扇贝单词日记Day8

炼句

The number of visitors to the exhibition,all told,was 2543.

Don't listen to him!Can't you see he's had onr over the night.

Instead of the crowd expected,people arrived in dribs and drabs.

Our team won after they scored at the eleventh hour.

First and foremost,I want to thank our host for their wonderful reception.

单词

obedient

We're absolutely obedient to our superiors.

What a sweet answer,obedient little girl she was in the sixth grade.

prevail

Cool heads prevail and what not.

I don't think you'll prevail on the merits.

combustion

That would maxmize oxygen for optimal combustion.

on one's uppers

mutate

Most organic viruses mutate to aviod being killed.

drab (dull and boring)

breakdown

He had worked himself into a nervous breakdown.

Both sides were blamed for the breakdown of talks.

lingua franca

English is rapidly becoming the lingua franca.

earth's crust

tremor

I have a tremor in my hand.

economic tremors

gangster(a member of an organized group of violent criminals)

invertebrate creatures

back to the wall

With hia back to the wall,the aupplier had to accept the deal.

insulin(a substance controls the level of sugar in the body)

He missed his insulin injections.

In diabetes the body produces insufficient insulin.

stammer(speak with difficulty,hesitating and repeating words or sounds)

furthest

Actually,it's the furthest thing from my wind.

That was the furthest I've gone before today.

overpowering

The desire for revenge can be overpowering.

specialty

Getting women was kind of his specialty.

waver

He was never wavered in his claim that he is innocent.

Buddhism(a religion which teaches that the way to end suffering by overcoming your desires)

furry

A furry animal is covered with thick,soft furry.

elongated(long and thin)

The light from my candle threw his elongatef shadow on the wall.

deflect

I deflected the focus of our discussion.

It's a maneuver to deflect the attention of the people from what is really happen.

scavenge

You will not scavenge here today.

We need lumber,metal rebar,anything er can scavenge.

stocker(a person whose job was to stoke fires,especially on a ship or steam train)

live high off the hog

drib<in dribs and drabs>

prophecy

His prophecy was fulfilled.

live in clover

We live in clover and get anything we want.

money burns a hole in one's pocket

slippage

We want to stop the slippage of the quality of public services.

a substantial slippage in the value of sterling.

elemental

The elemental fury of the storm almost destroyed this area.

redundancy  redundancies

The ministry has said it hopes to avoid compulsory redundancies.

sterling

The stamps had to be paid in sterling.

rock the boat

He is easy-going and won't rock the boat unless absolutely necessary.

炼句

The sudden withdrawl of the guest speakervreally threw a monkey wrench in the works.

单词

imprint

Both King and Gandi wrre tremdously brave men whose unique form of courage left a lasting imprint on their nation's histories.

pertain

And what does this pertain to?

acid test

Sale in China will be the acid test for Apple's year ahead.

glided

The setting sun gilded the sky.

indecent

Sometimes,my admirers pay me the most indecent compliments.

urchin  (sea urchin)

Those grubby urchins ran to me and asked for candy.

prostate

Sounds like the problem could be in your prostate.

taunt

Other youths taunted him about his clothes.

purify

They open the window to purify the air of the room.

Only purified water is used.

vulgar

She gave a rather vulgar laugh.

stand the test

If this friendship is real,it can stand the test of time.

whichever

Pensions should be increased annually in line with earnings or prices,whichever is higher.

Well,first of all,you don't need to gild the lily.

moment of truth

Both men knew the moment of truth had arrived.

preface

The auther ecpressed his gratitude to his wife in the preface to his noval.

hammock

She lay in a hammock to have a rest.

on the qui vive

take a stand

He didn't take a stand for the proposal until he had some information.

It's time we take a stand and promote equality in workplace around the world.

a ruby and diamond ring

sonorous(sound is deep and rich)

There is a sonorous bell in the tower.