VOCABULARY 18.12.4
- bringing to light their most important qualities.
- Just as the wind helps speed ships toward shore, something that is opportune offers favorable circumstances for accomplishing something or doing something.
- Catholic republicans have for years accused the British-run law-and-order system of having a pro-Protestant bias, while Protestant unionists have been reluctant to alter the current setup.
- You might sigh that your town's baseball team rarely wins a game, or boast that you rarely forget a person's name once you've been introduced.
- If the applause for your mime-on-a-unicycle performance was more tepid than enthusiastic, it might be time to find a new hobby.
- A protégé is a person who receives special protection and promotion from someone more established in a field.
- a bevy of quail/schoolchildren/tourists/（more）women：beauties
a murder of crows
portray
assume
portray
editorial
opportune
shovel
framework
graphic
explosive
archive
mine
copper
lace
landmine
analogy
reminiscence
prejudice
bias
investigate
dutiful
interval
reduce
contingent
stylish
vacant
tepid
lukewarm
mime
bathwater
tub
dense
curious
effortful
arduous
couch couch potato
figuratively
array
flock
poetical
conservative
venture
patron
protege
powerhouse
be likely to
