First Confession Flashcards
(202 cards)
1
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dreary
A
boring and make you unhappy
2
Q
ascend
A
晉升
3
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wistfully
A
傷感而思念
4
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ministerial
A
minster -> adj.
5
Q
emboss
A
凸印
6
Q
sane
A
have a healthy mind
7
Q
foray
A
（短期）涉足
8
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tittle-tattle
A
gossip, -ve
9
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harrowing (adj.)
A
upsetting as if suffering
10
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roil
A
翻滾
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haphazard (adj.)
A
random, with no plans
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huckster
A
noisy sales
13
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eminence
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respected fame
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reek (v.)
A
have a strong unpleasant smell
15
Q
decadence
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decline of morality and behaviour
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chalet
A
small holiday house
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inexorable
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inevitable
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mnemonics
A
e.g. MIT/ESPEC
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mendacious
A
not telling the truth
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philanderer
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playboy (timed)
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opine
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opinion -> v.
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formidable
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敬畏/難對付
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duplicitous
A
雙面 (e.g. spy)
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infantilised
A
treat someone like a kid
25
despatch
send (goods/msg)
26
lavatory
toilet
27
affable
friendly & easy to talk to
28
shrug (v./n.)
聳肩
29
stiletto
narrow high-heel shoes
30
carnivorous
肉食（動物）
31
havoc
big confusion & trouble
32
snarl
shout angrily
33
silo
farm / missile storage
34
allege
claim to accuse
35
malevolent
惡意
36
proximity
鄰近
37
apocalypse
great disaster
38
priest
神父
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altar
祭壇
40
mow
cut grass
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hither
(timed, formal) here
42
yon
(timed, formal) there
43
chequered
（過去）好壞參半
44
a tad
slightly
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deftly
skilfully
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laurel
玉桂樹
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bush
灌木
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groom
刷洗動物
49
worm (v.)
擠過
50
parlour
shop, business / (timed) living room
51
cauldron
大鍋
52
acrimony
anger, bad feeling
53
buttress (v.)
建扶壁 / 支持
54
progeny
後代
55
burrow
caves dug by animals
56
lump
腫塊
57
noblesse oblige
位高應不負眾望
58
magnanimity
kindess (towards losers)
59
parable
fable
60
prodigal
揮霍
61
goad
provoke in an annoying way
62
belligerence
the wish to fight or argue (-ve)
63
eviscerate
remove organs
64
alluring
attractive
65
far afield
far away
66
beget
cause, formal
67
reverberate
迴響
68
tussle
fiercely argue
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nuance
slight difference
70
fret (v.)
worry
71
connive
密謀
72
espousal (n.)
support, formal
73
rectitude
honesty
74
xenophobia
仇外
75
misogyny
厭女
76
saloon
(Western US) bar
77
bigot (n.)
偏執狂
78
perturbed (adj.)
worried, formal
79
occlude
block, formal
80
vanity
虛榮
81
ferocious
frightening & violent
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ludicrous
可笑、荒謬
83
hearth
壁爐邊
84
confession
自白，尤指認罪
85
penance
悔過
86
privet
水蠟樹
87
disinter
dig stuffs that are idle for a long time
88
muck-raking
reporters spamming bad news
89
invariably
不變
90
bleak
荒涼 / 黯淡
91
archipelago
群島
92
inextricably
分不開
93
cane
竹竿 / 藤條
94
weaver
織工
95
implode
內爆 / 崩塌
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deride
tease, formal
97
muddle
(smaller scale) of chaos
98
vantage
外語中高級
99
millinery
female head accessories
100
celta
hard, baked, red-brown clay
101
cassock
clothes of priests
102
ecclesiastical
connected with Christian region
103
dandy (n.)
men in the past with good care of clothes
104
cravat
領巾
105
ebony
黑檀
106
defiance
違抗
107
martyr
殉道者
108
aspirant
有志者
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drapery
帷幕
110
milliner
people who make millinery
111
curvaceous
woman with attractive curves
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repertory
輪演劇目
113
troupe
a travelling group of performers
114
louche
dishonest but attractive people
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ale
麥芽啤酒
116
honeysuckle
忍冬
117
ripe (adj.)
成熟 (fruits)
118
gauntlet
long, thick gloves
119
retaliation
報復
120
arterial
artery (動脈) -> adj.
121
elm
榆木
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pastiche (n.)
「致敬」
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inglenook
壁爐邊
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porch
門廊
125
belladonna
顛茄
126
smear
塗抹
127
streaky
coveed with long, thin lines
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billiard
snooker things
129
hangar
building to keep aircrafts
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whimsically
strange/unusual, might be funny or hateful
131
regimental
regiment = large group of soldiers
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gale
very strong wind
133
scent (n./v.)
pleasant natural smell
134
laburnum
金鏈花
135
nicotiana
plants producing tobacco leaves
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dahlia
大麗花
137
boozer
酒鬼
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treason
叛國
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sentinel
哨兵
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perilous
extremely dangeous
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peasouper
濃霧
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salubrious
plesant, clean, healthy to live in
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strop
bad mood/temper
144
herbaceous
草本
145
stump
the root of a certain thing (e.g. tree, teeth)
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paraphernalia
全套裝備
147
satchel
(in the past) children backpacks
148
barley
大麥
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bristle
short, stiff hair
150
calypso
a type of Caribbean song
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drizzle
毛毛雨
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rumbustious
noisy and rough people
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jowly
雙下巴
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ample
more than enough
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summon
傳喚
156
censorious
eager critic, formal
157
ulcer
潰瘍
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stub
煙蒂 / 存根 / 票根
159
vandalism
刑事毀壞
160
witty
詼諧
161
strap
belt
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tribal
tribe -> adj.
163
overt
public
164
garish
unpleasantly bright
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crucifix
耶穌受難處
166
rosary
念珠
167
reincarnation
輪迴說
168
metastasize
癌擴散
169
rigour
嚴苛
170
inveigle (sb into sth.)
scam, formal
171
envy
羨慕
172
cosseted
寵愛 / 溺愛
173
pillion
back seat of motorcycle
174
ecumenical
encourage different Christian churches to unite
175
averse (adj.)
strongly dislike
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tactile
pleasant/attractive to touch
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cuddle
lovingly hug
178
tweed
粗花呢
179
twill
斜紋布
180
statin
drug, lowers cholesterol
181
convoy
車隊
182
munbo jumbo
假大空說話
183
infallible
never wrong
184
incense
香燭
185
twinset
women jumper + cardigan
186
bosom
breast
187
epithet
nickname, +ve/-ve
188
ultramontane
教宗至上論
189
torrid
熱烈 (sex?)
190
suffragan (bishop)
副主教
191
riled
easy to get angry
192
surplice
white clothes of priests
193
frill
衣服飾邊
194
communion
神交
195
heresy
disrespectful opposite opinion
196
thwart (v.)
阻撓
197
aloft
在空中
198
constable
lowest British police officer
199
psalm
Christian holy poem
200
descant
高音伴唱
201
hideous
very ugly or bad
202
gridiron
American-football field
