Week 10: notes_ Chap. 11-13 (etymology)

Week 10	Chap. 11-13
Dom	圓頂
Capitol Hill 國會山莊	Capitol Hill, aside from being a metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential neighborhood in Washington D.C., stretching easterly in front of the United States Capitol along wide avenues. It is one of the oldest residential communities in Washington, and, with roughly 35,000 people in just under 2 square miles (5 km2), it is also one of the most densely populated.
White House 白宮 http://www.whitehouse.gov/	The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. It has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800, and the term is often used by journalists as a metonym to refer to the acts of the President and his top advisors.
-lexia	Hand
Take the medicine	Episode of heart dysrhythmia
Student body	全體學生
Retrogress on sth.
Mediate	Go between these people
Mediocre	Mormal, ordinary, common, among average
Be-: to be impressed by	e.g. belittle, bedazzle be friend, bewitch, bewilder “you’re my lucky charm.”
Bewitched (film)	Bewitched is an American fantasy situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. It was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman, and stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. Bewitched enjoyed great popularity, finishing as the number two show in America during its debut season, and becoming the longest-running supernatural-themed sitcom of the 1960s–1970s. The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media.
Entrapment	In criminal law, entrapment is when a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit an offense that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit. It is a type of conduct that is generally frowned upon, and thus in many jurisdictions is a possible defense against criminal liability.
Mal-: something bad, malevolent intension	Malicious gossip Malignant tumor: deadly, fatal Malign
Bene-: something good, benevolent	Be beneficial to Beneficiary
Tavern	英式小酒館
Muffin-top	贅肉
Fitting class	減肥課程
Survival of the fittest	適者生存
Coliseum	Colosseum (80A.D.)/ colo: big
Back to the drawing board	Starting all over again, as what was tried didn’t work.
To beat a dead horse	To keep talking about something that has already been decided or can’t be changed.
Peck	啄
Hanpecker	怕老婆的人
Inpeckable	flawless
Garrulous	Onomatopoeia
Naples	那不勒斯
Sage vs. Saint (source: http://goo.gl/K3trtU )	"Sage" is having good enough wisdom and seeking of knowledge, started taking steps towards Spirituality. we can call him "Sadhu" Now the next is "Monk" is the person who left every thing behind and staying at Monestry and diving within to deeper Meditation to achieve self Realization.we can call him a "Sadhak" .The "Sadhu" and "Sadhak" both are having some desires, but,, The Last is Saint, who has reached to the extreme state of Enlightenment "Moksha" the end of all desires. we can call him "Sant or Dharmatma".
Spacious	有空間感的
Opponent	反對者
Proponent	倡議者
In favor of	Protagonist/ Antagonist
Candi-: sincere, outspoken	e.g. candidate
Dam	壩
Bent out of shape	Needlessly worried, upset, or angry about something
Elevator doesn’t go all the way to the top	Said about someone who doesn’t seem to be well informed about most things
Tongue in cheek	Something said in humor and not to be taken seriously
Rome wasn’t built in one day	This statement indicates that it will take considerable time and effort to get something done.