CHAPTER 16 In “Twenty-four Rooms in One” a Hong Kong architect has created moveable walls that allow him to transform a small space into different rooms.
1. architecture
arch: order
anarchy
an: no
2. richard cory
whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked.
And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.
So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
3. Maria Gaetana Agnesi
She is credited with writing the first book discussing both differential and integral calculus and was an honorary member of the faculty at the University of Bologna.
4. rubbish
That's rubbish!
Bolongna( Italian pronunciation)
5. patristics
pa: father
patriarch→matriarch
ma: mother
She is going to take a maternal leave the coming week.
6. Don't wish too well. It might come true!
You are such a snob!
7. clear cut:
is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.
8. zipper bag
9. Chapter 15:
new, tiny, fashionable
trendy =(x) fashionable
10. domestic
2014/5/16
1. dangle: to hang loosely, or to hold something so that it hangs loosely:
Loose electric wires were dangling from the wall.
2. dapper: describes a man who is dressed in a fashionable and tidy way:
Poirot is the dapper detective of the Agatha Christie novels.
3. dappled: covered with spots of color that are lighter or darker than the main color, or covered with areas of light and darkness:
The dappled sunlight fell across her face as she lay beneath the tree.
4. dash: to go somewhere quickly:
I've been dashing around all day.
5. daub: to spread a thick or sticky liquid on something or to cover something with a thick or sticky liquid, often quickly or carelessly:
The walls had been daubed with graffiti.
2014/5/19
1. daunt: to make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about their ability to achieve something:
She was not at all daunted by the size of the problem.
2. dawdle: to do something or go somewhere very slowly, taking more time than is necessary:
Stop dawdling! You'll be late for school!
3. daze: unable to think clearly:
She was wandering around in a daze this morning.
4. deaden: to make something less painful or less strong:
Morphine is often used to deaden the pain of serious injuries.
5. dean: an official of high rank in a college or university who is responsible for the organization of a department or departments:
She is the new dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
2014/5/20
1. debar: to stop someone from doing something by law or by official agreement:
He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behavior.
2. debase: to reduce the quality or value of something:
Some argue that money has debased football.
3. debit: (a record of) money taken out of a bank account:
The account was in debit at the end of the month (= more money had been spent than was in the account at that time).
4. debris: broken or torn pieces of something larger:
Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.
5. debrief: to question someone in detail about work they have done for you:
The pilots were thoroughly debriefed after every mission.
2014/5/21
1. debut: the occasion when someone performs or presents something to the public for the first time:
She made her professional stage debut in Swan Lake.
2. deceit: (an act of) keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an advantage:
The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on an incredible scale.
3. decency: behavior that is good, moral, and acceptable in society:
She didn't even have the decency to apologize.
4. decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely:
Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.
5. deck: a flat area for walking on, built across the space between the sides of a boat:
We sat on deck until it was dark.
2014/5/22
1. declassify: to say officially that political or military information is no longer secret:
Many government documents are declassified after 50 years.
2. decode: to discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way:
Decoding the paintings is not difficult once you know what the component parts symbolize.
3. decompose: to decay, or to cause something to decay:
The body must have been decomposing for several weeks.
4. decorous: behaving politely and in a controlled way:
His manner, as ever, was decorous.
5. decoy: something or someone used to trick or confuse other people or animals into doing something, especially something dangerous:
They used a girl hitch-hiker as the decoy to get him to stop.
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