(Simon笔记)跟着电视学英语 545.Learn English with Benedict Cumberbatch

Simon把新词和短语/习语（斜体）用不同的颜色标记便于大家学习：

绿色表示大学四六级以下，必须记住的，最好能会使用、解释或造句。

橘黄色：代表雅思难度，最好能够掌握并知道如何用，至少知道含义，能听懂看懂。想考雅思托福，红色绿色词汇一个都不能放过，都是常用词。        

红色：代表不是我们每天都能见到的词，既然出来了说明用得上，最好能知道意思，不要求会使用，不会也不会有太大的影响，但是最好能记到笔记上。

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entire: the whole of sth; the entire world = the whole world

spell: spoken words or rituals that have magical power   SPELL is usally used by wizards, witches or other magical creatures   cast a spell (collocation)= to perform a spell

mid: a prefix, means middle. mid-autumn mid-October  mid-80s'   mid-thirties | compare  EARLY LATE

很重要的一个词，和 early late 一起记忆 mid 80s 1984-1985 early 80s  1980-1883  late 80s 1987-1989 都是代表时间阶段的词。

I swear: I promise

   swear: 另外一个意思  speak bad words like: fuxxing  n.swearing

tamper: 注意不是 temper。means to interfere with sth by making changes that shouldn't be made.

stop + doing / stop to eat, stop to drink  你知道这2个区别么？ 视频里面后面解释了

find out: you learned the truth of sth

messy: in this context means challeging, difficult or confusing

go through sth: to experience sth, esp sth unpleasant or difficult.

ensemble: a group of people or things acting together as a whole. 这是一个难词

daunting: making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something; challenging and hard to do.

unnerving: it makes you fell less confident and slightly frightened

: to be neck and neck (same level, have equal chance of winning,this expression comes from horse racing.)

egotistical: (disapproving)you think only about yourself

narcissist: someone who has too much admiration for themselves, too self-centred

MCU: Marvel Cinematic Universe, 漫威公司出品的系列电影

: to produce sth suddenly and surprisingly

secretive: adj of secret, they hide their feelings, thoughts and intentions from other people.  | He is very ~|

invoke: to make sb have a particular feeling about sthshoudao

Jealousy: noun of jealous: to envy, want what other people have.  be jealous of sb

: you reat it or look at it quickly (simiar to:  to look sth over)