
Graduate students	Graduate from university
Monitor your progress	Undergraduate student
Morgue	殯儀館
Six feet under	屍體埋在六呎以下
Morbid	疾病的
Mortician	Undertaker
“I never listen to you when you’re being morbid.”	Le Morte d’Athur
Caption	圖片下的一行字
Don’t abuse your youth and talent, use it.
Heckle heckles, heckled, heckling	To interrupt (someone such as a speaker or performer) by shouting annoying or rude comments or questions
Erratic	Without regulation
Flimsy	Without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure
Lush	枝葉茂密
Zoning	畫分區域
Peculiar	擬聲字
Veterinarian	Vet
Moody	情緒無常的
Frantic	Feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry
Gradient	A place where the ground slopes up or down
Incline	To lean or slope
Vigor	Strength, energy, or determination
Shirk	To avoid doing something that you’re supposed to do
Congest	To full or crowded with something (such as vehicles or people)
Congestion	Nasal congestion, traffic/ airport congestion
Clank	To make or cause sth. To make the loud, sharp sound of metal hitting against something solid.
Turmoil	A state of confusion or disorder
Futile	Having no result or effect: pointless or useless
Curfew	宵禁
Smattering	A small amount of something “She only knows a smattering of German.” A smattering applause
The wee/ small/ early hours	The very early hours of the morning
Not playing with a full deck	A person who is lacking intelligence I don’t understand how that guy ever got to be the boss. He makes so many mistakes that he must not be playing with a full duck.
To crack someone up	To make someone laugh I’ve never know anybody who could crack someone up like Jed-he should be a comedian!

  (source: wiki)