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Lesson 47
New words and expressions:
1. thirsty
A thirsty ghost
After walking a long way in the sun, they felt thirsty.
He was very thirsty.
2. ghost
A man with a guilty conscience is said to be afraid of ghosts.
The graveyard1 is haunted3 by ghosts.
Mr. Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted.
No one dared to live in the haunted mansion4.
People believed that after his death the house was haunted.
4. block
The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been removed.
All roads were blacked by the heavy snowfall.
You blocked my way.
5. furniture
He bought a set of furniture at a bargain price.
There is not much furniture in the house.
6. whisky
He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.
He loves whisky.
Would you like two whiskies?
7. suggest
When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head.
Your silence suggested that you agreed with the plan.
She is suggesting that it’s all my fault.
8. shake
She shook him by the shoulder.
You should shake the medicine before taking it.
9. accept
The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.
She accepted the invitation.
I don’t accept your opinion.
Lesson 48
New words and expressions:
1. pull
My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while.
He pulled the nail out of the plank5.
The doctor pulled out my bad tooth.
2. cotton wool
I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.
When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
You can buy cotton wool at the drugstore.
She needed some cotton wool to treat her wound.
3. collect
He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
He has collected many signatures of famous film stars.
He is interested in collecting stamps.
4. collection
His collection is beyond comparison.
He showed his collections to his friends.
5. nod
In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
The students nodded their understanding.
His boss nodded his head in approval.
6. meanwhile
Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.
Meanwhile, she took up two part-time jobs.
I was working. Meanwhile, he was having coffee.
Lesson 49
New words and expressions:
1. tired
Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed.
I was tired of the lecture.
I’m tired of your compliments6.
2. real
Such things can happen in real rife7.
Is your ring real gold?
3. owner
For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress8.
Who is the owner of the hotel?
The lost ring has been restored to its owner.
4. spring
The spring was broken.
He jumped like a spring.
5. mattress
When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
He was not used to sleeping on the spring mattress.
The mattress is too hard for him.
A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
A gust turned the boat over.
The wind blew in gusts10 for five days on end.
7. sweep
His hat was swept into the river.
In anger he swept the dishes off the table.
8. courtyard
Children are playing in the courtyard.
He planted many fruit trees in the courtyard.
Although the bed was smashed12 to pieces, the man was miraculously13 unhurt.
The footballer hit the window and smashed it to pieces.
The naughty boy smashed the vase with a hammer.
10. miraculously
Miraculously, all the passengers on the coach survived.
The workers miraculously completed the project.
11. unhurt
He was unhurt in the fight.
The driver was unhurt in the car collision
12. glance
Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house.
He glanced around the room and found no familiar faces.
After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.
He did work promptly.
She answered the question promptly.
Lesson 50
New words and expressions:
1. ride
Taken for a ride
It is only a 20-minute bus ride.
They took a long airplane ride to get to New York.
2. excursion
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.
Last year they made an excursion to Suzhou.
I joined their excursion.
3. conductor
“I’m going to Woodford Green,” I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, “but I don’t know where it is.”
The conductor is very friendly.
The conductor reminded passengers to keep on guard against the thief.
4. view
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside.
The view of Three Gorges15 is fascinating.
She had a beautiful view at the top of the mountain.
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graveyard
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| n.坟场 | |
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haunt
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| vt.常出没于，使苦恼，萦绕；n.常去的地方 | |
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haunted
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| adj.闹鬼的；受到折磨的；令人烦恼的v.“haunt”的过去式和过去分词 | |
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mansion
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| n.大厦，大楼；宅第 | |
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plank
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| n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目 | |
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compliments
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| n.问候，道贺，致意；赞美（话）( compliment的名词复数 )；向…送礼以表示敬意；问候；致意v.表扬，恭维( compliment的第三人称单数 ) | |
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rife
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| adj.(指坏事情)充斥的，流行的，普遍的 | |
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mattress
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| n.床垫，床褥 | |
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gust
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| n.阵风，突然一阵（雨、烟等），（感情的）迸发 | |
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gusts
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| 一阵强风( gust的名词复数 )； （怒、笑等的）爆发； （感情的）迸发； 发作 | |
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smash
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| v.粉碎，打碎；n.轰动的演出，巨大的成功 | |
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smashed
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| adj.喝醉酒的v.打碎，捣烂( smash的过去式和过去分词 )；捣毁；重击；撞毁（车辆） | |
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miraculously
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| ad.奇迹般地 | |
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promptly
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| adv.及时地，敏捷地 | |
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gorges
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| n.山峡，峡谷( gorge的名词复数 )；咽喉v.（用食物把自己）塞饱，填饱( gorge的第三人称单数 )；作呕 | |
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