1、words portrait a portrait of school life in the UK wander She wandered aimlessly around the street.The child wandered off and got lost.Its easy to be distracted and let your attention wander.The road wanders along the hill.strike A good idea has just struck her.It struck sb that The ship struck a ro
2、ck and sank She struck him in the face The area was struck by a terrible earthquake.The workers struck for a rise in pay.The matches were damp and he couldnt make them strike.The clock just struck three.like-minded Great minds think alike.liberate Writing poetry liberated her from the routine of eve
3、ryday life.liberty liberal opposed oppose doing I would oppose changing the law.be opposed to They are totally opposed to reform.This exercise develops flexibility as opposed to strength.an approach that is theoretical as opposed to practical dorminate dorminationThe company dorminated the market fo
4、r operating system software.Women are no longer dorminated by the men in their relationship.Its one of the tallest building in this area,and it really dorminates this whole place.dominant employFor the past three years,he has been employed as a firefighter.be employed in She was employed in making a
5、 list of all the jobs to be done.employment of new technologyunemployment raterealistica realistic assessmenta realistic drawing/goals/targetessencebe of the essenceessential vivid a vivid account/dream/blue sky/coloured birds/memory vividness vision I had a vision of society that is free of exploit
6、ation and injustice It caused blindness or serious loss of vision.display The exhibition gives local artists an opportunity to display their work.I have rarely seen her display any sign of emotion.on display Designs for the new sports hall are on display in the library.worthy be worthy of considerat
7、ion/considering A number of the reports findings are worthy of note.The money we raise will be going to a very worthy cause.a worthy calling shade light and shade bathe The moon bathed the countryside in a silver light._(Bathe)in the sunshine,the village looks vivid and beautifulBathed wage wage a c
8、ampaign/war architecture architect arrange arrange for sb to do sth arrange an appointment raw raw fish/meat/sugar/data/talent a raw beginner insight The book gives us an fascinating insight into the life in Mexico.wind The path winds its way on the hill.wind the watch wind the window down sail go s
9、ailing set sail for civilian civil civilized the civilized world all walks of life He has friends from all walks of life.go about go about doing the job go about ones business/job apparent obvious transparent It was apparent from her face that she was really unset.perspective from a different perspe
10、ctive precise preciseness precise details/instructions/definition accurate ambitious ambition The ambitious project was completed in only nine months.enormous an enormous house/interest an enormous amount of time The book was enormously prehensive a comprehensive study/understanding/university criti
11、c a musci/theatre/literary/food critic critical be critical of a critical comment/report be of critical importance a critical moment in our country Your decision is critical to us be critically ill criticise/criticize criticism/criticizm inspect inspection The documents are available for inspection.
12、Engineers carried out a thorough inspection of the track expose exposure be exposed to Dont expose yourself to strong sunlight Kids should be exposed to as much art and culture as possible._ to sunshine for a long time will harm your health._ yourself to sunshine for a long time,you will burn your s
13、kin._ to sunshine for a long time,you will burn your skin.political a political debate/party/leader/power politics politician crisis a political/economic/financial crisis crises decline in decline a rapid/sharp/gradual economic decline Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.Support
14、for the party continues to decline.decline to do decline an offer/invitation descend decrease degenerate overthrow overthrew/overthrown The president was overthrown in a military coup.be down to be due to owe.to.He owed his success to his hard work.scale on a large scale Here was corruption on a grand scale.rare rareness in ones own right speak volumes about What you wear speaks volumes about you.historic a historic building/momument/victory/occasion historical a historical figure/research/context/documents career a teaching career
