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 !

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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.
...
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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/

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religion /rɪl'ɪdʒən/
religious

pigeon /p'ɪdʒən/
xxx pegion

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page /pedʒ/
garage /gɚ'ɑʒ/

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vision /v'ɪʒən/
region/r'idʒən/

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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