Unit Five

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Unit Five

• The Day Mother Cried

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• I was filled with anticipation.
• anticipate --to look forward to, especially with
  pleasure expect. ??????,????????
• We anticipate great pleasure from our visit to
  London. ???????????????
• We anticipate hearing from you again.
• ?????????????
• anticipation--the act of anticipating an
  expectation.
• ??,???????????
• ardent anticipation ?????
• confident anticipation ???????

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• I had a new issue of my favorite sports magazine
  tucked under my arm. I had a new edition of my
  favorite magazine held under my arm.
• issue -- a single copy of a periodical ??????
• the March issue of the magazine. ????????
• -- a point or matter of discussion, debate, or
  dispute a matter of public concern
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• legal and moral issues. ????????
• refused to address the economic issues.
• ????????????????
• tuck -- to gather up and fold, thrust, or turn in
  so as to secure or confine ??,???????????????????
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• She tucked her scarf into her blouse. ?????????

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• and the house to myself. and I would be alone
  in the house
• have sth. to oneself to have sth. for ones own
  private use.
• ????,??
• When he dines in a restaurant Mark likes to have
  a table to himself. Mark?????????????????
• You can have the place entirely to yourself.
• ???????????

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• I bounded up the steps, burst into the living
  room and flipped on a light.
• a vivid description of a joyous mood through
  the use of the verbs.
• bound --to leap forward or upward spring to
  progress by forward leaps or springs.
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• The young animals were bounding about the field.
  
• ????????????
• It's lucky that he bounded away, otherwise he
  would have been hurt. ??????,?????????
• His heart bounded with excitement. ???????????

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I bounded up the steps, burst into the living
room and flipped on a light.

• burst to come open or fly apart suddenly or
  violently, especially from internal pressure.
• -- to be or seem to be full to the point of
  breaking open ??,???????????
• The sacks were bursting with grain. ????????
• -- to emerge, come forth, or arrive suddenly
• burst out of the door. ???????
• -- to come apart or seem to come apart because of
  overwhelming emotion ??, ??????????????????
• I thought his heart would burst with happiness.
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I bounded up the steps, burst into the living
room and flipped on a light.

• flip -- to move or act on with a quick motion
• ?????????????
• flip a switch ????
• flipped open her briefcase. ??????
• -- to turn over or around, especially with a
  light, quick motion ??????????????????
• flip over a card ?????
• flipped the record to play the other side.
  ?????????
• flipped his hair out of his eyes. ?????????

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• I was shocked into stillness by what I saw.
• -- I was so shocked by the sight that I stood
  there still.
• Structure Be ????? into ????
• The rabbit was shocked into faintness by the
  sight of a knife. ???????????
• I am happy to death. ??????
• The children were frightened to tears. ?????????

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Mother, pulled into a tight ball with her face in
her hands -- Mother, because of bitterness and
depression, sat there with the body gathering
together. Vivid description of a bitter woman.
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• I approached cautiously and touched her shoulder.
• -- I walked near her with great caution and
  touched her shoulder.
• approach--to come near or nearer, as in space or
  time
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• Spring approaches. ????
• The dog remains alert all the time and
  recognizes its masters footsteps as he
  approaches the house. ?????????????????????????
• The performance approaches perfection. ??????
• the approach of night. ????
• -- The method used in dealing with or
  accomplishing
• a logical approach to the problem. ??????????

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• She took a long breath and managed a weak smile.
• -- She forced a faint smile.
• manage -- to succeed in accomplishing or
  achieving, especially with difficulty contrive
  or arrange ????,????????????????,??????????
• manage to get a promotion. ??????
• manage a life with 300 RMB a month
• Can you manage another slice of cake?
• ???????????

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• You will catch on. You will understand and
  learn how to do.
• catch on understand, learn about.
• I dont quite catch on to what you teach.
• ???????????
• You will catch on to the job.
• ??????????????

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• I always said I could do anything I set my mind
  to.
• -- I always said if I was determined, I could do
  anything.
• set ones mind to give all ones attention to
  do
• If I set my mind to learning painting, I will do
  it at any cost.
• ????????????,??????????
• Setting his mind to that trip, he started to
  prepared a year ago.
• ????????,????????????

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I felt helpless and out of place. -- I felt
unable to give mom any help and therefore,
awkward Out of place embarrassed, awkward --
in the wrong place
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But that didn't stand in her way -- but that
didn't prevent her from working. stand in ones
way stand in sb.s light v. ?????? stand in
the background ?????? ??? stand in the breach
v.???? stand in the gap v.???? stand in the
shoes of sb. v.???????
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• It wasnt long before she had a full enrollment
  and a waiting list.
• -- Soon/ Before long many children came to enroll
  in the nursery and still more had to wait for the
  enrollment.
• enroll-- to enter or register in a roll, list, or
  record
• ??,????????????????????
• enrolled the child in kindergarten ?????????
• enroll the minutes of the meeting. ?????
• -- to place one's name on a roll or register
  sign up
• ????????????????????
• We enrolled in the army. ???????

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• Mother was frantic for ways to save money.
  Mother was anxious for..
• frantic -- highly excited with strong
  emotion or frustration frenzied
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• frantic with worry. ?????
• -- characterized by rapid and disordered or
  nervous activity ??????????????????
• made a frantic last-minute search for the lost
  key. ?????????????????
• There was a frantic rush to get everything ready
  for the unexpected inspection from the superiors.
  
• ?????????????,???????????

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It skipped between certain letters and the
keyboard was soft. some letters on the keyboard
are ineffective skip-- to pass from point to
point, omitting or disregarding what intervenes
????????????,????????? skipped through the list
hurriedly skipping over the dull passages in
the novel --to leap or jump, especially in a gait
in which hops and steps alternate.
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• if we all helped out a bit more-- If we could
  all help her at the time of need
• help out help sb. through trouble
• Mary lives on campus but on weekends when she
  goes back home, she often helps out in the
  kitchen.
• Would you please help me out with these math
  problems?

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• on guardalert and watchful cautious.
• ????????????
• on guard against guard against
• When shopping in a large market, you should be
  on guard against picket-pocket. ?????????????
• The dog suddenly stood up on guard when he
  heard some noises outside. ?????????,??????????

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• My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in
  tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how
  little I understood the pressures on her.
• -- I felt so shocked and embarrassed to see
  mother crying, and suddenly realized that I
  hardly knew how great the pressure is on Mother.
• index--something that reveals or indicates a
  sign
• ????????????????
• Her face was a fair index to her disposition
• ?????????????????
• Manner of walking gives an index to one's
  character.
• ??????????????

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• I could sense her pain and the tension of holding
  back the strong emotions that were interrupted by
  my arrival. -- I could feel her pain and tension
  that she tried to control her strong emotions
  interrupted by me.
• hold back control
• Seeing the boy beaten by others, the father
  could hardly hold back his anger and rushed into
  the crowd.
• ??????,??????????????
• When she heard that her son was killed in
  battle, the Mexican woman held back her tears
  with much difficulty.
• ?????????,??????????????

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• racked with emotionher body was suffering from
  uncontrollable emotion.
• rack--to cause great physical or mental suffering
  to
• ???,??????????????????
• Pain racked his entire body. ?????????
• a racking headache ??????
• He was racked with pain. ???????
• rack one's brains ????
• He had to rack his brains to solve that
  complicated problem. ??????????????????

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• What it recalls for me is not quite what it
  recalled for Motherthe memory brought back by
  this typewriter is not the same as that Mother
  had.
• recall--to bring back restore. ??,???????
• Recall the misery of the past and contrast it
  with the happiness of today.??????,???????
• --to remember recollect. ????
• recall my schooldays ?????????
• recall sb. to a sense of his duties ????????
• recall sb. to life ?????
• recall one's words ????
• recall an order ????

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• cranky -- working unpredictably erratic
  rickety loose.???????? ??????
• a cranky old truck.
• ?????????