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title: English Words Note

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### [trail](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/trail)

* #### p.h.
> * ++go / be put++ on trail for
> * trails and tribulations
> * ++by / through++ trail and error

* #### Example:
> * The muder trail lasted six months.
> * He **was put on trails for** war crime and human rights abuses.
> * The **trails and tribulation** of fame were too much for her.
> * Most scientific discoveries are made **through** a process of trail and errors.

### [victim](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/victim)

* #### p.h.
> * fall victim to sth.
> * be victim of one's own success

* #### Example:
> * He was one of the employees who **fall victim to** the most recent lay-off.
> * The aid program has **become a victim of its own success**, with so many needy people applying that there are no longer **adequate resourses** to **go around**.
> * The **victimization** of civilians is a tragic **byproduct of** war.
> * At first, Christians **were victimied by** Roman government.

### [witness](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/witness)

* #### p.h.
> * be witness to sth.
> * bear witness to sth.

* #### Example:
> * The police are looking for anyone who may have **witnessed** the accident.
> * Those present **were witnessed to** a truly amazing natural phenomenon.
> * The gient hole **bears witness to** the terrible attack.


### [physcially](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/physically)

* #### p.h.
> * physcially demanding
> * physcially ++handicapped / disabled++

* #### Example:
> * This work is **physically demanding**.
> * Special holidays are available for **physcially ++handicapped / disabled++** people.



### [humanely](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/humanely)

* #### Example:
> * I don't support the death penalty, but if people are to be executed, it should be done humanely.


### [decently](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/decently)

* #### p.h.
> * behave decently
> * be dressed decently

* #### Example:
> * She admitted that she hadn't always **behaved decently**. 
> * Candidates need to **be decently dressed** in order to try and a job. 



### [casually](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/casually)

* #### p.h.
> * be dressed casully

* #### Example:
> * She **was dressed casually** in shorts and a T-shirt. 


### [gloomy](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/gloomy)

* #### p.h.
> * gloomy ++person / expression / place++
> * gloomy economic forecast
> * gloomy weather

* #### Example:
> * The vet is reather gloomy about my cat's chance of recovery. 
> * What gloomy weather we're having. 
> * We waited in a gloomy waiting room. 



### [stuffy](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/stuffy)

* #### p.h.
> * stuffy office
> * stuffy image of sth.

* #### Example:
> * The bedroom gets a little stuffy in the summer. 
> * She is trying to promote a less **stuffy image of** librarians. 



### [electric](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/electric)

* #### p.h.
> * electric ++blanket / car / kettle / light++
> * electric bill

* #### Example:
> * Our **electric bill** for July was $115. 


### [fragile](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/fragile)

* #### Example:
> * Be careful with that vase - it's very **fragile**. 

### [meadow](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/meadow)

* #### Example:
> * There was a path through the **meadow** to the village. 

### [food court](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/food-court)

* #### Example:
> * A food **court** and movie theater are among the mall tenants. 

### [stove](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/stove)

* #### Example:
> * In our new house, we have electronic **stoves**. 

### [formula](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/formula)

* #### p.h.
> * formula of sth.
> * formula for success
> * formula for Ving.

* #### Example:
> * We have changed the **formula of** the washing powder. 
> * There's no magic **formula for** success. 
> * He developed a **formula for** calculating the area of a triangle. 

### [punch](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/punch)

* #### p.h.
> * give sb. a punch on sth.
> * lack punch

* #### Example:
> * She **gave him a punch on his face**
> * I flet the ++performance / speech / presentation++ **lacked punch**.  

### [dampen](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/dampen)

* #### p.h.
> * dampen sb's enthusiam
> * dampen sb's spirits

* #### Example:
> * Rain had **dampened** the tent so we left it to dry in the afternoon sun. 
> * Nothing you can say will **dampen her enthusiasm**. 
> * I didn't want to **dampen his spirits**. 

### [minimize](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/)

* #### p.h.
> * minimize the ++risk / impact++ of sth.
> * minimize the suffering of sb. 
> * minimize sb's weaknesses

* #### Example:
> * We must **minimize the risk of** infection. 
> * She accused politicians of **minimizing the suffering of** thouseands of people.  

### [condense](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/condense)

* #### Example:
> * I cendensed ten pages of comments ++into / to++ two. 
> * Water vapour in the air **condenses into** fog. 

### [cheat](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/cheat)

* #### p.h.
> * cheat ++at / in / on++
> * the lasted game cheats
> * cheat codes

* #### Example:
> * He **cheats at** cards?
> * She **cheared in** test by copying from the boy in front. 
> * I suspect he **cheats on** his taxes. 

### [jam](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/jam)

* #### p.h.
>  * straberry / respberry jam
>  * jam sandwiches
>  * traffic jam

* #### Example:
> * We were stuch in a jam for two hours. 
> * How are we going to get ourselves out of this jam. 
> * The door jammed behind me and I couldn't get out. 
> * The center of town was **jammed with** moving at a very slow pace. 


### [paste](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/paste)

* #### p.h.
> * flour-and-water paste
> * wallpaper paste
> * ++tomato / anchovy / curry++ paste 

* #### Example:
> * Are these real diamonds or paste. 
> * Cut that paragraph and then paste it at the end of the page. 


### [arch](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/arch)

* #### p.h.
> * eyebrows arch
> * arch sb's back
> * an arch-criminal
> * arch-enemy

* #### Example:
> * Passing through the arch, you enter an open courtyard.
> * She has very high arches. 
> * Her eyebrows arched in contempt. 
> * She watched the cat **arch its back**. 


### [spectrum](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/spectrum)

* #### p.h.
> * ++political / social++ spectrum
> * a wide spectrum of sth.
> * on the same spectrum

* #### Example:
> * The colors of the speatrum can be seen in a rainbow.
> * He has support from accross the whole **political spectrum**. 
> * The group includes students form both ends of the **social spectrum**. 
> * **A wide spectrum of** opinion was represented at the meeting. 
> * My disease is nowhere near as bad as hers but they are **on the same spectrum**. 


### [venue](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/venue)

* #### p.h.
> * venue for sth.

* #### Example:
> * The hotel is an ideal **venue for** conference and business meeting. 


### [archive](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/archive)

* #### p.h.
> * archive ++film / footage / material++ 

* #### Example:
> * These old photographs should go in the family archives. 
> * I've been studing village records in the local archive. 


### [terrace](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/terrace)

* #### Example:
> * The couple also want to improve the terrace area. 


### [personal](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/personal)

* #### p.h.
> * personal ++opinion / view++
> * take a personal interest in sth.
> * personal ++secretary / bodyguard / fitness instroctor++ 
> * personal belongings
> * sb. make a personal appearence
> * give sth. my personal attention
> * personal life
> * personal hygiene

* #### Example:
> * My **personal opinion / view** is that people should improve themselves.
> * Her uncle **takes a personal interest in** her progress. 
> * She has her own **personal secretary / bodyguard / fitness instructor**. 
> * Passengers are reminded to take all their **personal belonging** with they leave the plane. 
> * The mayor **made a personal appearence** at the hospital. 
> * I will **give** the matter **my personal attention**. 
> * She is oobbsessed with **personal hygiene**. 


### [eventual](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/eventual)

* #### p.h.
> * eventual ++winner / outcome / result / aim / choice++

* #### Example:
> * The Apple were the **eventual winners** of the competition. 


### [hoarse](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/hoarse)

* #### p.h.
> * hoarse voice 
> * make oneself hoarse

* #### Example:
> * You will make yourself hoarse if you keep shouting like that. 


### [frank](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/frank)

* #### p.h.
> * a full and frank discussion
> * frank advice
> * To be perfectly frank with you, ...

* #### Example:
> * Tom gave me **frank advice** about my behavior. 
> * To be perfectly frank with you, I don't think she is the person for the job. 


### [petrol](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/petrol)

* #### p.h.
> * petrol ++tank / pump / station++
> * ++lead-free / unleaded++ petrol

* #### Example:
> * I am a bit low on petrol. 


### [fury](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/fury)

* #### Example:
> * He could hardly contain his fury. 


### [dirt](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/dirt)


* #### Example:
> * His coat was coverd with dirt.


### [loss](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/loss)

* #### p.h.
> * a sense of loss
> * job losses
> * ++blood / hair / weight++ loss
> * loss to sth.

* #### Example:
> * Many parent feel **a sense of loss** when their children leave home.
> * There will be substantial **job losses** if the factory closes down.
> * It would be a great **loss to** the department if you left.
> * They never got over the loss of their son.
> * The plane crashed with serious **loss of life**.


### [memorable](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/memorable)

* #### p.h.
> * a memorable ++performance / tune++

* #### Example:
> * I haven't seen them since that memorable evening when the boat capsized.


### [religious](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/religious)

* #### p.h.
> * religious education

* #### Example:
> * He is deeply religious and goes to church twise a week.


### [extreme](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/extreme)

* #### p.h.
> * extreme ++pain / stupidity / wealth++
> * extreme weather conditions
> * extreme views
> * take it to extreme

* #### Example:
> * Most people I know work fairly hard but she **takes it to extremes**.
> * In extreme cases, the disease can lead to blindness.


### [subjective](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/subjective)

* #### Example:
> * More specific and less subjective criteria should be used in selecting people for promotion within the company.


### [mourn](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/mourn)

* #### p.h.
> * mourn for
> * mourn the passing of sth.

* #### Example:
> * She was still mourn for her bother.


### [sue](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/sue)

* #### p.h.
> * They mourned the passing of an older, simpler way of life.

* #### Example:
> * 


### [bar](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/bar)

* #### p.h.
> * a bar of soap
> * a chocolate bar
> * bar to Ving.
> * be barred ++to / from++
> * bar ++way / path++

* #### Example:
> * There weren't any free tables, so I sat at the bar.
> * The gorilla rattled the bars of its cage.
> * Waltzes have three beats in/to the bar
> * A lack of formal education is no **bar to becoming** rich.
> * The centre of the town **was barred to** football supporters.
> * The incident led to him **being barred from** the country/barred from entering the country.
> * I tried to push past her but she **barred my way/path**.


### [guard](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/guard)

* #### p.h.
> * ++prison / security / border++ guards
> * be guards posted
> * be armed guards
> * be under guards
> * ++stand / keep++ guards over sth.

* #### Example:
> * There **are guards posted** at every entrance.
> * **Armed guards** are posted around the site.
> * Two of the soldiers **kept guard over** the captured guns.


### [burden](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/burden)

* #### p.h.
> * the burden of responsibility
> * burden to sb.
> * financial burden on sb.
> * burden sb. with sth.

* #### Example:
> * My elderly mother worries that she's a **burden to** me.
> * Buying a house often places a large **financial burden on** young couples.
> * I don't want to burden you with my problems.


### [expand](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/expand)

* #### Example:
> * The air in the balloon expands when heated.


### [punctuate](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/punctuate)

* #### p.h.
> * punctuate ++by / with++ sth.

* #### Example:
> * Much indeed depends on how his words are punctuated and translated.
> * The president spoke at length in a speech punctuated by applause.


### [incur](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/incur)

* #### p.h.
> * incur ++debts / fines / bills++
> * incur ++wrath / anger++
> * ++costs / expenses++ incurred by sth.

* #### Example:
> * The play has incurred the wrath/anger of both audiences and critics.
> * Please detail any costs/expenses incurred by you in attending the interview.


### [impassable](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/impassable)


* #### Example:
> * Many roads were flooded and impassable following the storm.



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