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Weekly Focus - Useful Words & Phrases


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  We can see... Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 barracuda n 梭 子 鱼 ( 凶 猛 的 食 肉 热 带 大 海 鱼 ) Barracudas are known as the "Tigers of the sea" because they look angry! Listen
2 bat n 蝙蝠 Bats can sleep upside-down. Listen
3 cave n 洞穴 The kids went into the cave full of bats!
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4 dunk n 入樽、浸入 Yao Ming can slam dunk a basketball but I can only dunk fish into a frying pan! Listen
5 egg yolk n 蛋黄 It's hard to separate the egg yolk from the egg white. Listen
6 fish scale n 鱼鳞 The restaurant didn't clean the fish properly. I could see some scales on my bowl. Listen
7 flour n 面粉 Flour is a common ingredient in lots of food, such as bread, cakes and many sauces. Listen
8 gut a fish phr 取出鱼的内脏 You must gut a fish before cooking or it will taste horrible. Listen
9 mountain
n
The tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. Listen
10 shell peas phr 剥壳 My family never shells peas. We eat the whole thing! Listen
11 spear n 矛、标枪 Be careful with that spear! You could hit another swimmer. Listen

 

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  People said... Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 ankle n 脚踝
I've got a big mosquito bite on my ankle. It's really itchy. Listen
2 assignment n a project, like homework 功课、作业 I've got six assignments to finish during the summer holidays. Listen
3 full of life phr with lots of energy 精神焕发 My grandfather is 83 but he's full of life. He swims every day. Listen
4 generation n people of about the same age
一代 There are five generations still living in Emily Johnson's family. Chinese say that is very lucky. Listen
5 grossed out phr v find something horrible & repulsive 觉得恐怖、令人反感 I saw a programme about heart surgery on Discovery Channel. It grossed me out. Listen
6 hitch a ride phr get a free ride in someone's car.
搭乘便车 I had no money so I hitched a ride into town. Listen
7 it sure tasted good phr it was delicious, "sure" is used like "really" here 这真是好味道 My father made spaghetti bolognaise for dinner. It sure tasted good.

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8 sea sick n feel sick while sailing 晕船 It was windy so most of the kids felt sea sick.
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9 suck our blood phr take blood from our bodies 吸血 I've just read a story called "Dracula". It's about a man who sucks people's blood! Listen
10 what seemed like forever phr it seemed to take a long, long time 好像需时很久 The school bus broke down. We had to wait for what seemed like forever before a new bus came. Listen

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Words and Phrases Practice

Guide:    
adj - adjective
adv - adverb
id - idiom
n - noun
phr - phrase
phr v - phrasal verb
prep - preposition
pron - pronoun
v - verb
   

 

 

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