WEN, August 17th, Hump Day

• plausible \ implausible, genuine
• jail,  jailed;
• fizzled :  failed;
• stern : strict;
• defrost,
• nomal \ abnomal,  busyal
• important \ unimportant, trivial;
• professional \ unprofessional , amateur;
• reality \ unreality , fanasy;
• appear \ disappear, vanish;
• cover \ uncover, reveal
• honesty \ dishonesty, deceil;

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Antonyms & Synonyms

• technologital gadget;
• chillax = relax;
• foul weather = terrible weather; appalling
• demestic things = house work;
• crack down on = take tough action on;
• rude;
• mess;
• gangs : hooligan;
• reboot : restart;
• appalling : terriable;
• assured : promised;
• tarnished : damaged;
• outlined : defined;
• lawless : anarchic;
• coordinate : organise
• chaos : disorder;
• plotting : scheming, planning;

Antonym

prefix:

• believable --- unbelievable
• honest ---  dishonest;
• responsible --- irresponsible;
• legal  ---  illegal;
• complete  --- incomplete;
• probable  ---  improbable;

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• fake :  genuine, real ,authentic;
• like :  dislike, hate, can't stand;
• tiny : big, huge , largr;
• happiness : unhappiness, sad, masery, despair;
• guilty : innocent, alibi, quiltless;
• safe :  unsafe, dangerous; 
• admit : disadmit, deny,
• sincere : insincere, fake;
• success : failure, lose;
• mature : immature,
• encourage : discourage;
• kind : unkind, routy,  mean;
• appear : dis appear,

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• criticize
• generosity
• stingy
• butler,
• stuff : i am stuffed
• Isn't he gorgeous?  He is adorable.

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1. a tough question ____ a easy question;   /  tough meat ______ tender meat;
2. a clear sky _____ a cloudy sky;      /   a clear conscience _____ a guilty conscience;
3.  fair hair _____ dark hair;       / a fair decision  _____ a unfair decision;
4. a hard mattress ____ a soft/firm mattress;     /  
5. a live animal _____ a dead animal;      / live music_____ record music
6. a light color _____ a dark color     /    a light sleeper _____ a deep\ heavy sleeper.

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1. abused  :  used cruelly or badly;
2. disused :  not used any more;
3. unused  :  not ever used;
4. misused  :  used in the wrong way;
5. overused  :  used too much;
6. underused  :  not used  enough.

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• could you possibly....?
• would you mind (not)......?
• I wonder if you could ...... ?
• do you think you could ...... ?
• would you like (me) to ...... ?
• do you happen to know ......?

T.G.I.F

• speedomester;
• upside down;
• atheists;  Atheists don't believe in sprite;
• insomnias;  Insomnias can't sleep. or  introuble in sleeping;
• dyslexics. Dyslexics can't read or speel.
• pacifists: Pacifists don't like fighting
• dropout: Dropout doesn't like school
• antiglobalization protester
• protester : against;
• how come = why. How come you are studying?
• contradition;
• swore
• attract; impress
• in you favour; good things for you.
• I blurted out the lies; jerk;
• bossy;
• get out of it: not have to do.
• can't stand: dislike;
• no such luck = won't be so lucky;
• bald- faced lie = a clear lie, /a big lie;
• tell a white lie;
• have an alibi : explain why you couln't have committed a crime
• state afact;
• tell a tall tale: tell an unbelievable story

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• who with....?
• who from...?
• who to...?
• where from...?
• why not...?
• what about...?
• what for...?
• why = how come

white lies

• procrastination : put off ;  deley; He 's real a procrastinator;
• What is he like? ---esygoing;  What does he look like?--- handsome;
• save gas = fuel efficient;  (no protrel in north America)
• The car has never  been in an accidents.  ( usede car dealer always say)
• go on a date : go to have appotment
• Golf clubs in the trunk of the car; (a set of golf tools
• trunk / hood
• pick on someone = to bully (school violence)
• flatter; (v) ;   flatterer/flattery :  大忽悠；
• clubbing: club-bing, 夜总会地干活；
• assasinate: murder;
• sacrifice
• stability
• optimistic / pessimistic;
• a chick flick 小女人爱看的电影等。

Time

• for tne time being;
• at times; =sometimes; = occasionally
• it's about time;
• one at a time;
• time and again;/ time and time again;
• pass/ elapse, last/run/, drag on, takes;
• age, era/eon, period, time, spell ( as weather)
• Don't count your chickens before they hatch;
• deadline;
• missed the boat;
• the 11th hour
• let's sleep on it
• put it off
• punctual;
• synchronize;

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1. Tobermory : scuba diving Capital of Canada
2. scuba
3. violence
4. riots      /race riots , race broblem,  or   racial  tensious
5. panic as stocks pllunge;
6. leisure

Air travel

Vocabulary

• conneting flight： 联程
• standby passenger:：等退票
• security clearance:：security check
• P.A system: ：Public Announcement system
• boarding pass
• regret to announce
• scheduled to depart
• final call
• ticket agent;

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• aisle seat  \  window seat;
• carry-on bag
• ticket stub;
• takeoff;  ( one word)
• overhead compartment
• securely fastened
• demontrate; :show how todo;
• safety equipment
• custom declaration form;
• flight attendant;
• upright position
• seat-back;
• safety manual
• stow: put away
• metal detector
• baggage carousel
• in-flight meal
• tilt
• tray table
• convery belt
• （scale ;）
• （backpack）
• （glove compartment：车上手扣）

MONEY

Christine: Wow,Winnie! What happened - did you strike it rich and win the lottery or something?
Winnie   : In a way, yes. After college, I taught for a while. I wanted to go back to painting, but I had to do
               something to bring home the bacon. Well, I found some really good artists. We set up our own  
               Web site, and we started selling our painting on the Internet.
Christine: Really?
Winnie:    Yes, we didn't really expect to turn a profit, but we hope to break even.
Christine: And?
Winnie:    We got lots of work and make a killing.
Christine: Really?
Winnie:    Yes, the customers are happy because they get their money's worth, and we're laughing all
                 the  way to the bank.Christine:  Great. You can take me to lunch.
Winnie:     I'd love to! Where do you want to go? Money is no object.

                             

• break even : to earn, or make, as much as you spend
• turn a profit: to earn, or make, more money than you spend
• bring home the bacon: to earn money to live on
• pull down( an amount of money ): to earn a lot of money
• clean up, also make a killing or strike it rich: to make a lot of money
• laughing all the way to the bank: making a lot of money easily
• in the money : to have (or suddenly get) a lot of money
• money talks : money is powerful
• get your money's worth : to get good value for the money you spend
• throw good money after bad: to continue to spend money on something that is failing
• throw money on something : to try to solve problem by just spending a lot of money on something
• money is no object : the cost of something is not important
• something costs an arm and a leg : something is too expensive

CARIBANA

30th, July, Exihibion Place, Lake shore West, It's anniual Caribben Carnival Parades---Caribana.