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1.hop (v.)to jump on one foot or to move about in this way:
I tried to hop on my good foot while holding onto Jim.

2.leap (v.)to make a large jump or sudden movement, usually from one place to another:
He leapt out of his car and ran towards the house.
I leaped up to answer the phone
The dog leapt over the gate into the field.

3.slam (v.)to (cause to) move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise:
The wind made the door/window slam (shut).
Close the door carefully, don't slam it.

4.porch (n.)a covered structure in front of the entrance to a building

5.boot (v.)to kick someone or something hard with the foot:
They booted him in the head.

6.blush (v.)to become pink in the face, usually from embarrassment:
I always blush when I speak in public.
I blush to think of what a fool I made of myself.

7.retarded (n.)an old-fashioned word for someone who has not developed mentally as much as most other people of the same age. This word is now considered offensive.

8.cooped up (a.)If you are cooped up somewhere, you are in a small enclosed space from which you cannot escape, or you feel as if you are:
Cooped up in a small dark cell, the prisoner hadn't seen daylight for five years.
It's such a tiny office - don't you ever feel cooped up here?

9.lay off (v.)If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do. (BUSINESS)
100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit...
They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers.

10.ignorant (a.)not having enough knowledge, understanding or information about something:
Many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics.

11.roundabout (n.) a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle, rather than straight across

12.snakebite(n.)

13.despair (n.)the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or troubling situation:
a mood/sense of despair
They're in (the depths of) despair over/about the money they've lost.

14.indecision (n.)inability to make a choice:
A moment's indecision when you've got the ball and you could lose the game.

15.revenge (n.)harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else:
She took/got/exacted (her) revenge on him for leaving her by smashing up his car.
He is believed to have been shot by a rival gang in revenge for the shootings last week.

16.inference (n.)[C] a conclusion that you draw about something by using information that you already have about it: 
to draw / make inferences from the data

17.alive (a.)[after verb] living; having life; not dead:
He must be ninety if he's still alive.

18.shiver (vi.／ n.)戰栗，發抖When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill or frightened:
The poor dog - it's shivering!

19.make yourself known (phr.)to tell someone who you are:
Just go to the hotel reception and make yourself known (to the receptionist).

20.sigh one's relief
**sigh (v.)to breathe out slowly and noisily, expressing tiredness, sadness, pleasure, boredom, etc:
She sighed deeply and sat down.

21.absurd (a.)silly, not making sense
adj 荒謬可笑的＝ridiculous＝ludicrous
What an absurd thing to say!
Don't be so absurd! Of course I want you to come.
It's an absurd situation - neither of them will talk to the other.

22.fog (n.)a weather condition in which very small drops of water gather together to form a thick cloud close to the land or sea, making it difficult to see:
Thick/Heavy/Dense fog has made driving conditions dangerous.

23.huddle (v.)to come close together in a group, or to hold your arms and legs close to your body, especially because of cold or fear:
Everyone huddled round the fire to keep warm.
It was so cold that we huddled together for warmth.

24.crown (vt)to put a crown on someone's head in an official ceremony that makes them king or queen:
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned (queen) (= made queen in a special ceremony) in 1953.


25.grave (adj.)so serious that you feel worried:
The situation is very grave and appears to be deteriorating.

26.overdosed (v.)to give an overdose or too many doses to
(e.g.)He overdosed (on sleeping-pills) and died.




27.premier(adj.)best or most important
(e.g.)He's one of the nation's premier scientists.




28.asset(n.[C]/pl.)something valuable belonging to a person or organization which can be used for the payment of debts
(e.g.)A company's assets can consist of cash, investments, buildings, machinery, specialist knowledge or copyright material such as music or computer software.
**liquid assets (= money, or things which can easily be changed into money)




29.intertwine(v.)to twist or be twisted together, or to be connected so as to be difficult to separate
(e.g.)The town's prosperity is inextricably intertwined with the fortunes of the factory.




30.nostalgia(n.[U])a feeling of pleasure and sometimes slight sadness at the same time as you think about things that happened in the past
(e.g.1)Some people feel nostalgia for their schooldays.
(e.g.2)Hearing that tune again filled him with nostalgia.
**a wave (= sudden strong feeling) of nostalgia




31.communism(n.[U])the belief in a society without different classes in which the methods of production are owned and controlled by all its members and everyone works as much as they can and receives what they need
(e.g.)Twenty years after the fall of communism, nostalgia for the past is growing across the former Soviet bloc.




32.endemic (a.)especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area:
Malaria is endemic in many of the hotter regions of the world.




33.hypothesis (n.)an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved:
Several hypotheses for global warming have been suggested.




34.primordial (a.)existing at or since the beginning of the world or the universe:
The planet Jupiter contains large amounts of the primordial gas and dust out of which the solar system was formed.




35.primeval (a.)ancient; existing at or from a very early time:
primeval forests