Edge Language

-TOEIC Vocabulary- Mar. 1-Mar. 5
[recruit] (verb; noun)
Meaning: (v.)to attract people to join an organization or a cause. (n.)a person who is recruited.
Sample Usage:
a. When the consulting firm recruited her, they offered to pay her relocation expenses.
b. The new recruits spent the entire day in training.

-Proverbs of the Week- Mar. 1-Mar. 5
[Every dog has its day]
English Meaning: Everyone will get a period of success or satisfaction during his lifetime.
Chinese Meaning: 每一隻狗也都有意氣風發的一天。意思也就是說，每個人都一定有飛黃騰達的一天。

-Idioms of the Week- Mar 1-Mar 5
[lose one's head]
English Meaning: behave irrationally or erratically, lose control
Chinese Meaning: 失去理智，昏頭了。
Sample Usage:
A: I'm going to marry Denny next week.
B: Have you lost your head? You've only known him for three days.

-TOEIC Vocabulary- Feb 21-Feb 26
[time-consuming] (adjective)
Meaning: taking up a lot of time, lengthy
Sample Usage:
a. Even though it was time-consuming, all of the participants felt that the open house was very worthwhile.
b. Five interviews later, Ms. Lopez had the job, but it was the most time-consuming process she had ever gone through.

-Idioms of the Week- Feb 21-Feb 26
[steal a person's heart]
English Meaning: to win someone's love spontaneously
Chinese Meaning: 偷偷贏得某人歡心; 讓人不由自主地愛上你/妳。
Sample Usage:
A: I know you are trying to steal Sally's heart by sending her flowers.
B: I swear on my life I just want to cheer her up.

-Quotation of the Week- Feb 21 - Feb 26
[Everything you can imagine is real.]
Pablo Picasso~Spanish Cubist painter (1881 - 1973)

-Proverbs of the Week- Feb 14 - Feb 19
[Rome was not built in a day]
English Meaning: Any great plan or big dream cannot be achieved overnight or easily.
Chinese Meaning: 羅馬不是一天造成; 冰凍三尺，非一日之寒。

-Idioms of the Week- Feb 14-Feb 19
[off to a good start]
English Meaning: successful at the beginning
Chinese Meaning: 有好的開始; 旗開得勝。
Sample Usage:
A: Our product launch was a huge success. We've already sold 15,000 rubber snakes.
B: It looks like you're off to a good start.

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-Slang of the Week- Feb 7-Feb 12
[tag-along]
English Meaning: To follow someone around; or, the person who follows someone around.
Chinese Mneaning: 跟隨，尾隨。
Example: 1. You're going to the new coffee shop : Do you mind if I tag along? 2. My little brother is such a tag along - he follows me everywhere I go!

-Idioms of the Week- Feb 7-Feb 12
[start from scratch]
English Meaning: begain with nothing, to start from the very beginning.
Chinese Meaning: 從頭開始。
Sample Usage:
A: It looks like I have lost all the work I did on the computer this afternoon.
B: Then I am afraid you'll have to start from scratch again.