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Weekly Focus - Useful Words

Level - Easy
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 bugs

another word for an insect
蟲子 There are lots of bugs in Hong Kong! Listen
2 cocoon

The caterpillar came out of its cocoon as a butterfly. Listen
3 glad

happy 高興 I'm glad you're okay. Listen
4 grab

to take quickly 抓住 Greg grabbed Lana and ran away with her. Listen
5 lead

a kind of metal The lead box was very strong. Listen
6 mess

very untidy 一片混亂 Greg's bedroom is a mess. Listen
7 watch out

be careful 小心 He's got a gun. Watch out! Listen

 

Level - Medium
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 apologise

say sorry 道歉 Whitney wanted to apologise to Clark for tying him up in the cornfield. Listen
2 float

to rest in air or on the surface of water 飄浮 The balloon floated gently down to the floor. Listen
3 head off
to go in the direction of 向著…行 Greg headed off towards the woods. Listen
4 one of a kind very special and unusual 異常 Lex is one of a kind. There's nobody like him. Listen
5 prank a trick played for fun 惡作劇 Whitney tied Clark to a wooden cross as a prank. Listen
6 tragedy a very sad event 悲劇 It was a tragedy that Lana's parents died in the meteor shower. Listen
7 weird very strange and hard to explain 不可思議、怪異 There are lots of weird people in Smallville. Listen

 

Level - Hard
  Word / Phrase Meaning Translation Example sentence Audio
1 astronomy the study of the stars and the universe 天文學 You need a big telescope to study astronomy. Listen
2 freak out get very worried or angry 變得極度焦躁 Clark's mother freaked out when she thought he had been hurt in the fire.
Listen
3 hang out with

be friends with 閒蕩、一起玩 Clark used to hang out with Greg when they were children. Listen
4 infatuated

in love with, think about all the time 迷戀的、入迷的 Clark is infatuated with Lana. Listen
5 Trojan horse

a gift which is also a trap 糖衣陷阱 Lana's necklace is Clark's Trojan horse - if he gives it to her she will be his. Listen

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