2025/1/4

上課: Idioms related to shopping and possessions

• in mint condition: means pristine, undamaged since it was made.
• less is more
• collecting dust: hasn't been used for a long time
• come in handy: useful for a certain purpose
  • in bagpack
  • portable charger, umbrella, water bottle
• hard to come by: not common or easy to find
• odds and ends: small things usually of little value
  • like capsule vending machine
  • key chains
• I bought a lot books and they are collecting dust in the corner now.
• My girlfriend like to collect odds and ends.
• rip-off: something that is not worth the price
• compare apples to orange: bad comparison. to compare unlink things
• cut above: better than the rest
• stand the test of time: still useful after many years
• window shopping
  • shopping holics 逛街狂人
• to shop aound for something

2025/1/7

上課: New Year Celebrations

• New Year's resolution
• load trip
• theme park / amusement park
  • miniature
• indulged in food/drink
  • do something too much
• eating healthys many gains
• attainable / unattainable goal
• weakness
• lives aboard

VoiceTube:

• 如何成為一名副主廚｜餐廳生意 (How to Become a Sous Chef | Restaurant Business) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • sous chef
• 【英語字彙】烹飪技巧：炒滷烤煮 (Cooking Vocabulary in English - chop, grill, saute, boil, slice...) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語
  • culinary school
  • what's cooking = what's happening
  • recipe
  • to saute 煎 / boil 滾 / simmer 燉 / broil;roast;grill 烤
  • flat pan / oven 烤箱
  • a little bit of oil
  • chop / dice / slice / fry / deep-fry / stri 攪

2025/1/8

上課: Iterview with Chef Drolet

• cuisine = food
• street food venders / family restaurants / fine dining / restaurant chain
• ingredients / grains(bread/rice/wheat)
• powdered 粉狀的
• medium / well done 9
• decor
• food court
• cozy

【聽Podcast學英文】如何在 2025 年養成良好習慣？(How to Build Good Habits in 2025) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

• uncover the secret to
• why do we struggle to stick to them
• they often burn out quickly
• overtime, these small improvement add up to big result

2025/1/11

上課: Idioms that use home Vocabulary

• hit close to home:
• have a skeleton in the closet
• home away from home: a place where you feel as comfortable as you do in your own home
• hit close to home:
• home free: having successfully completed something
  • I'm home free
• bring home the bacon: make money
• make oneself at home:
• home stretch: the final/last part
  • in the home stretch / finish the home stretch
• nothing to write home about: not exciting
• on the house: free; at no cost
• homesick
• a homebody: like to stay at home
• wake up on the wrong side of the bed: in a bad mood
• show someone the door: ask someone to leave
• have a skeleton in the closet: have a secret that you don't want others to know
• empty nester: a parent whose children have grown up and left home
• feel comforatble in a new place

2025/1/13

想讓別人喜歡你嗎？其實擁有「魅力」一點都不難！

• charisma / charismatic
• resonate
• shadow answer
• told entertaining stories or cracked a few genuinely funny jokes
• because people inherently value those things
• everyday person
• elevate the other person's experience
• give nonverbal cues
• with a blank face
• vent their emotions

2025/1/14

上課: Iterview with Chef Drolet

• culinary school
• shepherd

2025/1/15

上課: Five things to do in Sydney

• iconic / landmarks
• hidden gem
• off-the-beaten track
• aborigines / aboriginal
• coat hanger
• Southern Hemisphere
• get stuck in traffic
• Manly Beach

澳洲東海岸介紹 (Introducing East Coast Australia) - VoiceTube 看影片學英語

• hip cities
• native critters
• indigenous people

2025/1/18

上課: Common Idiomatic expressions

• about to: planning to do something at the moment
  • The plane is about to take off.
• for good: forever
• better off: to be in a better situation
  • He was better off without her.
• about time: finally
  • it's about time [subject] [past tense]
• up in the air: to be undecided
• all of a sudden: suddenly
• from scratch: from the beginning
• for good: forever
• benefit of the doubt
  • I give a benefit of the doubt to stranger I met.
• close call: a situation that is almost dangerous
  • had a close call
• benifit of the doubt: you believe someone is telling the truth
• up in the air
• for the best:
  • was for the best

2025/1/20

上課: Plans

• book accommodations/hotel
• get some local currency
• apply for a visa
• buy a plain ticket online
• pack your bag
• tips for a cycling vacation

2025/1/21

• get around
• Sydney Opera house
• Harbour Bridge
• Manly Beach
  • Bondi Beach
• Watson's Bay
• cosmopolian / international city
• great climate / mild(not too hot, not too cold)

2025/1/22

上課: A day in the life of a surf instructor

• instructor / teacher
  • instructor: teach skill like drive car, surfing.
• sink / tap / faucet
• plumber / piping
• welder
• surfboard / fins / leash

2025/2/3

上課: Daily route

• cafeteria
• uniform

2025/2/4

上課: A day in the life of a surf instructor (2)

2025/2/5

上課: Five Healthy choices for breakfast avocado, cheese, donut, salami, honey, coffee, blackberries filling dairy(milk, cheese) process food

2025/2/8

上課: Weather and seasons slippery sweet bean soup windy / hot / cloudy / stormy / snowy / cold / rainly / sunny heat wave skate rink / ice skate / skiing / snowboard marine / marine creature / seals Drowning / salty Vancouver wild animal is aggressive wear scarf / muscle and tissue

2025/2/10

上課: Pets and animals Make-up day reptiles hamster yard / tail / tiny / tank水族箱 / fur毛

2025/2/11

• oatmeal
• you need to eat food with carbohydates and protein
• scrambled eggs
• really kickstart your morning
• spinach
• whole-wheat bread
• keep you going until lunchtime
• smoothies / fruit smoothies
• nutrition

2025/2/12

上課: Places to see in Perth

• In the west
• mainland
• vacation(traveling) / holiday
• staycation
• 國家有s結尾的，前面要加the表示是很多組合成的

2025/2/15

上課: Multiword verbs with BACK

• back down: stop todo something (停止爭執)
  • arguement, stoping arguement
  • someside need to back down
• backed off: stop argument
• back off: move away from danger
  • situation is bad
  • move away from the scene of the accident
  • when I see the acciend, I back off
• back up
  • backed up so fast (car) 物理倒退
  • have to repeat something
  • provide proof or evidence
    • back it up
    • back [something/someone] up
  • called for backup(help)
    • The army called for backup
  • duplicate data / information
  • backed up to the cloud
  • the drains backed up and overflowed
  • backed up the traffice for more than five miles 塞車/堵塞
    • The drain was backed up by the flooding
    • The line was backed up
  • Deniz backed up the program every night before switching off her computer.
  • Deniz ensured that she made a backup of the data daily
  • my family backs me up
  • there was a three-week backup of mail to clear
  • we will need to take a backup because the phone battery will only last 48 hours

paramedics 醫護人員 temporary backup (second phone)

2025/2/17

上課: Holidays and celebrations

• gatherings
• Christmas / Halloween / Thanksgiving / birthday / New Year
• Mid-Autumn Festival

2025/2/18

上課: Places to see in Perth

• outback
• hut
• tour guide
• a full-day tour / a half-day tour
• used to be colony
• Kings park
• resident of
• spectacular view
• botanical garden
• voyage on a ship
• live entertainment: not recorded
• sunbathing -> tan (most use)
• cruises

2025/2/19

上課: Colombia: Getting There and Getting Around

• spanish / Bogotá
• Medellin (most famous city)
• bus stations / stops
• how do you get around
• light rail / tram / metro / cable car
• how will you move around the country

2025/2/24

上課: Plans

• basketball court
• grill burger

2025/2/25

上課: Colombia:getting there and getting around

• budget-friendly
• amenities
• Low-cost airline / economical
• Direct flight
• Taxi meter
• Shared Taxi
• Extensive bus service
• Fixed fare
• Peak travel time
• Licensed Taxi
• Alternative transport: substitute for another
• connecntion filght
• cheap domestic fights

2025/2/26

上課: Film review-La La Land

• la-la land: Hollywood
• spectators / crowd / audience
  • audience: watch show
  • spectacular: watch sport
    • sport match/game
• viewer
• performance / carnival
• streaming service/platform
• main characters / setting / short plot

2025/3/3

上課: Travel and vacations

• Orlando, Florida
  • Amusement/theme Park
  • rocket, roller coaster, surfing
  • shrimp, squid
  • I'm allergic to shrimp
  • dragon boat Festival
  • souvenir(from French) / gift

2025/3/4

上課: Film review-La La Land

• make ends meet
• audition (actors interview)
• genre
  • What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy?

2025/3/5

上課: Crime

• pickpocket
• robber
• fine
• break the law
• guilty
• jury
• you are a criminal
• going to prison / jail
• community service / fine
• house arrest
• stab to death

2025/3/8

上課: Multiword verbs with BREAK

• break down 東西壞了(可以修) v.

  • John's car broke down
  • broken-down (不能修)
  • The printer has has a breakdown
    • It rarely breaks down.

• break into 闖入(illegally)

  • break into the store

• breaks down (v.) lose self-control 情緒崩潰highly emotional

• breakdown extremely upset (n.)

  • Harry had a breakdown after losing his job

• break [something] down 分解

  • break down the problem

break a door down 撞破門

• the fireman broke down the door to save the children

Its a broken-down piece of junk she suffered a serious breakdown / burn out

break [something] in 新的東西要磨合

• you need to break the car in slowly. For the first few weeks, try not to drive more than 45 miles per hour

break off 一小塊壞了

• break [something] off
• break off his engagement 取消婚約
• I acciden

break out 逃跑

• when you escape from a place, you break out of it
• the prisoners broke out of jail
• a breakout is an escape from a prison

break out (suddenly appear) 突然發生 a fire broke out break out in the factory

break through 突破

• when you break a problem, you find a way to solve it breakthrough (n.)
  • made a promising breakthourgh in cancer research

break up 阻止

• break up a fight 阻止打架
• If you break a fligh up, you stop it
  • broke the brawl up

break up (end a relationship) 分手

2025/3/12

上課: WWI trench diary

• we're all given a ration of rum
• rifle inspection

2025/3/15

上課: Multiword verbs COME

• It come off the wall 掉落
• come across 跨越(1)
  • go from one side of a place to the other
  • find by accident / to see someone or something without expecting to 有驚喜(2)
  • 別人怎麼看你的/給別人的印象(3)
  • he came across as arrogant and unsympathetic
  • he comes across as aggressive and impatient.
• come about 發生/一連串的事件後發生什麼改變
  • if something came about, it happens after a series of events
• come apart 分解/壞了/東西品質不好或很舊
• come down/up (1)電梯往上往下/價錢往上往下
  • comedown : big life change
    • a huge comedown for him
  • The price of oil fell months ago but the cose of plane tickets has not yet come down
  • (2)生病
  • I've come down with the flu
  • He is coming down with the cold.
  • (3)起源 something originates from its source
  • the word 'coffee' come from kahve in Turkish
• come in/into
  • (1) 進入enter a room
    • come into the busstop
    • in(general) / into(specific distination)
  • (2) 到達 come in / get in
    • the ferry come in at 10pm
  • (3) 方便 comes in handy
    • The dictionary comes in handy because he is studying English.
  • (4) 送貨到達
• come off
  • (1) 脫落
  • the paint is coming off the wall
  • (2) 成功

2025/3/17

上課: Sports

• hot pot / cabbage
• four of them
• four out of five
• a group of
• soccer field
• guard
• goalkeeper / defender / midfielder / forward

2025/3/18

上課: WWI trench diary

• chores
• platoon commander
  • platoon: a group of solder
• duckboards
• No Man’s Land
• snipers

2025/3/19

• pacific garbage
• don mask
• smog
• exhaust from cars
• fumes from factories
• cause pollution
• burn coal and wood
• wildfire
• power plant / power station
  • nuclear power plant
• wind farm

2025/3/21

上課: Background to the American revolution

• territory (land)
• mayor
• parliament
• disguies
• assemblies / asseble
• unrest
• boycott

2025/3/24

上課: Body

• slow season
• from now on
• eyelashes / eyeballs
• cheeks / face / eye / shoulder
• mouth / hand / ear / nose / waist
• forehead / fingers / ankles
• knees / nose / skin / lips
• tongue / foot / feet / back / elbow
• head / neck /
• on her head / on my face
• in my brain
• around her neck
• He is carring a bag over his shoulder
• she has a sore back from carrying a heavy bag
• he has a sore chest
• she has one broken arm

2025/3/25

• Up in the air: when something is uncertain or undecided
• by air: traveling or sending something by plane
• walking on air
• needing some air
• on the air
• putting on airs
• airing out
• visiblilty is poor
• exhaust fumes
• 90-meter high mound

2025/3/26

上課: In my free time

• surf the net -> go online
• leisure actvitity / freetime activity / hobby activity

2025/4/7

上課: Food Fruit

• nectarine / peach
• fig
• apricot / pear
• cranberries
• stone fruits
• A group of fruits is called an orchard
• orchard 果園
• citrus fruits / citrus juice
• tropical fruits
• yellow peel / banana peel
• pomegranate
• dried fruit
  • banana chips
  • dates fruit
  • plums 李子

2025/4/8

上課: Family Values

• big family / extended family / nuclear family
• dink
• maternity leave
• martial status

2025/4/9

上課: A day in the city park

• national park / city park
• fountain
• bycicle land / bycicle path
• bench
• bushes / bush sculpture
• pond / lake
• escalator
• disabled / differently abled
• exhibition
• Its facilities includes ...
• It is located in ...

2025/4/10

上課: Food-Vegetables

• I'm between jobs
• I went to traveling to Hokaido
• green: brocoli / white: cauliflower
• artichoke / bok choy 小白菜 / cabbage 高麗菜
• bulb: 球莖
• kale: 羽衣甘藍
• brussel sprouts: 芽甘藍
• Broccoli comes from Italy
• Leeks
• chives
• vegetarian / vegen
• guilty pleasure

2025/4/11

上課: Food-Fish and Seafood

• stay at home = (stay in)
• stalk 跟蹤 / weirdo 怪人
• high tariffs(n.) 關稅
• That's the spirit 這樣做就對了
• we are chattering 喋喋不休
• sprint
• in the past hour
• TV television (telly)
• Prepositions of Time 時間介係詞
• at (smaller than a day, exact spot)
  • at 5 p.m.
  • at night
  • at breakfast / at lunchtime / at dinner
• on (= a day)
  • on Friday
• in (bigger than a day)
  • in a month / in Spring / in a year
  • (duration)
  • in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening
• scallop 扇貝
• shrimp草蝦 / prawn明蝦 / lobster龍蝦
• clams
• saltwater / freshwater / deep-sea
• specie (n.) 種類 / race 人種 / racist有種族歧視
• anchovy 鯷魚
• squid 小卷魷魚 / cuttlefish 墨魚(花枝)
• squid game / episods
• octopush

2025/4/15

上課: Day In The City Park

• kiosk / cafe 小攤販
• No littering
• amusement park / theme park
  • rides / marine animals / rollercoaster / Ferris wheel
• animatronic

2025/4/16

Day At The Office

• law firm / lawyer
• associate
• former company
• client(hire/contract) / customer
  • regular client
• meal allowance 餐費補助
• ergonomic chair
• treadmill desk / standing desk

2025/4/21

上課: Food Nuts and Legumes

• hazelnut 榛果 / peanut 花生
• chestnut 栗子
• walnut 胡桃 / pecan 堅果
• coconut 椰子 / almond 杏仁
• pistachio 開心果
• palm / praline candy
• Mediterranean
• roasted chestnut
• meat (4 legs) / poultry (2 legs)
• Brzail nut 巴西果
• cashew 腰果
• macadamia nut 澳洲堅果
• marzipan 杏仁膏
• nougat 牛軋糖
• filberts 榛果
• kola nuts 可樂果

2025/4/22

上課: Day At The Office

• downtime
• burnout
• camaraderie(friendship)

2025/4/23

上課: Life in the city

• accommodations 住宿 / apartment 公寓
• housing / residence 住宅
• terraced house
• cycle lane / bike lane
• parking lot
• pedestrain
• public apartment

2025/4/24

上課: Food Herbs and Spices Bay leaf月桂葉, star anise 八角, parsley歐芹, dill蒔蘿, rosemary迷迭香 garlic大蒜 chili pepper辣椒

• Grind into powder
• mustard芥末
  • japanese mustard, wasabi
• cumin小茴香
• nutmeg肉豆蔻
• ginger薑
• root and bark. Cinnamon is the bark of a tree.
• sumac醋栗
• Paprika紅椒粉
• Poppy seeds罌粟種子
• pastries 糕點
• turmeric薑黃
• cinnamon 肉桂
• herbs
• basil羅勒
• mint薄荷
• dill蒔蘿
• pickeles 醃漬
• coriander香菜
• parsley歐芹
• rosemary迷迭香
• condiments 調味料 / sources
• bring out the flavor
• soy sauce 醬油
• vinegar 醋
• chutney 酸辣醬

2025/4/25

上課: Food-Bread Cereal Pasta Noodles

• wheat 小麥 / barley 大麥
• flour 麵粉
• torilla 玉米餅
• cereals 穀物 and grains 穀類
• quanitities 數量
• savory 鹹的
• rice in grown in paddies
• wheat is grown in fields. it's a very important crop.
• oats 燕麥
• porridge 粥
• pastries 餡餅 / pastry 餅皮
• baguette 法國長棍麵包
• crusty 外皮酥脆的
• a load of bread / many loaves of bread
• sliced bread
• chapati 印度薄餅 / roti 印度烤餅 / naan 印度烤餅 / aratha 印度烤餅
• tortillas 玉米餅
• pita bread
• pastries 餡餅
• baklava 甜點
  • baklava is a sweet pastry made from filo dough
• tortilla chips 玉米片

2025/4/28

上課: Food-Meat and Delicatessen

• ribs
• beef / steak / veal / diced beef
  • cattle / cow / bull
• lamb / mutton 羊肉 / lamb roast
• chicken
• pork / bacon / sausage 香腸
• hamburger patty 漢堡肉餅
• flesh of animal
• a shop that sells meat is called a butcher
• ground 絞肉
• back ribs 背肋骨
• chop 排骨 / pork chop 豬排
• rib roast 肋排烤肉
• shank 腿肉
• stew 燉肉 / beef stew rice 牛肉燴飯

2025/4/29

上課: Life in the city

• tuktuk 嘟嘟車
• lorry 貨車 / truck / delivery truck
• highway
• canoe 獨木舟 / boat / ferry
• tracks 鐵軌 / train tracks / underground
• cricket 板球 / foot
• cinema / theater
• movive buff 電影迷
• shearing
• indoor/outdoor activities

2024/4/30

上課: When You Come To Montreal

• Quebec is a province in Canada
• Montreal is a city in Quebec
• States / Counties / Cities
• what is different between states and counties?
• Terrtories / Provinces
• Vancouver is in British Columbia
• autonomous
• Canada's captial city is Ottawa

2025/5/3

• city building
• family household
• connected house
• live near the ocean
• in the suburbs 郊區
• in the quiet neighborhood
• downtown 市中心
• basement
• B1, B2 parking garage
• high rise building 高層建築
• elevators / lifts
• histroric building
• tall and modern apartment building
• balcony
• study room
• kitchen
• laundry room
• a bedroom
• living room
• sofa in the living room
• dining room / dining table
• art on the wall , bookshelf
• rug
• sofa / couch / light fittings
• air conditioning
• painting
• large closet 衣櫃, walk in closet
• appliances 電器
• cabinet
• inteirior design 室內設計
• tub 浴缸
• hammock 吊床
• furniture 傢俱
• neigbourhood (place) / neighbors (people)
  • I don't really know my neighbors
• quiet / noisy

2025/5/5

上課: The Alphabet

• Alligator 鱷魚
• plural 複數
• stress 重音
• quiz / quizzes

2025/5/6

上課: Socializing

• meeting people for the first time
• Really ? / That's amazing! / That's incredible!
• Really ? / Oh no! / That's awful! / That's terrible!
• So am I / So do I / Neither do I / Neither have I
• Me neighter

2025/5/7

上課: Socializing

• student accommodation / residences
• nerve-wracking / nervious
• Showing interest and asking follow-up questions
  • That's incredible
  • You're kidding
  • No way!
  • Really?
• where are you headed?
• I 'm sorry, I have to take this call
• Ending converation
  • I'm sorry, I have to ...
• I'm sorry I overheard talking about.....

2025/5/12

上課: Where we live

• bento / lunch box

2025/5/13

上課: Socializing

• catching up :meet someone you haven't seen for a while
• How often do you catch up with friends?
• get in touch (on the weekend)
• stay in touch (all the time)
• stay in contact
• catch up with
• meet in person means meet face to face
• Do Not Disturb
• hashtag

2025/5/14

上課: Socializing

• ergency
• slacker
• exclamation marks (!)
• ellipsis (...)
• emojis
• full stops (.)
• question marks
• passive aggressive
• abbreviations
• atm(at the moment)
  • can't talk atm.
• btw (by the way)
• idc (I don't care)
• dw (don't worry)

2025/5/19

上課: Consonants

2025/5/20

上課: Travel adventure

• tick something off your my to-do list
• achieved their goal
  • wish / goal
• Venezuela
  • Angel Falls
• pretty v.s very
  • pretty is less than very
• accommodation

2025/5/21

上課: Travel adventure

• bucket list
• hammock
• kick the bucket = die = pass away

2025/5/26

上課: Let's go shopping

• I'm just browsing
• don't wear A or B (否定兩個用or)

2025/5/27

上課: Travel adventure

• insurance
• compass
• get lost in a new city
• paramedic

2025/5/28

上課:

• dehumidifier
• Lonely Planet
• seasick / carsick
• sunscreen / get tan
  • re-apply sunscreen
• suitcase / bagpack
• sweat
• outfit
• compression bag
• sneakers / walking shoes / boots

2025/6/2

上課: The Past

• rice dumpling
• pet's fair 寵物博覽會 / exhibition center
• 我以為 => I thought

2025/6/3

上課:

• cathedral 大教堂
• plaza 廣場
• aqueduct / aqua
• Toledo / Madrid

2025/6/4

上課:

• regional train
• high-speed train
• outbound / return
• class / elige confort

2025/6/11

• travel blog
• Mexican cartels
• flight attendant
• middle East
• first / business / economy class

2025/6/17

• present perfect 現在完成式
  • just, already, yet
• achievement
• drive license
• Have you picked up the cake yet
• affirmative 肯定 / negative 否定
• perform rescues
• first aid

2025/6/18

• analyze data / information
• colleague
• collaborate
• cooperate
• synonym 同義詞
  • improve / develop
  • work on / practice
• soft skills
  • interpersonal
• hard skills
  • technical skills
  • job-specific

2025/6/24

• comparative
  • adj + er
• superlative
  • adj + est
• 簡單式 vs 進行式
  • ing 描述即將會結束的事情 / 最近的事情 / 強調改變?

2025/6/25

• syllable
• two or more syllables using more and most
  • more beautiful
• irregular adverbs
• well / better
• open-minded
• broad
• cosmetic surgery

2025/6/26

• gadgets
  • technology gadgets
• write some notes down
• take down some notes
• refriderator / freezer / fridge freezer
• As an engineer, I usually use my laptop throughout the day
• I don't comment offen. I mostly just watch videos and scorll.
• waffle(v)
  • I was on the phone to my mum for 1 hour and she was just waffling the whole time.
  • get to the point
• search for something
• during meals
• on the fence
• Comparaives
• Both A and B are good for...
  • They're similar because they both...
• A is adj, whereas B is adj
• Unlike A, B is more...
• I don't use either
• I have never heard of this app before
• out of two
• faux pas = fo par 失禮行為
  • I just forgot that man's name. That was such a big faux pas. -phone addict
• glued to their phones
• Are you addicted to screens
• there is a time and a place to use my phone
• on the go
  • I use my phone when I'm on the go
• colleague同事 / college大學

2025/7/1

• beverages
• A drink is a liquid
• reservoir 水庫
• ripe
  • fruit is not ripe
  • turning ripe
  • macchiato
  • foam on top / steamed milk
• clean and rinse
  • use water to clean mouse
• plural
• tea bags / tea leaves
• lemon tart
• tart v.s. pie

2025/7/8

• customs are almost all from Europe
• Examples of trades
  • Plumber / Carpenter / Builder(Construction worker) / Mechanic
  • bricklayer
• Jobs
  • Courier / Lifeguard / Receptionist
• white-collar & blue-collar
• formal qualification
  • degree / diploma / certificate
• Save time on commuting
  • commute 通勤
• Unusal jobs
  • professional sleeper / car tester / panda sitter

2025/7/15

• Clothing
• collar
• stylish / style
• fashionable
• top / blouse / shirt
• trousers(UK) / pants(US)
• jumper(UK) / sweater(US)
• 5 sense(see / smell / hear / taste / touch)
• match clothes / dress well
• bright / dull (earch tones)
• tight / loose

2025/7/22

Cloudy with a chance of rain

• weather forecast
• drizzle
• overcast sky / clear sky
• humid / dry
• chilly / warm

2025/7/29

• immigrating to another country
• country / nationality / offical language
• Nationality and language
• The UK / British / English
• Cambodia
• household

2025/8/5

Nationalities

• The resident of Paris When in Rome, do as the Romans do
• follow their customs
• adapt Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. People in France speak French. mutual problem = same problem

2025/8/11

Ving

• fixed plan
• at this moment What are you doing on the screen ?

2025/8/12

transport Vehicles : Bus / Coach / Plane / train about to = going to bus fare / train fare / airfare fare-evaing passenger getting on/off the bus (大型交通工具) get in/into/out of the car (小型交通工具) (train) platform train conductor entrance on my phone board = get on tap / scan your phone carpool = share a ride with others

2025/8/14

Cherry lovers delight as prices hit 20-year-low Sino-US trade war 中美貿易戰 Sino: 中國相關的 Sky-high tariffs fruit spoils fast

Interview with coffee hunter, Jose Yoshiaki Kawashima - Formosa News renowned coffee endangered coffee beans / endangered species revive the beans flagship store

This That These Those (pronouns)

2025/8/15

living expense fragrance netizens 網民 become an online sensation

2025/8/18

ceramics Past simple English collocation 搭配詞 half past three (3:30)

2025/8/19

The US' tariffs furloughed 500 employees manufacturing sector annual pilgrimage amateur

Containers and quantities measure word determiners a jar of jam a bar of cocolate a bag of orange a glass/jug/pitcher of juice carton of milk tube of toothpaste a bowl of pasta/cereal a packet of rice a can of cola packet of ketchup/salt a bunch of garlic furniture speedometer liter / mililiter a dozen eggs a bouquet of flowers photo / photography (pronunciation) sachet/bowl/packets/stick of sugar kilometer(pronunciation) ravioli

2025/8/20

Little did the traveler know (The traveler did little know的倒裝句) not having any of it (一點都不想接受)

most of the time Murphy's law very heavy / just shower typhoon / hurricane power outage / no power quarter/half to eight (7:45/7:30) quarter/half past eight (8:15/8:30) around six ish itinerary

2025/8/21

sparked outrage 引發眾怒 compensation 賠償 vigilant about 警惕

2025/8/22

go to the gangway But it’s inevitable that you’ll get a call sometimes

2025/8/25

government subsidies as it pleased 隨心所欲

2025/8/26

recall votes 罷免投票 domestic and international cabinet members

gardening aerobics 有氧運動

Sport table tennis hockey (ice hockey / field hockey) 曲棍球

• (ice) rink cricket equipment / kit golf ball / club racquet 球拍 / ball paddle tennis/basketball/badminton court 球場 baseball field track 跑道 PE class 400m relay 接力 high jump / long jump roll/throw dice
• 1 die / 2 dice wear special kit/gear He is a promising runner
• promising: something or somebody that may be very successful boxing ring compete / competition endurance treadmill relieve/release stress

2025/8/27

go on an outing 郊遊

• we went on an outing to the zoo.
• The students had an outing in the mountains.

meeting agenda conjugate 詞形變化

The infinitive

• listing in email
• list tasks

We are here today to think of some ideas we have a lot to cover today

project budget

at such short notice

• thank you all for comming at such short notice

2025/8/28

Production is slated to begin in 2027

• slated 預定

2025/8/31

Q-tip 棉花棒

2025/9/1

Labour day double pay cariouse tooth / cavity tooth 蛀牙

• I found out I had some cavities
• I spent another two weeks getting them filled.

nationality

• The United States -> American
• Mexico -> Mexican
• Canada -> Canadian
• Thailand -> Thai
• Iceland -> Icelandic
• Switzerland -> Swiss
• Turkey -> Turkish
• England -> English
• Algeria -> Algerian
• Sudan -> Sudanese

residue of the xxx 剩餘的

2025/9/2

Figurative language Poetry 詩 stanza 節 / line / rhyme 押韻

比喻法:

• Simile 明喻
  • comparing two things using like or as
  • His words were as sweet as honey.
• Metaphor 隱喻
  • comparing two things by saying one thing is the other.
  • She is a rock of stability
• Personification 擬人法
  • Representing non-human as humans.
• Hyperbole 誇張法
  • Using exaggeration
  • My backpack weighs a ton.

2025/9/3

died on the vine (idiom: 胎死腹中/無疾而終) complimentary breakfast Boba shops 手搖飲料店 excessive levels of E. coli

We're on the same page. Who is on board with this idea ?

• on board = agree

I agree with you up to a point, but... 部分同意

2025/9/5

hold held ... against ... ever since grudge 怨恨 hold off 延遲 hold on 等一下(電話) wait a while > wait a little while > hold on

hold out 1. 堅持 2. 握手 I will hold out for ... food doesn't hold out temptation 誘惑 I don't know how much longer I can hold out. 不知道我還能堅持多久 hold up 1. 耽誤 2. 擁護 3. 搶劫 held the meeting up for half an hour held up the line hold up the store 搶劫商店

2025/9/7

on the sly 偷偷的

2025/9/8

preliminary/vast topics clinch tariff deal 達成關稅協議 -clinch 成交 it's easy to get overwhelmed 容易不知所措

2025/9/9

online celebrity

2025/9/10

conduct a study 進行研究 put up with (phr.) 忍受 = tolerate, endure

• I can't put up with this noise relish (v.) 享受 cringe / embarrassing / awkward don't make rash, impulsive decisions Are you getting ample rest ?
• ample = enough

2025/9/11

feel intimidating 害怕

2025/9/13

• minor scrapes
• red-handed (adv. phrase)
  • was caught red-handed 被當場抓到
• it's pretty easy to squeeze in your schedule
  • squeeze in 安排時間
• find + O + adj.
  • I find the movie boring.
  • The joke got everyone laughing
    • 常用於find / consider / make / keep / leave / get
• she was way out of line

Roman numerals - noun (I, V, X, etc.) Familiar - adj (you know it) Essential - adj (important, necessary) Forefinger - noun (the finger you use to point) Arabic numerals - noun (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) 1600s - 16 hundreds Phobia - noun (a fear you have and it is always present, something you are afraid of) Fear - noun Tetraphobia - noun (the fear of the number 4) Cynophobia - noun (the fear of dogs) Superstition - noun (something you believe in but it cannot be proven by science) In Thailand 555 means = hahaha Hilarious - adj (very funny)

Multiword verbs with go

• go over
  1. visit a place. We're going over to Bob's tonight.
  2. review something I need to go over this contract carefully before I sign it.
  3. explain I'm going to go over this with you again in class tomorrowl, as it's not an easy topic.
  4. goes over well/badly The new drama didn't go over well with the critics.
• going-over (n.)
  • When you give something a going-over, you examine it for mistakes.
• go through with
  • When you go through with something, you do even thought it might be difficult.
• go up
  1. 往上走
  2. increase
  • The cost of gas went up quickly last year.
  3. schedule goes up
• go with
  1. includes
  2. match
  3. choose
  4. always or normally found with another thing

2025/9/14

backwards 反向 (adv.)

• He fell backwards.
• backward 反向的 (adj.)
• a backward ideas 落後的想法

表語(predicative / subject complement)

1. adj

• she is happy.

2. noun

• he is a teacher.

3. Prepositionsal phrases (介係詞片語)

• the keys are on the table.

4. adv

• The plan is off.
• Everything is backwards.

I would block out a few hours for studying.

• block out 劃出時間

the results were astonishing

• astonishing = amazing