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Unit 111: LIGHT

Let’s have some light music.
Then let’s have a light topic for a change.
Thus I’ll go back with a light heart.
A light dinner is recommended for digestion.
The room wall should be a light yellow.
Please turn on the light so that the room is brighter.
Her face lit up with the news.
I don’t see the matter in the same light as you do.


From Collins:

2        light   lighter   lightest  
        Something that is light is not very great in amount, degree, or intensity.
[I}            It's a Sunday like any other with the usual light traffic in the city.
            Trading was very light ahead of yesterday's auction.
            ...a light breeze.
        ADJ-GRADED  

  5        light   lighter   lightest  
        Something that is light is very pale in colour.
            The walls are light in colour and covered in paper.
            He is light haired with gray eyes.
        ADJ-GRADED  
        = pale

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Unit 114: MEAN

Do you mean to make me mad?
Do you mean to say you don’t trust me?
Do you mean that I did it?
I didn’t mean to offend you.
He certainly means what he said.
I mean it.
I understand what you mean.
I’m just kidding, I don’t mean it.

From Collins:

2        mean   means   meant  
        If you ask someone what they mean, you are asking them to explain exactly what or who they are referring to or what they are intending to say.
            Do you mean me?.
            Let me illustrate what I mean with an old story.
            What do you think he means by that?.
            I think he means that he does not want this marriage to turn out like his friend's.
        VB: no cont  

7        mean   means   meant  
        If you say that you mean what you are saying, you are telling someone that you are serious about it and are not joking, exaggerating, or just being polite.
            He says you're fired if you're not back at work on Friday. And I think he meant it.
            He could see I meant what I said. So he took his fur coat and left.
        VB: no cont  


8        mean   means   meant  
        If you say that someone meant to do something, you are saying that they did it deliberately.
            I didn't mean to hurt you.
            If that sounds harsh, it is meant to.
            Did you mean to leave your dog here?.
            I can see why you believed my letters were threatening but I never meant them to be.
        VB: no cont  
        = intend

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Unit 112: LEARN



I learned English when I was young.
I learned patience from my mother.
You’ll learn to hide your feelings.
You’ll soon learn it.
Don’t forget to learn the texts by heart.
I learned your success in the newspaper.
The more learned a man is, the more modest he learns to be.
I always have a great enthusiasm in new learning.

From Collins:

3        learn   learns   learning   learned   learnt  
        If people learn to behave or react in a particular way, they gradually start to behave in that way as a result of a change in attitudes.
            You have to learn to face your problem.
            We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.

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Unit 113: KEEP UP WITH

Are you keeping up with me?
He must study hard to keep up with the class.
It’s too difficult to keep up.
The situation changes so rapidly that I can’t keep up with it.
I am trying to keep up.
They are my classmates I’ve been keeping up with after graduation.
Then you won’t keep up with the latest developments in China.
Growing so fast, trying to keep up.


From Collins:

1        keep up   keeps up; keeping up; kept up
        If you keep up with someone or something that is moving near you, you move at the same speed.
            She shook her head and started to walk on. He kept up with her.
        PHR-V  
       
    2        keep up   keeps up; keeping up; kept up
        To keep up with something that is changing means to be able to cope with the change, usually by changing at the same rate.
            The union called the strike to press for wage increases which keep up with inflation.
            Things are changing so fast, it's hard to keep up.

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Unit 115: REASON

I haven’t a reason to doubt his words.
Besides this he hasn’t any reason for feeling proud.
This is the reason I ask you to come.
He would not do this without a good reason.
I am retiring for reasons of health.
People defer animals because they possess the abilities to reason.
It’s wise to settle the disputes for reason.
That’s the only reason for feeling superior.


From Collins:

  3        reason  
        The ability that people have to think and to make sensible judgements can be referred to as reason.
            ...a conflict between emotion and reason...
            Mike is my voice of reason. He thinks logically and points out where I'm going wrong.
        N-UNCOUNT  
        = common sense  

4        reason   reasons   reasoning   reasoned  
        If you reason that something is true, you decide that it is true after thinking carefully about all the facts.
            I reasoned that changing my diet would lower my cholesterol level.
            `Listen,' I reasoned, `it doesn't take a genius to figure out what Adam's up to.'
        VB

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Unit 116: WHY

Why didn’t you select a better subject?
Why not try to train your character?
Why bring that up again?
Why run the risk?
Nobody knows why.
That’s why I came around.
That’s why he speaks English strangely.
I can’t tell why.
Why he did it will remain a puzzle forever.

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Unit 117: NATURE

Robbie is by nature sociable.
His request was by nature a commanded.
It’s not my nature to be jealous of other’s fortune.
I’m by nature a business man.
The nature of metal differs from that of wood.
It’s human’s nature for parents to be fond of their children.
She has the most beautiful nature that I’ve ever come across.
People cannot go against nature.
Nature is at its best in spring.


From Collins:

3        nature  
        Someone's nature is their character, which they show by the way they behave.
            Jeya feels that her ambitious nature made her unsuitable for an arranged marriage.
            She trusted people. That was her nature.
            He was by nature affectionate.
        N-SING: with poss, also by N  
       
            See also human nature.
    4        nature  
        If you say that something is against nature, you think that it is unnatural.
            All these activities are against nature.
        PHR: v-link PHR  
        = unnatural  
    5        nature  
        If you want to get back to nature, you want to return to a simpler way of living.
            She was very anxious to get away from cities and back to nature.
        PHR: PHR after v

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Unit 118: LOST

I’m lost without glasses.
I lost the last part of your speech.
The watch is losing one minute a day.
There is not a minute to be lost.
The investors must have lost heavily.
My rudiness caused me to lose my job.
I felt so lost that I want to do nothing.
I lost control of myself at that moment.


From Collins:

15        lose   loses   losing   lost  
        If you lose yourself in something or if you are lost in it, you give a lot of attention to it and do not think about anything else.
            Michael held on to her arm, losing himself in the music.
            He was lost in the contemplation of the landscape.
        VB

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Unit 119: LOOK UP

The weather is looking up.
Life is looking up now.
The business is looking up.
I’m sure everything is looking up.
I want to look him up.
Promise to look me up next time.
You can look it up in the dictionary.
May I use your dictionary to look up these words?
I’ll look it up in the time table.

From Collins:
look up                  
    1        look up   looks up; looking up; looked up
        If you look up a fact or a piece of information, you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list.
            I looked your address up in the personnel file.
            Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
        PHR-V  
       
    2        look up   looks up; looking up; looked up
        If you look someone up, you visit them after not having seen them for a long time.
            I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions.
            She looked up some friends of bygone years.
        PHR-V  
        = visit  
    3        look up   looks up; looking up; looked up
        If a situation is looking up, it is improving. (INFORMAL)
            Things could be looking up in the computer industry.
        PHR-V: usu cont  
        = improve

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Unit 120: EXCUSE

Excuse me, will you tell me the way to the station?
If you excuse me, I’ll go to my room.
Please excuse me for using your telephone without asking.
Won’t you excuse me for a little while?
Don’t excuse your rudeness.
Nothing can excuse your carelessness like this.
Excuse me for not having brought the book.
Excuse me for my leaving the questions unanswered.


From Collins:

1        excuse   excuses  
        If you say that there is no excuse for something, you are emphasizing that it should not happen, or expressing disapproval that it has happened.
            It is easy to find excuses for his indecisiveness.
            Once I had had a baby I had the perfect excuse to stay at home.
            If you stop making excuses and do it you'll wonder what took you so long.
            There's no excuse for behaviour like that.
            Solitude was no excuse for sloppiness.
        PHR: v-link PHR, oft PHR for n/-ing  disapproval  
       
    2        excuse   excuses   excusing   excused  
        To excuse someone or excuse their behaviour means to provide reasons for their actions, especially when other people disapprove of these actions.
            He excused himself by saying he was `forced to rob to maintain my wife and cat'.
            That doesn't excuse my mother's behaviour.
        VB  
        = justify  

   8        excuse  
        You use excuse me or a phrase such as if you'll excuse me as a polite way of indicating that you are about to leave or that you are about to stop talking to someone.
            `Excuse me,' she said to Jarvis, and left the room.
            Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
        CONVENTION  politeness

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Unit 121: FAITH

I’m sure I act in a good faith.
I’ve lost faith in your ablility.
I accepted his story by faith.
Slowly faith came back to me again.
I don’t have much faith in this medicine.
I did this to show my faith on you.
That demonstrates his lack of faith in others.
Friendship lasts only on the basis of good faith.

From Collins:

1        faith  
        If you have faith in someone or something, you feel confident about their ability or goodness.
            She had placed a great deal of faith in Mr Penleigh.
            People have lost faith in the British Parliament.
        N-UNCOUNT: usu N in n  
        = confidence  

  5        faith  
        If you do something in good faith, you seriously believe that what you are doing is right, honest, or legal, even though this may not be the case.
            This report was published in good faith but we regret any confusion which may have been caused.

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Unit 122: WHAT IF…

What if she comes back now?
What if she found out I’ve lost it?
What if they couldn’t delivery on time?
What if your quality is poor?
What if the rumor is true?
What if they won’t come after all?
What if there would be something with your car?
What if the neighbors complaint about the noise?


From Collins:

19        what  
        You say what if at the beginning of a question when you ask about the consequences of something happening, especially something undesirable.
            What if this doesn't work out?.
            What if he was going to die!.
            What if relations between you and your neighbour have reached deadlock, and their behaviour is still unacceptable?

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Unit 122: WHAT IF…

What if she comes back now?
What if she found out I’ve lost it?
What if they couldn’t deliver it on time?
What if your quality is poor?
What if the rumor is true?
What if they won’t come after all?
What if there would be something wrong with your car?
What if the neighbors complaint about the noise?

From Collins:

19        what  
        You say what if at the beginning of a question when you ask about the consequences of something happening, especially something undesirable.
            What if this doesn't work out?.
            What if he was going to die!.
            What if relations between you and your neighbour have reached deadlock, and their behaviour is still unacceptable?

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-8-1 18:19:34编辑过]

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Unit 123: TAKE ON

I didn’t expect the shoes to take on.
The fashion of the skirt didn’t take on for some time.
If the idea takes on, we’ll make a lot of money.
Your hair takes on a healthy shine.
Your writing takes on a particular style.
The room takes on a holiday appearance.
I regret that I took the job on.
I decided to take on the job.


From Collins:

1        take on   takes on; taking on; took on; taken on
        If you take on a job or responsibility, especially a difficult one, you accept it.
            No other organisation was able or willing to take on the job.
            Don't take on more responsibilities than you can handle.
        PHR-V  
       
    2        take on   takes on; taking on; took on; taken on
        If something takes on a new appearance or quality, it develops that appearance or quality.
            Believing he had only a year to live, his writing took on a feverish intensity.
        PHR-V: no passive  
        = assume

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Unit 124: AGAINST

I know she is against us.
I’m against doing anything before he arrives.
For my part I’m against acting like that.
It’s against my principles to work with him.
I’ve said nothing against you.
It’s difficult to talk against such a noise.
Almost everything is against me today.
That’s against my will.


From Collins:

2        against   
        If you are against something such as a plan, policy, or system, you think it is wrong, bad, or stupid.
            Taxes are unpopularmit is understandable that voters are against them.
            Joan was very much against commencing drug treatment.
            ...a march to protest against job losses.

9        against   
        If something is against the law or against the rules, there is a law or a rule which says that you must not do it.
            It is against the law to detain you against your will for any length of time.
            We thought cheating was against the rules.