Everyday Words

By Hong Wenxing

• light up / illuminate
• rush-hour / peak 
• picture / photograph
• spectator / observer / a single member of audience /auditorium / lecture theater / spectacular 
• anniversary / annual / yearbook / journal / diary / quarterly / monthly / weekly / daily /
  inauguration ceremony / rehearsal / celebrate

• terrorist attack 
• Muslim / mosque / Ramadan / cathedral / Jerusalem 耶路撒冷 
• boulevard / tower / square / path / lane / trail
• artist / sculpture / iconic / artwork / portrait 
• flanked by the concert hall at right and the *** at left / beside / behind / before / in front of / amid 
• pedestrian / vehicle / zebra crossing / helicopter 

• annotation / denote / indication /
• reside / settle down/
• interval
• Histogram / plot / chart / scatterplot /
• mere / only / His diligence is a mere pose.
• entertain /
• place emphasis on group dynamics rather than individual prowess
• dedicate to / dedicated a. 
• paddle the boat along the banks 
• border city  边境城市
• goggles / plunge into / glimpse/ peer 
• oncoming 即将来的 / ongoing (in process) 
• peninsula / island / land 
• surreal / real 
• parade through / march across /
• participate in / participant 
• strength / sophisticated  / novel / significant
• approximate (a.) 
• precision / touted / 
• prevent / preventative / prevention / 
• in particular 
• recursive
• radically / fully 
• homogeneous / heterogeneous 
• UNESCO World Heritage Site / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / a complex of ruins
• storm / storm-battered Yemen / heavy storm / wind / rain / lighting / flooding /
  fierce / ferocious / devastating 
• crash through / sweep / slam / hit
• debris / rubble /damage /disaster zone / collapse / strand 
• aerial view / eagle eye
• possession / poverty / property / belonging / impoverish / 
• character / characteristically / characterize / characteristic /
• demonstrate / describe / illuminate / 
• asynchronous / synchronous /
• notoriously / famous / infamous 
• to date / state-of-the-art

• acclimate / acclimatize / acclimation / The Peru Rocks team gathered and acclimatized at this town before their climb to Machu Picchu Mountain on Oct 20th, 2008.
• snowcapped mountain / night scene / campsite / treasured site /
• trek / trekker / destination / 
• dedicate to / dedication / 
• finale concert 
• ward / chemotherapy /