Friday, November 6, 2015

11/06 -- 07

Rest assured (用於安慰某人) 請放心, 別擔心 --
Used to tell someone not to worry and that you are in control of the situation.
Ex 1. You may rest assured that we will do all we can to find him.
      2. You can rest assured that your son will be happy here.

Keep count 記錄 (數量或發生的次數), 知道...確切的數目 --
To record how many of something there are, or how many times something has happened.
Ex 1. I've bought so many books this year that i can hardly keep count of them.
      2. I'm trying to lose weight, so i am keeping count of the number of calories i eat every day.

Shopaholic --
A person who enjoy shopping very much and does it a lot.

Satchel --
A bag with a long strap, that you hang over your shoulder or wear on your back, used especially carrying school books.
Ex: He went off to school with a satchel over his shoulder.

Peranakan (馬來語, 土生華人) --
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peranakan
Peranakan is basically a native born person in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, where their ancestor are combination of locals and foreigner.

Terminal --
A building or set of buildings at the airport where air passengers arrive or leave.

Dry stuff --
Things that maybe a little bit boring or unimportant, or people will consider not too exciting.

Goodies --
The wonderful good things about something.  Or positive things that people do enjoy.

-aholic --
Anything with -aholic at the end, means that they addicted to it.  For example, chocoholic,

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