狗仔隊

Paparazzi
原為義大利文，是義大利姓氏Paparazzo的複數形式
香港人也稱Paparazzi為Puppy（小狗）

lame duck

lame duck 跛腳鴨

在野黨在國會席次超過執政黨的總統 也被稱為lame duck
譬如 G. Bush, A-Ben Chen

//=== 2014.11.12
After Democrats lost the Senate in  the midterm election, Obama grudgingly accepted himself tagged as 'lame duck' by reporters.  The government  become 'really divided'  such that Obama claims 
' to squeeze every last little bit of opportunity to make this world a better place ...'

the Senate
the House
the House of Representatives
the Governor
the White House


[ref]
http://elections.nytimes.com/2014/liveblog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided_government

Shoe-icide bomber

Shoe-icide bomber
Shoe-icide attacker

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/15/2008-12-15_man_who_threw_shoes_at_bush_muntadhar_al.html

"...
President Bush's farewell visit to Iraq degenerated into embarrassment when an Iraqi newsman hurled his shoes at the lame-duck leader.
...
Throwing shoes at someone is an assault , not freedom of expression
...
Throwing shoes is a sign of disrespect in the Arab world.
...

"

financial tsunami

financail tsunami
financail tsunami pledge
Tsunami relief pledge
Tsunami aid pledges reach $5 billion

Hong Kong set up task force on financial tsunami

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/
http://www.student.thestandard.com.hk/index.asp

兩岸大三通 海空直航

兩岸大三通 cross-strait three direct links
首航 inaugural direct voyage

direct links - air, sailing, mail
jetliners
cargo ship
flight link
sailing link
maritime link
direct maritime shipping
open harbors for direct cross-strait shipping



每日包機
daily direct charter flights

周末包機
weekend direct flights
weekend charter flights
weekend charter direct flights


//=== http://www.flightsdirect.com/
Flights Direct bring you cheap flights, "last minute flights"?, charter flights and scheduled flights to any destination in the world.


[ref]
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan%20relations/2008/04/04/150266/Weekend-direct.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081215/ap_on_bi_ge/as_taiwan_china_links_4
"... Taiwanese jetliners and cargo ships left Monday for China to open a new era of direct air and shipping services with the mainland

...
Taiwan imposed the ban on regular links six decades ago.

...
... , Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou said the new air and maritime links will greatly boost Taiwan's economy and put an end to the sabre rattling of the past.
..."

單槽洗衣機的英文

[Q] 單槽洗衣機的英文?
[Q] 雙槽洗衣機的英文?
[Q] 滾筒洗衣機的英文?
[Q] 波輪洗衣機的英文?

洗衣機的英文: Washing Machine
投幣式洗衣機: Coin-Op Washing Machine
滾筒式, 前置式, 前入式: Front Load Washer,Front-Load Washer

上入式: Top-Load Washer
雙槽: Double-tube or double-tub? washing machine
--> double-tub
單槽: single-tub, single tub
Sellers, Exporters, Manufacturers of single tub washing machine


Mini Double-Tub Washing Machine
Portable Washing machine

Doublestacked Washer and Dryer
I have a Doublestacked Washer n Dryer for sale,

double-drum washer
http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=9&item_pk=5637&p=1

//=== http://www.whirlpool.com/catalog/buying_guide.jsp?sectionId=288
Both top-loading and front-loading washing machines will do a good job of cleaning your clothes. The most significant differences between these types of washers are capacity, energy efficiency, water use, feature options, and style.

//===



Bosch Axxis Compact Front-Load Washer Washing Machine
HAIER HLP21E PORTABLE TOP-LOAD WASHER/WASHING MACHINE
1951 Frigidaire Automatic Washing Machine ad
MAYTAG ANTIQUE AUTO WASHING MACHINE, MODEL A101, 1960's
Coin-Op Washing Machines & 2 Dryers w/FREE SHIPPING!

美國的官名, 例如 Secretary of State

在 Wiki 的 presidential line of succession (總統不能視事時的繼位名單)
[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession#Current_order ]
列出了目前（2008）的候補順序名單如後，
有幾點覺得奇怪：

• 為何 Secretary of the Treasury , Secretary of the Interior 加上定冠詞 the, 其他的Secretary 沒有？
  
• 為何 Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor 並列, 其他的Secretary卻是分列？
  
• President of the Senate 與 President pro tempore of the Senate 的差別
  

1. Vice President and President of the Senate Dick Cheney
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
4 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
5 Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
7 Attorney General Michael Mukasey
8 Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
9 Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
— Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez (non-natural)†
— Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (non-natural)†
10 Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt
11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Steve Preston
12 Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
13 Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
14 Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
15 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake
16 Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff

計時開始的英文?

計時開始的英文
在辯論 或橋棋比賽中 常有計時開始這個口令/動作
律師諮詢費用 也有用計時的

ounce, oz

/au n s/
重量單位 1 oz(盎司)= 1/16 pound(磅)= 454/16 gm(克)
體積單位 1 oz(安士) ~ 30 ml(cc)?


The difference between pound and lbs?


http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%8E%E5%8F%B8
"...
常衡盎司：重量單位。整體縮寫為oz.av。
1盎司=28.350克
16盎司=1磅（pound）

金衡盎司：重量單位。整體縮寫為oz.tr（英）、oz.t（美）。
常見於金銀等貴金屬的計量中。
1盎司=31.1035克
12盎司=1 lbs磅

藥衡盎司：重量單位，整體縮寫為ap oz。
1盎司=31.1030克

液體盎司：容量計量單位，符號為fl. oz
1英制液體盎司=28.41毫升
1美製液體盎司=29.57毫升

..."

sled and sledding

sled: 雪橇
sledding: 滑雪橇; 行進狀況

"... Heading into 2009, it is expected to be tough sledding for the foundry sector. ..."
展望2009年, 預期晶圓代工產業將行路難 路難行

breadcrumb

breadcrumb: 麵包屑?, trace-back, 灑麵包屑留下記號 幫助找到回家的路

網路用語 breadcrumb for internet usage:
a list of sequential links from the current page
back to its parent section(s)/home page

like clockwork

like clockwork:
像鐘錶一樣精準; 準時報到;
小李飛刀 例無虛發;

Most events come off like clockwork.
He works like clockwork and never disappoint his boss.

OEM and ODM

OEM : Original Equipment Manufacturer/Manufacturing
ODM : Original Design Manufacturer/Manufacturing

中文可翻作 設備製造代工廠（OEM）及設計代工廠(ODM)

original 有來源、原創的意思

OEM, 業界之所以稱為代工廠
乃是指代工廠所生產的設備是由品牌廠商設計
代工廠只負責製造 雖然代工廠是真正原始的製造者
卻非創意原創者

至於ODM 真的就有些為他人作嫁衣裳的感覺
品牌廠商更專注於市場的行銷 用戶需求的分析
對專業技術的涉入大幅降低 ...

stinger and stingy

stinger [`stiŋdz.r] : 有刺之物, 話中帶刺, derived from sting
ginger[`giŋdz.r] : 生薑
vinegar[`vinig.r]

stingy [`stiŋdzi] : 有刺的 吝嗇的 小氣的

stingy elf 吝嗇鬼

電蚊拍

電蚊拍： Electric Mosquito Killer

Stinger Bugkiller Lamp

stinger: 有刺的動物 昆蟲

早餐== breakfast == 打破禁食

早餐的英文是breakfast --> break fast

fast
當形容詞是快速的意思
當動詞可以做禁食或節食 或固定 綁住的意思

所以早餐就是"打破禁食"

Wachovia

"... Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB), based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a diversified financial services holding company provided via its operating subsidiaries a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking ... "

"... Wachovia provides global services through more than 40 offices around the world. Presently it is the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States based on total assets.[5] Wells Fargo plans to acquire Wachovia for $15.1 billion in stock. The Federal Reserve approved the merger on October 12, 2008.[6]
..."


" A bank holding company is a company with significant ownership of one or more banks."


[ref] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wachovia
[ref] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holding_company

Dodgers(Los Angeles) and Rays(Tampa Bay)

道奇隊 隊史沿革 　
1890年　布魯克林新郎隊　Brooklyn BRIDGROOMS
→1899年　布魯克林超霸隊　Brooklyn SUPERBAS
→1911年　布魯克林道奇隊　Brooklyn DODGERS
→1914年　布魯克林羅賓隊　Brooklyn ROBINS
→1932年　布魯克林道奇隊　Brooklyn DODGERS
→1958年　洛杉磯道奇隊　　Los Angeles DODGERS
→迄今


//===
坦帕灣光芒隊 隊史沿革
1995年　坦帕灣魔鬼魟隊　Tampa Bay Devil Rays
→1998年　加入美國聯盟東區並正式出賽
→2008年　坦帕灣光芒隊　Tampa Bay Rays
→迄今


[ref] http://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php

Numerati

numerati: number crunchers, the math/computer geeks

credit crunch

credit crunch = credit craunch = 信用緊縮 ~ 通貨緊縮 ~ 流動性危機
liquidity crisis

goggle and google

goggle: 泳鏡,護目鏡; 睜大眼 瞧仔細 ; 瞪大眼
goggle failure almost prevented Michael Phelps from winning the champion.

google

Washington Mutual

Once was the largest savings and loan institute of America?
Washington Mutual Bank was acquired by Citi Group(when?),
and now(2008-10-07) Citi Group become the largest bank in USA, even
bigger than Bank of America?

Lost

Lost my broken bicycle today.

Lost hat.
Lost umbrella.
Lost jacket.
Lost pen.
Lost youth.

Lost something as I did possess them.

Lost in the world as I could not remember,
Remember why I came over here.


I have never lost love because I never own it.

清白與賄賂

清白 pure, innocent

賄賂 bribe, bribery


I don't have skeleton in my closet.

http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/11448457.html?si=3
"...
每次竞选期间一到，一定会看到候选人争相证明自己的过去是清白的，没有什么不可告人的秘密。这句话在英文里要怎么讲呢？当然最简单的说法就是，"I don't have any secrets in the past." 但是这样的说法不如俚语的用法 "I don't have skeleton in my closet." 来得传神。在这里 skeleton 是指骷髅，而 closet 是指衣柜的意思，各位不难想象，一个人把骷髅藏在自己的衣柜里作什么？一定是有不可告人的秘密。例如你在高中时考试作弊被抓到，还被记了一个大过，但你长大之后这件事再也没有人提过，所以你也不想别人知道。这件考试作弊就变成是你的 skeleton in the closet。
有时候我自己也会别出心裁，把这句话改变一下，展现一下自己的幽默感。例如有次我室友不让我进他房里，我就用这句话亏他，"Do you have any skeleton in your room?" (你房里是不是有什么不可告人的秘密啊？) 当然 in your room 是我自己改的，但在那样的情况下，却有另一番的味道。
..."

reverse course

The House of Representatives passed the financial bailout in the 2nd try.
This reverses course to what may be the most expensive government
intervention in the marketplace ...


Shares reverse course, drop 3.6% on profit-taking

Gas prices reverse course: Drop 2 cents

Bush Says Russia Must 'Reverse Course' in Georgia Conflict

Asian stocks reverse course, edging higher

reverse course : 反轉方向, 改弦易張

釀酒人隊 與 小熊隊

http://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php/密爾瓦基釀酒人隊
http://twbsball.dils.tku.edu.tw/wiki/index.php/芝加哥小熊隊


密爾瓦基釀酒人隊史 BREWERS
"
1969年　西雅圖飛行員隊　　Seattle PILOTS
→1970年　密爾瓦基釀酒人隊　Milwaukee BREWERS
→1998年　大聯盟改組，離開美國聯盟，改隸屬國家聯盟
→迄今
"



芝加哥小熊隊史 CUBS
"
1876年　芝加哥白長襪隊　Chicago WHITE STOCKINGS
→1890年　芝加哥小馬隊　　Chicago COLTS
→1898年　芝加哥孤兒隊　　Chicago ORPHANS
→1902年　芝加哥小熊隊　　Chicago CUBS
→迄今
"

奶精

cream or sugar? 指咖啡要加奶精或糖？
所以 奶精 == milk cream??

奶精
coffee mate
nondairy creamer ??? --> 植物性奶精？
coffee whiter （白化咖啡）
coffee mate
coffeemate


creamer
1. 裝奶油小壺
2. 奶油製造者 奶油製造機/分離器


melamine: 三聚氰胺 三句清安

//===
denture cream == 牙膏？
tooth paste

facial cream == 面霜


//===
Toxic baby milk now in yogurt, ice cream.


//===
a Taiwanese mother and three young children with kidney stones may have been poisoned by Chinese milk products tainted with melamine, and two Japanese confectioners' products were also found to be contaminated.


//===
"People are often unreasonable, irrational and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)"

//=== http://www.rosalanda.com/wordpress/
Milk tainted with melamine :: A selfish inhuman act
" ... Chan King-ming, associate professor of biochemistry at the Chinese University, said cyromazine, a derivative of melamine, was commonly used in China as a pesticide.

“It is absorbed into plants as melamine … of course it is already in our food chain and animal feed,” Chan said in an interview on Tuesday.
...
"

//===
http://www.wtocenter.org.tw/SmartKMS/do/www/moreSimilarDoc?id=87683



//===
paracetamol : 解熱鎮痛藥


//=== http://www.runeed.com/health/index_1877.html
" ...
Coffee mate is richer and far more fattening than normal milk.
Nutrition astute it depends on the type of milk you buy.

Coffee Mate is non dairy whitener, i.e. is not a milk product and
is thus suitable for vegans and lactose intolerant types.

*Ingredients & Nutrition information**
Nestle state that Coffee Mate is 'a blend of glucose syrup and vegetable fat'. As such it is suitable for vegetarian.

Coffee Mate ingredients are:
Glucose Syrup, Hydrogenated vegetable fat, Acidity Regulators (E331, E340, E452), Milk Proteins, Emulsifiers (E471, E472e), Colour (E101).

Coffee Mate Nutrition Information (per 100g):
Energy - 551kcal
Protein - 2.4g
Carbohydrate - 27.6g (of which sugars 8.7g)
Fat - 34.5g (of which saturate - 34.2g)
Fibre - Nil
Sodium - 0.4g


...
"

bail and parole

bail
bail out
bailout

financial bailout package

parole
v : release a criminal from detention and place him "on parole"

The prisoner was paroled (was released after giving his words) after serving 5 years in the prison.

prisoner= convict


take place on git?

credit crunch

credit crunch
crunch == craunch

USA government unveiled a plan to end the credit crunch by spending up to $700 billion buying troubled assets.

crunch
1. To chew with force and noise
2. To grind/press with violence and noise

redaction

redaction, 編校, 修訂
n 1: editing something such as a literary work or
a legislative bill into acceptable form

redact, (v), (n)= redactor

geek

geek
n 1: a carnival performer who does disgusting acts, 作些低俗噁心動作的表演者
2: a person with an unusual or odd personality, eccentric person, 怪人 怪胎

freak: deformed, eccentric

病危

be critically ill
be terminally ill
be seriously ill
be deadly ill

remedy, comedy, tragedy

remedy: cure, restore, compensation,

comedy, tragedy

The drama and contrivances of God's providence(天意).

raise capital

raise capital: 籌資
VC: venture capital(創投）

Goldman Raises Capital, With $5 Billion From Buffett

cater to, ,迎合

cater: (v) to provide food, to supply the desired

cater to, 迎合,
to adapt sth to/for, to tailor sth for

www.pixel2life.com/tutorials/adobe_photoshop/icon_creation/
Photoshop Icon Creation Tutorials on Pixel2Life.com.
The largest tutorial search engine on the
internet catering to graphic designers and programmers.

The largest tutorial search engine on the
internet adapted to graphic designers and programmers.

The largest tutorial search engine on the
internet tailored for graphic designers and programmers.

朗讀 與 朗誦

朗讀
read loudly and clearly

朗誦
read aloud with expression

背誦
recite


declaim?

產地 製造地 包裝地

the source of a product
place of origin
manufacturing location

or "made in china"

毒奶粉 Toxic milk
RPT-New Zealand blew whistle on tainted China milk - PM

"We(Fonterra) were the whistle-blowers and the Chinese government leapt in and ensured there was action on the ground; we had been trying for weeks to get official recall and the local authorities in China would not do it", Ms Clark told TVNZ.
"... the first inclination was to try and put a towel over it and deal with it without an official recall," she said.


sabotage:怠忽職守
Sanlu's minority partner, Fonterra, has accused Sanlu of sabotage.

lance and lancer

lance 槍矛

lancer 持槍的騎兵

benevolent

benevolent
benevolence

自由 平等 博愛
freedom equality benevolence

http://www.southernct.edu/organizations/rccs/resources/research/introduction/bynum_wiener.html
Principles of Justice – The Principle of Freedom, the Principle of Equality and the Principle of Benevolence should guide and inform every person’s

stalker

stalker (n), synonyms: prowler, sneak,sneaker
1. One who stalks.
2. A fishing net.
3. Someone who stalks game
4. someone who sneaks around


stoker

找工作或就業網站的英文

recruitment sites
job-finding sites
job-agent sites

for example, 104, 1111

lever, delever, leverage

lever: (n, v)
leverage: (n) The action of a lever;
mechanical advantage gained by the lever.

delever

"So How Did Lehman Delever? A Not-Very-Pretty Possibility"
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/06/so-how-did-lehman-delever-not-very.html
(admittedly)

//===
delver: one digging like a spade?
spade: 鏟子,鋤,黑桃; broad two-edged sword,

鋤頭: hoe

poker

poker face 撲克臉
poker play
poker cards 撲克牌

poker
撩火棒,紙牌戲, 司爐

stoke

stoke == poke, stoker == poker
1 添材火: to poke or stir up (as a fire) : supply with fuel
2 餵飽 飼以大餐: to feed abundantly
3 增加: to increase the activity, intensity, or amount of

[ref]
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoke


slang.
stoked on sb/sth : become excited/crashed by sb/sth.


a pig in a poke

啞

dumb
speechless 無語
mute
silent

喜新厭舊

fickle
(a.)變幻無常的,浮燥的,薄情的
???

蛤蜊 （讀作格利）

clam
mussel
cockle
pipi
scallop

bivalve
shellfish
mollusk

[ref] http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4a9b56f20100832s.html

蹄

hoof 人腳 獸蹄 ～ foot

trotter
trotter
1: （食用的）豬腳/蹄 羊腳/蹄
2: trotting horse

trot 快步走

gang and gangster

gang: a group, a number of persons going in company for a certain purpose
gangster == mobster（黑幫成員） ～ bad guy == criminal
a criminal who is a member of gang

a gang of thieves.
a gang of robbers
a gang of gangsters.

gang
n
1: 黑幫 犯罪團體
2: an informal body of friends;夥伴
3: an organized group of workmen [syn: {crew}, {work party}]
4: 一組工具

v : 組織化的行動

停損 停損點

停損 ： stop loss, sell at loss
停損點：stop-loss point

停利： lock in gain, lock in benefit
停利點： lock-in-gain point

藥檢

藥檢: drug test (on atheletes, ...)

metabolized traces(新陳代謝追蹤)

偽

偽鈔: counterfeit
counterfeit: 贗品(驗)
[synonym]:
(a) false, fake, forged, bogus, phony, fraudulent, bastard
(n) phony, fake, counterfeit
(v) falsify, forge, counterfeit

潑冷水 澆冷水 掃興

潑冷水 澆冷水 掃興
pour/throw cold water on


打鐵趁熱
Strike while the iron is hot


一石兩鳥
kill two birds with one stone

知了 蟬 相思樹 夏天尾聲

cicada /sək'edə/
A kind of insect with large membranous wings.
Male cicada has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone.

cicala /sɪk'ɑlə/

cicala= cicada

locust
蝗蟲,蚱蜢,蟬

//===
台灣相思樹.豆科
英文: Taiwan acacia.
學名: Acacia confusa Merr

印度相思樹的查詢結果：Indian licorice
licorice /l'ɪkɚɪʃ/ : 甘草 ( not /l'ɪkɚraɪs/)


acacia /ək'eʃə/
洋槐,刺塊
locust tree
any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia


The epilog of the summer, the diminishing cicadae's drone

horn and thorn

horn
thorn

xxx unihorn xxx
-> unicorn

corn: grain,
The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used
for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats



horny
thorny

hoof 蹄, mammal's foot

絕食 禁食 空腹

Hunger Strikes 絕食抗議

禁食 空腹
fasting
(n) : abstaining from food
(a)

fast
(v) to abstain from food
(n)

fasting day, fast day, a day of fasting

飢餓三十: to fast for 30 hours

抽血(檢查): hemospasia, haemospasia
捐血： blood donation?
輸血： transfusion

串通的英文

(v) collude, 串通 合謀 == conspire
(n) conspiracy, collusion

Take care to join new club.
The old members may collude to trap you.

仙人跳 金光黨 美人局 美人計 ？？？
片名： 仙人跳 英文名： Puff Puff Pass

矮化

belittle 使渺小
derogate 貶損
diminish 使減少
depreciate 貶值
deprecate xxx過氣 過時xxx -> 反對 不贊成
deprecated 不適用的 不宜使用的

中暑

heatstroke or sunstroke

The weather is so hot that we should take care of ourselves
to escape from heatstroke.

speaking English or speaking in English?

speaking English or speaking in English?

writing English or writing in English?

好勝的 好強的 倔強的

unyielding：不屈服的 不退讓的

unwilling to lose

？？？

最低消費額

a place where there is no limitation on the minimum spending

a place where no minimum spending is required


Minimum Spend, Minimum Spending
Minimum Consumption, Minimum Charge


加油 Minimum Consumption 2 Litres
餐廳消費 Minimum Spending 10 pounds

Minimum Charge 最低收費
通常用在水電 電信 帳單


[ref]
http://www.hellouk.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t114315.html

fili- prefix

filial
filiation

filibeg 蘇格蘭男用短裙

filibuster (n) 海盜 掠奪者 阻礙議案通過的議員 (v)掠奪,阻礙議案通過

filicide


filiciform 羊齒狀的
filiform 絲狀的
filicoid 羊齒狀植物

filiety /ai/ what children do to parents

虱目魚的英文

milky fish?

水餃包子饅頭 的英文

水餃 dumpling, Chinese dumpling
水餃皮 dumpling pastry
leek dumpling 韭菜
cabbage dumpling 高麗菜
prawn dumpling 蝦仁
squid dumpling
celery 芹菜
芹菜花枝水餃 celery squid dumpling
蒸餃 steamed dumpling
鍋貼 fried dumpling
煎餃 potsteaker???


包子
天津的老字號「狗不理」包子有了正式的英文名字——Go Believe。
Gold Bling

包子 (steamed)bun
bun 小麵包

饅頭
steamed bread
steamed roll

蔥 scallion, green onion
花捲 steamed scallion bread??


韭菜盒

To my disappointment, To my surprise

To my disappointment, ...
To my surprise, ...

In my opinion, ...

In my impression, ...
On my impression, ...

曇花 and 蛋塔

Love is like 曇花 and sex is like 蛋塔.

曇花
Broadleaf cactus
night-blooming cereus
Canna(美人蕉)

曇花一現 a flash in the pan
a sudden success that ends quickly and is unlikely to happen again:


蛋塔 egg tart


各式食材中英文對照
www.ptsgi.com/dictionary/data/food.htm

Words 2008 July 27

separate finance
separate account
separate asset?


caffeine /kæf'in/ 咖啡因

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frappucino
Starbucks ice milky/shaky coffee?

headwind(擋頭風)
n : wind blowing opposite to the path of the ship or airplane
行船偏遇擋頭風

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healthy
healthful

Tea is more healthful to us than coffee.

Interesting words around fere

feracious 豐饒的 多產的
feral 兇殘的 野蠻的 致死的

fere 伴侶

feretory 神龕 棺架(==棺材？)
feretrum == feretory

ferity noun of "feral"

伴侶的英文

coachfellow
fere
helpmate
partner
spouse
mate
companion
sexual partner

龜毛的英文

1 (n) pubic hair(陰毛)

2. (adj) stingy, picky, hesitated

3. (adj) *** anal

4. (adj) fussy


Don't be so anal !
Don't be so fussy !

//===
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentive
"...
The term anal-retentive (or anally retentive, anal retentive), commonly abbreviated to "anal", is used conversationally to describe a person with ...
The term derives from Freudian psychoanalysis.
...
"

易混淆的拼字及發音

易混淆的拼字及發音
colleague /k'ɑlig/

college /k'ɑlɪdʒ/

collage /kəl'ɑʒ/ 抽象拼貼畫

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knowledge /n'ɑlɪdʒ/
acknowledge
承認;感激; 認可; 正面回應

privilege /pr'ɪvɪlɪdʒ/ /pr'ɪvlɪdʒ/

//===
religion /rɪl'ɪdʒən/
religious

pigeon /p'ɪdʒən/
xxx pegion

//===
page /pedʒ/
garage /gɚ'ɑʒ/

//===
vision /v'ɪʒən/
region/r'idʒən/

//===
war
wall
were

淘汰 elimination

演化論　物競天擇
The selected survive and the eliminated disappear.

competition/selection/elimination

department and apartment, balcony, corridor

[+]
department
apartment

departing: the departing train
apart from

departure
arrival

[+] 陽台的英文 balcony
走廊的英文 corridor
冷氣機 air-conditioner
cooler : a refrigerator for cooling liquids, 冷卻器

KK音標 by IPA input

ʃ
ʒ

d͡ʒ
t͡ʃ
a͡ʊ
a͡ɪ


unicode
ʤ

ʧ
ʦ

KK音標

*** 美國愛荷華大學 清楚的發聲模型 及真人示範 還有單字範例。 極推
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html


http://www.twbbs.net.tw/2435330.html

蝦米碗糕， 搜尋引擎 high page rank
http://home.pchome.com.tw/life/sammiwago/kkph_myway.htm
http://www.sammiwago.idv.tw/phonics.htm

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KK音標 與 自然發音
KK音標 與 國際音標（就是IPA音標）

Haggle 討價還價 , haggle and hassle

customers ask for discount while
clerks(salespeople) want to raise/keep benefit.

客戶要 討價, 老闆或店員得 還價？
or
老闆或店員要 討價, 客戶要 還價？


haggle
hassle: argue, fight, harry, harass -> chivy, chevy, chivvy
annoy continually or chronically

如何輸入kk音標

如何輸入kk音標？
如何快速的輸入kk音標？

Gilded age

Gilded age(鍍金年代)

美國1878 - 1889

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age

下一個榮景(BE0156)──當經濟遇上政治 The Conscience of a Liberal
類別： 行銷‧趨勢‧理財>經濟貿易叢書系列：作者：保羅．克魯曼

分詞的概念（Participle）

分詞是個甚麼東東？

" ...
In linguistics, a participle (from Latin participium, a calque of Greek μετοχη "partaking") is a derivative of a non-finite verb, which can be used in compound tenses or voices, or as a modifier. Participles often share properties with other parts of speech, in particular adjectives and nouns.
..."

Grammatical voice:
"...
In grammar, the voice (also called gender or diathesis) of a verb describes the relationship between the action (or state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments (subject, object, etc.). When the subject is the agent or actor of the verb, the verb is in the active voice. When the subject is the patient, target or undergoer of the action, it is said to be in the passive voice.
..."



non-finite verb ： 原形動詞？
non-finite clause：

• Finite clause: The evidence that I am still alive is that I can sweat.
• Non-finite clause: The evidence of my being still alive is that I can sweat.
  
  「參考資料」
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participle
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-finite_verb
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-finite_clause