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2003/06/18
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abandon, the search was abandoned when night came.
abide, I have to abide by the contract that I have signed.
able(to), who is able to answer the question.
abolish, slavery was abolished in the US in the 19th century.
about(to), just when I was about to give up ,I finally succeed.
above(all), these two systems have disadvantages and above all the units have no practical sizes.
abrupt, the mystery novel came to abrupt end without explaining the crime.
absent, I asked him a question, but he looked at me in an absent way and didn’t answer.
absorb, he was completely absorbed in his book.
abstract, I’ve made an abstract of this article.
absurd, their demands are absurd.
abundant, china has abundant supplies of oil and gas.
abuse, don’t abuse animals.
academic, they have been academic exchanges between the two universities.
accelerate, the heat accelerated the reaction.
accept, the new theory has been widely accepted.
access, graduate students have free access to the reading room.
accessory, the accessories of the car include the heater and radio.
accident, Columbus discovered American by accident in 1492 ad.
accommodate, this elevator accommodates twelve people.
accommodation, the high cost of accommodations makes the traveling in the US expensive.
accompany, our orders must be accompanied by cash.
accomplish, has he accomplished his aim?
accordance, he didn't act in accordance with the orders that were given to him.
according to , according to my watch ,it's 4 o'clock
accordingly, the world is changing rapidly ,our plan must change accordingly.
account, he can't account for the mistake.
on account of ,the harvest was poor on account of the failure of rains.
take into account, such a theory must take the experimental results into account.
accumulate, snow accumulated to a depth of five feet.
accuse, some country do not accuse those persons who make privet the videos and records.
accustom, we are accustomed to get up early.
ache, my stomach aches.
achieve, only practice can achieve mastery.
acknowledge, his acknowledge their help in his speech.
acquaint, you must acquaint yourself with your new duties.
acquire, she acquired a PhD of sociology from Columbia University in 1989.
act , acid acts on metal.
activate, the smoke activated the fire alarms.
acute, the angle of the turn wad so acute that I have to slow down.
adapt, I have not yet adapted to the climate here.
add, the costs add up to ten million dollars.
addition, in addition to English we'll learn a second foreign language.
address, the mayor addressed to the crowd.
adequate, the supply is not adequate to the demand.
adhere, the plaster doesn’t adhere to the wall.
adjacent, our house is adjacent to the department store.
adjoin, the joint where two parts adjoin is loose.
adjust, the desk can be adjusted to the height of any child.
administrate, the personnel director administrates attendance policy.
admire, I admire his learning.
admit, he admitted that he was wrong.
adopt, the committee adopted her suggestion.
advance, everything has been fixed in advance.
advantage, you have a great advantage over me in calculation.
take advantage of, we take advantage of fine weather today to play tennis.
advantageous, speak more than one language can be advantageous if you are traveling overseas.
adverse, to much stress can have adverse effect on one's health.
advertise, the company advertise it's goods for sale extensively and heavily.
advisable, the doctor doesn't think it's advisable for you to smoke.
advise, this letter is to advise you of our interest in your suggestion.
advocate, the opposition party advocates a reduction in taxes.
affect, the speech deeply affect the audience
affiliate, the local television station is an affiliate of a national network.
affirm, the president affirm his administration's intention to reduce taxes.
afford, we can not afford the constant expansion about our warfare system.
afraid , I am afraid I can't help you.
age, worry ages a man.
agency, the firm has agencies all over the world.
agenda, what’s our agenda today?
aggravate, Mary aggravate her injuries by refusing treatment.
aggressive, an aggressive young man can go far in this firm.
agree, the fruit did not agree with me ,now I’ve got a pain in my stomach.
aid, china will give all moral and material aid in it's power to those people who are struggling for independence.
aim, my remarks will not aimed at you.
alarm, the fair alarmed the neighborhood certainly.
alert, you must be alert to the dangers around you.
alien, many movies have been made about aliens coming to the earth.
alike, the two sisters look very much alike.
alive, although he is old, he’s still very alive.
all, this is, after all, the last important part of the problem.
all but, all but two were wounded.
all over, he looked all over for the lost cartoon.
in all, I spent four hours in all writing my paper yesterday.
not at all, I am not tired at all.
allege, the police alleged that the man was murdered.
alleviate, the drug alleviated the pain.
alliance, the working class is in alliance with peasantry.
allocate, the school allocate a room to five students.
allow, we must allow for an emergency.
allowance, considerable allowance were be made for special cases.
ally, some small countries will ally themselves with large country in order to survive.
alone, leave the children alone.
let alone, he can't add two and two, let alone do fractions.
alphabet, children learn the alphabet in kindergarten.
alter, this shirt has to be altered, it’s too large.
alternate, the curtain has alternate stripes of blue and yellow.
alternative, we have no alternative in this matter.
altitude, it’s difficult to breathe at high altitude.
amaze, the music amazed us all.
ambiguous, poor grammar can lead to ambiguous sentences.
amplify, by turning this knob to the right ,you can amplify the sound from the radio.
amuse, I amuse myself by reading detective stories.
analogy, scientist often describe organic processes by analogy.
analyze, they are analyzing each employee's productivity.
anchor, the ship anchored off shanghai.
anger, his words angered her.
announce, the president announced his cabinet appointment.
annoy, I was annoyed because I missed the train.
answer, you should answer for our safety.
anticipate, you can anticipate a pleasant vocation here.
anxious, we are anxious to know the result.
anything, he is anything but a writer.
apart (form), apart form other considerations, time is a factor.
apologize, I apologized to her for stepping on her foot.
apparent, your father's recovery was only apparent.
appeal, the government is appealing to everyone to save water.
appear, only seven of her poem had appeared in print.
appendix, the author forgot to include the appendix in the book.
appetite, he has no appetite for hard work.
applaud, when he finished his speech ,the crowd applauded.
appliance, the house has several electric appliances such as a washing machine and clothes dryer.
apply, he is applied to American consul for a visa.
appoint, they appointed him as chairman.
appointment, I have appointment with my tutor this afternoon.
appreciable, the improvement in your badminton game is quite appreciable.
appreciate, bill appreciate his boss's earnest advice.
approach, that play's approach to the music is quite different form anyone else's.
appropriate, her bright cloths will not appropriate for funeral.
approve, the school board approved the budget.
approximately, we will arrive at two o'clock approximately.
apt, old people are apt to forget things.
arbitrary, a judge can't make arbitrary decisions.
arch, the trees arched over the road.
architecture, Greek architecture made much use of columns.
argue, this buried ruins argue existence of an earlier civilization.
arise, accidents often arise form carelessness.
arm, the new battleship will be armed with 16 inch guns.
arouse, the music aroused an intensive feeling of homesickness in him.
arrange, actually we don't go in much for arranged tours.
array, the store had a vast array of toys to choose from.
arrest, the police arrested the thief.
arrive, at last the committee arrive at a decision.
art, history and literature are among arts.
articulate, john did not articulate his argument well, so he lost the debit.
ascend, the hot air balloon slowly ascended into the sky.
ascertain, did the doctor ascertained the cause of your pain?
ashamed, he is ashamed of what he did.
aside, aside form money he works for fame.
ask, he ask after you.
ask for, this work asks for hard work.
asleep, the baby is asleep.
assault, the criminal was changed with assault with a deadly weapon.
assumable, the students are assembled in the hall.
assert, the attorney asserted his client was innocent.
assess, the damage was assessed at ten thousand dollars.
assign, the teacher assigned Wednesday evening for conferences with the parents.
assimilate, the friendly community rapidly assimilated the new immigrants
assist, he assisted her with her English.
associate, foreigners always associate China with the great wall.
assume, assuming it rains tomorrow, what shall we do?
assumption, people often make assumptions that turn out to be false.
assure, I can assure you of the radio quality.
astonish, I astonished at the news.
attach, the hospital is attached to Beijing University.
attack, the colonel attacked the navy for being unprepared for the war.
attain, he attained a highest office in the firm.
attempt, he made an attempt on Everest.
attend, the concert was attended by multitudes of music lovers.
pay attention to ,no baby paid any attention to the warning of the storm.
attitude, what’s your attitude this problem?
attract, the traffic accidents attract a large crowd.
attribute, he attributes his failure to poor judgment.
argument, the addition to the house greatly argument it's value.
auxiliary, the auxiliary power unit turned on during the storm.
avail oneself of ,we availed yourself of tom's goodwill and let him repair the fence.
of(to) no avail, we struggled to no avail and lost the match.
available, the manager is not available now.
average, on the average he earns five dollars a week.
avert, accidents can be averted by careful driving.
avoid, she avoided the strangers and communicated chiefly through notes and poems even with intimates.
await, I am awaiting your reply.
awake, we must awake to the danger.
award, this film won an Oscar award in 1995.
aware, are you aware of problems that you have caused?
away, I’ll do it right away.
awful, what awful weather!
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back and forth, he walked back and forth in his room.
back down(off),I saw she was right ,so I backed down.
back of, he feels safer sitting in the back of the car than in the front.
back up, they backed up the cause of the revolution with their lives.
badly, the building around were badly damaged.
bake, the cake is baking in the oven.
balance, income and expenditures exactly balance.
bald, many new babies are bald.
ban, the play was banned.
band, David and his friends formed a band that practiced on the weekends.
bandage, I bandaged my twisted ankle.
bang, he banged the chair against the wall.
bar, the road is barred.
bare, sue bared her soul to her friend.
barely, we have money barely enough to last the weekend.
bargain, in some shops you required to bargain, otherwise you will be taken in by the shop assistant.
base, I base my opinion about tom on what I had heard.
basis, on the basis of those theories, he worked out his picture of the state of future.
batch, the travel agent give us a batch of holiday leaflets and brochures.
bathe, he doesn't like to bathe regularly.
bear, these columns bear the weight of the roof.
beast, the beast was so sick that we could not tell if it was a wolf or a dog.
beat, at 2:25 pomp ,his heart ceased to beat.
beforehand, please let me know your plans beforehand.
beg ,I beg you to keep quiet.
begin, the professor begin the lecture with slides.
behalf, on behalf of my colleagues and myself I’d like to give a warm welcome to you all.
behave, the machine behaved well during the tests.
believe, the children are making believe that they are princes and princesses.
belong, Britain belongs to EEC(European economical community).
beloved, my beloved sent me flowers.
bend, wire bends easily.
beneficial, flash air is beneficial to the health.
benefit, the technical innovation will benefit our production.
best, he can't get here before two at best.
do one's best, we should do our best to catch up the world's highest level.
get the best of, he got the best of his opponent.
make the best use of, you should make best use of your time.
bat, the English bat on horse races, baseball and soccer games.
betray, his remark betrayed his ignorance.
better, his health changed for the better.
get the better of ,her curiosity got the better of her.
had better ,we had better not disturb her.
beware, beware the strangers who act too friendly.
bewilder, the house wife's strange behavior bewildered her husband.
beyond, this moths problem is beyond my abilities.
bias, a referee must not show bias to either side.
bibliography, the author included a lengthy bibliography at the end of book.
bid, he bid five dollars for an old book.
bind, the nurse will bind up your cut.
bite, a mosquito is biting me.
blame, they blamed the electric short circuit for the fire yesterday.
blank, fill the blanks with correct words.
blast, the workers blasted the mine entrance.
blaze, all the lights were blazing in the office.
bleed, your nose is bleeding.
blend, some nickel was blended with steel to from alloy steel.
bless, bless me form all evils.
block, all roads were blocked by the heavy snowfall.
bloody, it was a bloody battle that caused more than fifty thousand of deaths.
bloom, that bush will bloom soon.
blossom, the cheery trees are in blossom.
blow, her failure in the examination was a blow to her.
blunder, I really blundered when I forgot to introduce my friends.
blunt, to much alcohol can blunt your senses.
blush, she blushed with shame.
board, he has never been on board a ship before.
boast, I don't like john; he is always boasting.
boil, the kettle is boiling.
bold, the word poison appeared in bold letters on the label.
bolt, please bolt the door before you go to bed.
book, the flight is fully booked.
boom, the economy is booming.
border, the Unite States borders Mexico and Canada.
bore, I was bore by his tedious talk.
born, when and where were you born ?
borrow, may I borrow five pounds from you until Saturday?
boss, David is always bossing his friends around.
bother, don’t bother about getting dinner for me today.
bounce, the ball gave a high bounce.
bound, bill accidentally got on a bus bound for Miami.
boycott, they have decided a boycott against the election.
brace, brace yourself, we are going around a sharp curve.
brake, the brake wouldn't act, so there was an accident.
brand, on big farms cattle are usually branded.
breadth, the bench has a breadth of two feet.
break, he broke away form the prison.
break down, the transformer broke down.
break into, the robber broke into the bank and stole a large amount of money.
break off, those two countries have broken off diplomatic relations.
break out, fire broke out after the earthquake.
break up, the steamer will be broken up for scraps.
break down, after the breakdown of the old regime things changed.
breath, after running to the bus stop I sat down to catch my breath.
out of breath, he run himself out of breath.
breed, he was bred to be a gentleman.
bride, the witness have been birded into silence in the court.
brief, give me the facts in brief, please.
bring about, science has brought about many changes in our lives.
bring down, the pilot brought the plane down gently.
bring forth, extensive research is constantly bringing forth and developing new devices.
bring forward, he brought forward his plan for the experiment after the meeting.
bring out, that difficult job brought out the bad side of her nature.
bring to, they tried to bring the old man to after he fainted.
bring up, he was well brought up.
broad, he has broad knowledge of biology.
broadcast, this station broadcast round the clock in six languages.
brown, the gene for brown the eyes is dominant.
brush, don’t forget to brush your teeth before going to bed.
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