Weekly Focus - Useful Words

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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	bracelet n		手镯	You should buy this bracelet! It would match your gold earrings.
2	chimp, chimpanzee n		黑猩猩	Chimps are so clever. They seem almost human.
3	trap n		陷阱、捕捉器	We had a mouse in our kitchen, so my father set a trap for it.
4	yell v	shout	喊叫	I wish our science teacher didn't yell at us so much. It gives me a headache.
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	cool it id	calm down	冷静一点	Cool it! You don't need to yell at me!
2	drop someone off phr v	take someone somewhere in a car	用车载某人到某地方	Are you going past the KCR station? Can you drop me off?
3	feel guilty phr	feel bad about something you have done	感到内疚	My friend feels guilty about cheating in the exam, even though the teacher didn't find out.
4	freaked out id	feel very uncomfortable	感到焦躁	I was freaked out by the horror film last night.
5	gorgeous adj	really beautiful	非常漂亮	The bride looked gorgeous in her white wedding dress.
6	precious adj	valuable	宝贵	This bracelet is very precious to me. My grandmother gave it to me before she died. It reminds me of her.
7	separation n	when a married couple split up and live apart v = separate	分居	My mother and father had a trial separation, but they got back together again after 2 weeks.
8	throwing pots phr	making pots on a pottery wheel	学做陶坯	I love throwing pots, but they never look very good when the wheel stops spinning.
9	work out phr v	happen	有成果、做出一点成果	My sister was dating my best friend for a while but it didn't work out. They're still friends though.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	do stuff together phr	spend time together	一起相处	My sisters and I really like doing stuff together. We're like best friends.
2	missing out phr v	not able to do everything you want to	错过	I want to travel after I've been to university. Otherwise, I feel I'll be missing out on a great opportunity to see the world.
3	quit rough housing phr	stop playing about so roughly	停止吵闹	Quit rough housing! You've already broken a vase, and the room is a mess.
4	talk some sense into someone id	explain to someone their plan is not good	跟某人解释他的计划行不通	My friend wants to leave school and join a rock band, even though she can't sing. I hope her mother can talk some sense into her.
5	talk it out with someone phr	discuss a problem, you can also say "talk it through with someone"	商讨问题	Thanks for listening to my problems. It really helps to talk it out with you.
6	want to be close phr	want to know someone better	希望可以亲密一点	I want to be close to my sister but we never spend time together.
7	worth the wait phr	something good you don't mind waiting for	值得等待	I waited three hours to get tickets to the Eason Chan concert. It was worth the wait!
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