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Question 1

! all-out

all out

Answer 1

And now we want to take you inside the all-out American effort to stop a new kind of bird flu from coming to the United States.
T) an all-out war
T) make an all-out effort

O) We’re going all out to win.

all-out:
O. [only before noun] using or involving every possible effort and done in a very determined way
M1. an all-out effort involves all of someone’s energy, strength, and determination
M2. an all-out war or attack involves all the forces that are available

Question 2

! make your way (to/towards sth)

Answer 2

Our chief medical editor Dr. Richard Besser, a veteran of the CDC has made his way to China to show us the firewall that has to be built and fast to stop an outbreak from traveling to American shores. He is in Hong Kong tonight. Rich?

to move or get somewhere; to make progress

Question 3

! trail/treɪl/N

Answer 3

4. But at REI, you can also try them out on a man-made hiking trail.
   R20) She rode the bike trails in the park close to her apartment.

! 2. L141) “He is in Hong Kong tonight. Rich?” - “I’m on the trail of a virus with frightening potential.”

4. a route that is followed for a particular purpose
5. a track, sign or smell that is left behind and that can be followed, especially in hunting

Question 4

! vigilant/ˈvɪdʒɪlənt/

Answer 4

A famously provocative Arizona sheriff may have been very close to a very big threat on his life today. A package packed with explosives spotted by a vigilant postal worker.

(formal) very careful to notice any signs of danger or trouble [SYN] alert, watchful

Question 5

! red flag

Answer 5

! And Agus says your system is constantly sending you clues when it is out of balance, red flags that are literally at your fingertips.

! L141) The device was discovered by an alert postal worker who noticed the package addressed to Arpaio with excessive postage, often a red flag for suspicious mail.

L. [countable] American English something that shows or warns you that something might be wrong, illegal etc

Question 6

! detonate/ˈdetəneɪt/

Answer 6

Or maybe it didn’t erupt because Mr.Spock detonated a cold fusion device inside it right after a civilization, that’s barely invented a wheel happened to see a starship rising out of their ocean. That is pretty much how you describe it. Is it not?

! L141) Inside, a container of gunpowder attached to wires and batteries as a power source to detonate.

[intransitive, transitive] detonate (something) to explode, or to make a bomb or other device explode

Question 7

! intimidate/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

Answer 7

! Why won’t the Fed act? My guess is that it’s intimidated by those Congressional Republicans, that it’s afraid to do anything that might be seen as providing political aid to President Obama, that is, anything that might help the economy.

! L141) I will continue being the sheriff. I’m not going to be intimidated by anyone. And that’s a promise. That’s a fact.

intimidated: intimidate somebody (into something/into doing something) to frighten or threaten somebody so that they will do what you want
intimidated: [not usually before noun] feeling frightened and not confident in a particular situation

Question 8

! par excellence

/ˌpɑːr ˌeksəˈlɑːns /

Answer 8

This is America’s college town par excellence. Kids from all over the world flock to Boston to learn.

(from French) (only used after the noun it describes) better than all the others of the same kind; a very good example of something

Question 9

! flock/flɑːk/V

Answer 9

This is America’s college town par excellence. Kids from all over the world flock to Boston to learn.

[intransitive] to go or gather together somewhere in large numbers

Question 10

! epidemic/ˌepɪˈdemɪk/

Answer 10

The real epidemic involves so-called smart drugs, particularly Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D.) but so freely available as to be the pill to take whenever academic pressure requires pulling an all-nighter with zero procrastination to get a paper done.

2. a sudden rapid increase in how often something bad happens
   M2. a sudden increase in something bad or unpleasant that affects many people

Question 11

! all-nighter

Answer 11

The real epidemic involves so-called smart drugs, particularly Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D.) but so freely available as to be the pill to take whenever academic pressure requires pulling an all-nighter with zero procrastination to get a paper done.

M1a. informal a whole night that you spend studying while you are in college. You say that you pull an all-nighter when you study all night.

Question 12

! procrastination

/proʊˌkræstɪˈneɪʃn/

Answer 12

The real epidemic involves so-called smart drugs, particularly Adderall, an amphetamine prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (A.D.H.D.) but so freely available as to be the pill to take whenever academic pressure requires pulling an all-nighter with zero procrastination to get a paper done.

procrastinate: [intransitive] (formal, disapproving) to delay doing something that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it

Question 13

! pop/pɑːp/V

Answer 13

1. Amid all the sputtering popping and clanking of the U.S. economy these days, some businesses are still gliding along smoothly - among them, the airlines.

! 8. R141) “Just popped an Addie, so I’m good to go” — this sort of pretest attitude has become pervasive.

1. [intransitive, transitive] pop (something) to make a short explosive sound; to cause something to make this sound
2. [transitive] pop something (informal) to take a lot of a drug, regularly

Question 14

! illicit/ɪˈlɪsɪt/

Answer 14

Adderall has become to college what steroids are to baseball: an illicit performance enhancer for a fiercely competitive environment.

1. not allowed by the law [SYN] illegal

Question 15

! channel-surf

Answer 15

What to say to doctors to get a prescription is now so widely known among students — “It’s like my thoughts are channel-surfing and I can’t stop” — as to have become a kind of joke.

[intransitive] to repeatedly switch from one television channel to another

Question 16

! fight-or-flight

Answer 16

The problem is that Adderall is dangerous, a Class 2 controlled substance like cocaine. While it has helped countless A.D.H.D. sufferers, it can also lead down a dark road of dependency, ever higher doses, fight-or-flight anxiety levels, sleeplessness and depression.

싸움-혹은-도주 반응

Question 17

! run into sth

Answer 17

Because I could not sleep I went to see my psychopharm, and she prescribed me Ativan to sleep. That worked O.K. for a while. But I really ran into trouble last year. I was up to 65 milligrams, and then during finals went to 80, even 120, milligrams, and I was just locked into this Adderall-Ativan cycle. My doctor seemed scatterbrained. She’d prescribe something but not follow up.

2. to experience difficulties, etc
   M3. run into trouble/difficulty/problems etc.: to start to have trouble/difficulty/problems etc.

Question 18

! scatterbrained

/ˈskætərˌbreɪnd/

Answer 18

I was up to 65 milligrams, and then during finals went to 80, even 120, milligrams, and I was just locked into this Adderall-Ativan cycle. My doctor seemed scatterbrained. She’d prescribe something but not follow up.

M. (informal) not thinking in an organized way and often forgetting or losing things

Question 19

! follow up

Answer 19

I was up to 65 milligrams, and then during finals went to 80, even 120, milligrams, and I was just locked into this Adderall-Ativan cycle. My doctor seemed scatterbrained. She’d prescribe something but not follow up.

M1. [intransitive/transitive] to try to find out more about something, or to do something more to deal with it

Question 20

! alternate/ˈɔːltərneɪt/V

Answer 20

! 2. For much of the past 20 years, three companies have alternated in the role of the largest, by value, on the American stockmarket: Exxon Mobil, General Electric and Microsoft.

! 3. R141) I alternate between ‘on’ and ‘off’ states — I come off the Adderall, take Ativan and sleep for days. I miss appointments. I know I need to go to the appointments, but I wonder if I will be functional enough.

2. [intransitive] (of things or people) to follow one after the other in a repeated pattern
3. [intransitive] alternate between A and B to keep changing from one thing to another and back again

Question 21

! (all) on your own

Answer 21

“I want all of you to practice dribbling on your own for at least half an hour a day outside of practice. Okay?”

! R141) Adderall suddenly turned its back on me. It enabled me to focus, got me to a higher place academically. But then I could no longer rely on it. I was on my own.

1. alone; without anyone else
2. without help

Question 22

brand new

Answer 22

And now, there is a brand new word of caution about safety and surgery tonight. More and more hospitals are using robots, saying they improve on human precision and performance. So why is an investigation now under way? Here’s ABC’s Ron Claiborne.

completely new

Question 23

! caution/ˈkɔːʃn/N

Answer 23

And now, there is a brand new word of caution about safety and surgery tonight.

3. [uncountable, countable] (formal) a warning or a piece of advice about a possible danger or risk

Question 24

! hail/heɪl/V

Answer 24

Robo-surgery has been hailed as a major medical breakthrough with claims that highly precise robots are steadier than the human hand.

1. [transitive, usually passive] to describe somebody/something as being very good or special, especially in newspapers, etc

Question 25

! cite/saɪt/

Answer 25

2. Well, Diane. The most important thing you can do is have a code word that’s known only to family members and your best and closest friends so that if there’s a real emergency, they can cite that code word.

! 3. L142) This week, the Colorado Medical Board cited him for complications during 11 robotic surgeries. In one instance, the aorta of a kidney patient was torn. He and his lawyer declined comment.

(formal)
2. cite something to speak or write the exact words from a book, an author, etc. [SYN] quote

3. cite somebody (for something) (law)
   to order somebody to appear in court; to name somebody officially in a legal case

Question 26

! aorta/eɪˈɔːrtə/

Answer 26

This week, the Colorado Medical Board cited him for complications during 11 robotic surgeries. In one instance, the aorta of a kidney patient was torn. He and his lawyer declined comment.

(anatomy) the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body once it has passed through the lungs

Question 27

! hysterectomy/ˌhɪstəˈrektəmi/

Answer 27

Among 500 reported incidents, a robotic malfunction during a hysterectomy, the doctor could not control movement of the forcep.

[countable, uncountable] a medical operation to remove a woman’s womb

Question 28

! CPR

Answer 28

There have been rare case reports where during an operation when there needs to be emergency CPR or an emergency conversion to an open operation, the robot has gotten in the way.

[uncountable] the abbreviation for ‘cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (breathing air into the mouth of an unconscious person and pressing on their chest to keep them alive by sending air around their body)

Question 29

! bite/baɪt/V

Answer 29

“Poison center. Can I help you?” - “Yes, my daughter just bit into a Rozerem.”

1. [intransitive, transitive] to use your teeth to cut into or through something

Question 30

! proceed/proʊˈsiːd/

Answer 30

But the kindergarteners proceed to open every single bottle in just a 7-minute period.

2. [intransitive] proceed to do something
   to do something next, after having done something else first [SYN] go on

Question 31

! eye-opening

Answer 31

“Now the CPSC admits that some kids will be able to open those bottles, but they tell ABC news there has to be a balance, because seniors need to be able to access their medicine as well, David.” - “Yeah, balance. But that’s eye-opening for any parent out there, Paula. Thank you.”

eye opener: [usually singular] an event, experience, etc. that is surprising and shows you something that you did not already know

Question 32

! strain/streɪn/N

Answer 32

Scientists believe this flu might not be treatable with the only weapons we have against flus, anti-viral medicines. And remember, we have no natural immunity to this strain.

! 1. R142) Old prisoners are suffering from poor care—and putting a strain on jails, too

4. [countable] a particular type of plant or animal, or of a disease caused by bacteria, etc
5. [uncountable, countable] pressure on somebody/something because they have too much to do or manage, or something very difficult to deal with; the problems, worry or anxiety that this produces

Question 33

! loo/luː/

Answer 33

Bingo draws a crowd; so does the baking class. Low beds, high loos and handrails assist the frail.

(British English, informal) a toilet/bathroom

Question 34

! frail/freɪl/

Answer 34

Bingo draws a crowd; so does the baking class. Low beds, high loos and handrails assist the frail.

1. (especially of an old person) physically weak and thin

Question 35

! glint/ɡlɪnt/N

Answer 35

Bingo draws a crowd; so does the baking class. Low beds, high loos and handrails assist the frail. Only the glint of razor wire outside shows this is not a social club.

1. a sudden flash of light or colour shining from a bright surface

Question 36

! razor wire

barbed wire

Answer 36

Bingo draws a crowd; so does the baking class. Low beds, high loos and handrails assist the frail. Only the glint of razor wire outside shows this is not a social club.

razor wire: [uncountable] strong wire with sharp blades sticking out, placed on top of walls and around areas of land to keep people out

barbed wire: [uncountable] strong wire with short sharp points on it, used especially for fences

Question 37

! harbinger/ˈhɑːrbɪndʒər/

Answer 37

Detmold, near the German city of Hanover, is a harbinger of future prisons: once a pen for the young and hardy, they are now housing the old and feeble, too.

harbinger (of something) (formal or literary)
a sign that shows that something is going to happen soon, often something bad

Question 38

! pen/pen/N

Answer 38

Detmold, near the German city of Hanover, is a harbinger of future prisons: once a pen for the young and hardy, they are now housing the old and feeble, too.

(North American English, slang) = penitentiary/ˌpenɪˈtenʃəri/: a prison

Question 39

! forensic/fəˈrensɪk/

Answer 39

The main cause is not crime rates (which are mostly falling) but harsher sentences and less parole—plus an ageing population. Another, says Azrini Wahidin of Belfast University, is that better forensic science has fuelled a “phenomenal” clear-up rate of long-ago crimes. That catches now-elderly malefactors.

[only before noun] 1. connected with the scientific tests used by the police when trying to solve a crime

Question 40

! phenomenal/fəˈnɑːmɪnl/

Answer 40

The main cause is not crime rates (which are mostly falling) but harsher sentences and less parole—plus an ageing population. Another, says Azrini Wahidin of Belfast University, is that better forensic science has fuelled a “phenomenal” clear-up rate of long-ago crimes. That catches now-elderly malefactors.

very great or impressive [SYN] extraordinary

Question 41

! long-ago

Answer 41

The main cause is not crime rates (which are mostly falling) but harsher sentences and less parole—plus an ageing population. Another, says Azrini Wahidin of Belfast University, is that better forensic science has fuelled a “phenomenal” clear-up rate of long-ago crimes. That catches now-elderly malefactors.

사전 정의 없음.

Question 42

! malefactor/ˈmælɪfæktər/

Answer 42

The main cause is not crime rates (which are mostly falling) but harsher sentences and less parole—plus an ageing population. Another, says Azrini Wahidin of Belfast University, is that better forensic science has fuelled a “phenomenal” clear-up rate of long-ago crimes. That catches now-elderly malefactors.

(rare, formal) a person who does wrong, illegal or immoral things

Question 43

! Human Rights Watch

Answer 43

Locking up old people is costly. In 2012 Human Rights Watch, a campaigning and research outfit, estimated that jails spend up to nine times more on an ageing convict than on a typical prisoner.

국제인권감시기구

Question 44

! outfit/ˈaʊtfɪt/N

Answer 44

Locking up old people is costly. In 2012 Human Rights Watch, a campaigning and research outfit, estimated that jails spend up to nine times more on an ageing convict than on a typical prisoner.

2. [countable + singular or plural verb] (informal) a group of people working together as an organization, business, team, etc

Question 45

! wing/wɪŋ/N

Answer 45

Britain’s only elderly prison wing, complete with stairlift, is at Kingston, near Portsmouth (it is one of seven prisons to be shut down by April 2013).

3. [countable] one of the parts of a large building that sticks out from the main part

Question 46

! complete with sth

Answer 46

Britain’s only elderly prison wing, complete with stairlift, is at Kingston, near Portsmouth (it is one of seven prisons to be shut down by April 2013).

O3. complete with something [not before noun] including something as an extra part or feature
M. with the things mentioned

Question 47

! stairlift/ˈsterlɪft/

Answer 47

Britain’s only elderly prison wing, complete with stairlift, is at Kingston, near Portsmouth (it is one of seven prisons to be shut down by April 2013).

a piece of equipment in the form of a seat that somebody can sit on to be moved up and down stairs, used by people who find it difficult to walk up and down stairs without help