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1) Ante noun The amount each poker player must put into the pot before receiving his cards Feeling confident, he upped the ante. 2) Antecedent noun Anything that logically goes before something else Cricket is the antecedent of baseball. 3) Antedate noun To occur before something else The Revolutionary War antedates the Civil War. 4) Antemeridian noun Before noon I have an appointment at 10 A.M. 5) Anterior adjective Located before or in front The anterior legs of the kangaroo are shorter than the posterior ones. 6) Anteroom noun A room before the main room; a waiting room In the director’s anteroom were a dozen actors waiting to try out for the part. 7) Anticipate verb To realize beforehand No one anticipated such an outcome. 8) Antique noun Belonging to an earlier (before) period In the parade were a dozen antique automobiles. 9) Antiquity noun Ancient times The museum specializes in armor from antiquity. ...

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1.        Mishpocha ,  noun : an entire family network comprising relatives by blood and marriage and sometimes including close friends; clan. Levinsky told him he didn't need a lawyer. "Dealing with us is like  mishpocha . Who needs a lawyer to talk to mishpocha." Simon learned later they had cheated him, but who cares, who would have cared? -- Arthur A. Cohen,  In the Days of Simon Stern , 1973 2.        Asseverate ,  verb : to affirm or declare positively or earnestly. But of course it is! asseverates Herman Woodlife. -- Miles Kington,  "Child slavery: the half-truth" ,  Independent , June 12, 1998 3.        Sentient ,  adjective : 1) Capable of perceiving by the senses; conscious. 2) Experiencing sensation or feeling. I can remember very vividly the first time I became aware of my existence; how for the first time I realised that I was...

Week 1 What’s Children Literature ? Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, and poems that are enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. There is no single or widely used definition of children's literature. It can be broadly defined as anything that children read or more specifically defined as fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or drama intended for and used by children and young people. 兒 童文學的定義 ? “ 關於兒童文學的論述，一向有兩種不同的態度。 　　第一種態度是：為兒童「選擇」優美的，合適的讀物。懷著這種態度的論述者，為「兒童文學」所下的定義必然是「廣義」的，那就是：凡是寫兒童的，為兒童寫的，兒童自己寫的，通通是兒童文學──只要它是適合兒童欣賞的。「兒童文學」的這種定義的優點是「廣大」，它幾乎包括了人類所有的一切文字製作，古代的，現代的，中國的，外國的，都是兒童文學，只要它是優美的，適合兒童欣賞的。它的重點在「選擇」，重點在定義後面的那個「但書」──不管怎麼樣，必須是優美的，適合兒童欣賞的。它強調「適合兒童欣賞」這個標準。 …” A critical handbook of children's literature Rebecca J. Lukens Scott, Foresman/Little, Brown Higher Education, 1990 - 309 頁 ...