1. Please figure out the total cost.（work out）
2. Many readers do not realize how much faster they can read and they plod along at one-third their possible speed all their lives.(read slowly)
3. The students spend so many hours reading every day that they get eyestrain.(squint eyes)
4. Although they live in the big city now, they still cling to their small town values.(stick to)
5. The bodyguards should always remain alert. (attentive)
6. It is the common Chinese notion that the elderly should be respected. (idea).
7. You are wasting your potential on this job. (hidden ability).
8. Look out of the window and you can savor the view of the mountain. (appreciate).
9. Many of these writers used to study in writing clinics. (workshops).
10. Her objective is to get a college education. (aim)
1.After World War Ⅱ,the “beatniks” appeared in America who had long hair,
wore strange clothes, and were strongly against social convention. (unconventional people).
2. Don’t try to persuade me to buy this painting; it is not worth a hill of beans. (anything).
3. Carol flaunts before her classmates her new coat which she bought yesterday. (shows off).
4. She has a natural aptitude for music. (ability)
5. She pleaded with the officer to give her a ticket. (asked in a begging way).
6. My brain may be old, but it is not addled. (confused).
7. He was the glee club manager, but he couldn’t sing a note. (singing).
8. His checkered career is full of ups and downs.(uneven).
9. The child’s stubbornness infuriated the mother.(angered).
10. Mozart was a child prodigy; he composed a symphony at the age of seven.(unusually clever child).
11. Though he was of obscure birth, the became a successful statesman later in life.(unknown)
1.Don’t make any snap decision until you’ve calmed down. (hasty)
2.I try to be broadminded but do feel antipathy toward people who are dirty and untidy. (dislike)
3.Scientists assume that there is life on Mars. (suppose)
4.Simon Bolivar’s aspiration was to establish democracy in South America.(ambition)
5.It was his firm conviction that every effort should be made to preserve world peace.(belief)
6.The employees gave the retiring man a watch as a token of their esteem.(symbol)
7.Her generosity is one of her most pleasing traits.(characteristics)
8.Only an artist can perceive the fine shades of color in the paining.(notice)
9.A person’s stance something can tell a lot about him.
1.Diligent police work should help eradicate crime.(remove)
2.The price of the pelt of the sheep has dropped in market.(fur)
3.This room is exclusively for women.(only)
4.The playground is the children’s favorite haunt.(place where they often go)
5.The boy showed ingenuity in making toys out of scraps of discarded wood.(cleverness)
6.The hunters use wooden ducks as decoys to attract the flock.(lures)
7.The military government has banned strikes and demonstrations.(forbidden)
8.The leopard is stronger than any other of the great predators.(animals that eat other animals)
9.Let’s meet halfway and each pay half the damage.(compromise)
10.The lovers arranged a secret rendezvous.(appointment)
1.There were deeper tensions underlying last week’s outburst.(behind)
2.I don’t subscribe to the idea that money can bring happiness.(support)
3.The Old Testament tells of the covenant the Jews made with God.(agreement)
4.The war was a time of tribulation for all of us.(suffering)
5.This version of what happened flies in the face of all the evidence.(is contrary to)
6.The government has succumbed to pressure from the press.(given in)
7.She was garbed in Indian shawls.(dressed)
8.Horseback riding helped the weary statesman shed his tensions.(get rid of)
9.It is often difficult to discern the truth of an event from a newspaper report.(see clearly)
1.Sentimentality is traditionally considered a feminine quality.(womanly)
2.Some people have a bias against foreigners.(prejudice)
3.Boys and girls are segregated in this school.(separated)
4.Smoking is prohibited on school grounds.(banned)
5.The police must enforce the law.(carry out)
6.lt is the Congress that institutes the laws in this country.(establishes)
7.He turned his back on those against him.(ignored)
8.Thousands of spectators jammed the stand to watch the football match.(people)
9.She has only a superficial understanding of economics.(shallow)
10.The steel industry was geared toward the needs of war.(adapted to)
1.The swallows arced across the sunset sky.(flew in a curve)
2.You can breathe the incense of cedar in the ganden.(sweet smell)
3.The old cathedral is dwarfed by the skyscrapers that surround it.(made appear small)
4.The bus stumbles to the countryside.(moves slowly and heavily)
5.The romance of the sea beckoned the old sailor.(attracted)
6.lt was one of those English country houseswith cavernous rooms.(yast and dark)
7.A detective story usually has an intricate plot.(complicated)
8.Before dinner there's always a hustle and bustle in the kitchen.(busy action)
9.Alexander Graham Bell astounded the world by his invention of
telephone.(astonished)
10.The museum has a display of valuable antiques/(ancient and valuable objects)
11.The doctor's dilemma was whether he should tell the patient the truth.(difficult choice)
12.gourmet always wants the best food,not the most.（person who is expert in the choice of food）
1.l have so many intrusions on my time that it's difficult to get my work done.(disturbances)
2.His own personal future was at stake.(at risk)
3.Don't just stand there in the threshold,come in!(doorway)
4.Do you have a valid reason for being late?(acceptable)
5.The plant converts crude oil into gasoline.(changes)
6.She humiliated him in front of his friends.(made...feel ashamed)
7.The time had come to say good-bye.At mother's cue,we all ascended.(signal)
8.During summer vacations some teachers attend seminars at colleges.(classes for discussion)
9.You can identify me by a green carnation in my lapel.(know)
10.Becoming president is his ultimate goal.(final)
1.His whole attitude has undergone a subtle change.(slight)
2.So far he has not been able to formulate his new plan.(work out)
3.Almost three-quarters of those who were polled said they opposed the government's poilcy.(questioned)
4.The Government will introduce legislation to restrict the sale of firearms.(law)
5.the latest survey shows a majority in support of government policy.(study)
6.She conmmutes from Cambridge to London.(travels regularly)
7.He went on to champion the rights of women to have equal pay.(support)
8.The sky looks as if a storm may be setting in(starting)
9.We feel it desirable to divert funds from armaments to health and
education.(use differently)
10.This is testimony to the computer's creative powers.(proof)
11.Numerous parallels exist between Hemingway's life and the lives of his characters.(similarities)
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