Word of the Week

Dear parents,

 

British doctors suggest that children suffering from flu should not take Tamiflu because it has scant benefits and may have harmful side effects.

(The Liberty Times自由時報, 2009/8/29, http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2009/new/aug/29/today-int6.htm)

 

Watch out!

 

Chin-Chi

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Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009

Vocabulary:  scant

 

Definition:

Adj.

1.     barely sufficient

2.     short of an amount

 

Sentence:

She paid scant attention to what her teacher was saying.