Online Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

key chain (n): a number of metal rings that are connected together and attached to a larger ring, and often also to a decorative object, used for keeping your keys together:
Do you know where I could buy a Hogwarts key chain?

coat of arms (n): a special shield or shield-shaped pattern that is the sign of a family, university, or city
(作为家族、大学或城市标志的)盾形纹章,盾徽

heat (v): to make something hot or warm, or to become hot or warm
(使)变热,(使)变暖
A large house like this must be expensive to heat.
像这么大的房子取暖费一定很不少。
Shall I heat up some soup for lunch?
午饭我是不是应该热点汤呢?

reheat (v): 再加热 to heat cooked food again:
Reheated leftovers make a great lunch.

remind (v): to make someone think of something they have forgotten or might have forgotten
使记起;使想起;提醒
Could you remind Paul about dinner on Saturday?
你能否提醒一下保罗周六晚宴的事?
Please remind me to post this letter.
请提醒我寄这封信。

remind sb of somebody/something -to be similar to, and make someone think of, something or someone else
类似于;使想起(类似的人或物)
Your hair and eyes remind me of your mother.
看到你的头发和眼睛就使我想起了你妈妈。

of your dreams
the best that you can imagine
理想的,梦想的
Win the house of your dreams in our fantastic competition!
参加我们超级棒的竞赛,赢得您梦想中的房子!

dream house, job, etc.
the perfect house, job, etc., that you want more than any other
理想的房子/工作等

penultimate (adj): second from the last
倒数第二的
It’s the penultimate episode of the series tonight.
今晚播出的是这部电视连续剧的倒数第二集。