Weekly Focus - Useful Words

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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	artist n		画家	I love painting! I want to be an artist when I grow up.
2	chin n		下巴	I fell off my bike and cut my chin.
3	faint v	fall over and become unconscious for a short time	晕倒	My friend fainted in assembly because the hall was so hot.
4	wagon n		货车、小手推车	I carried everything back from the shop on my wagon.
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	amazing adj	very good	十分好	You look amazing in that silk dress!
2	body conscious adj	caring about your body and how it looks	刻意地注意自己的身体	My friend is very body conscious and works out at the gym every day.
3	detention n	stay behind after school as a punishment	课后留校、拘留	I got a detention for being late twice this week.
4	experiment v	try something out	做试验	I'm experimenting with black and white photography. Do you like my photos?
5	gift n	talent	天赋才能	I won first prize in the painting competition. My teacher said I have a gift!
6	lose weight phr	get thinner	减肥	I need to lose weight. My jeans feel very tight.
7	masterpiece n	best work of an artist	杰作	Some people think "Mona Lisa" is Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece.
8	overreact v	an extreme response	反应过激	I came home an hour late last night and my mother has grounded me for a week! She's really overreacting.
9	pressure n	stress	压力	If I fail my exams, my father says I have to leave school and get a job. I'm under too much pressure!
10	slimming adj	makes you look thinner	令你看来苗条一点	If you feel a bit fat, wear black. It's very slimming.
11	skip a meal phr	miss a meal	不进餐	Why are you skipping meals? You won't lose weight, you'll just get ill.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	going on a diet phr	eating less	节食	I look so fat in this photo! I'm going on a diet.
2	get a handle on the situation id	understand what's going on	设法去明了某事	Tell me what happened so I can get a handle on the situation.
3	going through it id	in the same situation	一同经历	Are you worried about your future? Don't worry! We're all going through it.
4	I'm out of here! id	I'm leaving!	我要离开了	Is that the time? I'm out of here!
5	shoot a video phr	make a film on a video	拍录像带	Are you coming to the park? My dad's going to shoot a video of us playing with my little brothers.
6	take five id	have a rest	休息一下	We've been studying for three hours now. I think we should take five.
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