Madam curie didn't stumble upon radium by accident. She searched and experimented and sweated and suffered years before she found it. Success rarely is an accident.
blot
联想记忆：blot--不落它（发音）不小心落在它上的--污点
v.1.to remove liquid from a surface by pressing soft paper or cloth on it 吸干
Blot your letter before folding it.
2.to make a spot or spots of ink fall on paper 沾污，弄脏
blot your copybook 玷污名誉
3.to cover or hide something completely. 遮盖
The aging pharaoh might as well try to blot out the sun with his finger.
年长的法老还不如用手指遮住太阳。
Thick white smoke blotted out the sun.
白色的浓烟遮住了太阳。
n.1.a spot or dirty mark on sth, made by ink, etc. 污渍
There is a blot on this white paper.
2.something that spoils the opinion that other people have of you, or your happiness 有损形象或者幸福的事情
Treatment of his wife will always be a blot on his escutcheon.
他虐待自己的妻子，这将永远是他名誉的污点。
a blot on the landscape
影响景观的物体。
tissue
联想记忆：T恤（发音）--T恤薄的像纸一样--薄纸
n.1. (人，动植物细胞的）组织
nervous tissue 神经组织
2.（尤其用作手帕的）纸巾，手巾纸
She wiped off the sweat with a piece of facial tissue.
她用一张薄面巾擦点汗水
3. a intricate(错综复杂的）interrelated（相关联的） series of things
a tissue of lies 一派胡言
claim
v.1.say something is true 声称
They claim to have discovered a cure for the disease.
他们声称已经发现了这个疾病的治愈方案。
2.demand legal right 要求合法权益
The buyer is not deprived of any right he may have to claim damages by exercising his rights to other remedies.
买方不会因为行使采取其它补救方法的权利而丧失要求损害赔偿的权利。
3.ask for money with a right 索赔
I could claim on the insurance if I get a paper out, depending on how bad it is.
4.get sb's attention 引起注意
He claims her attention.
5.gain sth 获得，认领
Aunt Maggie was not even allowed to see his body, nor was she able to claim any of his asset.
A 不被允许看他的尸体，还不被允许认领他的财产。
6.cause sb's death 夺走...的生命
This illness can claim a child's life.
n.1.saying something is true 声明（n）
There was no hard evidence to support either side's claim, but a local court ultimately ruled in favor of the woman.
尽管没有证据证明任何一方的证词，但是当地法院最终还是认可了那个女士。
2.legal right合法权益
China has undeniable historical claim over the Nansha Islands.
中国对于南沙群岛有着毋庸置疑的历史主权。
3.a request for a sum of money
Mary Queen of Scots was a menace because of her Catholic and Guisard connections as much as for his English claim.
苏格兰的玛丽女皇被当作是威胁不仅因为她的天主教信仰以及和吉斯家族的关系，还有她对于英国的索取。
IDM:
1.claim to fame一举成名的事
2.have a claim on sb对...有要求权
3.lay claim to sth声称对...的拥有权
4.make no claim自认为不(表示不能做某事）
引申词：
proclaim 【在前面pro对你进】v.声明，宣布
disclaim 【dis=away】v.放弃
acclaim 【acc=to】 v.喝彩
exclaim 【向外面说】v.呼喊
reclaim 【收回自己的话】 v.撤回
declaim 【站在台上向下叫喊】 v.慷慨陈词
unclaimed 【无人呼喊的】 adj.无人认领的
counterclaim 【counter-反驳】v.反诉
词义辨析 say something is true
claim 【维护自身权益的意味，多用于面对否定和质疑时】 声明
affirm 【坚定不移地】强烈肯定
announce 【类似于proclaim】当众宣布宣称
allege 【无真实凭据的情况下】 硬说
assert 【自信主观的】断言
court
联想记忆：发音‘扣他’--法院扣押他--法院；‘扣她’--求她--求爱
n. 法院（法院地方/全体出庭人员），球场，宫廷（宫殿/王室人员）,求爱
hold court with sb （讲趣闻或者笑话）使人快乐
rule/throw sth out of court (to say sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a trail) 指明完全错误或者不予考虑
pay court to 讨好，求爱 He didn't know how to pay court to girls.
v. 招致 to court controversy 招来争议
引申词：
courtyard n.庭院；院子
courtesy n.礼貌，好意
courteous adj.有礼貌的；谦恭的
discourteous adj.粗鲁的；无礼的
discourtesy n. 粗鲁的言行
line n. 线 v. 排队
引申词：
hardline adj. 强硬的
underline v.强调
decline v.拒绝，衰退
offline adj.离线的
deadline n.截止时间
incline v.倾向
baseline n.基准线
outline n.外围线，轮廓，大纲
pipeline n. 管线
coastline n.海岸线
headline n.标题
lineage n.血统，家族
in line with与...一致 line up 排成一排，组织，安排