New Year

This vacation I hope I can finish Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons", which I have started for many month ago. I download audio from internet and wish to acceleraterate my study. It seems I can't read too many pages at a day. I also find if I check up the dictionary too often that will retard my study. Nevertheless, I will look up the dictionary and list them in here. ^^

reprisal 報復 tapering 尖端細的 docent 講師 alcove 凹室;壁龕 oculus 眼睛 stymie 【高爾夫】妨礙球 scoff 嘲笑,嘲弄 crypt 土窖;地下室 undercroft (教堂中的)地下室 annex 附加,增添[(+to)]pry
窺探;窺視[(+into/about)] squint 眯著眼看;斜著眼看[(+at/through)]tier (階梯式座位等的)一排
cluck (母雞)咯咯的叫聲spire 螺旋;螺線scowl 皺眉;沈下臉,顯怒容[(+at)]streak 條紋,斑紋[(+of)]
piazza (義大利的)廣場;露天市場annihilation 殲滅,消滅;毀滅[U]alcove 凹室;壁龕