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protocol: 1st:An original copy or record; esp. the first draft of a treaty, government message, etc.; often a basis for a final treaty to agreement.
原本；原稿；(外交上之)草約。
2nd :Formal code of etiquette for affairs of state.
外交禮節。
patent:The official paper granting this right.
 專利狀；專利證。

promulgate:To make known to the public formally and officially; proclaim.
 公布；宣佈。
 例句： The king promulgated a decree.
  國王頒佈一項命令。

provision:A condition, requirement, etc.
 條款；規定。

proceeding:1.The course of action in a law case.
 [~s] 訴訟程序。
 例句： legal proceedings
  訴訟。

 2.The records of the business accomplished at formal meetings.
 議事錄；會議記錄。

participle modifiers:Participial modifiers sometimes are intended to describe the attitude or mood of the speaker, even when the speaker is not part of the sentence. Some such modifiers are standard and are not considered dangling modifiers —— "speaking of [topic], "or "trusting that this will put things into perspective", for example, is commonly used as a transition from one topic to a related one, or adding a conclusion to a speech.
However, in a sentence such as "fuming, she left the room," "fuming" can mean only one thing: it must modify "she."


office, position, post, situation, or job have similiar but different meanings
pathogenic
pandemic: 傳染病
preposition, not prepo'sition
pianist, 不是pi'anst. but gui'tarist, and saxo'phoist
police: p-schwa-lice, not p-o-lice. police 的單數是a police force.
PC: police constable (警察也可稱officer/bobby)
post-modifiers= qualifiers
prespective: Seen in perspective通盤地看
partrioitc official 愛國官員
pacificy安撫
pharmacentical 與藥有關
passport, not pass'port.
pair: he has 2 pair of socks. other amount word: dozen, score, hundred, thousand, eg. He has three dozen of pencils. /He has two hundred of apples. 若 加-s, There are dozens /scores/hundreds/thousands of children. Million較特別 , both are ok. eg. He made three million(s) on the stock market. if the amount words are used as adjectives, no -s. eg. He made three million dollars on the stock market.
peril: danger.
Principle: in principle原則上
psychiatrist精神科醫生

practice: 實現. eg. practice medicine. practice Confucian teaching. /He practised a high degree of autonomy.
prove: 原來是. The tool proves very useful.
programme/program (AME) 節目
plunge into:導致
preside (over)作主席
persist持續
prefer A to B/prefer A rather than
propaganda: better words are publicity, promotion, public relations. propaganda is derogatory
produce vs product. produce is collective n. product is count n. eg. Milk, pork and butter are all farm produce/farm product.
prelude: 'prelude
prerequisite:Something necessary to produce a desired result.
 預先必要之事物；先決條件。

peripheral:describes something that is not as important as something els
panic: get into a panic.
paranoid 係妄想,可以作ADJ,或N.  eg. Don' t be so paranoid
preposition有時可省去. eg. There is no problem (in) trading drink for food. or It is no use (in) going to see him.
participle分詞句子可以係唔同subject. eg.his hair cut short, Tom looked a different man.意
pension退休金
pull oneself together=to become calm and behave normally again after being angry or upset
practiced= very good at doing something because you have a lot of experience of doing it
something which some people are able or allowed to do or have, but which is not possible or allowed for everyone =prerogative