介绍:
Lesson 4
1
When the king abdicated his throne, his brother succeeded him.
Ability to think clearly will accrue to you from good habits of study.
The salesman has been badgering my father for two weeks to buy a new car.
They succeeded in baffling the enemy’s attack plans.
He conjectured that his new stocks would rise on the stock market.
The poor woman’s mind has been deranged for many years.
The natives thought the explorer was possessed by a fiend.
The mother was pining to see her son and daughter.
The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time.
The long climb up the mountain made her heart throb rapidly.
2
Many people usually drink hot broth when they are sick.
Some tiny plants grow in the crevice of the stone wall.
The duke’s son demeaned himself by doing manual labor with his servants.
She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the various colors.
Like human skin, soil has holes that are called pore.
Sweet music caught and held him transfixed against the iron fence.
3
A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.
If you look at the end of your nose, your eyes converge.
Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.
The incessant barking of the dog kept him awake through the night.
He was a passionate partisan of these people and had organized a Worker’s Union.
The parents of the sick boy scanned the doctor’s face for a sign of hope.
He stabbed a piece of meat from the plate with his fork.
4
I tried to cook a nice dinner, but I’m afraid I’ve rather botched it.
Her new shoes chafed the skin on both her feet.
After a brisk morning wind dissipated the clouds, the sky was clear all day.
The foolish son dissipated his father’s fortune by spending it on drinking and gambling.
The inscriptions on the ancient monuments have been effaced by time.
There was a glint in her eyes that showed she was angry.
Overtime work is often onerous, though it is well paid.
The girl did not move though the policeman iterated his command that she go.
Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.
Mother singed chicken to get rid of hairs.
The little boy put on his father’s medals and strutted around the room.
There are many kinds of diseases that medical science is yet to unravel.
He bellowed in pain when the hammer came down on his finger.
The horseback rider drew his cloak tightly around him in the rain.
His friendly behavior was a cloak for his evil intention.
The ministry was a very devout man and devoted his whole life to Christian mission work.
A man appeared at the castle gate in the guise of the woodcutter.
The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant / remains latent if it is not planted.
He pawned his watch to buy food until he could get a job.
When the cannon was fired, the earth quaked under his feet.
Famine has often been the sequel of war.
The battle was won with so great a loss of soldiers that it was a virtual defeat.
He does things that are marvellous or apparently impossible; he is a wizard.
