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repository ? n plural repositories [C] formal 1. a place or container in which large quantities of something are stored: = store repository of/fora fire-proof repository for government papers 2. a person or book that has a lot of information: repository of/forBob is a repository of football statistics. partake: (often humorous)to eat or drink，especially something offered “Would you care to partake of a little wine with us?” “No，thank you I don’t partake．”(=don’t drink alcohol) In the passage．“partake” is figuratively used to mean “to draw on or rise as one wishes (the teachers’ repositories of skill and knowledge)．” at will :(formal)as one wishes You can use my car at will(=anytime you want to)． with a will energetically；with eager interest They worked with a will and had cleared a path by 9：OO a．m． to feel weighted: to feel unhappy and anxious sb/sth has yet to do sth : formal used to say that someone has not done something, or that something has not happened when you think it should already have been done or have happened 还未 I have yet to hear Rays version of what happened.The bank has yet to respond to our letter. take upon oneself: assume responsibility; undertake以...为己任; 主动承担(责任等) 我们应该承担起赡养父母的责任。 We should take upon ourselves the obligation to support our parents. Para. 4 Nobel Prize—winning physician Albert Szent—Gyorgyi put it well when he said．．． put : to say；to express…in words She wanted to tell her parents that she was planning to live on her own，but she didnt know how to put it. Everyone should have a chance to put their point of view not so much...as ? 与其说是…不如说是 Dogs wag their tails not so much in love to you as your bread. in a different light: from a different perspective to see the situation in a different light. 从另一个角度观察形势 Para. 5 discipline (1)training，especially of the mind and character，aimed at producing self-control．obedience，etc． 锻练;修养 Any discipline—but especially those with great subtlety and complexity，like yoga or T’a