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Weekly Focus - Useful Words

Level - Easy
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 Are you okay? Question of concern 你没甚么吧? Are you okay? You don't look well. Listen
2 check Look at to see if it is good or correct 核对,检查 Before I bought the mug I had to check to see if it was damaged. Listen
3 hold

Keep in your hand 握住 Hold my hand. I can see your future. Listen
4 kid

A child 小孩 A kid is another name for a child. Listen
5 touch

触摸 This glass is very expensive. Don't touch! Listen
6 What's the matter?
Question of concern 有甚么事? What's the matter? Why are you crying? Listen
7 wheelchair
轮椅 My grandfather can't walk. He's in a wheelchair. Listen

 

Level - Medium
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 copycat Something or someone exactly the same 模仿他人 She always wears the same clothes as me. She's a real copycat. Listen
2 fan mail
Letters from fans 歌迷来信 Twins get more fan mail than Boyz. Listen
3 fate The future is planned 命运 Do you believe in fate or do you think you can choose your future? Listen
4 fear Being scared 恐惧,害怕 I don't fear anything, except spiders! Listen
5 make an impression Influence people's ideas about something 作出影响 Jackie Chan has made a large impression in Hong Kong. Listen
6 murderer 谋杀犯,凶手 Harry was a murderer when he was young. He killed five people! Listen
7 obsession

obsessed with
An idea or habit that controls the mind 无法摆脱的意念,著迷 Playing the piano was an obsession for Harry.

Harry was obsessed with playing the piano.

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8 see the future Know what happens further ahead in time 知道未来 If I could see the future, I would be rich! Listen

 

Level - Hard
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 congregate To gather together 集合,聚集 The students congregated in the playground to watch the final basketball game. Listen
2 figure it out To understand 理解 The Maths question was very hard. It took a long time to figure it out. Listen
3 take you up on your offer Say yes to someone's offer 接受...的建议、邀请 I 'll take you up on your offer of a holiday in Thailand. Listen
4 talk someone into something Persuade; convince someone something is right. 说服(某人) I didn't want to see the film but my friend talked me into it. I'm glad she did. Listen

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