English note jan 19 2025

 

off the charts

idiom   informal
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at a very high level
處於極高水準的
His blood pressure was off the charts他的血壓高得嚇人。
 
mainly US
extremely popular or successful
非常受歡迎的，極成功的
The new restaurant is totally off the charts.這間新開的餐館口碑載道。
valet
noun [ C ]
uk 
 /ˈvæl.eɪ/ us 
 /ˌvæˈleɪ/
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someone in a hotel who cleans clothes
（飯店中）清洗衣物的服務員
 
US
someone at a hotel or restaurant who puts your car in a parking space for you
（飯店或餐廳的）代客泊車者
 
the personal male servant of a rich man, especially in the past
（尤指舊時富人的）貼身男僕
 
valet
verb [ T ]
 UK
uk 
 /ˈvæl.eɪ/ /ˈvæl.ɪt/ us 
 /ˈvæl.ɪt/
 
to clean, especially the inside of, something
清洗（尤指內部）
There's a service which will valet your car for you while it is parked.有一項代客洗車服務是趁車停在那裡時進行的。

Barreling through something means to rush or move at a very quick pace.

"Our deadline was approaching, so we barreled through the project at lightning speed."


round something/someone up

phrasal verb with round 
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to find and bring together a group of animals or people
使…聚攏；驅攏；使…聚集
The cowboys rounded the cattle up.牛仔們將牛趕到一起。
I'll just go and round up Andrew and Patrick for the meeting.我去把安德魯和派翠克找來一起開會。
 

round something up

phrasal verb with round 
 
to increase a number to the nearest whole or simple number
把（數）上舍入，把（數字）調高為整數
 
round-up
noun [ C ]
uk 
 /ˈraʊnd.ʌp/ us 
 /ˈraʊnd.ʌp/
 
a bringing together of people, animals, things, etc.
聚攏，聚集
The president ordered the round-up and imprisonment of all opposition politicians.總統命令將所有反對他的政界人士一網打盡，全部投入監獄。
errant
adjective [ before noun ]
   formal
uk 
 /ˈer.ənt/ us 
 /ˈer.ənt/
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behaving wrongly in some way, especially by leaving home
（尤指離家出走而）犯錯的，行爲不當的，出格的
an errant husband出軌的丈夫
errant children犯錯誤的孩子

(Translation of errant from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Traditional) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of errant

errant
An errant production of la represented a much larger percentage of the substitution errors in masculine singular and feminine plural contexts than in masculine plural contexts.
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And the courts had the complementary effect of exposing the errant husbands' failures to live up to the masculine ideal when their lack of responsibility was publicly exposed.
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A number of disagreements are tolerated before change is instigated to a mode that includes the errant note.
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Ottawa, however, was not to be so easily reconciled with its errant representative.
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What does bounce off ideas mean?
If you bounce something off someone, you tell someone about an idea or plan in order to find out what they think of it: Can I bounce a couple of ideas off you? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

bounce something off someone

phrasal verb with bounce verb
uk 
 /baʊns/ us 
 /baʊns/
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If you bounce something off someone, you tell someone about an idea or plan in order to find out what they think of it:
Can I bounce a couple of ideas off you?

floor
verb
uk 
 /flɔːr/ us 
 /flɔːr/

floor verb (HIT)

 
[ T ]
to hit someone and cause them to fall:
He was floored with a single punch to the head.

floor verb (SURPRISE/CONFUSE)

 
[ T often passive ] informal
to surprise or confuse someone so much that they are unable to think what to say or do next:
I didn't know what to say - I was completely floored.

tout1
/taʊt/
verb
  1. 1.
    attempt to sell (something), typically by a direct or persistent approach.
    "Sanjay was touting his wares"
  2. 2.
    North American
    offer racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings.
noun
  1. 1.
    British
    a person who buys up tickets for an event to resell them at a profit.
    Similar:
    illegal salesman
    ticket tout
    scalper
  2. 2.
    North American
    a person who offers racing tips for a share of any resulting winnings.

montage

1 of 2

noun

mon·​tage män-ˈtäzh  
mōⁿ(n)-
Synonyms of montage
1
: the production of a rapid succession of images in a movie to illustrate an association of ideas
2
a
: a literary, musical, or artistic composite (see composite entry 2 sense 1) of juxtaposed more or less heterogeneous elements
b
: a composite picture made by combining several separate pictures
3
: a heterogeneous mixture : jumble
a montage of emotions
a montage of sounds

montage

2 of 2

verb

montaged; montaging

transitive verb

: to combine into or depict in a montage



bravado
/brəˈvɑːdəʊ,brəˈveɪdəʊ/
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noun
  1. a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.
    "he possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer's casual bravado"

rekindle
/ˌriːˈkɪndl/
verb
past tense: rekindled; past participle: rekindled
  1. relight (a fire).
    "Josh set about rekindling the stove"
    • revive (something lost or lapsed).
      "he tried to rekindle their friendship"

  2. persecution
    /ˌpəːsɪˈkjuːʃn/
    noun
    1. hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs.
      "her family fled religious persecution"

  3. Revanchism (French: revanchisme, from revanche, "revenge") is the political manifestation of the will to reverse the territorial losses which are incurred by a country, frequently after a war or after a social movement. As a term, revanchism originated in 1870s France in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War among nationalists who wanted to avenge the French defeat and reclaim the lost territories of Alsace-Lorraine.[1]

ire
noun [ U ]
   formal
uk 
 /aɪər/ us 
 /aɪr/
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anger
憤怒，怒火
Petty restrictions easily raised/aroused the ire of such a creative artist.種種瑣碎的約束很容易激怒這樣一位如此富有創造力的藝術家。
jamboree
noun [ C ]
uk 
 /ˌdʒæm.bəˈriː/ us 
 /ˌdʒæm.bəˈriː/
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a large organized event that many people go to, or a busy, noisy occasion or period
大型集會；喧鬧的聚會，狂歡活動
The beer festival was a huge open-air jamboree with music, stalls and everyone enjoying themselves.啤酒節是一個大型的露天狂歡活動，有音樂和貨攤，每個人都盡情享樂。



adamant
adjective
uk 
 /ˈæd.ə.mənt/ us 
 /ˈæd.ə.mənt/
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impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision
固執的；堅決的，堅定不移的
[ + that ] I've told her she should stay at home and rest but she's adamant that she's coming.我告訴過她應該在家裡休息，可她堅持要來。

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