week #7

billed as

regarded as

 

festivities (n)

celebrations

 

renovated (v)

          repaired and improved an old building or structure

despite (n)

          in spite of

racism (n)

          1.the unfair treatment of people who belong to a different race;
               violent behavior towards them

               SYN; nationalism

          2.the belive that some races of people are better than others

sources;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/02/120221_vwitn_rio.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/05/120525_witn_racism.shtml

week#6

flock (n)
          1 group of the sheep, goats or birds of the same type
          2 a large group of people, especially of the same type

sprawling metropolis (n)
          big city

giddiness (n)

dizziness, feeling like you might fall over

all walks of life

many different backgrounds

ex) it happens in all walks of life

 

reveller (n)

people who are celebrating

source: BBC LEARNING EINGLISH
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/03/120328_vwitn_mexican_movers.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/03/120309_witn_holi_colours_storym.shtml

week#5

forbidden (adj)

not allowed, taboo

 

feline (adj)

like a cat; connected with an animal of the cat family

cuddle (v)

to hold close in your arms to show love or affection

phenomenon (n)

something extraordinary

unhygienic (adj)

          not clean and therefore likely to cause disease or infection

source: BBC LEARNING ENGLISH

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/05/120516_vwitn_cat_cafe.shtml

week#4

enzyme (n)
 a substance, produced by all living things, which help a chemical change happen or happen more quickly, without being changed itself

fermentation (n)
 a state of political or social excitement and counfusion

crack(v)
 to break, to hit, to make a sharp sound

subsidence (n)
 the process by which an area of land sinks to a lower level than normal, or by which a building sinks into the ground

tilt (v)
 to move, or ,make something move, into a position with one side or end higher than the other


Source: BBC Words in The News
          http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/index.shtml

week#3

apparently (adj)
 according to what you have heard or read

restripe (v)
 to change the stripes
 to change the space markings or parking lot

roadblock (n)
 a barrier put the across the road by the police or army

figure out
  to figure
  work out

yanked (n)
 the person is taken to a police station and kept there


source: WHITE COLOR season 1-1