[00:14]mistake

　　[00:16]Susan seems very quiet,

　　[00:18]but make no mistake about it,

　　[00:20]she has a terrible temper!

　　[00:23]modest

　　[00:25]She got the top mark in the exam

　　[00:28]but she was too modest to tell anyone.

　　[00:32]negotiate

　　[00:34]The two countries are negotiating for

　　[00:36]a peaceful settlement of the boundary question.

　　[00:41]negotiation

　　[00:43]Negotiations between the two countries

　　[00:46]have gone on for months.

　　[00:49]numerous

　　[00:51]The city has numerous libraries

　　[00:55]offend

　　[00:56]She was offended at his sexist remarks.

　　[01:02]operate

　　[01:03]The firm operates from its central office

　　[01:06]in Hong Kong.

　　[01:09]oppose

　　[01:10]Do not oppose your will against mine.

　　[01:15]option

　　[01:16]The government has two options,

　　[01:18]to reduce spending or to increase taxes.

　　[01:23]origin

　　[01:24]He spent all his life

　　[01:26]to study the origins of life on earth.

　　[01:31]outstanding

　　[01:32]A good deal of work is still outstanding.

　　[01:37]overall

　　[01:38]A society has its own overall interest,

　　[01:42]a nation has another

　　[01:44]and the earth yet another.

　　[01:48]parallel

　　[01:49]Peking is close to the fortieth parallel

　　[01:52]of north latitude.

　　[01:56]perceive

　　[01:57]We rarely perceive more than a minute fraction of

　　[02:00]the sights and sounds that fall upon our sense organs;

　　[02:05]the great majority pass us by.

　　[02:09]pitch

　　[02:10]We couldn't see our way in the pitchdark.

　　[02:14]powerful

　　[02:16]Passion, though a bad regulator,

　　[02:20]is a powerful spring.

　　[02:23]preferable

　　[02:25]The longestablished mentality of

　　[02:27]“boys are preferable to girls”

　　[02:30]exerts a definite influence over people's attitude

　　[02:33]towards the sex of their babies.

　　[02:37]prevail

　　[02:38]Truth is great and will prevail.

　　[02:44]prior

　　[02:44]I have a prior engagement

　　[02:46]and so I can't go with you.

　　[02:50]prohibit

　　[02:52]Picking flowers in the park is prohibited.

　　[02:56]rank

　　[02:57]The governor, the mayor,

　　[03:00]and other people of rank

　　[03:02]were invited to the ceremony.

　　[03:06]reaction

　　[03:07]My reaction will depend largely

　　[03:09]on the kind of answer I get.

　　[03:13]regular

　　[03:14]In developing the socialist economy

　　[03:17]with Chinese characteristics,

　　[03:19]regular attention should be paid

　　[03:22]to increasing revenue and  saving expenditures.

　　[03:27]relief

　　[03:28]The doctor's immediate aim is the relief of pain.

　　[03:34]remedy

　　[03:35]Life is thickly sown with thorns,

　　[03:38]and I know no other remedy

　　[03:40]than to pass quickly through them.

　　[03:45]rescue

　　[03:46]Gentle starving may start up a stress response

　　[03:49]that rescues cells from dying.

　　[03:52]Cell death also is an important component of aging.

　　[03:58]response

　　[03:59]The tax cuts produced a favorable response

　　[04:02]from the public.

　　[04:05]reverse

　　[04:07]We suffered some serious financial reverse.

　　[04:12]revise

　　[04:13]None of the things I had revised

　　[04:15]came up in the exam.

　　[04:18]ribbon

　　[04:19]She wore a red ribbon in her hair.

　　[04:24]schooling

　　[04:26]He has little real schooling.

　　[04:29]scope

　　[04:31]Football gives young people scope

　　[04:33]for courage and quick thinking. 

　　[04:37]sensitive

　　[04:39]The Stock Exchange is sensitive to likely political changes.