Lesson Six Free and Equal
1. scrutiny: careful and thorough examination of someone or something
careful/clo scrutiny
--- Careful scrutiny of the company's accounts revealed a whole ries of errors.
2. crook: bent, twisted, or not in a straight line
3. maroon: a dark brownish red colour
4. project: to imagine that someone el is feeling the same emotions as you
project something on/onto somebody
---- You're projecting your incurity onto me.
5. intimate: to make people understand what you mean without saying it directly
intimate that
--- He intimated, politely but firmly, that we were not welcome.
intimate something to somebody
---- She had already intimated to me her wish to leave.
6. hurl:
1) to throw something with a lot of force, especially becau you are angry
--- Demonstrators were hurling bricks through the windows.
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---- He hurled a chair across the t, smashing lamps and vas.
2) hurl abu/insults/accusations etc (at somebody)
to shout at someone in a loud and angry way
--- He was accud of hurling abu at the referee.
3) hurl yourlf at/against etc somebody/something
also hurl yourlf down英语六级词汇
to throw yourlf at someone or something with a lot of force
--- She wanted to hurl herlf into his arms.
7. whim: a sudden feeling that you would like to do or have something, especially when there is no important or good reason
on a whim
--- I didn't leave just on a whim (=for no good reason) .
at the whim of somebody
--- At work they are at the whim of the boss.
8. covet: to have a very strong desire to have something that someone el has
--- The Michelin Awards are coveted by restaurants all over the world.pandion haliaetus
9. wrong: To treat unjustly or injuriously.
10. dowry: property and money that a woman gives to her husband when they marry in some societieshint是什么意思
11. talk somebody out of something: ( phrasal verb) to persuade someone not to do something
talk somebody out of doing something
trashbin
---- Can't you talk them out of lling the hou?
12. tacit: tacit agreement, approval, support etc is given without anything actually being said
免费英语资料---- a tacit agreement between the three big companies
13. pomp: all the impressive clothes, decorations, music etc that are traditional for an important official or public ceremony
--- The queen's birthday was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony .
----- all the pomp and circumstance (=an impressive ceremony) of a treaty signing
14. conciliatory: doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with you
conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc
---- Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach.
haili------ Brooks felt in no mood to be conciliatory.
15. back out: to decide not to do something that you had promid to do
--- It's too late to back out now. After you've signed the contract, it will be impossible to back out.
southamericaback out of
--- The government is trying to back out of its commitment to reduce pollution.
coagulation16. chandelier: a large round frame for holding candles or lights that hangs from the ceiling and is decorated with small pieces of glass
17. mill: v.
mill around/about (something) : phrasal verb
if a lot of people mill around, they move around a place in different directions without any particular purpo
----Crowds of students were milling around in the street.
---- There were a lot of people milling around the entrance.
18. fluorescent:
1) fluorescent colors are very bright and easy to e, even in the dark
a fluorescent pink T-shirt
2) a fluorescent light contains a tube filled with gas, which shines with a bright light when electricity is pasd through it
19. sag:
1) to hang down or bend in the middle, especially becau of the weight of something
ￚsynonym droop
integrity--- The branch sagged under the weight of the apples.
--- The skin around my eyes is starting to sag
--- .a sagging roof
2) to become weaker or less valuable
--- attempts to revive the sagging economy
20. booth: A small, often enclod compartment, usually accommodating only one person
21. intensify: to increa in degree or strength, or to make something do this
--- In June the civil war intensified.
--- His mother's death intensified his loneliness.
22. buff:
wine/film/opera etc buff: someone who is interested in wine, films etc and knows a lot about them
