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 Going Dutch

"Going Dutch" is a term that indicates that each person participating in a group activity pays for themselves, rather than any person paying for anyone else .

A derivative is "Sharing Dutch", which stands for having a joint ownership of luxury goods. For example: four people share the ownership of a plane, boat, car or any other sharable high-end product. This in order to minimize cost, sharing the same passion for that particular product and to have the maximum usage of this product.

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Henpecked (adjective)

→ browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.:

a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.

*Predisposed (adjective)   /ˌpriː.dɪˈspəʊzd/

→ to be more likely than other people to have a medical condition or to behave in a particular way 易感染…；更傾向於，更有可能

*Inclination (noun)  /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/       

→ a preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something 傾向；愛好；意向

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*equ -: equal

eg. adequate (adjective)  /ˈæd.ə.kwət/       

→ enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose 足夠的；合格的；合乎需要的

 eg. equal (adjective)    

→ the same in amount, number or size, or the same in importance and deserving   the same treatment

*Pro-: many, much/ in favor of

eg. Propensity (noun)

→1. a natural inclination or tendency

  2. Obsolete. favorable disposition or partiality.

 eg. Prolific (adjective)     

→ producing a great number or amount of something

 eg. Proponent (noun)   

→ a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action 提倡者，宣導者，辯護者

 eg. Protagonist (noun)支持者   /prəˈtæɡ.ən.ɪst/       

→an important supporter of an idea or political system （某一想法或政治制度的）主要支持者，主要擁護者

*op-:  to, towards, against

eg. Oppose (verb)       

→ to disagree with something or someone, often by speaking or fighting against them

eg. Opponent (noun)

*ob-:  to, toward

eg. Obstacle (noun)

eg. Objection (noun)

*spec-: see, look at, observe

eg. Specious (adjective)   /ˈspiː.ʃəs/    

→ seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false 似是而非的；貌似有理的；虛假的

 eg. Speculate (verb)   /ˈspek.jʊ.leɪt/       

→ to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough    information to be certain 猜測；推測，推斷

* circ -: ring

eg.  Circulation (noun)   /ˌsɜː.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/    

 → when something such as information, money or goods passes from one person to another （資訊）流傳，傳播；（貨幣或商品）流通

 eg. Circumvent (verb)  /ˌsɜː.kəmˈvent/

→ to avoid something, especially cleverly or illegally （尤指巧妙或非法地）逃避，   規避，繞過

  eg. Circus (noun)