Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The new vocabrary (N.Y.)

Here are the new vocabrary that I learned today;

New words;
-sprawling
spreading out/covering the large area
-marital row
an argument of a married couple
-overtly
obvious
-racial slurs
an offensive remark
-immersive
being in the deep water
-fluctuating exchange rate
unstable/not constant exchange rate
-sorcery
magic cf) a fantasy of swords and socery
-broadband killer application
a great online application

collocations;
-to generate publicity
-family feuds
-to lose out to s.t.
-mass apeal
-gatecrashing
-the silver lining

idioms;
-to pay for itself
-to pay through the nose
-to pay may way for
-to pay dividends
-to pay the price

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