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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	geek	an uncool person, often used to describe someone who likes computers a lot	呆子、笨拙的人	His unfashionable clothes and thick glasses make him look like a geek.
2	goggles		护目镜	I wear goggles when I swim to protect my eyes.
3	gossip	Talk about someone	说长道短	My friend was unhappy when she heard us gossiping about her.
4	junk	Rubbish	无用或无价值的东西	I eat too much junk food.
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	awesome	Amazing, very good	很好,了不起	The Twins concert was awesome.
2	bump into	Meet someone unexpectedly	偶遇	I bumped into an old friend from my primary school on the Star Ferry yesterday.
3	co-ed	Short for co-educational, meaning a school for boys and girls	男女合校	I go to a girls' school, but I would rather be at a co-ed with my brother.
4	deny	Say it isn't true	否认	I thought my little brother had taken my homework, but he denied it. Then my mother found it in my bedroom!
5	having a good time	Enjoying yourself	过得很愉快	We were all having a good time at the school picnic and didn't want to go home.
6	heartbeat	What your heart does to keep you alive	心跳	The doctor listened to my heartbeat to see if I was healthy.
7	park the car	Put the car in a car park	停放汽车	Let's park the car here and go shopping.
8	racer	A car designed for racing	比赛用的汽车	I made this racer from an old wooden box.
9	rejected	Turned down by someone	拒绝	He felt rejected when she said she didn't want to go to the cinema with him.
10	ruin	Destroy	毁坏	My homework was ruined when I dropped a cup of coffee on it.
11	science museum		科技博物馆	I learnt so much about the human body when I went to the science museum.
12	self- confidence	A feeling that you are good at something	自信	Everyone expects her to do well in the school play because she has lots of self-confidence.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	feel guilty	An uncomfortable feeling that you get when you hurt someone else or do something bad	感到内疚	Lizzie felt guilty when she lied to her father.
2	give him a chance	Try to get to know him	尝试去认识他	He wants to be your boyfriend, so why not give him a chance? He might be really nice.
3	go out with	Be your boyfriend or girlfriend	拍拖	He wants to go out with me, but I already have a boyfriend.
4	not in a million years	It will never happen	永远不会发生	My teacher asked me to be the star in the school play, but I'm too shy. "Not in a million years!" I replied.
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