English Vocabulary and Etymology

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week13

*vocabulary

• espouse(v):  speak for

• fill(v)

1)to make or become full; to use empty space

idiom:be filled with

for example:I filled the bucket with water.

2)to give a job or position to someone

for example:I'm sorry, the job/post/vacancy has already been filled.We would prefer to fill the position with (= give it to) a recent graduate

• extricate(v): to remove something or set something free with difficulty

for example:It took hours to extricate the car from the sand.

idiom:extricate oneself from

 extrication(n)

• struggle(v)(effort)

for example:The dog had been struggling to get free of the wire noose.

I've been struggling to understand this article all afternoon.

Fish struggle for survival when the waterl evel drops in the lake.

    (v)(fight):He struggled with his attacker who then ran away

• entangle(v):  involved with something or someone in a way that makes it difficult to escape

idiom:entangled from,free from

for example:He went to the shop to buy bread, and got entangled in/with a carnival parade.

The dolphin had become entangled in/with the fishing nets.

assects(資產) liabilities(負債) and equity(淨值)

• facilitate(v): to make yourself easier to do things or to make your life more convenient.
• orthodox church: a Christian religious group with many members in Greece and eastern Europe

Russian orthodox church

Greek orthodox church in Toronto

• synchronize(v): synchronize the clock

• rejuvenate(v): to make something young ,beautiful or fresh again

• juvenile(a): relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult

for example:juvenile crime/offenders

• juvenile court

• parade/march/demonstration

parade: a large number of people walking or in vehicles, all going in the same direction, usually as part of a public celebration of something

for example:a victory parade

march:an event in which alarge number of people walk through a public place to express their support  or especially their disagreement with or disapproval of something

for example:She's going on a march on Saturday in protest over the closure of the hospital.

demonstration(protest):an occasion when a group of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone

for example:The students are holding a demonstration against the proposed changes.Protesters staged an anti-war demonstration

• armed(a): carrying weapons

The suspect is reported armed.

farewell to arms

• wasp:White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an informal, sometimes disparaging term used to describe a closed circle of high-status and highly influential White Americans of English Protestant ancestry. The term applies to a group which historically has controlled more social, political, and financial power in the United States than other groups in society.

(exception)

wasp Stuart little

• the fountain of Youth(film):The Fountain of Youth is a 1956 television pilot directed by Orson Welles for a proposed Desilu Productions anthology series that was never produced. Based on a short story by John Collier, the short film narrated onscreen by Welles stars Dan Tobin, Joi Lansing and Rick Jason. The Fountain of Youth was televised once, on September 16, 1958, on NBC's Colgate Theatre. It received the prestigious Peabody Award for 1958, the only unsold television pilot ever to be so honored

• Julius Caesar /ˈsɪsər/

• Cesarean section

• thirty pieces of silver Judas receives his thirty pieces of silver

• merry go around

• merry(a): happy,joyful

      coffee maker

• melting pot(America)

• applaud(v) applause(n)
• denunciation(n): disapproval,the act of condemning in public

• The Tower of Babel and the Scattering of Men

http://www.faithalone.org/magaziney2012/12F1.html

• Genesis 11:1-9

(Genesis eleven chapter first ninth)創世紀

• opponent↔proponent(people who is in favor of or support something)
• 
  That is why it was called Babel --because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
  • After Babel
  After Babel is a movie that talks about alienation.
  
  • nonchalant(a):unconcerned
  • unassuming(a): not boastful or arrogant
  • 
    • Hanyu system漢語系統
    *suffix
    • ---ant (stands for people)
    1)people protestant,accountant,contestant,applicant,attendant, 2)adjective important,significant
    
    • suffix for people
    • ---er,---ian,---or,---ant,---ist
    for example:teacher,physician,technologist,assistant, participant,disinfectant
    *prefix
    • as---
           assist(v): to help        assimilate(v): to be absorbed
    
    • idle--- without working
    indolent/lazy (a): showing not interest or effort
    *root
    • bell---
    rebell,rebellious,Antebellum(History of the United States )(1789–1849) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1789%E2%80%931849)        belligerent(a): hostile,quarrelsome      
    
    • What is the difference between Catholics and Protestants?
    Catholicism and Protestantism are two denominations of Christianity, just likeShia and Sunni are sects of Islam. While the Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, Protestantism is a general term that refers to Christianity that is not subject to papal authority. http://www.diffen.com/difference/Catholic_vs_Prote...