Words & Expressions
*seemingly, appearing to have a particular quality, when this may or may not be true//or,formal, according to the facts as you know them. SYN:apparently
seemingly endless/impossible etc
The new minister was faced with a seemingly impossible task.
seemingly unaware/oblivious
Alice was standing in the street, seemingly oblivious to the rain.
(oblivious [ə'blɪvɪəs]: She lay motionless where she was, oblivious to pain.)
--There is seemingly nothing we can do to stop the plans going ahead.
*respectable, adj.
1) someone who is respectable behaves in a way that is considered socially accepted
--hard-working, respectable people
--a respectable family
2) good or satisfactory. SYN: decent
--a respectable income
--Her exam results were respectable enough.
respected: adj. admired by many people because of your good work or achievements
--He’s one of the most respected managers in the game.
highly/well/widely/greatly respected
--a highly respected journalist
respectful: adj. feeling or showing respect. OPP: disrespectful
--They listened in respectful silence.
respectful of
--He was always respectful of my independence.
*conceal, to hide something carefully or to hide your real feelings or the truth.
--The path was concealed by long grass.
--She tried to conceal the fact that she was pregnant.
conceal something from somebody
She was taking drugs and trying to conceal it from me.
*hair stands on end/make somebody’s hair stand on end, to make someone very frightened
--The thought of a lawsuit was enough to make his hair stand on end.
*petrified, extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot move or think
petrified of
--I’m petrified of spiders.
petrified with fright/fear
--He was petrified with fear when he saw the gun.
*to varying degrees在不同程度上
--She was involved in a number of car accidents of varying degrees of seriousness.
Sentences
The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called 'a skeleton in the cupboard'.
英语中有一个生动的说法...
eg.: The Chinese language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation which is called...
Pronunciations
novel [ˈnɑ:vl]
heroine [ˈheroʊɪn]
writer: /t/在/r/之后的发音舌尖快速触碰上颚，拍打音类似/d/
