Devote to+doing
Park says South Korea is devoted to deepening cooperation among the nations.
devote onself to
the Oprah show
"Queen of All Media"
an American media proprietor,talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist慈善家
born into poverty in rural Mississippi
became pregnant at 14,her son died in infancy
"Oprahfication"
meaning public confession as a form of therapy
confessing intimate details about her weight problems, tumultuous love life, and sexual abuse, and crying alongside her guests.
Dispense
V. 1. to give out sth to people
The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks.
2.to provide sth. especially a service for people
The organization dispenses free health care to the poor.
3. to dispense medicine and give it to people, as a job.
to dispense a prescription
a dispensing chemist 药剂师
dispense with sb./sth. :to stop using ...because no longer need
=do away with
Let's dispense with the formalities.
Apply the cream sparingly to your face and neck.
remotely =slightly
It wasn't even remotely funny.
The two incidents were only remotely connected.
Mutation
1.biology
2.linguistics a change in form or structure
vowel mutation
3. the action or progress of mutating
his first novel went through several mutations