1. coin v.
to invent a new word or expression, or to use one in a particular way for the first time
e.g. coin new words
2. readiness n.
willingness
e.g. the willingness to coin new words
3. 搭配 & 短語
a pair of scissors 用復數
a piece of advice [U]
a pair of trousers 用復數
at a loss for words 說不出話來
4. dissuade vs. persuade
都表示勸說
dissuade 勸說不要做
persuade 勸說去做 [syn]convince
5. 重音
'photograph
pho'tographer
phpoto'graphic
6. 單詞
screwdriver 螺絲刀
colloquial 口語的
impartial 公平的
illiterate
adj. 文盲的缰雇；(對某專題)所知甚少的，外行的 computer/technologically illiterate
n. 文盲
stapler 訂書機
grinder 研磨器
can/tin-opener 開罐器
nail-clipper 指甲刀
coat-hanger 衣架疏之，掛衣鉤
sun-tanned 被太陽曬黑的
quick-witted: intelligent
bullet-proof 防彈的
contact lens 隱形眼鏡
arms race 軍備競賽
7. 沙發(fā)
sofa couch: "lower class"
settee: "middle class"
divan: bed with the thick base; sofa with no back or arms.
8. 船
sailing boat: general
dinghy: small open boat
yacht: luxury most typically collocated with yacht.
ketch: a double-masted sailing ship, also can be described as luxury.
9. ticket-holder
A person who has a ticket; a kind of wallet for holding tickets.
smoker
10. smoker
A person who smokes; a short name for a seat in the smoking area of a plane or a train (or the whole smoking compartment on a train)
11. mono-: one/single
monotonous adj. 單調乏味的锋爪，毫無變化的
e.g. monotonous job.
The music became monotonous after a while.
monologue n. (一個人)滔滔不絕的話爸业，長篇大論；獨角戲
monogamous adj. 一夫一妻的
monomial adj. 單項的扯旷；n. 單項式
