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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 s...

Week 7 The tale of Peter Rabbit ( Quiz 4 ) text Life is a game; you have to play its rule. -- The Catcher in the Rye Lane > Alley Peter= Christian name Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail 要輕柔的念 Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit is a fictional  anthropomorphic  character in various children's stories by  Beatrix Potter . He first appeared in  The Tale of Peter Rabbit  in 1902, and subsequently in five more books between 1904 and 1912. Spinoff merchandise includes dishes, wallpaper, and dolls. He appears as a character in a number of adaptations. Background The rabbits in Potter's stories are anthropomorphic and wear human clothes; Peter wears a jacket and shoes. Peter, his mother, Mrs. Josephine Rabbit, and his sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail live in a rabbit hole that has a human kitchen, human furniture, and a shop where Mrs. Rabbit se...

1.       propitious , adjective : presenting favorable circumstances. By the early 1500s rice was being planted on the Cape Verde island most propitious for agriculture, Santiago. -- Judith A. Carney, Black Rice 2.       inclement , adjective : harsh; severe -- especially said of the weather. Molly also noticed that the window frames had grooves of soft lead, less than an inch wide and shaped like blunt hooks, into which the glass could be slotted at night or during inclement weather. -- Annabel Davis-Goff, The Dower House 3.       kobold , noun : a kind of domestic spirit in German mythology. Witch, kobold, sprite. . . and imp of every kind. -- A. J. Symington 4.       knell , noun : the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral. The Bell invites me. Hear it not, Duncan, for it is a Knell, That summons thee to Heaven, or to Hell. -- Shakespeare, Macbeth 5. ...

1) Transmit verb To send or convey from one person or place to another e.g. The doctor unknowingly transmitted the disease to his patient. 2) Recruit verb to fill up the number of (as an army) with new members e.g. My brother was recruited into the army soon after he graduated. 3) Surpass verb To become better, greater, or stronger than My performance on the finals surpassed all of the others students’. 4) Intervene verb To come in or between by way of hindrance or modification e.g. You’d better not intervene in their dispute. 5) Parallel adjective Extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant, and not meeting e.g. The road and the canal run parallel to each other for about two miles. 6) Restraint noun An act of restraining: the state of being restrained e.g. The government should introduce some new policies to restrain inflation. 7) Sensation noun A mental process (as seeing, hearing, or ...