00:13.00]mistake
00:15.00]Susan seems very quiet,
00:17.00]but make no mistake about it,
00:19.00]she has a terrible temper!
00:22.00]modest
00:24.00]She got the top mark in the exam
00:27.00]but she was too modest to tell anyone.
00:31.00]negotiate
00:33.00]The two countries are negotiating for
00:35.00]a peaceful settlement of the boundary question.
00:40.00]negotiation
00:42.00]Negotiations between the two countries
00:45.00]have gone on for months.
00:48.00]numerous
00:50.00]The city has numerous libraries.
00:54.00]offend
00:55.00]She was offended at his sexist remarks.
01:01.00]operate
01:02.00]The firm operates from its central office
01:05.00]in Hong Kong.
01:08.00]oppose
01:09.00]Do not oppose your will against mine.
01:14.00]option
01:15.00]The government has two options,
01:17.00]to reduce spending or to increase taxes.
01:22.00]origin
01:23.00]He spent all his life
01:25.00]to study the origins of life on earth.
01:30.00]outstanding
01:31.00]A good deal of work is still outstanding.
01:36.00]overall
01:37.00]A society has its own overall interest,
01:41.00]a nation has another
01:43.00]and the earth yet another.
01:47.00]parallel
01:48.00]Peking is close to the fortieth parallel
01:51.00]of north latitude.
01:55.00]perceive
01:56.00]We rarely perceive more than a minute fraction of
01:59.00]the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs;
02:04.00]the great majority pass us by.
02:08.00]pitch
02:09.00]We couldn't see our way in the pitch dark.
02:13.00]powerful
02:15.00]Passion,though a bad regulator,
02:19.00]is a powerful spring.
02:22.00]preferable
02:24.00]The long-established mentality of
02:26.00]“boys are preferable to girls ”
02:29.00]exerts a definite influence over people's attitude
02:32.00]towards the sex of their babies.
02:36.00]prevail
02:37.00]Truth is great and will prevail.
02:43.00]I have a prior engagement
02:45.00]and so I can't go with you.
02:49.00]prohibit
02:51.00]Picking flowers in the park is prohibited.
02:55.00]rank
02:56.00]The governor,the mayor,
02:59.00]and other people of rank
03:01.00]were invited to the ceremony.
03:05.00]reaction
03:06.00]My reaction will depend largely
03:08.00]on the kind of answer I get.
03:12.00]regular
03:13.00]In developing the socialist economy
03:16.00]with Chinese characteristics,
03:18.00]regular attention should be paid
03:21.00]to increasing revenue and saving expenditures.
03:26.00]relief
03:27.00]The doctor's immediate aim is the relief of pain.
03:33.00]remedy
03:34.00]Life is thickly sown with thorns,
03:37.00]and I know no other remedy
03:39.00]than to pass quickly through them.
03:44.00]rescue
03:45.00]Gentle starving may start up a stress response
03:48.00]that rescues cells from dying.
03:51.00]Cell death also is an important component of aging.
03:57.00]response
03:58.00]The tax cuts produced a favorable response
04:01.00]from the public.
04:04.00]reverse
04:06.00]We suffered some serious financial reverse.
04:11.00]revise
04:12.00]None of the things I had revised
04:14.00]came up in the exam.
04:17.00]ribbon
04:18.00]She wore a red ribbon in her hair.
04:23.00]schooling
04:25.00]He has little real schooling.
04:28.00]scope
04:30.00]Football gives young people scope
04:32.00]for courage and quick thinking.
04:36.00]sensitive
04:38.00]The Stock Exchange is sensitive to likely political changes.