Unit Seven

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Unit Seven
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agony n. extreme pain or suffering

• Examples
• The injured soldiers lay screaming in agony.
• We felt helpless as we saw him dying in agony.

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• pain
• suffering
• anguish

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rural a. in, of or like the countryside

• Examples
• Rural life is usually more peaceful than urban
  life.
• He paints pictures of rural scenes.

Translate annual income of the urban and rural
household in China
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focus on to direct (ones attention) to
something

• Examples
• The book focuses on the way the computer affects
  the young.
• I find it easy to focus on textbooks when the
  exam is approaching.

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come true to happen just as was wished,
expected or dreamt

• Examples
• He has always dreamt of owning his own company,
  but I doubt it will come true.
• When I finished my first novel, it was a dream
  made to come true.

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expose to to cause to be unprotected
from

• Examples
• People living near the nuclear power station may
  have been exposed to radiation.
• His viewpoints expose him to criticism, but he
  wont give them up.

Translate the underlined part This program is
designed to expose students to good art and music.
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utter a. complete or extreme

• Examples
• The discussion was an utter waste of time.
• A hot bath after such a long day of hard work was
  utter bliss.

Translate I was at an utter loss what to do.
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utterly ad. completely

• Example
• Are you utterly convinced that he is guilty?

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look down on/upon to regard with scorn
despise

• Examples
• When she married a millionaire, she looked down
  on the office girls she had worked with.
• The disabled shouldnt be looked down upon.

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somewhat ad. to some degree a little
rather

• Examples
• We were somewhat tired after our long walk.
• The campus has changed somewhat over the last few
  months.

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Key I like the design of the dress, but its
somewhat expensive.
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illusion n. an idea or belief which is not
true or not what it seems to be

• Examples
• College students tend to have illusions about how
  easy their life will be after graduation.
• The magician tricked the audience with skilful
  optical illusions, making things appear and
  disappear.

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creep v. to move slowly, quietly and
carefully, often with the body close to the
ground

• Examples
• The naughty child crept up behind his father and
  suddenly yelled Boo!
• A tiger crept towards the deer from the downwind
  bush.

D
He downstairs to go to the barn to
milk the cows all by himself. A. climbed
B. moved C. crawled D.
crept
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on top of in addition to

• Examples
• On top of the discount, the store tried to
  attract customers with nice gifts.
• We missed the train, and on top of that we had to
  wait for two hours for the next one.

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extreme n. either end of anything highest
degree adj. (to) the great
degree

• Example
• His moods go from one extreme to the other.
• Jane fell into extreme pain after her son died in
  an accident.

Fill in the blank The general asked the soldier
to _____ (????????????).
Key resort to extremes in the emergency
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carry out to perform or complete to conduct

• Examples
• In spite of the ban, some scientists are still
  carrying out research on cloning humans.
• It is hoped that the kidnappers will not carry
  out their threat to kill the hostages.

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sanity n. the quality of being healthy in
mind

• Examples
• Hed been behaving so strangely that they began
  to doubt his sanity.
• Its hard to keep your sanity in such a crazy
  situation.

sane adj. ????
insane

• Example
• In the doctors opinion he was sane at the time
  of the murder.

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intelligence n. 1) information gathered esp.
about an enemy country, or the group of people
who gather it

• Example
• It is reported that the Central Intelligence
  Agency (CIA) had predicted the attack 15 days
  before it happened.

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• intelligence quotient (IQ)
• intelligence test

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intelligence n. 2) ability to learn and
understand

• Example
• Compared to monkeys, dogs have a fairly low
  intelligence.

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Key Use your intelligence, and you're sure to
achieve something.
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in charge of responsible for

• Examples
• An angry customer is complaining to the man in
  charge of the store.
• Who will be in charge of the department when
  Sophie leaves?

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warrant n. (in law) a written order
permitting legal action, such as an arrest,
search, or seizure

• Examples
• The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of the
  drug dealer.
• Without a warrant, no policeman has the right to
  arrest a suspect.

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on the edge of 1) on the outer or furthest
point of 2) very close to (a certain state)

• Example
• They built the church on the edge of the village.
  
• It was reported that the oil company is on the
  edge of collapse.

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lay out to arrange (a plan, garden, town,
pattern etc.)

• Examples
• We must lay out a thorough plan before we launch
  the campaign.
• The shopkeeper laid the goods out neatly on the
  racks.

Cf. lay off discharge dismiss
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raid n. a sudden visit by the police, in
search of criminals or illegal goods

• Examples
• Kilos of drugs were found during a raid by the
  police.
• Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid.

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raid v. to attack on a raid to carry out a
raid

• Example
• The soldiers raided the enemy camp.

Translate ???,????????????
Key It is reported that some gangsters raided a
bank this morning.
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suspect n. person believed to have committed
a crime v. to think of
believe (someone) to be guilty of
a crime or to have done somethng wrong.

• Examples
• Police have issued a photograph of the murder
  suspect.
• The suspect who committed the food poisoning is
  still at large.
• The police suspect him of killing his
  multi-millionaire wife.

I ________ that he will be able to attend the
meeting. He still looked awful this morning
when I saw him.
doubt
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court n. a room or building in which
law cases can be heard and judged

• Examples
• Silence in court!
• Please describe to the court exactly what you
  saw.

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take sb. to court ???? settle out of
court ????
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split up 1) to divide (into separate
groups or parts) 2) to end the
relationship with

• Example
• The book consists of eight chapters and each
  chapter is then split up into sections.
• I hear Nancy has split up with her boyfriend.

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designate v. to choose or name for a
particular job or purpose

• Examples
• The king has the right to designate his
  successor.
• Thompson has been designated as/to be coach of
  the team.

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Pull off to succeed in doing (something
difficult or unexpected)

• Examples
• Its an elaborate plan and he may have a chance
  of pulling it off.
• Chinese scientists pulled off the expedition to
  the Antarctic.

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innocent a. not guilty knowing nothing of
evil or wrong harmless

• Examples
• In the Western legal system, an accused person is
  innocent till proven guilty.
• Thousands of innocent civilians were killed in
  the conflict.

guilty
innocent
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execute v. 1) to do or perform
(something), esp. in a planned way 2)
to kill (someone) as a legal punishment

• Example
• The whole play was executed with great precision.
  
• The prisoner will be executed tomorrow.

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give oneself up (to) to surrender (to)

• Examples
• The gunman gave himself up to the police after
  three hours of resistance.
• The soldiers were wounded, hungry and thirsty,
  but they had no intension of giving themselves
  up.

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venture v. to act with some risk of harm or
money

• Examples
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• Our son has never ventured outside alone at
  night.

Translate She ventured her entire fortune in the
stock market.
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neighborhood n. a group of people and their
homes forming a small area within a larger place
such as a town

• Examples
• Shes well-known for her charity work in the
  neighborhood.
• A decent house in this wealthy neighborhood can
  cost as much as a million.

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