[1:21] Gaokao 3500 Words Immersive English Listening | No.13 Sailing Home Classic Passage Analysis

noun

1. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

e.g. he made a huge blot on his copybook

Synonym: blotsmearsmirchstain

2. a job in an organization

e.g. he occupied a post in the treasury

Synonym: positionpostberthofficebilletplacesituation

3. a business establishment for entertainment

e.g. night spot

4. a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value

e.g. an eight-spot

5. a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area
used to focus attention of a stage performer

Synonym: spotlight

6. a small contrasting part of something

e.g. a bald spot
a leopard's spots
a patch of clouds
patches of thin ice
a fleck of red

Synonym: speckledapplepatchfleckmaculation

7. a blemish made by dirt

e.g. he had a smudge on his cheek

Synonym: smudgeblotdaubsmearsmirchslur

8. an outstanding characteristic

e.g. his acting was one of the high points of the movie

Synonym: point

9. a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance

e.g. they changed his spot on the program

10. a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising

11. a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit)

Synonym: pip

12. a point located with respect to surface features of some region

e.g. this is a nice place for a picnic
a bright spot on a planet

Synonym: topographic pointplace

13. a small piece or quantity of something

e.g. a spot of tea
a bit of paper
a bit of lint
I gave him a bit of my mind

Synonym: bit

14. a slight attack of illness

e.g. he has a touch of rheumatism

Synonym: touch

noun

1. a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

Synonym: escapaderisky venturedangerous undertaking

noun

1. an effort that is inconvenient

e.g. I went to a lot of trouble
he won without any trouble
had difficulty walking
finished the test only with great difficulty

Synonym: trouble

2. the quality of being difficult

e.g. they agreed about the difficulty of the climb

Synonym: difficultness

3. a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result

e.g. serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent

4. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

e.g. grappling with financial difficulties

noun

1. a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

2. an ambassador and his entourage collectively

adj

1. restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

e.g. impatient with the slower students
impatient of criticism

noun

1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next

Synonym: transition

2. a journey usually by ship

e.g. the outward passage took 10 days

Synonym: transit

3. the act of passing something to another person

Synonym: handing over

4. a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

e.g. the passage of air from the lungs
the passing of flatus

Synonym: passing

5. the passing of a law by a legislative body

Synonym: enactment

6. a way through or along which someone or something may pass

7. a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

e.g. the nasal passages

Synonym: passageway

8. a section of text
particularly a section of medium length

9. a short section of a musical composition

Synonym: musical passage

10. the motion of one object relative to another

e.g. stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets

Synonym: passing