2013.4.29 英文學習

Vocabulary

unify
[+ obj] : to cause (people or things) to be joined or brought together : unite
▪ The creation of the national railroad system unified the country.
▪ two very different people unified by a common belief.

2013.4.27 (六) 英文學習

 (be) supposed to _____

Idiomatic and passive, "be supposed to" shows expectation.

Someone expects you to do something in the present or the future 

Link : http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Green%20Level/G7%20Suppossed%20to.html

prefer

Usage notes

• The verb can be used in three different forms:
1. prefer + noun + to(or over) + noun. Example: I prefer coffee to tea.
2. prefer + gerund + to(or over) + gerund. Example: I prefer skiing to swimming.
3. prefer + full infinitive + rather than + bare infinitive. Example: I prefer to eat fish rather than (eat) meat.

0sources :  Wiktionary

Link :  http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prefer

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gotta

1. (informal) must; need to; be required to

   I gotta learn this for my examination.

2. (informal) have a; have got a  [quotations ▼]

hafta (third-person singular simple present hasta or hafta, present participle -, simple past and past participle hadda)

1. (colloquial) Eye dialect spelling of have to. Be required to; must.

   I hafta fill in my tax return.

gotcha

1. (colloquial) Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.

   I gotcha now, ya little twerp.

2. (colloquial) Understand; comprehend.

   Yeah, I gotcha. Good thinkin'!

3. (colloquial) Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.

   Gotcha! Go on in...

4. (colloquial) Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.

   Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.

5. (colloquial) Got you by surprise; Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.

   Gotcha! They never notice the whoopie cushion!

6. (colloquial) Got you by surprise; as in engineering or computer programming; typically an unintended consequence or problem caused by a small variation in areas such as command syntax, function definition, results application.

sources : Wiktionary