The Age Of

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Lesson 7

• The Age Of
• Miracle Chips

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Type of Writing

• Expository / Exposition
• Exposition means explanation, explaining.

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Type of Writing

• While narration and description appeal primarily
  to the emotions and the imagination, exposition
  appeals primarily to the understanding. It aims
  at making the reader understand something.

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• 1. transform to change completely in form,
  appearance, or nature
• trans across, beyond, on / to the other side
• transformer warrior
• 2. quite
• a. rather, fairly, pretty, very
• quite good / small, etc

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• b. completely, absolutely, perfectly (when the
  adjective it modifies has no relative or
  superlative degrees)
• I am quite ready to go.
• The dog is not quite dead.
• You are quite right.
• If you want to do it alone, that's quite all
  right with me.

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• I don't quite know how to answer the question.
• He has not quite finished his job.
• He is not quite the man he thought he was
• c. (as an answer) agreed, certainly, that's
  right.
• It's a delicate problem.
• Quite.

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• It's a difficult situation.
• Quite so.
• d. Placed in front of the article when it is
  followed by a noun
• That's quite a good film.
• You are going quite the wrong way.

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• Fairly, quite, rather, pretty are comparable.
• Not nice ? ? ?
• fairly nice ? ? ?
• quite nice ? ? ?
• rather/pretty nice ? ? ?
• very nice

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• Special Attention
• a. only RATHER can go together with comparative
  degrees and the word TOO.
• rather warmer
• She is rather too sure of herself
• fairly warmer

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• b. QUITE and RATHER can be used in front of an
  article and with verbs while PRETTY and FAIRLY
  can not.
• quite a nice day / rather a pity
• a pretty nice day / a fairly strong man
• I dont quite understand you.
• He is not quite a gentleman.

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• 3. stylize to be in agreement to a typical style
• the highly stylized form of acting in Beijing
  Opera
• The chip looks like a rug of typical Navaho
  style.
• 4. aerial in, of, from or concerning the air

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• 5. switching yard (also switch yard) area where
  railway cars are rearranged between lines to make
  up trains.
• 6. inert chemically inactive,without power to
  move or act
• inert gases

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• 7. fleck a small mark or spot
• brown cloth with flecks of red
• a fleck of milk on the baby's chin
• 8. powers general natural abilities
• 9. calculating capability the ability of
  processing complex mathematics problems in large
  amounts

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• 10. hulking massive and clumsy, heavy and
  awkward
• Caliban of vacuum tubes
• his tyrant of a father
• her doll of a daughter
• a giant of a soldier
• a palace of a house

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• 11. tangle to become a confused mass of
  disordered and twisted threads
• Her hair got all tangled up in the barbed wire
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• His financial affairs are in such a tangle.

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• 12. evolve (cause to) develop naturally and
  (usu) gradually
• He has evolved a new theory after many years of
  research.
• Man has evolved from lower forms of life.
• The Theory of Evolution

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• 13. versatile having many different kinds of
  skill or ability, all-sided
• a versatile cook, writer
• a versatile drill, truck
• He is a versatile teacher, he teaches well
  English, Chinese, Mathematics, P.E. Music, etc.
• He is a versatile husband--- a nice cook, a dish
  washer, a washing machine and also a vacuum
  cleaner.

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• 14. convenient suited to one's needs
• Come whenever it is convenient to you.
• 16. acquire to get for oneself, to gain or come
  into possession of
• He acquired a knowledge of the language by
  careful study.
• With the money he had won he was able to acquire
  some property.
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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• 17.The miracle chip represents a development in
  the technology of mankind that
• The miracle chip symbolizes a breakthrough in the
  development of human technology. In the past few
  years this breakthrough has gained great force
  and significance.

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• When we think of the force and significance of
  the miracle chip, we realize that in the
  development of technology there are only two
  other developments that can be compared with it,
  namely the development of hand tools and that of
  the steam engine.

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• 17. take over to gain control over and
  responsibility for sth. or sb.
• Who will take over now that the captain has been
  dismissed?
• The new governor took over yesterday.
• He is taking over my job while I am on holiday.

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• 18. immense tremendous, gigantic, enormous,
  titanic
• 19. range extent, limits, scope
• to have a wide / narrow range of interests
• The annual range of temperature here is from 5?
  to 40?

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• 20. assume a. to take up, begin to govern
• The new admiral will assume command of the
  Pacific Fleet.
• The prince began to assume power when he was only
  15.
• b. to take as true or a fact
• Scientists assume that there is no animal life on
  the Mars.
• We assume that you understand the situation.

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• The Industrial Revolution freed man from hard
  physical labour in many fields of work and thus
  greatly increased productivity. Now the
  microcomputer is taking up the tedious mental
  work formerly done by the human brain. In this
  sense, microcomputer is enhancing man's mental
  capability.

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• 21. burden heavy load
• His sick father has become a burden to him.
• 22. drudgery hard, boring work
• the endless drudgery of housework
• 23. feat clever esp. bodily / physical action,
  showing strength, skill or courage
• acrobatic / cycling feats
• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of
  great daring.

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• 24. execution the carrying out or completion of
  an order or task
• execute to carry out, perform, or do completely
• The nurse executed the doctor's orders.
• This good idea was never put into execution.

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• execution lawful killing as a punishment
• The execution of the bandits took place today.
• executive person in a business organization with
  administrative or managerial powers
• CEO Chief Executive Officer

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• 25. Venetian blinds a window screen made of a
  number of horizontal slats that can be raised or
  lowered with one cord
• 26. snap to move so as to cause a sharp sound
  like something suddenly breaking,
• The stick will snap if you bend it too hard.

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• snap open to open quickly with a sound like
  breaking sth.
• snap one's fingers to make a noise by moving the
  second finger quickly along the thumb
• to take a snap shot

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• 27. thermostat apparatus that can regulate heat
• thermo-meter
• -electricity
• -nuclear
• thermos bottle
• clinic thermometer

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• 28. boost increase, raise
• boost imports, production, etc.
• a boost in sales, exports, etc.
• give sb's confidence a boost
• 9. cozy cosy, warm and comfortable
• F Fahrenheit
• C Celsius, Centigrade
• 30. blink (eye) shut open quickly

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• 31. selective rundown a detailed report of a set
  of events selected carefully
• selective careful about what you choose
• He's very selective about the people he spends
  time with.
• This brand of pesticide is a selective killer.
• 32. rundown of sth. detailed report of a set of
  events
• I want a complete run-down on the present
  situation in Iraq.

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• 33. affect to influence, to cause some change in
• The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.
• Smoking affects health.
• There was some gossip to the effect that she
  might not be recruited, but that could not
  affect confidence.

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• cf
• effect to cause, produce or have as a result
• I will effect my purpose no one shall stop me.
• We hope to effect an improvement.
• A single glass of brandy may effect his recovery.
• Both words have the same noun Effect.

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• 34. snug if you feel snug, you are very warm and
  comfortable esp. when you are protected from the
  cold weather
• sitting snug
• 5. abed
• a away, from, of, on, in, up
• aboard on board
• adrift afloat without control

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• 36. issue send sth. out make sth. known
• to issue orders, instructions, etc.
• The minister issued a statement to the press.
• issue visas to foreign visitors
• issue warm clothing to the earthquake survivors
• issue books, stamps, bank-notes, shares

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• 37. memo memorandum, note or record for future 
• 38. saunter walk in a unhurriedly way, at a
  leisurely pace
• This word differs from wander in that it stress
  carefree and leisure pace while the latter lays
  emphasis in aimless and absence of a fixed
  purpose or course

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• 39. read-out the information removed from a
  computer and displayed (here, on the screen) 

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• 40. commandeer to place an order, to seize sth.
  (esp. private property) for esp. military use
• The policeman commandeered a taxi to chase the
  robbers.
• During the battle, all the houses along the river
  bank were commandeered.

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• 41. terminal an apparatus by which a user can
  give instructions to and get information from a
  computer. Here a controlling board
• 42. recipe a set of instructions for making sth.
  from various ingredients
• a recipe for moon cakes

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• 43. ingredient sth. which is a component part of
  any combination or mixture, element
• Flour and fat are the most important ingredients
  in baking.
• What ingredients went into the soup?
• Imagination and hard work are the ingredients of
  success.

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• 44. serving helping, the amount of food for one
  person
• This recipe will be enough for four servings.

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• 45. Byzantine art and architecture include not
  only works done in the city of Byzantium after it
  became the capital of the Roman Empire (A.D.330),
  but also work done under Byzantine influence, as
  in Italy, Syria, Greece, Russia, and other
  Eastern countries.

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• 46. conjugation the way verbs change their forms
  in accordance with number, person, mood, voice
  and tense
• verb conjugation the different inflectional
  (inflexional) forms of verbs, such as do, does,
  did, done etc.
• 47. groovy (sl.) very good, pleasing, deeply
  satisfying

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• 48. Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), the son of
  a gardener and a ladys maid, He went to the
  Normal School of Science in London and studied
  biology under Professor Thomas Henry Huxley, the
  principal exponent in England of Darwin's Theory
  of Evolution.

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• By 1895, he had published The Time Machine, the
  Wonderful Visit and a volume of short stories.
  These made Wells the pioneer of science fiction
  in the world.
• Among his works, besides the above mentioned, The
  Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First
  Men in the Moon and The War in the Air are
  outstanding.

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• 49. matutinal of, occurring in, the morning
• 50. scenario a written description of the action
  to take place in a film, play, etc.
• a description of a situation 

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• 51. bar to block
• to bar the way to the city
• barring (colloq.) without, excepting, if there
  is / are not
• The whole group was at the party, barring John.
• We shall return at midnight, barring accidents. 

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• 52. proceed go to a further or the next stage
  go on
• Work is proceeding slowly.
• Having said how much she liked it, she then
  proceeded to criticize the way I had done it.
• Please proceed with your report. 

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• 53. thanks to because of, owing to
• It was thanks to your stupidity that we lost the
  game.
• Thanks to his efforts, ...
• Thanks to the doctor, I am well again. 

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• 54. shoulder
• to shoulder responsibility
• to shoulder the burden of the family
• to shoulder a gun, a load, the basket...
• He shouldered his way through the crowd. 

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• 55. array large number
• An array of things or people is a large number of
  different things or people, esp. when they are
  impressive or attractive
• face a whole array of problems / new
  responsibilities
• a distinguished array of world leaders and
  statesmen

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• 56. consume use (sth) up
• consume resources, time, etc.
• The car consumes a. lot of fuel.
• He soon consumed his fortune (ie spent the money
  wastefully).
• The fire quickly consumed the wooden hut.

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• consumer (ant. producer)
• consumer rights, protection, etc
• consumer goods
• consumer durables
• Consumerism is the campaign for the protection of
  consumers interests.

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• 57. promise say that sth. is certain, give the
  cause for expecting
• Winter is already here, and promises to be a most
  severe one.
• The new measures of reform promises to accelerate
  the development of production. 

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• 58. ease to take away pain or worry, to make
  more comfortable
• The aspirin eased his headache.
• They are trying to find a way to ease the
  conflict.
• The meeting might ease the tense situation in
  north Korea.

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• 59. enhance to increase (good things such as
  value, power, or beauty) to highten
• to enhance ones political consciousness
• The moonlight enhanced the beauty of the scene.

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• With this microelectronic revolution, it becomes
  certain that life will be more comfortable, that
  the quality of life will be improved, and that
  life will be much simpler.

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• 60. routine conventional, regular
• routine medical examination
• 61. chore burden, daily necessary job, esp. in a
  house or on a farm
• Each morning she would get up, do the chores,
  then go next door for a talk with her neighbour.
• It's a chore to do the shopping everyday!  

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• 62. efficient a. (of man) able to work well
  capable b. (of tools or systems, etc) producing a
  satisfactory result without wasting time or
  energy
• an efficient secretary, administrator, etc
• He's efficient at his job.
• Email is a quick and efficient way of contacting
  people.
• efficiency

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• 63. enrich to make rich, to improve by adding
  sth.
• The discovery of the gold mine will enrich the
  district.
• 64. dreary dull, uninteresting, tedious,
  depressing, cheerless

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• 65. capricious tending to change abruptly and
  without apparent reason
• A spoiled child is often capricious.
• We can't go camping while the weather is so
  capricious.
• The capricious woman bought and exchanged three
  dresses in a week. 

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• 66. inspiriting to fill with spirit, to put
  spirit, life, courage into
• The great man, by his writings, inspirited the
  people to resistance.
• The morning tea is to inspirit them for the
  dance. 

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• 67. tutorial a class conducted by a tutor for
  one or a small number of students
• tutor a teacher who gives private instruction to
  a single pupil or a very small class and who
  sometimes lives with the family of his pupil
• v to act as a tutor
• tuition the charge made for this, esp. at a
  college or private school

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• 68. astray off the right path or way
• The misleading sign led me astray.
• Too much time on the internet may lead young
  people astray.
• go astray to go into the wrong place
• Have you seen my book? It seems to have gone
  astray.

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• 69. virtually almost, very nearly
• This word is very close in meaning to
  practically, and actually.
• With the boss out sick, the secretary is
  virtually in charge.
• The king was so much under the influence of his
  wife that she was the virtual ruler of the
  country. 

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• 70. transaction activities that are carried out
  which ordinarily involve the exchange of money,
  such as purchasing
• credit transaction buying goods or services and
  paying for them later
• cash transaction to buy things with cash
• He transacts most of his business by phone.
• The transaction of the deal took several days. 

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• 71. the microelectronic village
• This expression is adapted from "global village"
  which refers to the world we now live on. Thanks
  to the fast development of transportation and
  communication, the world is becoming smaller.
  People are no longer isolated from each other
  like before. Thus with these miracle chips, the
  world will become so small that it is virtually a
  small community, or a village.

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• 73. eventually happening at last as a result
• Eventually we all must die.
• He worked so hard that eventually he made himself
  ill.

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• 74. The computer will be as much a part of the
  home as.
• The household computer will be a part of the home
  as much as the kitchen sink.
• He is as much an important a member of our team
  as the captain.

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• 75. stack to arrange things in a tidy pile
• sth (up) make sth into a stack or stacks pile
  sth up
• Please stack your chairs before you leave.
• stack (up) the dishes on the draining-board  

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• 76. appliance a tool or instrument for a
  particular purpose, esp. an electrical machine
  that is used in the house
• domestic appliance washing machine, dish
  washer, vacuum cleaner, etc.
• 77. device thing made or adapted for a special
  purpose
• a device for measuring pressure
• a labour-saving device

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• 78. elicit (fml) to get or cause to come out
  (facts, a response, etc) from sb, sometimes with
  difficulty
• to elicit a reply
• At last we've elicited the truth from him.
• He elicited the truth at last, by questioning all
  the boys in school. 

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• 79. ubiquitous appearing, happening everywhere
• Is there no escape from the ubiquitous cigarette
  smoke in restaurants?
• 80. similarly also likewise
• She was late and I similarly was delayed. 

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• 81. clutter things lying about untidily
• How can you work with so much clutter on your
  desk?
• His room is always in a clutter.
• Don't clutter up my desk. I've just tidied it.
• His head is cluttered (up) with useless facts. 

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• 82. pad
• a number of sheets of writing-paper or
  drawing-paper fastened together at one edge
• a writing pad

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• 83. file any of various types of drawer, shelf,
  holder, cover, box, etc, usu with a wire or metal
  rod for keeping loose papers together and in
  order, for reference purposes
• I need another file for my letters.  

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• 84. instrumentation Here a selection of
  instruments for this particular purpose of
  household computers is already available, in
  existence.  

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• 85. average result of adding several amounts
  together and dividing the total by the number of
  amounts
• The average of 4, 5 and 9 is 6.
• standard or level regarded as usual
• These marks are well above/below average.
• The average temperature in Oxford last month was
  18C.

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• 86. dehumanize
• de a prefix meaning to do the opposite of, to
  reduce
• decelerate deformdecode defrostdecontrol deg
  radedecrease devalue deforest to
  dethrone a king

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• humanize a. make (sth) human
• animal characters humanized in cartoons
• b. make (sb) humane
• have a humanizing influence on a barbaric system
  
• humanism
• humanist  

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• 87. homogeneity uniformity
• homohomosexual, homophone
• The assembly line make products in extremely
  large quantities, all in the same shape,
  structure, composition, and quality. In a society
  where the ideology of individualism prevails,
  people, esp. the upper-middle class, dislike the
  uniform results of assembly line mass
  production. 

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• 88. custom regular purchases from a tradesman,
  shop, etc
• We would like to have your custom (ie. We would
  like you to buy our goods).
• We've lost a lot of custom since our prices went
  up. (ie. Fewer goods have been bought from us.)
• I shall withdraw my custom (ie stop buying goods)
  from that shop.  

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• c. custom-made made according to the buyers
  specific requirements
• custom-designed / built / made designed, built
  or made as the buyer specifies
• a custom-built car
• custom-made clothes, shoes, etc  

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• 89. restrict put a limit on sb/sth
• Fog restricted visibility.
• Speed is restricted to 30 mph in down town area.
• families restricted to (having) one child
• restrict oneself to one meal a day 

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• 90. precious of great value (and beauty)
• the precious metals, ie. gold, silver and
  platinum
• precious gems/stones, ie. diamonds, rubies,
  emeralds, etc
• (to sb) highly valued dearly loved
• Each life is precious.
• She is very precious to him. 

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• 91. tend to often do a particular thing or be
  likely to do a particular thing
• I tend to go to bed earlier during the winter.
• Women tend to live longer than men.
• cf intend to want and plan to do sth.
• Unfortunately the meeting took longer than we
  intended.
• How long do you intend to stay in Paris?

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• 92. candid directly truthful, even when telling
  the truth is uncomfortable or unwelcome, frank,
  open
• 93. symptom an outward sign of inner change,
• Fever is a symptom of illness.
• All these symptoms point to cancer, I am afraid.
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

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• 94. regimen a fixed plan of diet, sleep,
  exercise etc. in order to improve one's health
• to follow a strict regimen 

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• 95. preliminary coming before, preparatory
• After a few preliminary remarks, he went on to .
• preliminary negotiations
• (sport) a preliminary contest, round, etc,

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• 96. harass to make sb. worried by causing
  trouble, esp. on repeated occasions
• Our soldiers harassed the retreating enemy.
• Female workers tend to be harassed by male
  workers, esp. by their superiors, thus comes the
  term "sexual harassment".

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• 97. intimidate to make sb. fearful enough to do
  what he wants
• The robber intimidated the shopkeeper with
  threats that they would kill him.
• The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.

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• 98. prescribe order the use of (esp. a medicine)
• She prescribed some pills to help me to sleep.
• Do not exceed the prescribed dose. (not to
  overuse)
• The law prescribes heavy penalties for smuggling.
   

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• prescription doctor's written instruction for
  the composition and use of a medicine
• The doctor gave me a prescription for
  pain-killers.
• His prescription for economic recovery was not
  well received. ? 

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• cf Recipe is the more general term of the two.
  It can apply not only to a formula or set of
  instructions for making or doing sth. but to a
  method or procedure for attaining some end.Give
  me your recipe for cookies. According to the
  recipe, you put 4 eggs and half pound of butter
  in the cake. 

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• Recipes are used in making steel, and each
  ingredient is measured carefully.
• In application to medicinal formulas recipe may
  suggest an old fashioned remedy. In cookery
  recipe is the usual and standard term for a set
  of directions for preparing a dish.
• Prescription is more of a medical term.
• The doctor gave him three prescriptions. 

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• 99. dosage amount of medicine to be taken at a
  time or over a period
• Do not exceed the recommended dosage.
• cf dose amount of medicine to be taken at one
  time
• Notice the difference between the two
  definitions. When meaning the one-time-amount,
  they are the same. But dosage can also denote the
  amount used over a period. 

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• 100. antique a piece of furniture, jewellery,
  etc. that is old and therefore becoming rare and
  valuable. 

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• 101. make the car, as we know it, a... antique
• The traditional Chinese family with several
  generations, as we know it, will be a thing of
  the past.
• The Secretary of State, James Baker, announced
  that "the Soviet Union, as we know it, no longer
  exists".

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• 102. tension a feeling that you are nervous,
  worried, and not relaxed
• Her own tension was not lessened.
• There are growing tensions between the two
  countries.
• Massage helps relieve the tension in ones
  muscles.
• racial / political / social tension
• high-tension cables ???? 

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• 103. option sth. offered for choice
• You have the option of leaving or staying.
• None of the options is satisfactory.
• The court sentenced the convicted to one month's
  imprisonment with the option of a fine of
  30,000. 

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• 104. ultimate last or final, that cannot be
  surpassed, greatest
• The ultimate luxury of the trip was flying in a
  Concorde.
• Ultimately, all the colonies will become
  independent.
• All matter ultimately consists of atoms.
• ultimatum 

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• 105. accommodate to provide room for, to supply
  with sth.
• The car accommodates six people quite
  comfortably.
• This hotel can accommodate 600 guests.

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• 106. panic sudden uncontrollable
  quickly-spreading fear or terror
• The fire caused a panic in the cinema.
• In case of fire, don't panic.
• The thunder panicked the horses.

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• 107. avert avoid, prevent from happening
• Accidents can be averted by careful driving.cf
• You can avert or avoid sth. from happening
• I avoided punishment by running away.
• I averted punishment from being effective.
• Accidents can be averted / avoided...

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• You can avoid a person. but not to avert a
  person.
• I avoided him as much as possible.
• Avoid can be followed by v-ing
• They all avoided mentioning that name.
• ?They all averted mentioning that name.

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• If you avert your eyes, gaze, etc. from someone
  or something, you turn your eyes away from them.
• She averted her eyes from the figure in front of
  her.
• She glanced down into her lap to avoid his
  stare. 

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• 108. collision colliding
• a (head-on) collision between two cars
• The liner was in collision (ie collided) with an
  oil-tanker.
• 109. accrue (fml) to become bigger or more by
  addition
• The interest on my bank account accrued over the
  years.
• Interest will accrue if you keep your money in a
  savings account.

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• 109. available able to be got
• There were no tickets available for Friday's
  performance.
• The dress is available in all sizes.
• Is the doctor available? 

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• 111. project cause (light, shadow, etc) to fall
  on a surface
• project a slide/ the film on a screen
• project spotlights on a performer
• an apparatus to project missiles into space
• a cinema / slide projector 

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• 112. far to a certain extent
• Read as far as you can in ten minutes.
• I dont know how far I should believe him.
• 113. recess a pause for rest, a period of free
  time between classes at school
• At recess the boys would fight.
• Parliament is in recess now. 

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• 114. hassle to annoy persistently, harass
• He's always hassling me about money.
• 115. competent having the ability or skill to
  compete 
• 116. revivify to give new life to, to refill
  with enthusiasm
• revitalize

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• 117. soporific causing or tending to sleep,
  drowsy, sleepy
• soporific drug / speech
• 118. dangle to hold sth. so that it swings
  loosely, to offer an attraction
• dangle a chain of keys
• He dangles a trip to Paris in front of her to get
  her to work for him. 

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• 119. ken the limits of knowledge
• beyond / outside / not within one's ken
• What happens after death is beyond our ken.
• The workings of the Stock Exchange are beyond
  most people's ken.

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• The students are soporific, tending to sleep
  because the ordinary courses are boring. But the
  computer will refill them with enthusiasm by
  providing intellectual stimulations in ways that
  are beyond the limits of the teachers' ability.

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• 120. (still / just) around / round the corner
  very near but not at hand, not availableThe
  fortune teller told Jane that there was an
  adventure for her just around the corner. 

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• 121. application act of putting a theory,
  discovery, etc to practical use
• a new invention that will have a variety of
  applications in industry
• 122. benign gentle, favourable, not dangerous
• malignant tumour and benign tumour 

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• 123. order (?) (biology) group of related
  animals or plants below a class(?) and above a
  family(?)
• the order of primates???
• The rose and the bean families belong to the same
  order.
• Here arrangement of groups, classes, etc in
  society (in relation to one another)
• The social order of ants is very interesting.
• the lower orders ????  ?